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President’s Letter 1

Contributors 4

Running BriefsNews and notes 5

Tips for the TopMichelle Frey 6

Book ReviewsThree new books 7

Race Results 18

Race Calendar 26

Race PhotosMDRA 15K 30

Victory 5K and 10K 31

Minnesota Mile 33

C O N T E N T S

14 Minnesota LegendThe life and times of Garry Bjorklund

On the Cover: Dan Greeno wins the MDRA 15K. Photo by Wayne Kryduba.

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1 S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R � 2 0 1 1 M i n n e s o t a � D i s t a n c e � R u n n i n g � A s s o c i a t i o nRunMinnesota

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Dear RunMinnesota Readers,

I begin writing this edition’s letter shortly after fin-ishing MDRA’s Victory 10K. This was my fourteenth consecutiveyear running the Victory Races, including the 5K, 10K and evenone year taking on both in the double header.

It has become an annual transition to autumn for me, as I sus-pect it has for many other runners as well.

Every race has its own characteristic atmosphere, and Victoryis certainly no exception. However, this year a few things looked alittle different along the course.

For instance, Webber Park, near the start and finish area,appears more open to the sky. Sadly, many of the mature treesthat once shaded the park were lost in the May tornadoes thatswept through Minneapolis.

Another change of scenery, located at the corner of VictoryMemorial Parkway, is the flagpole plaza and monument honoringthe veterans of war. The granite memorial, renovated and rededi-cated in June, offers runners a beautiful and inspiring site as theypass by.

In addition, the street down Memorial Parkway has also beenresurfaced, providing a smooth asphalt terrain for race participants.Even the final sprint sounded different as the voice of a new raceannouncer welcomed runners into the finish chute. Despite all thechanges, it was still unmistakably Victory.

Another noticeable point of difference at this year’s event: morepeople. Yes, the number of participants increased this year to over 900finishers between both the 5K and 10K. This was the largest turnout forthe Victory Races since 2006.

Leading the way in the 10K race was the men’s overall winner, JoshMoen, finishing in an amazing 29:39, and the women’s overall winner,Kristen Nicolini, finishing in 34:41.

In the 5K race, the men were led by Reed Steele, finishing in 16:15,and the women by McKenzie Holt, with a time of 18:43. The Victory 10Kcertainly lived up to its claim as “Minnesota’s Fastest 10K” with fivenew Minnesota age records at this year’s Victory.

Many factors likely contributed to the outstanding participation. Ofcourse, the favorable weather played a role with calm, cool and crispair hovering around 50 degrees under sunny skies at the start of the10K. In addition, increased marketing efforts, such as Facebook postsand the new Victory Races website, also helped.

However, more than anything else, the success of any well-organizedrace can be attributed to the hard work and dedication to those workingbehind the scenes on pre-race preparations and race day execution.

A special ‘Thank you’ to race director Ed Whetham, MDRA officemanager Heidi Miler, and of course to the many volunteers withoutwhom MDRA simply could not deliver high quality, affordable events ofthis nature.

So, Labor Day has passed and fall is now here. I’m sure many wouldagree, it is simply the best time of year to be a runner in Minnesota. Thetemperature is suitable for a PR, the fragrance of leaves fill the air andmigrating Canadian geese fly overhead cheering you on.

As you read this issue of RunMinnesota, many of you are probablyputting the final touches on your preparation for Twin Cities Marathonor the TC 10 Mile. Another sure sign that autumn is upon us. Good luckin your race, have fun and I will see you at the finish line.

Michael Iserman,CSCSPresident, MDRA Board of [email protected]

P.S.: Remember to mark your calendar for the Thirtieth Anniversary ofthe Victory Labor Day Races on Monday, September 3, 2012. Perhapsnext year, we will see 1,000 participants cross the finish line.

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Nathan Campeau began running in 1997 as a way toexplore his new surroundings in Washington, DC. In2003, Nathan discovered the beauty of the Minneapolistrail system while running the Twin Cities Marathon. Afew months later, he moved to Minnesota and bought ahouse at Mile 15 of the course, and now he and his wifelive at Mile 6. Last year Nathan competed in his firstultra, the Moose Mountain 50, placing fourth overall.Nathan is currently helping coach the MDRA SpringMarathon and Half Marathon Training Program.

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Wayne Gilman is a superintendent for CrookstonPublic Schools and a lifelong runner. He was born andraised in the Mankato area. His wife, Jenny, is also a runner.Besides work and running, they both keep busy raisingtheir two daughters. Wayne runs marathons, trail races andis starting to run ultramarathons.

Pat O’Regan is a runner and freelance business writer.He is a graduate of St. Thomas College and the Universityof Minnesota. Born and raised in Montgomery,Minnesota, Pat currently resides in Inver Grove Heights. Heruns eight to 10 races a year, mostly 5Ks and 10Ks, with twomarathons to his credit. He has also “competed” in threeNational Championships.


Dome Running It is never too early in Minnesota to pre-pare and start to think about Dome running!

Dome running starts on November 22. Thehours are 5:00-8:00 pm, cost remains $1, park-ing is free, enter at gate D. The dates for the restof the year are: November 22, 29, December 1,6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 and 29. There will bemore info to follow in the November magazineregarding the 2012 winter schedule.

Membership RecruitmentIncentive

With our recent membershipsurvey we learned that MDRA mem-bers are very devoted to the cause and asa way to thank you and also kick off our2012 membership drive we are offeringanyone who recruits a new member a freeMDRA members tech shirt. See the form

on page 2 for more information on how to getyour own MDRA member gear!

Discount for MDRAmembers at theDrumstick Dash Looking for a Thanksgiving run? TheDrumstick Dash 10K offers MDRA memberswho pre-register by Oct. 31 a $5 discount. Joinin on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 8:00 a.m. atLake Harriet for two fast loops. Race featuresUSATF certified course, ChampionChip timingand long sleeve tech shirts. MDRA membersmust register by mail or in person to receivediscount. Visit www.drumstickdash10k.comfor more information and to download a mail inentry form.

MDRA Seeking BoardApplications MDRA is seeking board applicants for the2012 year. If you would like to run for theMDRA board or open Secretary positionplease contact Heidi Keller Miler [email protected]. The elections will takeplace in the November-December issue ofRunMinnesota. There is a board applicationon page three in the magazine. RM

MDRA Survey Recapby�Nathan�CampeauYou are an opinionated bunch. The MDRABoard would like to thank you for your participation inthe online membership survey, which we conducted tofind out what you value about MDRA and what we cando better.We had 425 respondents. Eighty-eight percent were active members and 12 percent had let their memberships

expire. Though several of the inactive members who responded said that they had for-gotten and would immediately renew their membership. As promised, one of the survey respondents would win a $100.00 gift certificate to

their favorite store. This lucky respondent was MDRA member, Thomas Copenhaver. MDRA promotes membership and programming through many venues including this

magazine, our online presence, at local running stores and races. But our most effective method of advertising is you. Almost 40 percent of all respon-

dents first heard about MDRA from a friend. In fact, 93 percent of respondents said theymore likely than not would recommend MDRA to a friend. Seventy-three percent of respondents are extremely likely to recommend MDRA to a

friend. Thanks for getting the word out, and keep up the great work. Among respondents, the most popular MDRA benefits included the Running

Minnesota Annual, running store discounts, MDRA race discounts and this magazine,RunMinnesota. Other benefits you would like to see include expanded discounts to other races, more gear

with MDRA logos, a bigger online presence and more organized group runs, particularly trailruns. I’m not sure if we can deliver on all of the services you want, but we’ll try our best.We asked you about MDRA sponsored races. These races include Victory, City of

Lakes, Lake Johanna, MDRA 7 Mile, Ron Daws, Fred Kurz, Mudball, Mom’s Day 5K,Mississippi 10 Mile, MDRA 15K, Minnehaha Fun Runs and the Como Relays. While the two most popular races among respondents were Victory and City of Lakes,

we received great feedback on all races, and we will share this feedback with our racedirectors so they know how much you value and appreciate their races, and provide spe-cific feedback on ways to improve their races.We received hundreds of great comments and suggestions. The comments ranged

from the positive. “A great organization, with an affordable membership fee. Love it!”And “I wouldn’t be as successful in my running career without MDRA. Running is funagain!” To the constructive, “I’d probably do more MDRA activities if they were closer tomy home in St. Paul.” And, “More trail runs and/or ultras, please :)”Thanks again for all your great feedback. Your input is critical to help us improve the

organization to better suit your needs. Of course, we need more than your feedback andadvice. We need your participation in our races (either by running or volunteering), in ourrunning groups (classes and free Polar Bear runs) and in countless other ways. MDRA is only as effective as the sum of its members’ enthusiasm.

Message ReceivedMDRA members would like to see:more gear, a better online presenceand more organized runs (particularly

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Tips from Michelle FreyMichelle Frey has a marathon best of 2:35:51 setat the 2006 Twin Cities Marathon. She currently resides inMinneapolis and is training for the Olympic Trials Marathon thisJanuary in Houston. She grew up in Iowa and ran for the Badgers atthe University of Wisconsin. Michelle and her husband, Jacob Frey, are the co race directors

for the inaugural Big Gay Race 5K on October 15. Michelle sharessome of her insight on what she is focusing on leading up to themarathon and also some of her race strategy tips.

1. Four weeks out from a marathon, I cut my mileage down by 15percent each week.

2. I still do speed workouts each week to stay sharp, but cuttingthe mileage down freshens up my legs. Be careful not to cram intraining the last month. It’s much better going into a marathonundertrained than overtrained.

3. I love coffee and have at least acup every day. I also like to drink a cupbefore races for a pick-me-up. In order tobenefit from the caffeine, I stick to decaf for afew weeks before a big marathon and other important races. Thenon race morning, I really feel the caffeine.

4. I like to split each race I do into three sections. For themarathon, I like to run comfortably hard the first 10 miles, progres-sively push the middle 10 miles, and race the last six miles all out.Breaking up the race helps me mentally get through the dauntingdistance.

5. During a marathon, I take a few sips of water at every water stopregardless of the temperature. Your heart rate goes up as yourbody loses fluid, so it’s important to take in fluids when you can,even if your body isn’t craving it just yet.

6. Have a reward in mind, and treat yourself to it if you accomplishthe goal(s) you set out to accomplish. You'd be amazed at howmotivating a new handbag can be! RM

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“Run” by Deam Karnazes, 15.00

As Dean Karnazes embarked on his crosscountry running adventure, his latest bookwas released. I must admit, I am a self pro-claimed “Karno” fan since I have read hisother books and attempt to keep track of hisexploits. Dean Karnazes is the master of selfpromotion. While some are critical of the man,I am not one of them. Dean’s story has con-vinced me that human beings can run or walkwithout stopping for days at a time. Dean uses 26.2 chapters to tell his story for anobvious reason: the length of a marathon. Eachchapter tells a story of running in Dean’s lifefrom his perspective, as well as from friendsand loved ones. The pain and challenge of thislife is what makes living so worthwhile. Dean’sdiscomfort of choice is running.

His writing style is one that I could followeffortlessly. He makes unconventional run-ning extremes seem common place. Histenacity knows no bounds. I enjoyed his por-trayal of solitude, amazing locations, humor-ous situations, brushes with fame anddescriptions of some beautiful relationships.

I am thankful for Dean Karnazes. While hemay be genetically unique, he has made run-ning marathons and beyond something morethan a destructive addiction. I recommendthis book to anyone who wants to escape fora while. Regardless of your goals and dreams,this book will inspire you to do better.

“A Clydesdale’s Tale orHow a Big Guy Trained Forand Ran the Vermont 100”by Steve Latour, $15.00

How does a guy weighing this much run thatfar? Is this story for real? Is this writing styleexceedingly witty or just plain annoying?These were the questions rolling around in mymind as I read this book. Whether it is hisstrange affinity for wearing cotton socks in anultra or his inability to see how his eatingaffects his running, I couldn’t stop readingthis quirky narrative.

Who can average less than 20 miles aweek of training miles and successfully runultramarathons, to include a 100 mile ultra?Apparently it is Steve Latour. Mr. Latour mixesself deprecating humor with testosteroneinfused claims of machismo. The book offersgreat quotes and good humor. The humor,puns and sarcasm left me wondering if this ismore fiction than truth.

