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5th Annual Ni-Bthaska-Ke Trail Run 4M/12K: Results and Photo Links

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Here are some quick links for those who are looking Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ni-Bthaska-Ke-Trail-Run/176146602425914 Results: http://www.teamnebraska.com/new/?page_id=33 Race Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamnebraska/   April 2, 2011 – Tough course!  Hands down hard!  I thought it was going to be a hilly run, but nothing could get you ready for this.  Nice course selection Ivan.  You killed us! The day started out with a goal of doing 12 to 13 training miles that were on the schedule.  Last week’s 19 were but a distant memory and next week’s 22 are looming, but for this week, a step-back week (marathon training term), there was just a half

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2011 Leprechaun Chase: Guys Chase Girls! Race Results and Video Start

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March 12, 2011  Guys chase Girls!  What could be better?  The second annual Leprechaun chase that took place on Saturday at the Strategic Air and Space Museum just south of Ashland NE, did had just that offering.  Gals got to start 5 minutes and 30 seconds before the guys.  First gender to finish got there first post race beer for free!  Lots of incentive to win.  Sorry to say, this years race was won by the gals.  Bitter sweet!   There was a good showing by both the Mud Mafia and the Gallup gang of runners.  No official count, but good

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2011 Trek up the Tower–Climbing My Life Away with Results

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February 26, 2011 – It was another early AM wake up and arrival at the First National Bank Tower in Omaha Nebraska for the 5th Annual Trek up the Tower vertical stair race.  Strait up 40 flights of stairs, it’s not just a physical challenge, but a huge mental one as well.  I was able to record most of it with some audio and video coverage over at http://theaverageguy.me. I ran this year’s race with Jamie Eikmeier pushing me up the stairs (I now recommend you do the race with a training partner) and finished 10 seconds faster than last

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2011 Children’s TLC Groundhog Run / Final Results

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January 30, 2011 – It was a very early AM wake up for the 2011 Groundhog Run down in Kansas City.  It was the second year in a row that I attend this race and had high hope for a new 10K Personal Record (PR).  See, the race is all indoors (in a cave really) and very flat.  Last year’s time was [spp-timestamp time="50:39"] and I wasn’t in half the shape I was this year.  Still, coming in at [spp-timestamp time="49:21"] is nothing to shake a stick at, but nowhere close to the sub 47 I was looking for.  It was a

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