June 4 down in Kansas City. If you’ve never run this half marathon you can’t imagine what you’re missing. Seven (7!) Named hills on the course, the toughest 13.1 road half in the midwest. The Good Mates have been invited down as part of the Elite Team Challenge. Our women took 2nd last year and we didn’t field a men’s team. This year we will be sending Los Tres Matts; Pohren, Schneider, & Heesch. Working on the final two men. Our women will be represented by Brittany Hubbard, Jen Viehrig, Laura Neel, & Linda Barnhart.
In 2004 our TNB men won the USA Half Marathon Team Championships at Hospital Hill. The roster was Mike Morgan, Nick Rector, and moi. No apologies here.
We’re also getting ready to start gearing up for the USA Club T&F National Championships at Ichan Stadium in NYC on July 8-9. Matt Pohren has been named Team Captain for the squad. The site visit at Burke Stadium for the 2012 Champs will take place in the next couple of weeks.
I designed and measured the 5K course for the Big Blue Run yesterday. Starts and finishes by the large shelter at Millers Landing. The paperwork should be back in a week or so and you’ll have another USATF Certified course on which to test your fitness.
The USA Marathon Road Relay Championships to wind up in Lincoln? This event has not been contested since 2007 and it is a pet project of mine to revive it and land it in Lincoln. My good buddy Ken Dobbs with the Lincoln CVB agrees and we are exploring a multiple year bid.
Matt Pohren has been named Team Captain for the 2011 USA Club Track & Field National Championships in July.
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