He makes little attempt to seem credible.Steve just tells it like he experienced it. Somerunning advice made sense. The convincingpictures and the detail of his experience leaveme to believe that he did all the things heclaims. I would recommend this book even if itwere completely made up and in spite of theover-the-top puns and humor.

“Relentless ForwardProgress: A Guide toRunning Ultra-marathons”by Bryon Powell, $15.00

“Relentless Forward Progress” is a book thatis a must have for aspiring ultra runners andexperienced ultra runners. It provides a com-prehensive overview for running ultrama-rathons. The information is well researchedand grounded in experience. Running an ultra-marathon is not easy, but it is possible.

If the percentage of Americans that haverun a marathon is small, at one to two percent,then the percentage of ultra marathoners isprobably less than one percent of that. Fewmarathoners ever run an ultra. Ultramarathonstypically range 50 kilometers to 100 miles andbeyond. This ultra running trend appears to begrowing.

This book tells you how to do it. Diet, train-ing plans, technology and technique are allcovered. Those that start running 32 miles orlonger seem to come back to it again andagain. I recommend this book for all runners.What you will learn will benefit your runningno matter how far you run. RM

Three New Running Books by�Wayne�Gilman


A fan of running could never forget theheadline: Bjorklund Runs 4:05 Mile

It was the fastest mile by a high school runner in the nation that year, 1969, and aMinnesota state record that would stand for 39 years. Competing against the terrific highschool half-miler, and later sub-four minute miler, Mike Slack, Garry figured he had to goout fast. The first lap was in 57 seconds, the half in 1:58, the three quarters in 3:01. LaterGarry would be told that he wasn’t a miler; he was meant for the longer distances. Therehe would leave his mark on running.

TwigGarry Bjorklund grew up in Twig, Minnesota, a town of scarcely 100 people, 17 miles out ofDuluth. His parents, Wally and Ethel, city kids who wanted to be self-sufficient, bought asmall farm just outside town and raised cattle, pigs, chicken, goats. And four kids: Garryand his sisters Bonnie (now deceased), Joy and Gay. He was the only athlete in the family.

Running began for Garry, notably, the day, age seven, when he and his dad werewatching the Millrose Games on television. Stirred by a woman runner setting a worldrecord in the half mile, Garry asked his dad what he could do no one else had ever done.His dad said that if he ran around the house 50 times without stopping, this would besomething no one had done. The idea stuck.

Months later, now eight, Garry asked a friend named April if she would like to dosomething no one had ever done. April dropped out after a few laps, but Garry ran all 50laps, without stopping. Afterwards, lying on the grass, he recalled the moment, “The feelof the cool grass, my heart pounding, I never felt so good in all my life.” Running appar-ently now had a grip on him.

He began to experiment. He would call a friend, tell him he was coming over, and runthe mile to his friend’s house as fast as he could, noting the time of leaving home andthe time of arrival.

The life and times of one of the Minnesota greatsby Pat O’Regan

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ProctorStarting in seventh grade, Garry rode the busan hour and a half each way to Jedlicka JuniorHigh School, which was affiliated with ProctorHigh School. In small schools, every male wasexpected to try out for a sport. Garry was moreof a mind to go hunting after classes (thoughhe never fired a shot; he didn’t like to kill ani-mals). The other boys took strong exception tothis independent streak. “They beat me up,”Garry said. This happened at the fall and win-ter seasons.

In the spring, he tried track, but quitbecause he didn’t like the junior high coach.The next fall and winter, the same thing hap-pened. “I was getting tired of being beat up,”Garry recalled, “so I went out for track again.”

Luckily, this time, the number one Proctormiler, a junior named Bill Elde, took him underhis wing. They ran together at the head of theteam on long runs. Garry progressed rapidly tothe position of third or fourth miler at Proctor,as an eighth grader.

Interestingly, Garry was once required torun in a junior high meet. He protested thisdemotion by running the varsity workout byhimself after the meet. It was a display ofstrong mindedness that would resurfacethroughout his life.

Fortunately for Garry, the varsity coachesat Proctor, Jim McIntire and Chuck Rantala,were outstanding. They used the latest train-ing techniques, studying Lydiard andBowerman, and understood the importance ofnot overloading the runners.

A runner would be in trouble if he ran aworkout too hard. The training was based onthe fartlek technique (long runs at varyingspeeds, placing stress on both the aerobic andanaerobic systems) and a lot of hill work. Thehills of Duluth became Garry’s friends.

Garry would follow the principles of train-ing he learned at Proctor throughout hiscareer. He still has the one page training out-line he followed for years.

At the end of eighth grade, Garry ran themile in 4:30 something. In ninth grade, he tookthird in the state, running 4:19. In tenth,eleventh and twelfth grades, he ran, respec-tively, 4:14, 4:09 and 4:05, winning the statechampionship. In his junior and senior years,he won the state cross country meet.

University of MinnesotaAs a ninth grader, at the state meet, Garry wasintroduced to Roy Griak, the coach of theUniversity of Minnesota track and cross coun-

try teams. One can guess that thecoach had his eye on the promisingyoung runner throughout his highschool career. In Garry’s senior year,he received a letter from CoachGriak every week.

On the recruiting trip, Garry toldthe Coach that hills were hisfriends. So they drove to everynotable hill in the Twin Cities. On avisit to Twig, the Coach told Ethel hewould treat his young charge like ason. That settled it.

After selecting theUniversity, Garry received aletter from Coach Griak thatended with the proviso, “Ihope you’re good enough to makethe team.” He upped his mileage from 35 to 40miles per week to 100.

Garry’s running career at the Universitystarted out with a bang. Of the seven Big TenChampionship rings he would win, the firstcame in cross country in his freshman year.Later that year, he would win the Big Ten twomile indoor championship and, in outdoortrack, the one and three mile championships.

The cross country team in Garry’s fresh-man year was close and multi-talented. Tothis day the names are known to many: Page,Timm, Daly, Hanley and others. Led byBjorklund, Timm and Page, that team won theBig Ten Championship, with the lowest scorein 45 years.

Garry would run stride for stride, and oftenon their own, with Don Timm, who was one ofthe best steeplechasers in the country. Thetwo friends would hammer each other on thehills of Minneapolis.

In the national meets that freshman year,Garry was sixth in cross country, fourth in thetwo mile indoors and second in the three mileoutdoors. In the latter race, he was run down byanother runner, of the same age: the great StevePrefontaine. Both broke the national record.

The fo l lowing week, a t the AAUChampionships, Coach Griak talked Garry intorunning the six mile race, a distance he hadnever run before. Tired, Garry tired to demur,but gave in. He was third, and thus, a memberof the national team.

It must have been a heady time for theyoung runner: on to France, from the AAUhouse in New York City, for a USA-France dualmeet, then to Germany, Leningrad andMoscow for other dual meets.

A rivalry developed between Garry and

Prefontaine. They would compete manytimes. “He was a great guy,” Garry said. “Iloved running against him and traveling [tomeets] with him.”

The first time they met, at the freshmannational championship, Prefontaine, probablyknowing of Garry, instigated a conversationwith him. The talk was long and friendly. “Thatwas Pre,” Garry recalled, “He was murder onthe track, but three steps after the race, it was,‘Let’s go have a beer.’”

The mark of greatness in running, Garrysaid, and he’s run against a number of them likeFrank Shorter, Lasse Viren, Bill Rodgers andPrefontaine, is that it does not matter how hardyou push them, they always have another gear.

Garry’s relationship to Coach Griak res-onated throughout the long interview withGarry. His bond to the Coach is deep and firedwith gratitude. Any father and son would beblessed to be so close, both in the days of ath-leticism and down through the years since.

Indeed, as Garry pointed out, Coach Griakhas been a second father to a myriad of ath-letes, and his relationship with many contin-ues long after their athletic days are over.

As a sophomore, Garry won the Big TenCross Country Championship again. But thenhe developed appendicitis and couldn’t run inthe national meet. Getting back into shape,Garry won the six mile outdoor Big TenChampionship. In a remarkable feat that year,in the national meet, Garry, Don Timm and TimHeikkila, an outstanding high jumper, placedthird in the team competition.

In Garry’s junior year, things took a hardturn, at the Millrose Games, no less, when hesnapped a bone in his foot. Thereafter, underthe stresses of running, his foot would swell.He tried to continue to run.

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Garry battles Steve Prefontaine at the 1971 NCAA Cross Country meet

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At a dual indoor meet with NorthwesternUniversity, Coach Griak suggested that the racebe run clockwise to ease the stress on Garry’sfoot. The Northwestern team was fine with that.Garry won the race, but the problem persisted.

A doctor said surgery would correct theproblem, but not to the point that he could runagain. He was ranked in the top 10 in the worldin the 10,000 meters. He had had the 1972Munich Olympic Games in his sights. But thefoot injury prevented him from even compet-ing in the Trials.

“I was so depressed,” Garry said, “that Iwanted to die.” He discovered alcohol to helphim through. Don Timm rescued him. He wouldcome to Garry’s dorm room and say, “Garry,let’s go for a run.” Garry would at first demur.“Let’s go for a run,” Don would say, “or I’llsmack you.”

“So,” Garry recalled, “I would squeeze myfat butt into my running shorts, and out the

door we would go.” They often had to walkback to the dorm.

“I’m not a religious person,” Garry said,“but [on one occasion] I asked God to help me.I said he could take every title, every fast time,everything I had done, if I could just run fourmiles with Don.”

Garry kept trying to get it back. He hadbeen second in the nation in cross country as ajunior. As a senior, he was second from last.Indoors was no better. Finally, Coach Griak toldhim that he had had a great career and couldquit at that point.

Enraged, Garry went back to his Proctor

program and, his foot finally cooperating,started running hard. By mid spring, he wasrunning well.

Coming back from a good meet, at the air-port in Chicago, happening upon an articletitled “BJ Thomas is Back,” referring to thepopular singer, Garry, holding up the article,called to Coach Griak, “Hey, look, Coach, BJ[his nickname] is back.” Said Coach Griak,“Not yet, you’re not.”

Garry won the six mile national champi-onship that year. Jim Ryun, the great miler, wassnapping photos of him as he crossed the fin-ish line. Jim’s best time in the mile was 4:02.

Running on after the Universityof MinnesotaRunners competed as amateurs in those days,and the life of a runner was hard. Coach Griakgot Garry a job working at the University as alawn mower mechanic. So, he would fix

engines from eight to noon, and then take anap on the floor of the locker room beforetraining with the University team.

Four days a week, he delivered pizzas until3:00 a.m. He got in a long run before work orran at night after delivering the pizzas. “I loverunning at night in the winter,” Garry said,“when it’s pitch black, frosty cold and thelights of the city glow eerily across the river.”

Garry was determined to develop as a run-ner, and, yes, he did think, like any top flightrunner, that he could be the best. He turned hisattention first to the Pan Am Games in 1975.

As a plus, the head coach of the team that

year would be Coach Griak. As Garry said, “Iknew he’d be on call for the athletes 24/7.”Ethel would help him financially.

To get ready for the humidity of Brazil, thesite of the Games, Garry moved to BatonRouge, Louisiana, to train at Louisiana StateUniversity. The University of Minnesota had aconnection to LSU. Coach Griak would take thetrack team there during spring break to train inthe warmer climate. Garry thus knew Joe May,the coach of the LSU team.

Coach May could not offer Garry a job or aliving place. Garry would be on his own. Thecoach, however, did offer the chance to trainthe school’s distance runners. His pay wouldbe one free meal a day at the LSU training cen-ter. He took the chance.

Garry found the team’s morale and trainingto be in disarray. Applying the Proctor trainingprogram, he lifted the morale of the team, get-ting the runners to believe in themselves againand to work together to improve.

Needing an income, Garry got a job as awaiter at an IHOP for 70 cents an hour. He latergot a job as a waiter at a TGIS (Thank God It’sSaturday), which paid better, but came with ashift that ended at three in the morning and asix mile bike ride each way to work.

When the Pan Am Games was moved toMexico City, Garry needed to train at altitude.He contacted the only person he knew inColorado, a state with altitude, of course: KenSwenson, the track coach with the Universityof Colorado.

Garry had known Ken, an Olympian in 1972and the American record holder in the 800meters, from various meets. Ken couldn’t offermuch, but it was a place to start. He movedto Boulder and started running in the dry,thin air. He worked as a janitor.

