Things kick off today in Indianapolis and the USATF Annual Meetings. I’ll be making my contributions from the Bar None field office. Thanks to all the volunteers around the U.S. that make up our National Governing Body. My own service beginning in 1996, I have been privileged to have worked with so many of those that care the most about our sport. Care enough to take a week out of their busy schedules and lives in order to make a positive difference for you as an athlete. Our work won’t end next Sunday however, continues throughout the year, every day, every week, every month. To paraphrase the funny pages, “What would you do if USATF went away?”
Hope you caught the trio of articles in Tuesday’s Omaha World Herald. ‘Heritage tourism’ invaluable to state, Marking history’s once invisible Trail, and Sense of place at center stage in film about Omaha Nation. Apparently I’ve got some readers at the Herald that captured Monday’s RGS theme and ran with it.
Thanks to frequent contributor Mitch Johnson for the suggestion that I get last weekend’s race results up. Kind of got lost in the holiday shuffle but better late than never, all significant results:
Fremont Turkey Trot 5 Mile
1. Eric Rasmussen– 25:28 (Team Nebraska)
2. Jason Zakaras– 25:56 (Lincoln Running Co. Racing)
3. Tim Meyer– 25:58 (Brookings, SD)
4. Colin Morrissey– 26:29 (Team Nebraska)
5. Kyle Clouston– 28:35 (Nebraska Run Guru Elite)
7. Christy Nielsen– 30:24 (Saucony)
9. Shannon Mauser Suing– 31:17 (Team Nebraska)
Joslyn Castle Turkey Trot 5K
1. Cory Logsdon– 17:08 (Team Nebraska)
2. Jerrod Anzalone– 17:33 (Nebraska Run Guru Elite)
In 2003 I received my first national award for work setting up the Women’s Athlete Development Program (1997-2002) so ably administrated by my dear sweet Linda these days. Has it really been 10 years?
In 2004 I received the Scott Hamilton Award for my work setting up the USATF Nebraska Association LDR program and Team Nebraska. I’ll always be grateful to my old buddy Creigh Kelly for the nomination. I’m in this little club with Coach Joe Vigil and Dr. David Martin as winners of both of these prestigious awards. While being recognized by peers and our national office is nice and adds a little something to my resume, the daily advocacy for our American athletes is its own and more preferred reward.
I hope my sharing these awards with you isn’t construed as boasting. It is more to offer just a little background as to why I am so passionate, supportive, and yes combative sometimes, about athletics in the United States. So take the local negatives you hear about me with a grain of salt, maybe realize that there are other agendas that don’t jive with what I have seen as best for running in Omaha and in Nebraska. I’ve earned my chops and will continue to do what it is I do best, Service to Others. Giddyup!
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