Blisters

I use to get blisters pretty often. The areas between
my big toes and second toes and the bottom of those
toes too.

I use to think that was just part of the deal.

Then, by accident, I found a solution. I happened
upon some Nike Pegasus at local discount shoe store
(Rogan's). I don't think I even noticed, but ended up
buying wide shoes.

Since then, I've had just an occasional
blister--mostly due to wearing cheap cotton socks &
getting my feet wet.

The problem is, my local shoe guy hasn't been able to
get Pegasus in wide for a few months, so I've been
milking the last few miles out of the pairs I have.
But soon, I'm gonna have to do something--I can
probably find them on the net but feel a bit guilty
about doing that, especially since my shoe guy gives
me a great deal.

Sick

I’ve had a bit of a chest cold the last few days and I think this is one spot where the streak hurts me a bit.  Earlier in the year, I had a cold that lasted two weeks and I think I may have prolonged it by running every day.  It isn’t anything major, I cough up a bit of green gunk every morning and just feel a bit heavy in my breathing.  I think having full rest—both from running and getting 8 hours of sleep would help me get over it sooner.  But those aren’t options, so I’m expecting this to hang around a bit.  Yuck.

Boring...

I never liked a treadmill, I never wanted a treadmill, I despised
treadmills. Running is suppose to happen outside, in the weather, in the
world.

I actually enjoy running in the rain--ideal conditions are about 60
degrees witha light drizzle. In the snow--a nice 2 inche of crunchy snow
is the perfect footing. Deeper snow provides great resistance work. Cold
weather, with added layers, slows you down but, if dressed right, you can
run for a long time. Summer heat also slows you down, but provides reat
conditioning for the fall. Any weather that makes running more difficult,
more "extreme" make it funner, if for no other reason, because you get to
ask yourself if you're nuts.

Running on the dreadmill, however, is mostly drudgerly. Unfortunately
because I'm a full-time employee and also a stay-at-home dad, I've been
running way too many days on the mill. When weather is a bit warmer--say
in the 30's, I still feel comfortable bringing my 2-year-old out in the
baby jogger but once it dips below freezing, I have a hard time doing
that.

So I run a lot on the mill. I hate it. I can not wait to get off. I've
tried movies, didn't really help, I've tried music, helps a bit, the only
thing that prevents me from going really bonkers is playing with the
speed.

I've invented a few different mill games to keep my interest. They are
all just variations of intervals, organized different ways.

1) 24-36. This game involves three speeds--a base speed, a faster pace
and a fastest pace. Often 7 mph, 8 mph, and 9 mph. The timer on my mill
counts downward-- 59, 58, .. 01, 00. Playing 24-36, I start running at my
base pace (7 mph), then every minutes, I alternate hard sessions. One
minute I'll do the final 36 seconds at the faster pace (8 mph) the next
minute I'll do the final 24 seconds at the fastest pace (9mph). Don't
know how I came up with 24 or 36 seconds, other than thats 0.20 and 0.30
minutes. The paces are arbitary, too. Maybe I should use paces that
correspond to specific thresholds, a la JAck Daniels, but I haven't gotten
that sophiticated yet.

2) Distance-seconds. In this I have two speeds-a base and a hard pace.
When the seconds and the two decimal places of my distance traveled are
the same, I switch to the harder pace for the remainder of the minute. So
when I start out with 30:00 minutes on my timer, I normally do my first
hard session around 29:10 when there are 10 seconds left and I've covered
0.10 miles, the hard portion only lasts 10 seconds. My second hard
session starts at abuot 28:21 when I have covered 0.21 miles and there are
21 seconds left in the minute. This hard sesson lasts 21 seconds. When
my distance exceeds x.60, i just subrate .60 from the distance. So, for
example, if I hit 23:14 at 0.74 (0.74 - 0.60 = 0.14), then I do a hard
session.

