Prevailed this weekend. Yesterday’s Chiller Challenge and Super Bowl 5K were postponed until this coming weekend. The Valley Forge Winter Series needed no such game time decision and went off Saturday in relatively balmy conditions. Casey Kear used it as a solo tempo and set a new men’s mark of 16:37 for the USATF Certified course.
The USA 100 Mile Trail Champs did after all yield a National Champion from the Nebraska Association. Jeremy Morris, in trademark style, went out hard from the gun. Was clear of the field the first 20 mile lap and crusing at 8:00 pace through 40. If the marathon is a fickle mistress the 100 mile must be the most merciless of dommes. It turned not Jeremy’s way and he opted for wisdom over valor. So the day belonged to Kim Mulligan Moore. Fresh with her USATF membership card she toed the line and the Treynor Iowa native won the 45-49 age group (27:17:25) and brought home a National Champion medal! Nice work Kim!
Cory Logsdon ran another 4 second pr on the boards this weekend, I think he’s down to 15:13 now and bent on sub 15. He’d join a mighty short list of current athletes to asterisk that on his resume.
Some good Nebraska Association representation showing on the entry list for this weekend’s USA Cross Country National Championships in Boulder. This is the Open Championships, not to be confused with the USA Club Cross Country Champs held last December in Pennsylvania. Top finishers this weekend will represent the USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China on March 28. I’ll be doing a full column leading into the race.
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