While in Colorado, Garry soon got toknow Ken Sparks, a former elite runner andassociate professor of human performance atthe University of Colorado. Ken, who wouldbecome a life-long friend, offered him a placeto stay, living in a trailer house with eight otherrunners. They ran like mad. “We pounded theroads like you wouldn’t believe,” Garry said.

Under Ken Sparks’ encouragement, Garryjoined the Chicago Track Club, which was ledby the great coach Ted Hayden. He would keepthat affiliation for the rest of his career.

One day, in May of 1975, Ken Sparks, justreturned from a USA-China dual meet,knocked on Garry’s door. “Did you hear about

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Garry and Dick Beardsley duel at the 1981 Grandma’s Marathon

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67 Amanda Symes, 25* 1:28:1368 Meghan Lardy, 20* 1:28:3869 Melanie Kudrle, 25* 1:28:5099 Dana Hallal, 30 1:28:50100 Ze Zhao, 22 1:29:19101 Blake Olson, 16 1:29:3670 Kayla Ferguson, 19* 1:29:56102 Tony Ferguson, 50 1:29:57103 Richard R Burch, 76 1:31:0271 Wendy Linnell, 53* 1:31:0372 Jen Duncan, 32* 1:31:06104 Robert Schaffer, 68 1:31:32105 Gary Berquist, 65 1:31:46106 Frank Titchener, 49 1:32:34107 Greg Prom, 80 1:32:4673 Kristen Kinnear-Ohlmann, 35* 1:33:2974 Judy Cronen, 70* 1:33:33108 Randall Bradley, 46 1:33:4775 Rachel Javitch, 27* 1:34:12109 Paul Odlaug, 65 1:34:2076 Janice Schulz, 51* 1:34:27

MDRA 15KAugust�14,�Edina

Overall1 Dan Greeno, 23 46:552 Joshua Lablanc, 23 48:103 Jeremy Polson, 33 49:364 Josh Metcalf, 36 49:385 Ben Kampf, 24 49:526 Brandon Gleason, 25 50:157 Timothy Branigan, 23 50:598 Michael Bialick, 29 51:069 Jeff Metzdorff, 28 51:2710 Aaron Beaber, 28 51:3111 Matt Wegmann, 25 51:4112 Kelly Mortenson, 40 51:5313 Patrick Billig, 49 52:1014 Matthew Reinders, 43 53:0115 Evgeny Beletskiy, 25 53:0416 John Leaf, 24 53:1317 Thomas Tisell, 44 53:5218 John Vandanacker, 48 53:5319 Kyle Donovan, 25 53:5720 Doug Keller, 53 54:131 Kim Robinson, 28* 54:4721 Andrew Sherman, 32 54:4922 Timothy Wucherer, 23 54:5223 Jason Quarford, 26 55:2924 Bill Magdalene, 52 55:5225 Joe Papin, 31 56:2026 Peter Kessler, 49 56:3027 Bobby Paxton, 54 56:3128 Thomas Church, 29 56:3629 Daniel Strike, 41 56:512 Lisa Dyer, 29* 56:5630 Hyun Yoon, 46 56:5931 Brent Smith, 55 57:2332 Christopher Coffey, 28 57:3133 Darrin Diedrich, 46 57:3434 Peder Nestingen, 36 57:4535 Perry Bach, 54 57:4636 Dan Morse, 58 57:523 Nichole Porath, 28* 57:5437 Marc Nosal, 45 57:5738 Jon Anderson, 47 58:1239 Daniel Church, 28 58:144 Thea Fleming, 28* 58:1540 Bill Krezonoski, 57 58:355 Margaret Landberg, 26* 58:3741 David Tompkins, 40 58:3842 Kirt Goetzke, 50 58:4943 Kevin Pilarski, 45 59:426 Amy Halseth, 41* 59:5444 Kraig Lungstrom, 53 1:00:0745 Todd Sperling, 51 1:00:0946 Matt Binsfeld, 35 1:00:2047 Jim Clark, 43 1:00:237 Erin Ward, 36* 1:00:288 Lori Buratto, 41* 1:00:4348 Omar Palacios, 28 1:00:5449 Raymond Mitchell, 47 1:00:589 Sonya Decker, 45* 1:01:0450 Mica Grafenstein-Kinzel, 38 1:01:0751 Mark Brose, 43 1:01:1310 Willie Tibbetts, 40* 1:01:2052 Denny Jordan, 60 1:01:5353 Mark Myers, 52 1:01:5854 Michael Younes, 31 1:02:1255 Mike Setter, 55 1:02:1311 Madeline Harms, 25* 1:02:17

56 Matt Gehring, 30 1:02:2612 Wanda Gau, 49* 1:02:2913 Jessica Pink, 32* 1:03:0657 Paul LaMere, 64 1:03:1014 Jillian Tholen, 23* 1:03:1158 Dale Heinen, 55 1:03:2859 Rick Hlebain, 60 1:03:5460 Michael Nawrocki, 39 1:03:5815 Jenny Wilcox, 36* 1:04:2561 Jack Ankrum, 59 1:04:3062 Bill Atkins, 50 1:04:4263 George Fulp, 50 1:05:0264 Mark Klaverkamp, 53 1:05:0765 Rick Strand, 57 1:05:1816 Robin Balder-Lanoue, 42* 1:05:3917 Sharon Stubler, 46* 1:05:4918 Sue Abrahamson, 48* 1:06:1119 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 49* 1:06:2320 Rebekah Metzdorff, 26* 1:06:3366 Brian Helm, 52 1:06:4867 Jared Mondry, 69 1:07:0821 Nellie Adams, 23* 1:07:2522 Julie Virkus, 58* 1:07:3068 Mark LeDuc, 56 1:07:4669 David Martin, 41 1:07:5023 Jody Zeleznikar, 38* 1:08:0924 Joelle Nelson, 43* 1:08:2425 Laura O'Brien, 25* 1:08:2770 Erik Linnell, 18 1:08:3326 Eileen Moran, 46* 1:08:3627 Lisa Hines, 48* 1:08:5271 Mark Kuhn, 41 1:08:5672 Joseph Thom, 45 1:09:4228 Laurie Hanscom, 48* 1:09:4573 Michael Dahnert, 57 1:09:5029 Andriette Wickstrom, 56* 1:09:5474 Winston Gordon, 67 1:10:0030 Patricia Langum, 50* 1:10:1475 Ted Hewes, 49 1:10:2531 Amy Clark, 47* 1:10:3576 Marty Humphrey, 47 1:10:4732 Kelly Rogers, 52* 1:10:5833 Deb Humphrey, 46* 1:11:0577 Ward Lenius, 52 1:11:1478 Stephen Robertson, 50 1:11:2379 Jim Fethers, 57 1:11:5434 Emily Therneau, 27* 1:11:5680 Andy Bjorklund, 28 1:12:0335 Cicely Miltich, 25* 1:12:3181 Bob Gustafson, 42 1:12:4382 Paul Ford, 68 1:13:2483 Thom Weddle, 72 1:13:2784 Joey Ferguson, 14 1:13:3236 Hilary Young, 25* 1:13:3785 Brendan Dolan, 31 1:13:3886 Richard Malecek, 58 1:13:4387 Stu Clem, 67 1:13:4837 Rachelle Barfknecht, 40* 1:14:0288 Steve Maupin, 60 1:14:3338 Nancy Marquette, 53* 1:14:3839 Lori Ann Peterson, 38* 1:14:4589 Norm Purrington, 68 1:14:4640 Gina Rockstad, 42* 1:14:5041 Maria Schilling, 38* 1:14:5742 Ashley Schulzetenberg, 28* 1:15:1043 Susan Haines, 51* 1:16:1844 Gemma Miltich, 21* 1:16:2290 Gustave Virkus, 61 1:16:4845 Sara McKinley, 24* 1:17:1246 Gloria Jansen, 64* 1:17:2991 Darrell Christensen, 74 1:17:3392 Greg Williamson, 55 1:17:3547 Carla Lavere, 51* 1:17:45

48 Kris Kuhn, 30* 1:17:5793 Robert York, 56 1:18:3094 Harvey Johnson, 70 1:18:3149 Anita Baugh, 53* 1:19:1350 Gina Murphy, 46* 1:19:2751 Nadine Meyer, 45* 1:19:3752 Sara Justice, 33* 1:20:0453 Kendra Elm, 22* 1:21:3595 Thomas O'Brien, 23 1:22:0596 Sam Bradley, 15 1:22:2054 Constance O'Brien, 50* 1:23:2455 Marilyn Schnobrich, 69* 1:24:0056 Colene Erickson, 43* 1:24:3957 Kathleen Sprague, 20* 1:24:5658 Jill Kraemer, 20* 1:24:5859 Tamara Castasnias, 46* 1:25:0060 Rachael Theising, 40* 1:25:0161 Lauren Mathie, 29* 1:25:0662 Rosemary Harnly, 64* 1:26:0963 Mary Croft, 65* 1:26:1064 Sandra Dalquist, 70* 1:26:2465 Nicole Lynch, 38* 1:26:3497 Vincent Rohr, 67 1:26:4298 Alan Phillips, 77 1:26:4466 Kristin Nord, 31* 1:26:56 continued on page 19

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77 Melissa Hoag, 33* 1:34:36110 Jim Meredig, 53 1:35:2778 Kathryn Benhardus, 64* 1:36:0379 Kate Perry, 36* 1:36:3380 Melissa Dawson, 36* 1:36:4381 Emily Nitz, 26* 1:37:1182 Sally Rubenstein, 55* 1:37:1983 Laurie Olson, 48* 1:37:1984 Jessica Solberg, 25* 1:38:4185 Susan Midthun, 59* 1:43:3286 Samantha Walder, 28* 1:48:4487 Jessica Miller, 19* 1:49:39111 Timothy Sandry, 55 1:50:45112 #674 1:50:51113 Ralph Wilson, 77 1:51:41114 Jamie Klemenhagen, 29 1:54:1788 Heather Burt, 14* 1:58:40115 John Adams, 74 2:03:38116 Todd Pook, 45 2:08:0589 Sandra Bolich, 64* 2:14:0690 Jennifer Kannegieter, 28* 2:32:46* indicates females

MHI 5KAugust�14,�Edina

Open Men1 Leighton Becher, 18 16:582 Andrew Hansen, 17 17:403 Luke Nelson, 37 17:594 Nathan Porath, 28 19:175 Todd Beach, 46 19:556 Luke Blatti, 16 20:057 Mark Bauer, 29 20:428 Bill Anderson, 44 21:389 Preston Grundy, 13 22:3810 Hunter Yerks, 13 23:1611 Dean Anderson, 41 23:2412 Tim Evavold, 51 23:2713 David Haagensen, 41 23:3714 William Boisvert, 48 23:4615 Terence McCormick, 51 23:5116 Robert Forcier, 46 23:5117 John Schwarzkopf, 22 23:5718 Keith Knutson, 55 24:1319 Glenn Riemersma, 44 24:3520 Kevin Schooler, 40 24:38

Open Women1 Maria Hauger, 17 17:242 Michelle Krezonoski, 17 18:593 Kim Krezonoski, 17 20:094 Emily Castanias, 15 21:315 Linda Green, 47 21:376 Kylie Anderson, 17 21:457 Mary Hirsch, 50 22:428 Megan Steil, 29 23:069 Katie Sharkey, 14 23:2010 Whitney Nasca, 22 25:0411 Joellen Evavold, 42 25:0512 Christine Bent, 41 25:3613 Peg Hayes, 52 26:1814 Bret Kitner, 42 26:2015 Casey Miler, 14 26:4816 Dayna Bassett, 33 26:5617 Julie Rohr, 64 27:2218 Dawn Tucker, 36 27:5819 Tasha Herrgott, 30 28:1120 Renee Johnson, 42 28:34

Men 8 - 935 John Quimby, 8 28:5344 Tommy Therkelsen, 9 34:16

Men 10 - 1168 Donivan Wolf, 11 1:03:42

Men 12 - 139 Preston Grundy, 13 22:3810 Hunter Yerks, 13 23:1639 Austin Miler, 12 30:5648 Christopher Brewer, 13 37:2367 Malcolm Snyder, 13 1:00:27

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Men 14 - 1569 Gabe Briseno, 14 1:03:44

Men 16 - 172 Andrew Hansen, 17 17:406 Luke Blatti, 16 20:0555 Evan Hurrell, 17 43:43

