In preparation for a PR in Chicago on October 11, Jen Johnston ran 2 half marathons in one week! On labor day she came within 2 minutes of her half marathon PR at the Super Jock ‘n’ Jill Half Marathon in Woodinville, WA finishing in 1:54:22.
As a final tuneup for the Twin Cities Marathon in two weeks Brian Schmidt, of Sachse, TX, won the Tektronix Corporate Challenge 5k. Brian represented Texas Instruments finishing the course in 17:35.
Cody Hill, of Colorado Springs, CO, took another great step toward his goal race of the US Club Cross Country Championships in December with a top 10 finish at the Colorado College Cross Country Invitational. Cody averaged 5:32 a mile for 8k cross country at altitude. Check out the results.
Koganti Rao ran 5:02:41 at the 2009 Berlin marathon dropping 11 minutes off of his last marathon.