3) Distance-seconds x2. In this variation of #2, I have three paces, a
base, a hard pace, and a harder pace. When the seconds remaining equeals
twice the partial mile, I start the harder pace. When the seconds
remaining equals the partial mile, I do the hardest pace. So for my first
hard session, I increase the pace once at about 29:18 when the odometer
reads 0.09 (0.09 * 2 = 0.18). At about 29:10 when I've covered 0.10, I
increase the speed again to the hardest pace.

4) Pace Increasers. Just a variation of negative splitting. Each so
often--1/4 mile, 1/2 mile, or full mile--bump up the pace an amount.
Today, did my first quarter at 7.1 mph, next quarter in 7.2, then 7.3,
7.4, etc...

5) Two steps forward, one step back. Similar to #4 above, except instead
of constantly increasing the pace, I bump the pace up two notches then
bump it down one, then up two, down one. So maybe 7.1, 7.3, 7.2, 7.4,
7.3. Normally, I use a shorter (0.10) distance (or time--1:00) per
interval.

6) Kicks. One of my more frequent games. In this, I use three paces, a
base, a target, and a hard pace. So I might run my base at 7 mph and set
my target at 7.5 mph. At 7.5 mph, every minutes I should run 12.5,
rounded up to 0.13 miles. At the end up a minute, I bump the speed to my
hard pace (9 mph) until I finish the quarter mile and extend the hard
session for the same amount of time it too me to run the hard portion.
So, say at 29:00, I've run 0.11 miles. I bump the speed up and let's say
I hit 0.13 at 28:53, taking 7 seconds. I keep the mill at the faster
speed for another 7 seconds (until 28:46) and then go back to my base
pace.

Guess I show how nerdy I am, but let me rant (they don't call me rantala for nothing, do they?). WHY DO TREADMILLS REPORT SPEEDS IN MPH??!?!?!? Maybe all don't the few I've used all do. The runners I
know don't think in mph--I always hear 8-minute miles or 7 minute miles.
NowI know how do do the conversion in my had and I even know 7 mph = 8:34
miles, 7.5 mph = 8:00 miles 8mph = 7.30 miles, 8.7 is about 7:00 miles,
etc.. but for crying out load!!!

Consistancy

My streak of running everyday is still going but I've obviously not been consistent with the blogging.

The main reason is laziness, or as I like to call it, priorities. Truth is, family, work, the house, running & the Green Bay Packers are take priority over blogging. While I often think about blogging, or writing in general, I seldom ever do it.

Another reason, though, is that I feel like I need to have a good complete post for the blog instead of a partial, incomplete ramble. Pretty similar to why I have had problems with constancy with my running--when I feel like my training is suffering, not getting as much attention as I wish I could give it, I lose interest. An all-or-nothing approach.

The result is huge peaks and valleys.

My November training--30 runs but under 50 miles total--probably provided me with just the bare amount of maintenance possible, but it was something. Fifty miles a month adds up to 600 a year. I have gone many years below that total.

The question that needs to be asked is "Should I Commit to blogging every day, like i did with running?" The answer is No. Blogging is far down in importance to me. If I never do it, I'll just have a nagging little voice inside of me--it isn't like not running, which leaves me incomplete.

Leg Power

The workout I've been doing lately (last two treadmill runs, at least) is an interval workout. One minute hard, one minute easy. Couple days ago I did the hard at 10 mph (2% incline) and the easy 5-6 mph. Did 4 reps I think.

Today, I checked Jack Daniels' Running Formula to see what speed & incline combination is equivalent to 5:00 mile pace--my mill peaks at 10mph. At that speed and an incline of 4.6 (I used 4.5), Daniels says that is close to running 5:00 miles. I did one minute hard and one minute easy and repeated five times.

Thursday, I may repeat with 75 seconds hard, 60 seconds easy repeated four times.

Mid July is a one-mile race in town which I normally run about 5:18ish. I don't think this last minute cramming is gonna help much but since I'm stuck on the mill, doesn't hurt to run short & hard.

Weight Update

I haven't mentioned my weight for awhile. Like I predicted, I got to the 155 area pretty easily--losing 8 or so pounds. But I've been stuck in around their for several months. The theory is that you can not control where weight loss will come from but I think that is only half my problem--with some work on the abs, I think the additional toning would help but, just like stretching, I never am motivated to do it.