Men 18 - 191 Leighton Becher, 18 16:5860 Ian Linnell, 19 50:06

Men 35 - 393 Luke Nelson, 37 17:5927 Patrick Rathmann, 39 26:5532 Jim Gonnella, 37 28:1243 Antonio Rodriguez, 39 33:4146 Benjamin Kimball, 35 36:4952 Peter Quimby, 38 39:00

Men 40 - 448 Bill Anderson, 44 21:3811 Dean Anderson, 41 23:2413 David Haagensen, 41 23:3719 Glenn Riemersma, 44 24:3520 Kevin Schooler, 40 24:3823 Jason Ross, 40 25:4526 Michael Westholder, 40 26:5037 Mike Cavier, 43 29:4949 Aaron McGuire, 40 37:2953 Jeff Morgan, 40 39:01

Men 45 - 495 Todd Beach, 46 19:5514 William Boisvert, 48 23:4616 Robert Forcier, 46 23:5128 John Somers, 47 26:5733 Jerry Pietz, 47 28:1551 John Unverzagt, 46 38:3856 David Hurrell, 48 43:4463 Gary Schleper, 47 51:4364 Kevin Schum, 46 52:13

Men 50 - 5412 Tim Evavold, 51 23:2715 Terence McCormick, 51 23:5131 Kevin Harris, 50 28:0634 Jeffrey Schwartz, 52 28:3238 Buddy Gau, 51 30:1247 Paul Jacobsen, 50 36:5161 Bill Schleper, 50 51:37

Men 55 - 5918 Keith Knutson, 55 24:1350 Pat Samstad, 55 37:3758 Jon Ward, 58 44:1862 Joe Schleper, 56 51:3866 Byron Bodin, 59 56:16

Men 60 - 6442 Joe Kandiko, 61 32:48

Men 65 - 6970 Gary Schott, 67 1:04:17

Women Under 8107 Paige Quimby, 6 38:56

Women 8 - 925 Emma Snuggerud, 9 29:11117 Lauren Kitner, 9 40:25

Women 10 - 1171 Aili Barta, 10 34:46

Women 12 - 13108 Kennedy Morgan, 13 39:01127 Danielle Boisvert, 13 43:21128 Isabella Swanson, 13 43:21

Women 14 - 154 Emily Castanias, 15 21:319 Katie Sharkey, 14 23:2015 Casey Miler, 14 26:4837 Lindsay Snuggerud, 14 30:5538 Erin Schindler, 14 30:5660 Brittany Peterson, 14 33:45

Women 16 - 171 Maria Hauger, 17 17:242 Michelle Krezonoski, 17 18:593 Kim Krezonoski, 17 20:096 Kylie Anderson, 17 21:4577 Courtney Kueppers, 17 35:04

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Women 35 - 3918 Dawn Tucker, 36 27:5824 Karma Unverzagt, 37 29:0428 Lanette Horkey, 39 30:0734 Maria Rippy, 37 30:5339 Karen Schindler, 37 31:0340 Lisa Westholder, 37 31:0545 Jen Patterson, 37 31:2949 Lorraine Mullen, 38 31:5064 Sarah Rodriguez, 38 34:0472 Larissa Barta, 36 34:47

Women 40 - 4411 Joellen Evavold, 42 25:0512 Christine Bent, 41 25:3614 Bret Kitner, 42 26:2020 Renee Johnson, 42 28:3422 Heidi Quimby, 41 28:5923 Heather Dawson, 40 29:0332 Jessica Morgan, 41 30:3857 Melissa Walter, 42 33:0482 Rebecca Nelson, 42 36:3894 Kara Therkelsen, 43 37:50

Women 45 - 495 Linda Green, 47 21:3735 Natalie Boisvert, 47 30:5436 Renee Burt, 46 30:5541 Donna Leicach, 45 31:0651 Annalea Helms, 45 32:1552 Karen Wilson, 49 32:1653 Terri Gens, 47 32:3361 Elizabeth Peterson, 49 33:4663 Gretchen Dargatz, 49 34:0369 Rosalinda Foster, 47 34:16

Women 50 - 547 Mary Hirsch, 50 22:4213 Peg Hayes, 52 26:1829 Dorothy Whelan, 51 30:17


48 Susan Horsley, 50 31:4759 Casey Kovacic, 52 33:3168 Ellen Fastner, 52 34:1079 Lisa Raddatz, 50 35:4993 Jana Whear, 54 37:49111 Shelley Dubois, 53 39:10113 Carrie Kitner, 50 39:28

Women 55 - 5946 Lou Ann Kotz, 56 31:3165 Nancy Page, 58 34:05105 Kathryn Wipperling, 58 38:50123 Kate Blau, 58 42:47138 Terry Nelson, 59 46:59150 Maizie Kelly, 56 51:00164 Linda Engelhart, 57 52:21169 Kathy Anderson, 59 55:48170 Jane Cahow, 55 55:51173 Georgene Davy, 57 56:22

Women 60 - 6417 Julie Rohr, 64 27:2266 Annette Schroeder, 60 34:07125 Linda Dostalek, 60 43:11132 Kathy Furst, 61 44:21166 Ruth Lange, 64 53:01184 Barbara Andersen, 64 58:46202 Carlotta Stomberg, 63 1:04:32

Women 65 - 69203 Ethel Kay Livingston, 68 1:04:33

Women 70 - 74178 Gini Brooks, 71 56:37198 Lynette Crane, 74 1:04:28200 Jacqueline Teisberg, 74 1:04:30

Mora HalfMarathonAugust�20,�Mora

Open Men1 Steven Pekarek, 30 1:18:232 Marc Malinowski, 25 1:19:353 Hyun Yoon, 46 1:19:454 Randy Wiinanen, 56 1:22:035 Steve Mann, 37 1:23:506 Tony Nikodym, 17 1:24:537 Chris Humbert, 47 1:24:588 Kerry Rauschendorfer, 35 1:26:149 Larry Cerling, 61 1:27:0910 Todd Sperling, 51 1:28:1911 Kyle Willett, 28 1:28:5812 D Scott Dibble, 45 1:29:4113 Aaron Squadroni, 29 1:29:5814 Daniel Hushagen, 30 1:30:2315 Tim Hendrickx, 28 1:31:2916 Erik Raivo, 27 1:31:5117 Ryan Hinz, 26 1:32:0818 Wade Weber, 56 1:32:2919 Matthew Nikodym, 33 1:33:0620 Mike Peloquin, 51 1:33:22

Open Women1 Jen Anderson, 41 1:20:582 McKenzie Holt, 15 1:26:093 Kristin Rognerud, 30 1:32:354 Karlee Cox, 18 1:37:305 Lynn Will, 37 1:38:336 Ashley Etinger, 12 1:43:027 Diane Laughlin, 47 1:44:488 Morgan Bellmore, 6 1:45:549 Dina Murphy-Bellmore, 39 1:46:0610 Cristie Etinger, 39 1:46:15

11 Grace Etinger, 5 1:46:1512 Carey Venhuizen, 36 1:46:3313 Danette Hellmann, 39 1:46:4014 Kayla Cox, 20 1:47:1215 Kim Nygaard, 43 1:47:1216 Ann Robertson, 44 1:47:1517 Brandy Blum, 33 1:47:2418 Cheryl Bjerke, 45 1:47:5319 Chandra Holt, 31 1:48:3520 Chana Lennox, 38 1:48:42

Men 8 - 942 Matt Bellmore, 8 1:46:10

Men 10 - 1140 Justin Etinger, 10 1:45:53

Men 14 - 1532 Tanner Wetzel, 15 1:38:3884 Lucas Gerads, 14 2:03:08121 Connor Tennapel, 15 2:16:49

Men 16 - 176 Tony Nikodym, 17 1:24:5383 Kory Sutton, 17 2:02:3599 Derrick Stenstrom, 16 2:07:50142 Austin Fessenden, 16 2:29:14143 Dalton Folkema, 16 2:29:14159 Grant Manley, 16 2:41:13

Men 18 - 1986 Jacob Rajkowski, 18 2:04:04

Men 35 - 395 Steve Mann, 37 1:23:508 Kerry Rauschendorfer, 35 1:26:1448 Matt Holt, 36 1:48:3573 James Williams, 37 1:57:2192 James Venhuizen, 35 2:05:04109 Tony Wuollet, 39 2:11:06116 Brian Carda, 38 2:15:06126 Robert Allen, 39 2:17:53130 Dave Tatro, 36 2:21:38131 Jeremy Mikla, 35 2:22:44

Men 40 - 44

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21 Kevin Link, 44 1:34:4836 Todd Viegut, 42 1:42:4437 Vince Gaston, 44 1:43:1645 Omar Ansari, 41 1:47:3046 Tony Lourey, 44 1:47:5749 Travis Hanson, 40 1:49:0467 Chris Thorson, 44 1:55:2674 Michael King, 40 1:57:2388 Gregory Olson, 42 2:04:2894 Duane Olsen, 40 2:05:06

Men 45 - 493 Hyun Yoon, 46 1:19:457 Chris Humbert, 47 1:24:5812 D Scott Dibble, 45 1:29:4124 Bud Brasch, 48 1:36:1527 Thomas Peterson, 47 1:36:3328 Brett Swensen, 47 1:37:0229 James Fulton, 49 1:37:4439 Todd Honstrom, 46 1:45:2443 Keith Olson, 48 1:46:5347 James Gordon, 45 1:47:59

Men 50 - 5410 Todd Sperling, 51 1:28:1920 Mike Peloquin, 51 1:33:2241 Bill Tolo, 52 1:46:0952 Gary Pesarchick, 51 1:50:3160 Kenneth Hanna, 54 1:52:4078 Mark Smith, 50 1:58:3085 Duane Craker, 53 2:03:4191 Jim Jones, 50 2:04:58106 Kevin Clemens, 54 2:10:11107 Jon Marlton, 52 2:10:26

Men 55 - 594 Randy Wiinanen, 56 1:22:0318 Wade Weber, 56 1:32:2935 Neil Soltis, 58 1:41:4344 David Wicker, 55 1:47:0850 John Paisley, 57 1:49:1655 George Wallin, 58 1:51:5969 Tom Schreiner, 59 1:56:1277 Stephen Swensen, 55 1:57:5380 Eric Anderson, 59 1:59:2296 Mike Ingebrand, 56 2:07:47

Men 60 - 649 Larry Cerling, 61 1:27:0925 Richard Rovang, 62 1:36:2951 Dave Trefethen, 63 1:49:2959 Mick Justin, 63 1:52:35112 David Johnson, 63 2:12:12117 David Heffernan, 61 2:15:15141 Mason Hjelle, 61 2:28:24

Men 65 - 6982 Larry McNichols, 67 2:02:19146 John Skillicorn, 68 2:32:35150 Myron Creager, 68 2:36:15154 Bob Durband, 67 2:39:11157 Leland Everson, 69 2:40:42166 Hugh Hammond, 65 3:07:51

Men 70 - 74151 Pat Brown, 74 2:36:29

Women Under 88 Morgan Bellmore, 6 1:45:5411 Grace Etinger, 5 1:46:15

Women 12 - 136 Ashley Etinger, 12 1:43:02125 Mariah Wetzel, 13 2:55:46

Women 14 - 152 McKenzie Holt, 15 1:26:0980 Paige Larson, 15 2:19:0781 Cassidy Carlisle, 15 2:19:5493 Ashlee Forslund, 15 2:24:02123 Kwanmanus Tadadoltip, 15 2:54:04

Women 16 - 1748 Annika Bjerkness, 17 2:03:0255 Lisa Nygaard, 16 2:06:2662 Julia Johnson, 17 2:09:2387 Josie Fritsch, 16 2:22:13131 Kailey Berry, 16 2:58:55

Women 18 - 194 Karlee Cox, 18 1:37:3061 Katelyn Hoyles, 18 2:09:2383 Kirsten Montray, 18 2:19:59105 Janna Jansen, 18 2:28:37


Women 35 - 395 Lynn Will, 37 1:38:339 Dina Murphy-Bellmore, 39 1:46:0610 Cristie Etinger, 39 1:46:1512 Carey Venhuizen, 36 1:46:3313 Danette Hellmann, 39 1:46:4020 Chana Lennox, 38 1:48:4224 Lisa Rauschendorfer, 37 1:50:1027 Roxy Lukenbill, 38 1:51:5531 Michele Leom, 38 1:52:3042 Tonya Tepley Rabasco, 38 1:59:12

