WEEKEND EVENTS FOR AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 1

Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the fall race season.  Those racing this weekend will enjoy the nicest Labor Day weekend weather we've had in years with morning lows around 60 and highs around 80.  We don't have a local race for two weeks, so you're going to have to do some traveling if you want to race this weekend.

Former Versailles High School cross country runner Nicholas Aeschbacher, who graduated this past May, will be doing his presumably first marathon at Heart of America on Monday.  He was a low 18-minute 5K finisher in his senior season, so a fast marathon is definitely a possibility.  We wish him well.

Here's what's happening this weekend:

Columbia:

Beer & Bagel Run (4-mile trail run), Saturday
Heart of America Marathon & Fun Team Relay, Monday (LOTO participants: Nicholas Aeschbacher and Emily Krantz)

Half Way (20 miles north of Springfield):

Leaky Hourglass Ultra, Saturday (participants we know:  Cody Eubanks)

Springfield:

Breakthough T1 D (formely JDRF) Bicycle Ride, Saturday

Kansas City and vicinity:

Labor Day Run 5K/10K/13.1M, Saturday
Leawood Rotary Labor Day 5K, Monday
Kansas City Temple Run 5K, Monday

St. Louis and vicinity:

Corps of Discovery Half Marathon & 5-Mile Trail Race, St. Charles County, Saturday
The Labor Day Slay (5K/10K/half marathon), Queeny Park, Saturday
Gateway Cup bike rides and pro races, Friday-Monday

Manchester, Tennessee:

A Race for the Ages, Thursday-Sunday (Gary Cantrell, aka "Lazarus Lake", organizes it, but he's currently in Utah on the final leg of a continental crossing.)

Bentonville, Arkansas:

Trifest for MS, Friday-Sunday

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PAT JONES YMCA'S TRI AT THE Y (posted August 18th)

For the third time this summer, Jim McDermott and Heather Miller traveled to compete at a southwest Missouri triathlon.  This past weekend, it was at the Pat Jones YMCA's Tri at the Y in Springfield.

Jim extended his age-group winning streak this summer, making it four in a row on Saturday by defeating two others in the 70-79 age group. He finished the 300-meter swim, 8-mile bike and 5K run in 1:00:52.  Here are his splits:

Swim:       11:05 
T-1:            2:21
Bike:        20:55  (22.9.7 miles per hour)
T-2:             1:51
Run:          24:42  (7:58 per mile) 
Finish:    1:00:52

Heather Miller took fourth (of four) in the women's 40-49 age group, with a 1:19:01 finish.  Here are her splits:

Swim:       11:38 
T-1:            2:38
Bike:         33:00 (14.6 miles per hour)
T-2:             1:40
Run:          30:05  (9:42 per mile) 
Finish:    1:19:01

Complete race results can be found here.

There were 47 finishers at this year's event.  That was up from 38 last year.

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FREEDOM RUN (posted July 16th)

A new Lake-area race will debut on the evening of Saturday, September 13th at the Osage National Golf Resort in Lake Ozark.

The Freedom Run is sponsored by Budweiser and Jim Beam, and benefits Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization providing scholarships to the spouses and dependents of fallen or disabled service members and first responders.

Three race options are being offered: 4.44-mile and 44-mile races for solo runners, and a 44-mile race for relay teams of four or more.  The 44-mile races start at 9:00 p.m. Saturday and end at 7:00 a.m. Sunday.  The 4.44-mile solo race can be started at the runner's choosing, at any time between 9:00 p.m. Saturday and 6:00 a.m. Sunday.

Entry fees can be found at the registration page.  Fees will rise on August 1st, and again on race day.

Visit the race's RunSignup.com webpages for all the details.

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