Cheeky, irreverent, impudent and amusing. “The Best Dressed Chicken Road Race” fills the bill. Everyone’s A Winner
For those with less a sense of humor their were several local races this past weekend, Cornfield Cornfield the Old Mill 5K and the Happy Camper 5K
Real Racing! Green Bay’s Bellin Run is known as one of this region’s best 10Ks as well as Cheeseheads. Olympian Jared Ward led the 8600 finishers with 29:45, first female Risper Gesabwa (33:23) outlasting 2nd place finisher Kaitlin Goodman (33:34).
Grandma’s Marathon and the Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon are this upcoming weekend. Good luck to all our Nebraska mates that will head up to take on the national level talent. All you fast fellas should be gunning for Johnny Rutford’s 2018 1:06:14 and Grant Wintheiser’s 2017 1:06:15 in the half. Hey Ladies! Christy Nielsen led Team Nebraska Brooks to the 2003 USATF Club National Champs on the same course in one of the most impressive displays of Team Running in Nebraska road racing history.
22. Christy Nielsen- 1:17:38
23. Machele Cochran- 1:17:39
24. Renee Kruse- 1:18:07
16 years gone by in the blink of an eye. Come on girls, give me something current to crow about!