Women 40 - 441 Jen Anderson, 41 1:20:5815 Kim Nygaard, 43 1:47:1216 Ann Robertson, 44 1:47:1530 Jennifer Strautman, 41 1:52:2144 Lorretta Wollin, 41 1:59:1650 Wendy Hakes-Anderson, 40 2:03:2552 Heidi Cox, 42 2:05:2869 Lara Etnier, 41 2:12:5772 Sue Jones, 40 2:15:55103 Christine Woolhouse, 43 2:27:58

Women 45 - 497 Diane Laughlin, 47 1:44:4818 Cheryl Bjerke, 45 1:47:5328 Shari Stamps, 47 1:51:5836 Renee Bjork, 45 1:54:3138 Sandy Roemhild, 46 1:56:5449 Kristine Martin, 49 2:03:0364 Julie Knochenmus, 45 2:09:5465 Lori Lyons, 45 2:10:1774 Kristine Oberg, 48 2:17:2276 Deborah Bursell, 48 2:17:48

Women 50 - 5475 Carol Fackler, 52 2:17:44111 Karen Mecklenburg, 51 2:34:00116 Elizabeth Gmerek, 50 2:40:50143 Debbie Morrison, 53 3:29:44146 Patty Eustice, 50 3:57:49

Women 55 - 5926 Rosemary Lensing, 55 1:51:31120 Susan Hjelle, 59 2:48:04124 Susan FranceWeber, 56 2:54:59133 Alice Pingel, 57 3:02:26134 Lou Evans, 58 3:02:39135 Mecheal Trupe, 58 3:02:40

Women 60 - 6441 Sara Cherne, 62 1:58:24145 Barbara Crawford, 60 3:57:49

MDRA Victory 10KSeptember�5,�Minneapolis

Open Men1 Josh Moen, 29 29:392 Chris Erichsen, 25 29:563 Erik Teig, 27 31:214 Chris Lundstrom, 35 31:305 Philip Richert, 24 32:066 John Leaf, 24 32:307 Nick Ross, 22 32:368 Scott Roby, 28 32:549 Patrick Billig, 49 33:0510 Lance Elliott, 40 33:4811 Gerad Mead, 32 34:0012 Chad Bartels, 37 34:1213 Kyle Donovan, 25 34:1614 Paul Giannobile, 52 34:1715 John Vandanacker, 49 34:1916 Thomas Sullivan, 35 34:2117 Doug Keller, 53 34:2718 Anthony Orlando, 23 34:4019 Pete Kessler, 49 34:4620 Bill Magdalene, 52 35:05

Open Women1 Kristen Nicolini, 33 34:412 Katie Koski, 38 35:503 Rhiannon Beckendorf, 30 36:434 Megan Thomas, 27 36:465 Zoe Byrnes, 29 36:486 Amy Halseth, 41 37:427 McKenzie Holt, 15 37:518 Maria Allen, 26 38:04

9 Kaelyn Williams, 17 38:1010 Kate Lovrien, 37 38:4411 Bonnie Sons, 46 39:1312 Emi Yasaka, 34 39:2113 Julie Mocadlo, 28 39:2614 Madeline Harms, 25 39:3615 Wanda Gau, 49 39:5716 Corey McClay, 28 40:0717 Donna Philippot, 43 40:2418 Ann Snuggerud, 43 40:5219 Suzie Finger, 28 41:1520 Sharon Stubler, 46 41:35

Men 12 - 13266 Brian Paulsen, 12 55:06

Men 16 - 17131 Trent Labarr, 17 44:27144 Sam Renikoff, 16 44:59

Men 18 - 1983 Alex Woo, 18 40:52

Men 35 - 394 Chris Lundstrom, 35 31:3012 Chad Bartels, 37 34:1216 Thomas Sullivan, 35 34:2133 Neil Bizily, 36 36:2338 Christian Hicks, 37 36:5244 Eric Slagle, 35 37:1850 Mica Grafenstein-Kinzel, 38 37:5670 Steven Coon, 36 39:4093 Marc Mortl, 36 41:2895 Hans Dahl, 37 41:43

Men 40 - 4410 Lance Elliott, 40 33:4824 Scott Davis, 41 35:4132 Daniel Strike, 41 36:1740 Colin Gardner-Springer, 42 36:5441 Troy Anderson, 40 36:5542 David Tompkins, 40 37:0043 Luke Peterson, 40 37:1347 Scott Ramberg, 43 37:4351 Martin Cassidy, 44 38:0152 Jim Clark, 44 38:05

Men 45 - 499 Patrick Billig, 49 33:0515 John Vandanacker, 49 34:1919 Pete Kessler, 49 34:4623 Hyun Yoon, 46 35:3635 Dave Marek, 46 36:2836 Eric Porte, 46 36:4545 Michael Moulsoff, 48 37:2848 John Hopkins, 45 37:4555 Kevin Pilarski, 45 38:1060 John Heidal, 48 38:39

Men 50 - 5414 Paul Giannobile, 52 34:1717 Doug Keller, 53 34:2720 Bill Magdalene, 52 35:0534 Perry Bach, 54 36:2737 Kirt Goetzke, 50 36:5049 Rick Larsen, 50 37:5353 Jeffrey Warshaw, 50 38:0654 Melvin Alvarez, 51 38:0882 George Fulp, 50 40:4584 Michael Lawler, 50 40:54

Men 55 - 5927 Bobby Paxton, 55 35:5430 Dan Morse, 58 36:0939 Randy Wiinanen, 56 36:5357 Jess Koski, 56 38:3267 Dale Heinen, 55 39:2873 Michael Bjornberg, 57 39:5274 Mike Setter, 55 39:5377 Dave Haley, 57 40:1289 Dave Ottoson, 57 41:1690 Mark LeDuc, 56 41:17

Men 60 - 6468 Larry Cerling, 61 39:3571 Paul LaMere, 64 39:4472 Denny Jordan, 60 39:5192 Jerry Beutel, 61 41:28150 Steve Maupin, 60 45:29151 Dan Gjelten, 60 45:37156 Arland Braaten-Lee, 62 45:58169 Tom Hiendlmayr, 62 46:51171 Terrence Hakkola, 61 46:54176 Scott Charlesworth, 60 47:14

Men 65 - 69105 Jim Graupner, 66 42:37116 Winston Gordon, 67 43:37146 Jim Heebink, 65 45:04162 Nick Vanduzee, 67 46:27182 Norm Purrington, 68 47:29196 Don Dornfeld, 68 47:56229 Olaf Lukk, 65 51:22237 Eric Goullaud, 66 51:48248 Steve Schroeder, 69 52:49263 Herb Byun, 67 54:41

Men 70 - 74153 Thom Weddle, 73 45:50163 Rick Kleyman, 71 46:31183 Darrell Christensen, 74 47:30208 Harvey Johnson, 70 49:35217 Ed Rousseau, 71 50:04244 Phil Erickson, 70 52:10253 Roger Carlson, 70 53:26316 Wayne Paschke, 74 1:10:30

Men 75 - 79276 Richard R Burch, 76 56:47308 Douglas Erbeck, 75 1:04:12312 Ralph Wilson, 77 1:06:06315 Pat Brown, 75 1:07:49317 Ed Lentz, 75 1:10:36

Men 80 - 84293 Greg Prom, 80 59:18

Women 12 - 13132 Sydney Paulson, 12 55:20133 Sydney Heimer, 12 55:21

Women 14 - 157 McKenzie Holt, 15 37:5159 Claire Drysdale, 15 48:3867 Casey Ross, 14 49:49

Women 16 - 179 Kaelyn Williams, 17 38:10104 Annika Bjerkness, 17 53:27

Women 18 - 19144 Sara Straskowski, 19 55:48

Women 35 - 392 Katie Koski, 38 35:5010 Kate Lovrien, 37 38:4435 Kelli Mutschler, 38 44:4154 Leah Maly, 37 48:0565 Sheila Becker, 38 49:4477 Andrea Wackerfuss, 38 50:4779 Elizabeth Johnson, 35 50:5196 Jolene Chlebeck, 35 52:24106 Kristen Kinnear-Ohlmann, 35 53:33111 Calista Feldman, 36 54:01

Women 40 - 446 Amy Halseth, 41 37:4217 Donna Philippot, 43 40:2418 Ann Snuggerud, 43 40:5223 Lisa Burger, 40 42:2528 Lisa Wacek, 41 43:1929 Karyn Luger, 40 43:2639 Kim Pease, 41 45:3842 Jamie Nordstrom, 41 45:5843 Cindi Matt, 40 46:0264 Jennifer Fackler, 43 49:42

Women 45 - 4911 Bonnie Sons, 46 39:1315 Wanda Gau, 49 39:5720 Sharon Stubler, 46 41:3521 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 49 42:1027 Lisa Hines, 48 43:0531 Eileen Moran, 46 43:5244 Lorena Byerly, 47 46:2752 Julie Drysdale, 47 47:5269 Sharon Roeske, 49 49:5273 Jan Kihm, 47 50:21

Women 50 - 5425 Leila McGrath, 54 42:3132 Sherry Case, 52 44:0837 Lisa Trainor, 52 45:1040 Ann Wasson, 50 45:5141 Nancy Marquette, 53 45:5447 Susan Haines, 51 47:20



62 Debra Wagner, 54 49:0274 Mary Barrett, 54 50:2784 Gay Eggers, 52 51:2188 Sally Lederer, 50 51:54

Women 55 - 5930 Andriette Wickstrom, 56 43:4436 Barb Leininger, 58 44:5051 Stacey Millett, 55 47:5153 Kerry Krepps, 58 48:0361 Sonia Jacobsen, 55 48:4676 Susan Pokorney, 56 50:3699 Patti Vitek, 59 52:48102 Kim Dancer, 55 52:57108 Ann Haugejorde, 57 53:38112 Sherry Johnston, 56 54:02

Women 60 - 6455 Gloria Jansen, 64 48:1256 Diane Stoneking, 63 48:2158 Carol Brouillard, 63 48:2791 Kathleen Shea, 63 52:02159 Becky Flory, 63 57:44172 Kathryn Benhardus, 64 59:43208 Mary Johnson, 62 1:09:45

Women 65 - 69130 Rosemary Harnly, 65 55:13155 Patricia Goodwin, 65 57:08

Women 70 - 74120 Sandra Dalquist, 70 54:17140 Judy Cronen, 71 55:33

MDRA Victory 5KSeptember�5,�Minneapolis

Open Men1 Reed Steele, 31 16:152 Todd Hierlmaier, 32 16:213 Gerad Mead, 32 16:524 Kyle Donovan, 25 16:545 Thomas Sullivan, 35 17:096 William Sikorski, 41 17:397 Jay Nelson, 41 17:588 Daniel Strike, 41 18:049 Ben Stanley, 28 18:1510 Dan Morse, 58 18:1711 David Tompkins, 40 18:1912 Aaron Squadroni, 29 18:2313 Troy Anderson, 40 18:2814 Tyler Kobilarcsik, 14 18:3715 Omar Palacios, 28 18:4316 Patrick Richard, 52 18:5017 Aaron Hansen, 30 18:5718 Todd Sperling, 51 18:5919 Tom Woo, 52 19:0120 Christian Oestreich, 32 19:05

Open Women1 McKenzie Holt, 15 18:432 Joelle Nelson, 44 19:483 Melissa McLeish, 32 20:204 Diane Urick, 45 20:215 Sadie Briggs, 35 20:526 Madeline Harms, 25 20:537 Ann Snuggerud, 43 20:538 Colleen McCann, 33 20:579 Jennifer Huelsmann, 42 21:0010 Andrea Dube, 45 21:0511 Elai Elaina Schellhaass, 24 21:1612 Suzie Finger, 28 21:2013 Laurie Hanscom, 48 21:2914 Andriette Wickstrom, 56 21:5715 Lourdes Norton, 33 22:2416 Tammy Domeier, 44 22:2717 Natalie Leong, 23 22:4418 Maria Schilling, 38 22:4519 Colleen Hellenbrand, 29 23:1120 Wati Hlusak, 34 23:30

Men Under 8217 Eric Fan, 6 50:12

Men 8 - 9141 Cade Briggs, 9 26:43


214 Ryan Pettersen, 8 43:16216 Gabe Wasz, 9 47:26

Men 10 - 11128 Alex McAloon, 10 25:42182 Charlie Cease, 11 31:41197 Luke Hauritz, 11 34:47198 Danny Worwa, 11 35:50204 Braden Wasz, 11 37:27207 Randy Pettersen, 11 40:38