Double Digits

Ran 10.25 miles today. Pretty sure that is my longest run of the year. Getting a 10 miler in always seems like a bit of an accomplishment. Of course it is, but the difference mentally, for me is huge between 9 miles and 10. Logically, I know that the 10th mile is not much more benficial, it is just getting to write two digits down that adds the extra uuumph! for me.

Today's run went fairly well but I could tell I haven't been getting long runs in. I averaged 8:22 a mile but if you look at my splits you can pretty much group it into thirds--progressively getting worse.

First Third: 7:46, 7:39, 7:49
Second Third: 8:47 (up a big hill), 8:29, 8:32, 7:49
Final Third: 9:32, 8:48, 8:19

"The Hill", as UW-Eau Claire students call it, in mile 4 did a lot to hurry my slowing but the general trend would have been similar. A few weeks ago, I battled The Hill with the baby jogger and it got me real good--just kind of blew up the rest of my run. Wasn't as bad today, but of course, I wasn't pushing up DNT either.

Into the Wind

The conventional wisdom is to start a cold-weather run by running into the wind. The logic, expecially for an out & back course, is that you do not want to get sweaty only to turn around and run into the wind and get chilled.

I have never seen this rule, however, mentioned for hot weather.

After work today, I was setto do a 3 mile run. It was rather warm (high 80s) with a wind coming from the west. I basically had the option of running an out & back course, starting either east or west.

Since the potential problem was overheating, I guess it would make more sense to start out with the wind and then run into the wind after your body tempature has risen.

Before starting out, I debated this briefly but I started out heading into the wind. I was only doing 3 miles & not trying to break any records so it really didn't matter. But when I turned around--I definately noticed the heat increased instantly. It may have just been my imagination but I think I'll make "Start a hot-weather run with the wind" one of my running tips.

Night Run

And sometimes I wait for the last minute to sneak a run in. Tonight I started at 11:52--just enought time to sneak a 7:41 mile in and keep my streak alive.

This was the about fourth or fifth time I snuck a run in the last minutes of the day. Most of these have been times when I'm working at home at night and just put it off until the last minute. But at least once, I had gone to bed and had to back up.

So goes the life of a streaker.

Morning Run

I use to almost always run in the mornings--before the rest of the family woke. But with daughter number two, I am a day-time daddy and a night-time worker. That has meant I get to bed later & haven't been able to get up early and run. So I've had to adjust to running whenever I can.

However today, for the first time in a long time, I got my run in before work. It felt good.

Happy Father's Day

My dad and I never ran together, although I know he did the pole vault in high school track. But he has always been supportive of my running. My parents often came to my races. But, in a teenager moment, I apparently told my mom one time that they didn't need to come to my CC meets when I was a freshman. She took that as an order not to come to any and they didn't for four year of CC & three years of track.

I do run with my girls, ages 2 & 6. The younger rides in a stroller (Baby Jogger) designed specially for running. The older daughter no longer rides much, I take her for solo run/walks. She has actually been asking to use the treadmill lately--I, like a father should, have been tryig to knock that silly idea out of her head.

Grandma's Marathon

Grandma's Marathon is my favorite big-time race. However, it is the only big-time race I've ever done or been too. I didn't attend today but seems like it was a hot one. I did the full marathon once, in 2000, watch time of 4:00:14. I've done the Bjorklund half-marathon a couple times and the 5k once. Been there a few times to just watch. It is different watching than participating.

Aaahh, sshhhhhoot!

Sometimes a perfectly good run is ruined by nature, errrrr, nature's call, if you know what I mean. Usually, I can feel pretty quick if I'm a little heavy in the inner caverns. Before I ever took off today, I started looking for a place to go.

My problem was I thought I had some time, so I headed to a nearby business that had a place to stop. I made it there fine, unfortunately, it was closed. So I was left somewhat stranded, from a plumbing point of view. So I rambled along, the best I could.

Finally, found a spot and was able to get on with my run, but by then, this run had been tarnished.

