The theme this morning though is actually City Record. Or maybe Nebraska Record. For a USATF Certified 10K Road Race.
Thanks to Jeff Jacob for bringing some old race results to the track last night. He ran in the Pepsi Challenge 10K waaaaay back in the day, and it was perhaps the same course that the Corporate Cup has or is using. Vagaries aside, Bill Rodgers turned in a 29:04. Jeff is getting me copies of some of his archived material and I’ll be doing an upcoming feature column on how it was when Real Racing ruled the roads in Omaha.
Heard from my old buddy Matt Gabrielson this morning. Matt runs for Team USA Minnesota and is a Stud among Studs. He’ll be coming to Omaha for this weekend’s Corporate Cup and will give David Adams and Peter vd Westhuizen all they want. I’m sure they’ll return the favor. He’s got some National Class personal bests of 28:44 for 10K, 13:30 for 5K and 4:02 for the mile. In 2011 Matt has finished 6th at Grandma’s Marathon (2:13:28) and 5th at the USA 25K National Championships (1:17:50). At 32 years old Matt has the experience and wheels to make this a horse race. He asked me if anyone was ready to go sub 29, look for some fireworks Sunday morning!
I’ll feature some other Elites tomorrow and Saturday.
Correction to last week’s report on the Hy-Vee Triathlon: Enita Larsen was actually 1st overall in the Athena Division. We’re proud to have her as part of our Wednesday night group.
And what a group! We had a record turnout of 39 athletes last night. Shain Kephart turned in a nice set running 2 X 3 Miles in 17:25 and 16:55. He’ll be tearing up the Omaha Half next weekend. Justin Mollak led a large group doing 8 X 1/4, hitting his in 66s and 65. Krista Lingenfelter Palm had a swift 3 mile in 23:10, nearly a minute faster than goal pace, nice work Krista! Angie Hodge is showing some wheels as she readies for Chicago turning her set in :90-:95s. Kristen Ramm and Carole Swanson clocking all of theirs under :90, nice work ladies! Amy Jensen showed us real determination is the key to continued improvement. Proud of every single one of you! We are also very happy to see so many children coming out with mom & dad. Parents modeling excellence through sweat, doesn’t get any better. And it beats sitting around reading the funny pages!
Pat Goodwin is the President and founder of Team USA Minnesota. Pat and I have worked together for the last 10 years to elevate US distance running. She is one of the best fundraisers in the country and her program reflects that. She is also an Omaha native!
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