Men 12 - 1371 Eddie Cease, 13 22:0376 Zachary Garvis, 13 22:11121 Eric Heidal, 12 25:11139 Austin Miler, 12 26:28160 Alex Bruns, 12 28:34205 Charlie Bassett, 13 39:20

Men 14 - 1514 Tyler Kobilarcsik, 14 18:3755 Nicholas Bassett, 15 21:03151 Konrad Young, 15 27:34158 Mitchell Humphries, 15 28:30

Men 16 - 1787 Samuel Ross, 17 22:4489 William Rurik, 17 22:58134 Reid Pettersen, 16 26:09

Men 18 - 1929 Joey Raymo, 19 19:45

Men 35 - 395 Thomas Sullivan, 35 17:0924 Marc Wosepka, 38 19:2537 Jason Phillips, 35 19:5738 Steven Coon, 36 19:5760 Mike Nixon, 38 21:3661 Erik Larson, 36 21:3981 Mark Slade, 35 22:3084 Anthony Leong, 37 22:40107 Elias Pastrana, 38 24:12112 Chad Spry, 39 24:26

Men 40 - 446 William Sikorski, 41 17:397 Jay Nelson, 41 17:588 Daniel Strike, 41 18:0411 David Tompkins, 40 18:1913 Troy Anderson, 40 18:2821 Marty Urick, 44 19:0925 Jim Clark, 44 19:3431 Chad Kelly, 41 19:4840 Eric Ealy, 43 20:0353 Todd Viegutt, 43 21:00

Men 45 - 4933 Raymond Mitchell, 47 19:5036 Dave Marek, 46 19:5749 Ted Hewes, 49 20:4356 Donny Walstrom, 47 21:0573 Stefan Pavlik, 49 22:0774 James Fulton, 49 22:0796 Todd Kalina, 48 23:28119 Bill Rosati, 45 25:01124 William Garvis, 46 25:20125 Patrick Skinner, 49 25:21

Men 50 - 5416 Patrick Richard, 52 18:5018 Todd Sperling, 51 18:5919 Tom Woo, 52 19:0127 Kirt Goetzke, 50 19:3734 Joe Sperling, 50 19:5139 Keith Tufte, 51 20:0047 Larry Freund, 51 20:3270 Mike Amundson, 52 22:0278 Michael Lawler, 50 22:2582 Doug Zabel, 51 22:31

Men 55 - 5910 Dan Morse, 58 18:1741 Michael Bjornberg, 57 20:0843 Dale Heinen, 55 20:1551 Dave Haley, 57 20:5858 Danny Hansen, 57 21:3172 Robert Dedeyn, 58 22:0391 Greg Williamson, 55 23:02100 Jerry Gale, 59 23:38103 Jerry Heaps, 56 23:45104 Mark Yount, 56 23:52

Men 60 - 6442 Denny Jordan, 60 20:1446 Bill Hansen, 64 20:29

68 Todd Grant, 63 21:5893 David Schreiber, 64 23:10102 Mike Mann, 62 23:45106 Steve Maupin, 60 24:00111 Terrence Hakkola, 61 24:25130 John Naslund, 61 25:47131 Dennis Johnson, 62 25:48133 Jon Melander, 63 25:59

Men 65 - 69118 Norm Purrington, 68 24:57129 Rick Recker, 67 25:43132 Paul Murray, 66 25:55135 Harry Farb, 67 26:12137 Gene Holen, 69 26:24144 Alvin Larson, 68 26:53152 Tom Tinkham, 67 27:43162 Curt Hillstrom, 69 28:36189 Larry Rolf, 67 32:17191 Bob Stewart, 67 32:57

Men 70 - 7498 Thom Weddle, 73 23:33138 Harvey Johnson, 70 26:26147 Phil Erickson, 70 27:11212 Gary Frederickson, 71 42:22

Men 75 - 79171 Richard R Burch, 76 29:30188 Dick Olson, 78 32:16193 Ralph Wilson, 77 33:11194 Pat Brown, 75 33:17211 Sy Gross, 76 41:23

Men 80 - 84184 Greg Prom, 80 31:45195 Duane Peterson, 80 33:24200 Rogers Anderson, 82 36:11

Men 85 - 89213 Jim Waterman, 85 42:50

Women 8 - 933 Lauren McCollor, 8 25:3839 Emma Snuggerud, 9 26:31132 Kiana Fan, 8 41:53

Women 10 - 1136 Paige McAloon, 10 25:5246 Naomi Brenden, 11 27:0752 Mara McCollor, 10 28:18

Women 12 - 1380 McKenna Togstad, 13 30:48

Women 14 - 151 McKenzie Holt, 15 18:4322 Reyna Gutierrez, 15 23:4032 Eva Pettersen, 14 25:3474 Holly O'Brien, 15 30:00105 Leah Althaus, 14 33:33

Women 16 - 1735 Krystal Kraemer, 17 25:4943 Sarah Skinner, 17 26:47

Women 35 - 395 Sadie Briggs, 35 20:5218 Maria Schilling, 38 22:4523 Amy Lake, 35 23:4537 Andrea Wackerfuss, 38 26:0140 Lisa Valdez, 38 26:3448 Rachel Mahon Bosman, 36 27:3155 Kristen McAloon, 35 28:2560 Kelley Parker, 37 28:4068 Anne Baumtrog, 39 29:1287 Sarah Helland, 36 31:03

Women 40 - 442 Joelle Nelson, 44 19:487 Ann Snuggerud, 43 20:539 Jennifer Huelsmann, 42 21:0016 Tammy Domeier, 44 22:2721 Diane Hopkins, 44 23:4027 Sarah Johnson, 41 24:1238 Roshini Rajkumar, 40 26:0244 Kira Pippert, 40 26:5164 Christine Bruns, 43 28:4865 Kelly Tabara, 42 28:52

Women 45 - 494 Diane Urick, 45 20:2110 Andrea Dube, 45 21:0513 Laurie Hanscom, 48 21:2928 Kristi Haertl, 46 24:2442 Heidi Rosati, 45 26:4547 Susan Taflin, 49 27:16

59 Kristen Bruner, 45 28:3983 Rhonda Ga Rhonda Garvis, 45 30:5592 Madonna Indgjer, 49 31:34106 Jennifer Norling, 46 34:00

Women 50 - 5425 Susan Haines, 51 24:1129 Nancy Marquette, 53 24:4953 Judith Hoskens, 53 28:2056 Patty Vathing, 54 28:2971 Gina Zaffarano, 50 29:4275 Constance O'Brien, 50 30:01113 Judy Hauritz, 54 35:07141 Janet Halvorson, 54 48:29

Women 55 - 5914 Andriette Wickstrom, 56 21:5749 Ann Haugejorde, 57 27:4458 Debra Hinze, 56 28:3877 Barbara Hunker, 57 30:1882 Jill Flower, 59 30:5386 Mary Moses, 58 31:02114 Donna Dematteo, 55 35:22123 Lynda Hansen, 56 37:26127 Diane Pike, 58 38:59129 Beverly Stethem, 56 40:02

Women 60 - 6457 Mary Moon, 60 28:38103 Sally Vanerum, 62 33:21124 Cheryle Theisen, 61 37:27136 Susan Scheff, 60 42:49140 Leslie Hakkola, 64 47:22144 Susan Scott, 61 58:18145 Sue Swanson, 61 58:18

Women 65 - 69108 Pat Clabo, 66 34:18111 Marcia Willett, 67 34:36

Women 70 - 7451 Judy Cronen, 71 28:11119 Dorothy Marden, 74 37:03

Women 80 - 84102 Carol Sankey, 80 33:10138 Barbara Burhans, 80 43:40

City of Lakes 25KSeptember�11,��Minneapolis

Open Men1 Chris Erichsen, 25 1:20:382 Joe Sepe, 25 1:23:223 Eric Loeffler, 34 1:23:564 Chris Lundstrom, 35 1:24:495 Levi Severson, 31 1:25:086 Zachary Bruns, 25 1:25:447 Donovan Fellows, 32 1:26:188 Jeff Metzdorff, 28 1:27:379 Ben Schneider, 27 1:27:4710 Aaron Beaber, 28 1:27:5511 Gerad Mead, 32 1:28:0512 Jeff Renlund, 44 1:28:2113 Kyle Triggs, 26 1:28:3514 Patrick Billig, 49 1:28:3915 Brent Roeger, 39 1:28:4916 Michael Bialick, 29 1:29:2117 Steven Babcock, 25 1:29:2918 Dale Dexter, 30 1:29:5319 John Stanton-Geddes, 29 1:30:3320 John Vandanacker, 49 1:30:54

Open Women1 Michelle Frey, 29 1:33:302 Nicole Cueno, 31 1:37:373 Erin Ward, 36 1:39:074 Margaret Landberg, 26 1:41:295 Christine Eid, 31 1:42:436 Amy Halseth, 41 1:43:107 Nichole Porath, 28 1:45:278 Clare Kazmierczak, 34 1:45:479 Sonya Decker, 45 1:46:0010 Donna Philippot, 43 1:46:2411 Emi Yasaka, 34 1:46:4212 Paula Vicker, 46 1:46:4713 Wanda Gau, 49 1:47:0914 Joelle Nelson, 44 1:48:5515 Tina Hjeltman, 41 1:50:1216 Willie Tibbetts, 40 1:52:03

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17 Candice Schneider, 26 1:54:3918 Sheila Eldred, 37 1:55:0319 Andriette Wickstrom, 56 1:55:3320 Sara Sampsell-Jones, 36 1:56:59

Men 35 - 394 Chris Lundstrom, 35 1:24:4915 Brent Roeger, 39 1:28:4927 Thomas Sullivan, 35 1:36:1230 Peder Nestingen, 36 1:36:4951 Neil Bizily, 36 1:42:0253 Chad Millner, 35 1:42:5756 Matt Binsfeld, 35 1:43:2062 Don Sullivan, 37 1:45:2871 Chad Gage, 39 1:47:3481 Joshua Coval, 35 1:49:33

Men 40 - 4412 Jeff Renlund, 44 1:28:2122 Matthew Reinders, 43 1:32:0238 Daniel Strike, 41 1:38:1340 Daniel De Grace, 43 1:38:2443 David Tompkins, 40 1:38:5746 Scott Davis, 41 1:39:5048 Colin Gardner-Springer, 42 1:40:5263 Patrick Schulte, 42 1:45:3378 Jim Bengtson, 44 1:49:2179 Jim Clark, 44 1:49:24

Men 45 - 4914 Patrick Billig, 49 1:28:3920 John Vandanacker, 49 1:30:5432 Hyun Yoon, 46 1:37:0749 Marc Nosal, 46 1:40:5452 Jon Anderson, 47 1:42:1264 Tim Leinbach, 49 1:45:3465 Rich Butwinick, 47 1:45:5668 John Hopkins, 45 1:46:3374 Raymond Mitchell, 47 1:48:1085 Darren Ruschy, 48 1:50:24

Men 50 - 5424 Bill Magdalene, 52 1:33:0333 Doug Keller, 53 1:37:2339 Kirt Goetzke, 50 1:38:2058 Dave Chatelaine, 53 1:43:5966 William Langhout, 53 1:45:5970 Mike Evans, 53 1:47:2876 Rick Larsen, 50 1:48:3582 Todd Sperling, 51 1:49:3484 Rick Jackson, 52 1:49:5789 Michael Lawler, 50 1:51:21

Men 55 - 5942 Dan Morse, 58 1:38:3547 Brent Smith, 55 1:40:0573 Mike Setter, 55 1:47:4780 Dale Heinen, 55 1:49:3187 Jack Ankrum, 59 1:50:3097 Allen Zetterlund, 56 1:53:30107 Timothy Sandry, 55 1:55:44113 Richard Anderson, 57 1:56:57122 David Petrich, 56 1:57:34125 Jim Fethers, 57 1:57:43

Men 60 - 6460 Denny Jordan, 60 1:45:1775 Paul LaMere, 64 1:48:1399 Rick Hlebain, 60 1:54:06159 Steve Maupin, 60 2:03:31190 Val Landwehr, 62 2:06:02199 Lyle Swenson, 61 2:07:19200 Greg Taylor, 64 2:07:24203 Tom Langley, 61 2:07:52219 Larry Thompson, 61 2:11:16222 Thomas Moorman, 63 2:11:26