Prepoop:
1.35 13:07 (9:42)

Postpoop:
2.30 19:21 (8:23)
8:02
8:19
(9:36) trails

Total: 3.65 32:28

I made a Poop

Streaking...

Not that I am, but I knew that if I wanted to keep my chance for a perfect 365, I would either need to get up early or run late. Either way, I was gonna be stuck running with my enemy. A shame, too, because it was a balmy 36 degrees out today.

I repeated my work out from yesterday, only doing a second mile.

Stats:
2.25 miles in 10:45 (8:47 pace)
Quarter paces:
(10:09)
(9:36)
(9:20)
(7:08) 9:03 mile
(8:13)
(9:43)
(9:32)
(7:09) 8:39 mile
(7:56)

Hey, Weight a Second!

Well not my primary purpose, I'm hoping to lose a fewteen pounds. Been weighing myself on a daily basis and have been in the 161-163 range. Monday I dipped to 159, so I was excited I might actually have made some headway. To my disappointment, I came in at 163--guess I shouldn't have and those celebratory Oreos.

I expect to get down to the 153-155 range pretty easy. But I have been stuck around there for years. Right now, not doing anything special to actually make me expect to get lower than that.

Made up a new dreadmill workout. Warm-up for the first 0.60 miles at 6 miles per hour. When the machine says I've run 0.61 miles, increase the speed to 6.1 mph, up to 10 mph.

Recover at the end of the mile until 1.60, repeat.

Stats:
1.25 miles in 0:08 (8:08 pace)
Quarter paces:
(9:55)
(8:19)
(7:00)
(7:08) (Not sure how this could be??) 8:05 mile
(8:00)

Love-Hate

I could use the old line-I have a love-hate relationship with my dreadmill, I love to hate it. And it is true but cliche.

I have to begrudingly admit, though, the darn thing has a place in my running life. If I am to undertake that which should not be named, the only chance I have is to use that darn thing somedays.

My schedule was this today--up at 7:00 with the kids, leave by 8:00 to get kid #1 to school by 8:30. Sitter comes at 10:00, so I have 90 minutes to: pick up some groceries, drive home (20+ minutes), get a run in & be ready to leave. If I didn't have the grocery stop, I could run outside with kid #2 but it is kinda cold and the extra time driving to a suitable trailhead & loading & unloading everything would make it impossible to get groceries & do the baby jogger thing.

So I settled for some millwork. Knowing I didn't have much time, I did a quick warm-up, a half mile hard, recovered and another quarter hardish. Then I was done. While it didn't do much for my soul, it should help my cardio a bit.

Stats:
1.50 miles in 11:46 (7:51 pace, 173 bpm)
Splits (quarter mile splits, pace listed):
(10:19)
(8:11)
(6:17)
(6:15) 7:45 mile
(9:09)
(6:48)

Cool Kid

Last year at a physical, I asked my doctor how cold of weather I could run in with my daughter (she was 11 months at the time). He didn't give me much of an answer and I've been pretty conservative about it.

Today, it was 19 degrees out when we went out. We didn't go long and & I bundled her (she is now 23 months) up. The baby jogger also has a windshield to keep her out of the wind. I stopped a couple times to check her that her hands/ears, etc.. were still covered and warm.

Even with the slower pace, it is nice to run outside, where we belong.

Stats: 1.60 miles in 13:40 (8:33 pace)
Splits:
8:33
(8:32)
Carson (Lake St Park) 1.6

My Running Log

One of my prized possessions is my collection of running logs. I have them going back to my freshman year of high school cross country in 1984. Did log every mile for the first few years but have routinely logged them since 1992.

Sometimes the logging got in the way of the running. Way back when, I would run routes only on streets as too try and get an accurate mileage for my log. This was in direct contradiction to my belief that the best running is done spontaneously and, ideally, along trails.

Eventually, I got confident enough in my pace judgement and less rigid about accuracy, that I would ballpark my mileage when needed.

My interest, however, did drive my into my current industry, if not profession. In 1994, I found out about geographic information systems (GIS). GIS links a database to a map--basically what Mapquest, GoogleMaps, and their kind use. While those are actually pretty simplistic applications, the first application I saw was measuring my runs. So I now use my accounting degree to write mapping applications.

Later, cheap GPS (Thanks honey for the eTrex back in 1999!) and Nike Footpod technology allowed me to measure completely hands-free.

But I still continued to write my mileage down on paper. A couple years ago, I even designed my own running log, which can be bought at cafepress.com (click picture below). It still has a 2005 calendar in it, but the individual pages are still usable, but I'm not really plugging it.
















This year, I am again using the freebie that Runner's World gives away, although they have switched to much thinner cover, which makes me want to check the bookstores for discounted Running Journals but until I get a chance, I'll use what I have.

A drastic change, for me, is I have finally decided to switch counting methods--before I rounded every t the nearest quarter mile. I am now rounding to the nearest tenth of a mile. I use a modified rounding down method, today I logged:

Stats:
2.50 miles in 23:22 (dreadmill)
(9:23 pace)
Splits:
10:16
8:53
(8:36)

Lord of the Rings

While I look forward to weekends, they also raise my frustration level. I have things I want to do and I always think I'll do them on the weekend. Then the weekend comes and either I have other commitments, got chores to do or I'm just plain lazy. I was hoping to go for a long run today but never got to it.

Ended up back on the dreadmill. I'm logging way too many miles on the darn thing. In an effort to not want to stick my head into the belt as to put myself out of my misery, I set up our 7 inch portable DVD player and watched Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring).

I made if for 3.25 miles, which is the longest I've gone for awhile on it but still it was tedious. I am constantly changing the pace and incline, hoping that straining will at least make it interesting.

It doesn't

Stats:
3.23 miles in 28:55 (8:49 pace)
Splits:
9:31
8:40
8:23
(8:19)

One Stinking Mile

With no other purpose than to extend what may be a streak, I ran 1 stinking mile on my dreadmill. Oh, the shame...

10:12

Streaking

As a Packer fan, I cann't, in good faith, be thinking about attempting a 365 day streak without at least mentioning one Brett Lorenzo Favre. Favre is the Packers' Ironman who has started 237 straight games at quarterback. Just in case you don't know, that is just under 15 years of playing football--having 11 professional players who want to hurt you on every play.

My measily 4 day streak is probably like Brett playing one play in his first game--nothing. Actually, let's figure it out. To tie Brett, lets say I streak for 15 years. Each year of running would equal 16 games. 365 days divided by 16 is about 22 days--lets round off to 21 days. So I'm 1/3 of the way through my first game.

I guess every streak starts with 1.

Favre Records

Stats:
3.2 miles in 28:55 (8:38 pace)
Splits:
8:27
9:13
8:05

Dreadmill

Did 1.8 on the dreadmill today. I hate the dreadmill. But it serves a purpose. Instead of dragging my almost 2-year-old along in the baby jogger, she got to play inside, in the warmth of out house while I sweated and gruntted. Honestly, though, I see three real advantages of the treadmill for me.

First, it allows me to get in runs when my schedule/weather don't permit it. Don't get me wrong, I live in Wisconsin and enjoy running in the cold, the snow, etc... Blizzards are awesome to run in. Problem is I have moved out into the country and sometimes it just isn't safe. I don't run at night because it would be to easy for someone to not see me and smuck me. When I lived in town, I would run an nearly any hour. The treadmill allows me to safely, if inhumanly, do that still.

Second, it lets me run fast during th winter. I've always slowed down during the winter because the poor footing and extra clothing slows you down. Once spring comes and I shed the extra clothes, takes the legs some time to remember how not to trudge along.

Finally, it allows me to work on heat aclimation. Don't think I've seen 50 degrees for a long time. But it is in the 60-something in my basement and if I don't turn the fan on, it is actually hotter than normal because on the 'mill, you don't get a breeze.

We bought a portable DVD player for car trips, I'm planning on using that to watch some movies while on the treadmill and see if I can forget how much I hate the darn thing.