Men 65 - 69174 Jim Heebink, 65 2:04:43195 Paul Ford, 68 2:06:59243 Norm Purrington, 68 2:14:24284 David Jones, 67 2:24:08295 Timothy McCoy, 65 2:27:08337 Steve Schroeder, 69 2:40:19340 Vince Rohr, 67 2:40:42348 Greg Merth, 65 2:44:54366 Antonio Salinas, 68 2:53:11368 Kristofer Kosmider, 65 2:59:53

Men 70 - 74204 Rick Kleyman, 71 2:08:23216 Darrell Christensen, 74 2:10:07318 Phil Erickson, 70 2:33:58


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Men 75 - 79355 Richard R Burch, 76 2:47:08372 Ralph Wilson, 77 3:08:02

Women 18 - 19155 Laura Grosdidier, 19 2:32:12166 Molly Wepler, 19 2:37:28206 Britta Carr, 18 2:51:35

Women 35 - 393 Erin Ward, 36 1:39:0718 Sheila Eldred, 37 1:55:0320 Sara Sampsell-Jones, 36 1:56:5921 Ania Ritter, 37 1:57:2431 Nancy Fenocketti, 37 2:00:0042 Jen Riewe, 38 2:03:2343 Alyssa Nimmer, 36 2:03:2648 Angela Martin, 35 2:05:3454 Melissa Damro, 35 2:07:2756 Erin Krech, 37 2:08:16

Women 40 - 446 Amy Halseth, 41 1:43:1010 Donna Philippot, 43 1:46:2414 Joelle Nelson, 44 1:48:5515 Tina Hjeltman, 41 1:50:1216 Willie Tibbetts, 40 1:52:0324 Robin Balder-Lanoue, 42 1:58:2725 Melissa Nachmias, 44 1:58:2827 Sarah McClellan, 40 1:59:2128 Jodi Nelson-Ryan, 43 1:59:2437 Kelly Doering, 42 2:01:39

Women 45 - 499 Sonya Decker, 45 1:46:0012 Paula Vicker, 46 1:46:4713 Wanda Gau, 49 1:47:0930 Kelly Keller-Ramacier, 49 1:59:5536 Lisa Hines, 49 2:01:2746 Eileen Moran, 46 2:04:3453 Erin Delaney, 45 2:07:1160 Laurie Goudreault, 49 2:10:4670 Amy Clark, 47 2:13:3278 Jo Lynn Bucki, 46 2:16:37

Women 50 - 5426 Patricia Langum, 50 1:58:4641 Sherry Case, 52 2:03:2164 Ann Wasson, 50 2:12:1392 Donna Melody, 53 2:20:20103 Laurie McCoy, 52 2:21:53110 Anita Baugh, 53 2:23:32117 Brenda Todd-Bense, 50 2:23:50118 Suzanne Donahue, 50 2:23:52142 Cristin Tandberg, 52 2:29:33150 Kathy Rosenow, 51 2:31:09

Women 55 - 5919 Andriette Wickstrom, 56 1:55:3340 Donella Neuhaus, 55 2:03:17146 Susan Janssen, 56 2:30:23148 Maryjane Hamann, 55 2:30:37163 Mary Beth Polking, 58 2:37:10169 Linda Christen, 55 2:38:53170 Sheila Dipaola, 58 2:38:54182 Sandy Oscarson, 58 2:41:47221 Bonnie Erickson, 57 3:03:16

Women 60 - 6474 Debbie Janey, 60 2:15:4484 Cindy Campbell, 60 2:18:08158 Libby Larsen, 60 2:33:47197 Cherie Baker, 64 2:47:22223 Kathryn Benhardus, 64 3:04:56

Women 65 - 69181 Patricia Goodwin, 65 2:41:39

Women 70 - 74139 Sandra Dalquist, 70 2:29:00205 Judy Cronen, 71 2:50:46


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• Autumn Woods Classic 5K,10KElm Creek Park ReserveTim Anderson, 763-694-7718

• Scenic Byway Half Marathon& 5KBelle Plaine, MNCarrie Traxler, 952-873-4295

• Husky Spirit 5KSt. Cloud, MNChris Haukos, 320-308-6692

• 2nd Annual Run for Peace 5Krun/walk and 1 mile walkBaldwin, WIAbbey Arndt, 7157817120

• Tom Keating Cross CountryClassic2 mile fun run/walk, 4 mile raceStone Creek Golf Course, FoleyShane Keating, 320-266-0005

• Family Fun Run 5k Run/ 2kWalkElk River, MNElk River ECFE, 763-241-3524

• Homecoming 5k RaceUniversity of Wisconsin River FallsAaron Decker, 715-425-0714

October 9, 2011• ArtStart 5K and 1-MileKid's RunHarriet Island, MNDerek Podgornik, 651 6982787

October 12, 2011• Salomon Autumn Trail Series#4 5KHyland Park, Bloomington, MNAudrey Weber, 612-239-0576

October 15, 2011• Big Woods Run 1/2 Marathon,10K, 5KNerstrand, MNFinal Stretch, Inc., Mark Bongers,507-664-9438 (local to metro area)

• Runnin' with the Law TRIA 5K 5K Run and WalkLake Harriet, MinneapolisMary Anderson, 651-688-9143

• The Tonka Trot 10K, 5K and 1.5mile Family Fun RunMinnetonka, MNKristin Greene, 952-922-4668

• Get Your Rear in Gear 5KRun/Walk - MilwaukeeHart Park, Wauwatosa, WIMary Anderson, 651-688-9143

• The Big Gay Race 5KMinneapolis, MNMichelle Frey, 612-501-5993

• Spooky Family Fun Run/Walkand Costume Contest 5KWhite Bear LakeLisa Beecroft, 651-415-5657

• Halloween 5K Cross CountryFun Run/WalkBecker City Park, Becker, MNMegan Ramola, 763-261-5900

• Osakis Strength & FitnessPump & Run 5K (5k & BenchPress)Osakis, MNAlison Triebenbach, 320-859-2013

October 16, 2011• IMT Des Moines Marathon Marathon and Half MarathonDes Moines, IowaChris Burch, 515.288.2692

• One Hour WalkSt. Paul, MNDave Daubert, 952.446.9321

• World's Largest Corn MazeRun Minnesota - 5K Run/WalkSever's Corn Maze, Shakopee, MNMary Anderson, 651-688-9143

October 22, 2011• Warrior Waddle 5kWinona, MNTom Slaggie or Kathy Hovell, (507) 454-4149

• Mankato Marathon, HalfMarathon, 10KMankato, MNMark Bongers, 507-664-9438

• Run for the Apples 5 Mile Runand WalkPine Tree Orchard - White Bear LakeRandy Fulton, (651)653-7401

• CNHS Halloween Hustle 5KHarriet Island, St Paul, MNMary Anderson, 651-688-9143

• Pumpkin Run and Walk 5KCloquet, MNTom Urbanski, 218-879-0820

• Late Night Stomp 5KGreen Acres Rec, Lake Elmo, MNBen Popp, 651.964.8442

October 23, 2011• Minnesota TimberwolvesRunnin' With the Wolves 5KTarget Center, Minneapolis, MNMary Anderson, 651-688-9143

October 28, 2011• Scare In White Bear 5KRun/Walk, 1/2 mile Kid's runWest Park, White Bear Lake, MNTri Fitness, 651 426 1919

• Nightmare on Main Street 5KRun and Fitness WalkSleepy Eye , MNBrent Mielke, 507-794-6197

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• Anoka Halloween Gray Ghost5K Run and One Mile FitnessWalkAnokaKaren Hillerman, 612-558-7433

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October 1, 2011• SMU Annual Fall Frolic 5KSaint Mary's, Winona,Gary Borash, 507-457-8740

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• Talahi 5k & Kids 1kSt. Cloud, MNDavid Janaszak, 320-251-7551 ext. 5117

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Garry Bjorklund

Pre [Prefontaine’s nickname]?” he asked. “What’s that crazy [guy] done now?” Garry asked, jokingly. He’s dead,

Ken said. He was just killed in a car accident. “My heart dropped into myshoes,” Garry said.

In the months leading up to the Pan Am Games, Garry, Mike Slack andtwo others were invited to train in Alamosa, Colorado, at 7,500 feet, withJoe Vigil, the coach with the most NCAA team titles in history (Adams StateCollege, Division II).

The training and results were astounding. In a typical workout, theywould run six 400 meters at 56 to 57 seconds with one minute recovery at7,500 feet. “I couldn’t believe the workouts we were doing,” Garry said. “Ithought I was ready to go through a brick wall.”

Garry was fourth at the Pan Am Games. Not enough time at altitude,one guesses, to handle the 10,000 foot elevation of Mexico City?

After the Games, Garry had a running experience that can only be calledotherworldly. Returning from altitude to Minneapolis, he ran a cross countryrace at Lake Nokomis. “It blew my mind,” Garry said. “There was oxygenagain and I could breathe… I could not run fast enough to get tired… I havenever felt like that in my life. It was incredible.”

Loving the climate and altitude of Colorado, Garry returned there.

1976 Montreal OlympicsGarry qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 10,000 meters. The venue forthe Trials was Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, which wasPrefontaine’s home track. The race was memorable for reasons other thanthe fact that Garry made the team.

First, of the 52 qualifiers, he was the only one that was not written upin Track and Field News. One can only surmise there had been an innocent,but puzzling, oversight. That was, of course, motivating.

Second, at 5,000 meters, Garry dropped a shoe. He thought he wasdone, but on the rail, at the head of the stretch, Don Timm was cheeringhim on: “Come on, BJ! Come on, BJ!”

With every lap, more and more people took up the chant, “BJ! BJ!” until thewhole crowd was in on it. “BJ! BJ! BJ!” Garry worked his way up through thefield. On the last lap he was fourth, behind Frank Shorter, Craig Virgin and BillRodgers, great runners all. He passed Bill Rodgers down the home stretch.

At the Games, Garry ended up in the toughest of the three 10,000meter heats. “Wait’ll you see the heat you got,” Craig Virgin told him. Itwas almost like being in the finals. But he placed second. “What’s goingon here?” Garry thought. “I hadn’t planned on this.”

The day of the finals came. At Montreal, the athletes warmed up in a fieldadjacent to the stadium. When the lights on the event board went fromgreen to red, they filed into the stadium, rumbling with the cheering of thecrowd, and down to a waiting room in the bowels of the stadium.

They sat in chairs facing each other. Lassie Viren, winner of the 5,000and 10,000 meters in Munich in 1972, who arrived last, and eyed each run-ner in turn, would win both races again here.

They went through the first 5,000 meters in 14:05. They had been run-ning alternate laps of 65 seconds and easier. But after the 5,000 metermark, they started to run laps of 63 seconds.

“It blew my mind,” Garry said. Viren and Carlos Lopes, the silvermedalist, ran the second 5,000 meters faster than the American record.Garry finished thirteenth. He felt like a loser.

After the Games, Garry ran in Europe for six weeks, having the time ofhis running life. “I tell you,” he said, “That was the neatest thing, justhammering those races in front of 30,000 screaming fans.” His time in thefirst 10,000 meters he ran would have won the bronze medal in Montreal.Now, he thought he could run with the best.

Running and making a livingGarry wanted to continue running, and the Moscow Games loomed fouryears away, but he would need to make a living and establish himself in acareer. Needing experience in marketing to augment his degree inMarketing Education, he opened his first running store in 1975: GBSSports in Minneapolis.

It was a good idea. There was a need for stores that specialized in run-ning gear. But it takes time to grow a business. At first, he could not affordto rent a place to live, so he slept on the floor of the store and took show-ers down the hall. And he kept running.

In 1977, Garry earned his first dollar from running: $300.00 plus airfarefor a race in Massachusetts. In June of that year, Scott Keenan, Race Directorof Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, asked him to enter. He protested that hewasn’t a marathoner. Scott offered him $200.00. He came.

“That would pay two months rent,” Garry enthused at the memory. Afterthe marathon, he got up early and drove to Mountain Lake, Minnesota, at theopposite end of the state for another race, only because he had given his wordthat he would be there. There was a lot of that.