The streak, if it is one, is at 3. Did a half mile warmup then did 0.05 at 8/9/10/9/8 mph with .05 recovery 6mph . Then did .13 hard sessions of 8/9/10 mph, 7 mph recovery.

Stats:
1.80 miles in 15:43 (8:43 pace)
Splits:
9:15
(8:07)

peak pace: 6:21

Easy 2.3

Just keeping the streak, if it is one, alive. An easy 2.3 along the local bike trail. Basically flat, one tiny bump to climb the approach to a railroad track. A day to feel out the legs. This course is kinda my default one, close to where I drop Key off at school, has easy, semi-private parking, and is along the bike trail, for when I have Mace along. Probably will be there tomorrow.

Stats:
2.30 miles in 19:48 (8:26 pace, 173 bpm)
Splits:
8:29
8:27
(8:09)

peak pace: 7:14

Hobbs 2.3

While I have not committed yet, I'm acting as if I intend to commit to my 365 day challenge. Today, I did 6 miles at 8:08 pace (marathon pace). First time I've probably done 6 since August, so I was happy with the pace. Final mile was at 7:09 (slightly elevation-aided). With a fresh couple inches of snow, had some footing problems. One that I don't remember ever having before was having snow build up in the heels of my shoes--had to drag my heels when I found some bare asphalt. Ran much better than hoped for.

Stats:
6.02 miles in 48:56 (8:08 pace, 173 bpm)
Splits:
8:00 (168)
8:05 (172)
8:56 (175) first half downhill, finish up steep hill Turnaround
8:09 (174) Really kicked going up Dave's hill
8:22 (178)
7:09 (184)

peak HR that I saw: 187
peak pace: 6:16

Crazy Dave's 3

2007

I haven't been running much lately, blogging even less but hope to do more of each in 2007.

I'm not big on making New Year's resolutions. Changes are not easy to make and while there may be every intention at the time, someone has to really want to follow through for change to really occur. The change in the calendar year is a logical time to try and make a change but most of the time, the person isn't really ready to make the change.

I have been considering trying to run every day of 2007. But I have not yet decided because I know that is a major commitment--not one to make lightly. I've made running a high priority at times in my life and I tend to either overdoing it and injuring myself or post-goal, am left unmotivated for too long.

Really, balance and consistency is what I would ideally want. Attempting a 365 day streak may seem unbalanced but I don't know of another way to get to the consistency.

In the past, I have set miles per day goals and usually met them. The problem, however, is I tend to procrastinate and end up running megamiles at the end of the month to get my miles in. I've done 10:00 pm runs in a local cemetary on January 31st (in Wisconsin) because I was short on miles and that was the only lighted, traffic-free place I had available.

With a dreadmill, (jimp's term), I should always be able to find 10 quick minutes to sneak a mile in to continue the streak.

2007 Race Schedule

Times & dates are unconfirmed.

January

27 SECURIAN FROZEN 5K AND HALF MARATHON, St. Paul, MN 9:00 a.m.
http://www.raceberryjam.com/carnival.html

February
10 Run on Water 5 Mile, Bayfield, 11AM
http://www.bayfield.org/visitor/runwater.asp

17 CHILLY CHIPPEWA 5K/10K (6th Annual), Chippewa Falls High School.
Contact Roger Skifstad, skifstrb@chipfalls.k12.wi.us or call (715) 726-2406 x1120.

March
11? Shamrock Shuffle 5K, Eau Claire, 10AM
Vicki F Reed 715/836-4931 reedvf@uwec.edu

18 The Human Race 5K; 8K, University of St. Thomas Field House, St Paul, 11:40AM; 1:20PM
http://tslevents.com/

April
1? 10 AM Run Against Violence 5 & 2.5 Mile* Chippewa Falls
Kris Erickson 715/723-1138 (W) Family Support Center;Kathie Schaus 715/720-2337

7? 9AM Spring Fever 6 & 2 Mile*
Altoona City Park Mark Wise 715/877-2475 (H)mwise@indianhead-insurance.com

16? Boston Marathon, Boston

21? 10AM AMA 5K Fun Run, Eau Claire Carson Park
Am Marketing Assoc UW-EC Brochure

May
5? 8:30AM Norske Nook 15K & 2 Mile
Osseo Don Gilbertson 715/597-2269gilberts@triwest.net

12? 8AM New Prague Half Marathon, New Prague
Kim Gassner 952/758-4360 npcofc@bevcomm.net

13? 8AM, Uff Da Trail Run Half Marathon & 5K, Woodville
Dennis 698-2555, Connie 684-3603

12?
Journeys Marathon & Half, Eagle River
Eagle River C of C, 800/359-6315, info@eagleriver.org

20? Cellcom Marathon & Half, Green Bay
Sean Ryan, 800/889-1859, info@cellcomgreenbaymarathon.com May 21 10AM

?? Fido Fun Run Dog Walk, Eau Claire, Carson Park
EC Humane Assoc 715/839-4747 x25 www.eccha.org

May 20 or 27
Bloomin' Idiot Marathon Fun Run*
Bloomer to Eau Claire
Fred Hable, 715/835-5897

27? 8AM
Med City Marathon & 20 Mile, Rochester
Wally&Peg Arnold 507/282-1411 peg@medcitymarathon.com

27? Madcity Marathon, Madison
Madcitymarathon.com

June

6? Thorp Fun Run 5K/10K, Thorp Elem. School
Jen Sutton, 605 S Clark St, Thorp WI 54771

6? 9:30AM Dairy Days Stampede 2&5 Mile, Greenwood
Lori Klinke 715/267-6205

19?
Badger State Games Regional 5/10K, Eau Claire
Jeff Staads, 715/832-3421, brc@jeffstaads.com

June 16? Grandma's Marathon, Duluth
Scott Keenan 218/727-0947
grandmas@grandmasmarathon.com June 18 9AM

19?
Lutefiskman Triathlon, Osseo
Roger Hofer 715/597-3623 rhofer@triwest.net

June 23?, RCU Charity Classic 10K & 2 Mile, Eau Claire
Emily Blaskey 715/839-0499, Carla Leuck 715/833-8167 CarlaL@rcu.org Web Page

June 24 9AM, Strawberry Festival 6&2 Mile, Alma Center
Gaylord Olson 715/964-2202

July

1?? 5:30AM; 7:30AM Afton Trail Run50K; 25K, Afton
Scott Wagner 651/429-8342aftontrailrun@yahoo.com

1?? 9AM, Firecracker Trail Run 5K/10K Lowes Creek Park, Eau Claire
WORS, Web Page

4?? 8:30AM, Friendship Days 5M/2M
Mondovi HS Football Field
Mike Miller 715/926-5578 happymillmore@hotmail.com

7?? 9AM Water Street Mile, Eau Claire
Bob & Dina St Louis, 715/834-3774, stlouir@uwec.edu, stlouins@uwec.edu
L E Phillips Senior Center

8?? 8:30AM, Lion's Pride 5K/10K, Fall Creek
Sheila Cote 715/877-3450cotesherah1@msn.com

14?? 9AM, Bluegill 5K, Birchwood
Tim Dusick 715/379-9482 timdusick@yahoo.com Entry

15?? 8AM, In and Out of Luck 10K & 5K, Luck
Larry Linder 715/472-8231 newworld@lakeland.ws

19?? 7PM, Tortoise and Hare 5K, Reg. Eau Claire YMCA
Fred Hable, 715/835-5897

25?? 7PM, See Dick Run 7M/5K/1M, Bloomer
Fred Hable, 715/835-5897

29?? Riverboat Days 5K, Wabasha
John Thyren, 651/565-0375 jthyren@bigcountry.us

August

4, 8AM, River City Ramble 10K & 5K, Red Wing YMCA, Heather Flock 651/388-4724 hflock@redwingymca.org

4??, Brat Trot4M Run/2M Walk, Sheboygan
Anna Brown, Am Diabetes Assoc414/778-5500 x6532