Disappointment and recoveryLeading up to the Moscow Games, Garry trained in Colorado at his ownexpense, settling in Boulder for six months and running 130 miles a weekat altitude. The “Miracle on Ice,” the U.S. hockey team gold medal inFebruary of 1980 provided a jolt of inspiration and enthusiasm. He wouldbe ready.

So, it came as a bitter disappointment when President Carter, inFebruary, called for a boycott of the Moscow Games. The Trials would beheld as planned, but Garry would not go. Earning the privilege of visitingPresident Carter at the White House didn’t matter.

All through the episode, he was publically supportive of the boycott,but privately outraged. In his disappointment, he stopped running. “I wasnever going to run again,” he said.

The director of a race in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, broke through to him.In spite of some weeks of inactivity, he ran very well there. Grandma’sMarathon, in June, was just four weeks away. He trained and ran a 2:10marathon, on the same day as the Trials marathon. He ran in protest. “Allyou can do is make your statement,” Garry said.

“Some people say I have an acerbic personality,” Garry said. Far frombeing harsh and severe, he’s warm and friendly in person. But he’s alsostrong-minded, independent and possessed of a keen sense of justice andfair play.

On one occasion, as a result of some disparaging remarks about theU.S. Olympic Committee, he was banned from competing in Europe, Asiaand Africa. On another occasion, in an address to the American BarAssociation, he gave a point by point analysis of what the U.S. OlympicCommittee was doing wrong. Someone in the audience squealed. He wasbanned from all sanctioned competition for a year.

It might be noted that Garry wasn’t the only one to complain of the waythe athletes were treated in those days. Prefontaine, for instance, also madehis disapproval known, often fighting the establishment, tooth and claw.

But Garry was coaching, had a shoe contract with Nike, and, of course,continued to run. “They were terrific people to run for,” he said. He had aneye on the Games of Los Angeles in 1984.

Following the Proctor Program, Garry ran two Boston Marathons and gotready for the Trials. In a 10,000 meter race in Massachusetts, he finishedsecond to Paul Cummings, but out kicked Craig Virgin and Alberto Salazar. Itwas his fastest 10,000 meters (27:46). He was in terrific shape, but he endedup fourth in the Trials, behind Cummings, Virgin and Pat Porter.


In 1985, he ran a final race in Monaco. When he returned home, his shoecontract with New Balance ending (He had changed from Nike. The moneywas better, but the treatment, as it turned out, was not.), he put his runningshoes in the closet, and that was it. His running days were over.

Life after runningAfter retiring from running, Garry attended graduate school at ColoradoState University. He earned a Masters of Education (MED) in SchoolAdministration and is one class shy of an MBA. He had sold GBS Sports,which was a thriving business, growing to seven stores, in 1982.

He now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife Rhonda and daugh-ters Hanna (21) and Ella (18). He runs a concession business for the city ofFort Collins, taking over a money-losing operation and making it profitablein the first year.

“Business is so much like running,” he said. “That’s what I like aboutit. It’s incredibly intensive” and requires great determination and attentionto detail. Also, people skills. All his employees have stuck with him.

The family is athletically active. Rhonda works out every morning. BothHanna and Ella have made recreational sports like soccer, basketball andothers a part of their lives.

But they weren’t pushed, Garry said, they had to find their own way,despite the fact that Garry noticed that Ella, as early as age five, had abeautiful running form. “She could have been a fine runner,” he said.

Both young women seem to have the same energetic vitality as theirfather, who gives the impression at any moment of someone about to takeflight. Hanna, a phlebotomist by training, is also pursuing a career in per-forming arts.

Ella, a student in the special education program at the high school,works in her father’s concession business. Though the opportunity is there,she has yet to decide whether she will follow in his footsteps into business.

Garry has an arthritic left hip. Likely, the left foot injury led to a slight-

ly altered stride, which, combined with his incredible stamina, led to a lotof wear and tear on the hip over the years. Eventually, he’ll need a hipreplacement. “I don’t regret anything that happened,” Garry said. “I’m soglad I had the opportunity to compete.”

Garry doesn’t have a trophy room. In fact, he gave away all his trophiesto youth athletic organizations. He said they could remove the labels anduse the trophies as their own awards.

Something Garry said in another context applies here. “What does itmatter? There’s a job to do. Just move on.” Besides, he said, “The kidswould like having those trophies.”

LegacyGarry’s name is often mentioned as the best distance runner ever fromMinnesota. “No, I reject that whole idea,” he said. “I would never say I wasa great runner”…or the best ever in the state.

“Saying who’s best is like looking at the heavens and saying which ofthe stars is best.” He went on to talk at length about other terrificMinnesota runners like Van Nelson, Buddy Edelin, Mark Nenow, BobKempainen and others.

What about Carrie Tollefson, Kara Goucher, Janis Klecker, and others? Garrysaid, “I show my age” in not including them straightaway. Opportunities forwomen in athletics were just beginning when he was running.

“They are phenomenal runners, who should [also] be recognized asthe best [runners] that Minnesota has ever produced… I’ve said for yearsthat Title 9 [mandating gender equity in sports] is the greatest piece of leg-islation… When you get the right to compete, you enhance the experienceof sports for everyone… We should never diminish the importance ofthis…”

All that being said, fans of running are entitled to their opinions, whichthey will form. A lot of them would pick Garry Bjorklund as the bestMinnesota runner of all time. RM


Advocacy Committee: No report.Club Administration:

Election: The following board members will be running forre-election: Paul Arneberg? Nathan Campeau, Norm Champ,Mike Iserman, Kristin Johnson, Andrew Plackner, andMelissa Wieczorek. Kathy Benhardus, Bill Knight, and KirkWalztoni have completed their terms of service and will notbe returning. Darrell Christensen, Noelle Frost, MaryJohnson, Heather Kick-Abrahamson, Jody Kobbervig, BillKullback, and Mike Nawrocki will continue on the boardthrough January 2013. We will need two 1 year appointmentsand 1 or 2 candidates to run for a full term.

Bylaws: After a brief discussion, the board determined thatit would be better to effectively market ourselves as MDRAthan to do a name change that would be confusing to ourmembers and others. Therefore, we voted to retain Section1.1 as written.

Section 3.2: Omit the sentence re certificates.Section 3.3: Delete, or change to “several, including the fol-lowing.”Section 3.3.6: Delete. There will be no waived membershipfees.Section 4.1: Leave as is.Section 4.5: Introduction—change to 501(c)(4). #8—change to 501(c)(4).Section 4.8: Change to “written or electronic official ballot.”Change “mailed” to “distributed.”Section 5.5: Correct typo to “may.”Section 5.6: Change to “All Directors shall be notified notless than…”, omitting all the examples given.Section 5.9: Delete this entire section.Section 6.6: Delete the Nominating Committee, since thefull board fills this function. Add the Advocacy Committee inits place. Section 6.7: Leave as is.Section 6.8: Delete references to term limits and rosters.Keep the paragraph regarding conflict of interest.Section 7.2: Leave as is.

Programs Committee: A new beginning running class willbe held in Maple Grove this fall for both men and women.

Promotions Committee: The board discussed encouragingour members to ask other runners to join. They could givetheir friends gift memberships or get a discount for each newmember they add. Heidi will get some posters designed forplacement in running stores. Promoting MDRA merchandiseon our website will give us more visibility as people seeother runners wearing our logo. Kristin Johnson wasappointed chair of this committee.

Publications Committee: The July/August issue is in themail. In September there will be a special interview withGarry Bjorklund.

Race Committee: Norm Champ reported that this groupmet this evening before the board meeting. The Grand Prixis winding down, with only 5 of the 13 left to go. The deci-sion was made to require MDRA membership in order tocompete in the Grand Prix. We are also going to expectmore of the races which are chosen to be a part of thisschedule. MDRA earned $450.00 on equipment rental andmade some small purchases such as tables, flags, and ban-ners.

USATF Report: No report.

New Business: None

Old Business: The MDRA survey was discussed. It will beprinted in an upcoming issue of RunMinnesota

Meeting adjourned. RM

July Board ofDirectors MeetingJuly�11,�2011Members Present: Paul Arneberg, Kathy Benhardus, NormChamp, Darrell Christensen, Noelle Frost, Mike Iserman,Heather Kick-Abrahamson, Bill Knight, Jody Kobbervig, BillKullback, Mike Nawrocki, Andrew Plackner, MelissaWieczorek

Guests Present: Heidi Keller Miler, office manager

Members Absent: Nathan Campeau, Kristin Johnson,Mary Johnson, Kirk Walztoni

Secretary’s Report: Bill Knight moved and MikeNawrocki seconded, a motion to accept the June minutesas amended.

Treasurer’s Report: Jody Kobbervig reported that MDRAexperienced a negative cash flow for the year of $2,135after all income and expenses. Our revenue of $100,000for the year matches our YTD budget. Expenses werehigher than normal this year. Receipts for the monthtotaled $14,705.08.

Office Manager’s Report: Heidi noted that membershipstill continues its gradual decline. Mike Iserman will sendpersonal emails to those who don’t renew on time. Thenext e-newsletter, which has nearly 5000 recipients, willhave a JOIN or RENEW button to click on. She also dis-cussed bigger discounts to MDRA members at our races.Volunteers are needed for the City of Lakes packet pick upat the Uptown Running Room on September 9 and 10.

Committee Reports:

Advocacy Committee: Nathan Campeau was absent, buthis survey is still online. The students at St. Thomas puttogether some media kits, which board membersreviewed. Mike made a list of some of the better ideassuch as sample Facebook postings, National RunningDay, and youth running.

Club Administration: There was again a discussion of apossible name change in reference to the bylaws. Theimplications of a name change were discussed—therebranding of shirts, t-shirts, hats, banners, website, andso on. Run Minnesota would simplify and enhance namerecognition. A gradual transition using both names wasdiscussed. We will continue to research and discuss thistopic. Meanwhile, Noelle will create another draft of thebylaws with a summary page of proposed changes to bedistributed to board members.

Programs Committee: There are 100 people in the fallmarathon training class. They have enough coaches now.There was discussion regarding the creation of some stan-dard coaching guidelines to make it easier for new coaches tomove into the program. Mike Nawrocki and Drew Placknerwill work on those guidelines. Needed supplies such asPowerAde, fruit, and water were discussed. They all add to

the cost of these classes. We were given 50 guaranteed TCMarathon entries, with the expectation that they will volunteerto help with packet stuffing on September 17.

Promotions Committee: The board discussed purchasingwindow clings, which are rather pricey, or other items suchaspens, key chains, or lip balm to use as promotionalitems at expos.

Publications Committee: RunMinnesota will be comingout in late July. It will include articles on FANS andGrandma’s Marathon.

Race Committee:We leased equipment to 8 events since lastreport. There has been a change in the Grand Prix. HennepinLake Classic has been cancelled. In its place will be the ComoClassic run around Lake Como. The Minnehaha Fun Runs willcontinue on Wednesdays in July, and the Como Relays will beon Wednesdays in August. The MDRA 15K will also be inAugust, with the Victory races and the City of Lakes 25K inSeptember. Both of those races will have new websites thisyear, and the Victory races are sporting a new logo.

USATF Report: No meeting was held. The Lifetime FitnessTorchlight 5K will be held on July 20. (later cancelled)

New Business: None.

Old Business: None

Meeting adjourned.

August Board ofDirectors MeetingAugust�15,�2011Members Present: Kathy Benhardus, Nathan Campeau,Norm Champ, Darrell Christensen, Kristin Johnson, MaryJohnson, Bill Knight, Jody Kobbervig, Bill Kullback, AndrewPlackner

Members Absent: Mike Nawrocki, Andrew Plackner, KirkWalztoni, Melissa Wieczorek

Secretary’s Report: Bill Kullback moved and Mary Johnsonseconded, a motion to accept the July 11 minutes.

Treasurer’s Report: Jody Kobbervig reported that MDRAhad a positive cash flow for the year of $15, 526 after allincome and expenses. Revenue for the year is $117,000compared to the YTD budget of $116,000. Expensesremain high compared to budget. She provided the boardwith a YTD statement of cash flows, the YTD and July prof-it and loss budget performance, and the balance sheet asof July 31, 2011.

Office Manager’s Report: Heidi noted that July is ourslowest month for renewals. Mike Iserman sent out a per-sonal email to all MDRA members who failed to renew inMay or June. The board discussed various options forincreasing membership, including offering two year mem-berships.

Committee Reports:

RM


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