11?? 8AM, Watermelon 4 Mile/Roegge Half-Marathon, Chippewa FallsYMCA
Jennifer Sherbinow js2201@charter.net 715/723-2201

11?? 7:30AM, Paavo Nurmi Marathon, Hurley
Ricky Kelly 866/340-4334hurley@hurleywi.com

18?? 9AM, Rendezvous Days5K Run/1.5M Walk, Owen Park, Eau Claire
Myrthe McCarthy 715/878-4083 mmeamccarthy@pngusa.net

19?? 9AM, Children's Miracle Network, 10K/5K/1K Run/ Walk, Wakanda Park, Menomonie
Wal-Mart Dispatch Office 715/232-7938

25 8AM, Rutabaga 12 and 3.7mi, Cumberland, Cumberland C of C, 715/822-FEST bagafest@chibardun.net

26, 9:30AM, Spanky's Run 5K/10K, Loyal
Jim Gentleman 715/255-8519

27, 7AM, Woodbury Country Mile 13.1 Mile & 5K, Woodbury
Nancy Kennedy 651/578-0722 chamber@woodburychamber.org

September

2??, Buckshot 5 & 2 Mile, Eau Claire
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram Race Info, pdf 276K

9?? 8:30AM, Hayward Half Marathon & 5K, Hayward
Dayle Quigley 715/634-0012 info@haywardhalfmarathon.com

8?? 9AM, Stucky Chiro 4 and 2½ Mile, Eau Claire
715/835-9514 Jay LaGuardia stucky@stuckychiropractic.com

8?? 9AM, Laura Ingalls Wilder 10K & 5K, Pepin
Kathy Finch 715/442-2016 finchqe@cannon.net

10?? 8:30AM, Hayward 10K Trail Run, Hayward
Dayle Quigley 715/634-0012 info@haywardhalfmarathon.com

8?? 8AM, Twister Run 10K/5K, Colfax
Pete Klug 715/962-3121 pjklug@juno.com

15?? 8AM, Beer and M&M's Marathon Fun Run, Owen Park, Eau Claire
Fred Hable 715/835-2909 or Tina at johnstk@uwec.edu

15?? 10:30AM, Fall Frolic 5K, Flag Hill, Chippewa Falls
McDonell Cross Country, M. Bushland 715/723-5525 mbushlandmowerins@hotmail.com

15?? 8&9AM Ellefson Half Marathon Championships & 5K, Barron,
Aaron Weber 715/537-6666baccacw@chibardun..net, www.thebacc.com

12?? 8AM, Amery 10K/5K, Amery
Bill/Sue Hegg 715/268-2220

22? 9:30AM, Heritage Days 5&2 Mile, New Richmond
J Evans 715/246-5067 jevans2@frontiernet.net

23??, Fox Cities Marathon, Appleton, www.foxcitiesmarathon.org

30??, Twin Cities Marathon, Mpls/St Paul
Virginia Achman 763/287-3888www.twincitiesmarathon.org

October

7?? 10AM, Michael Noll Memorial 5K Fun Run UWEC
Jodi Thesing-Ritter, thesinjm@uwec.edu, 715-836-2325, 240 Schofield Hall, UWEC

13??, Whistle Stop Marathon, Ashland, www.whistlestopmarathon.com

14?? 7AM, Edmund Fitzgerald 100K Ultra, Duluth
Eric Stetz 763/421-4816 estetz@visi.com

13??, Blue Devil 5K/10K&1M kids, Menomonie
Andrea Streif streiffa@uwstout.edu

20??, The Great Race Chippewa to Cadott Fun Run, Chippewa Falls
Karen Possley 715/723-2587 kjpskis@aol.com

27??, 10AM (10M bus leaves 9:30am), Carson 10 Mile/2 Mile, Eau Claire
Karen Schoenrock 715/894-0166

November
22?? 9AM, Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk, Eau Claire
Unity Health & Fitness (Eau Claire Athletic Club) 715/833-2201

December
1?? 10AM, Frigid 8 Mile & Thermal 3 Mile, Chippewa Falls
Jayne Baugher