BIG DOG'S BACKYARD ULTRA WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP  (posted October 19th)

Monday afternoon update:  After 54 hours (225 miles), only 20 of the 69 starting countries are still competing.  Japan's team has completed the most yards, with the U.S. in fourth, behind Australia and Belgium.  We're probably only near the halfway point of this race.    

Here are some links (better ones are listed near the to):

Live tracking

YouTube channel (for livestreams)

Main website

Big Dog's Backyard Ultra Run Group Facebook page

Instagram page

Ultrasignup page

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LAKE OF THE OZARKS OKTOBERFEST .5K AND 5K RUN/WALK (updated October 19th)

What a difference a year makes.  Last year's third annual Lake of the Ozarks Oktoberfest .5K and 5K at The Sanctuary Brewery in Osage Beach was marred by rain and lightning in the area, with just 22 runners and walkers braving the elements.  The weather for Saturday's race was perfect, with cool weather and sunny skies.  Not surprisingly, the turnout was triple that of last year, with 65 participants.

Tucker Seise was the overall winner for the fourth year in a row.  Tucker's winning time this year was 16:27 (5:18 per mile), beating last year's winning time of 17:37 by over a minute.  Nigher Alfaro, who placed second to Tucker in the race's first three years, didn't attend this year, so Eli Wherley played runner-up, finishing more than three minutes behind Tucker, in 19:36.

The women's race, by comparison, had its fourth different winner in four years.  Emma Greer of Sedalia won in 22:37--the race's fastest women's winning time.  Mariah Conner of Rolla crossed the line 24 seconds later, making this the smallest margin of victory for the women's--or men's--race these past four years.

In the geezer-dominated 0.5K race (indeed the average age of the 11 participants was 64), Mike Clayton, director of fund development and communications for Wonderland Camp--the race's beneficiary--won in 7:24, a pokey, per-mile pace of about 22 minutes.

The race results can be found here.

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GARMIN KANSAS CITY MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, 10K AND 5K (posted October 19th)

Four runners from the Lake area were in Kansas City on Saturday for the Garmin Kansas City Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K--the biggest running race in the state. Here are their results:

Complete results can be found here.

For the second year in a row, participation reached a record high.  There were 9,564 finishers at this year's race, up 10% from last year.  Amazingly, that's nearly double the number that finished in 2021--the first race in the post-Covid era. Here are year-by-year totals, by distance, since 2017:  

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ROCK BRIDGE REVENGE 50K/25K TRAIL RUNS (posted October 19th)

Two runners from Linn Creek traveled to Columbia on Saturday to compete at the Rock Bridge Revenge Trail Runs.

Sydney Taylor--at age 14, the youngest of all competitors--and Kristin Doran ran and finished the 25K together, in 3:49:16.  Among the 37 women in the race, they placed 31st and 32nd, respectively.

Complete results can be found here.

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BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON (posted October 12th)

There were 54,000 finishers at Sunday's Chicago Marathon.  Just one of them was from the Lake area. Kalise Lischwe finished in 4:15:38, placing 1,217th among 3,856 competitors in the women's 35-39 age group.  Kalise appears to have set a new personal best.  Her previous marathon finishes included the Bass Pro Marathon (4:25:59) in 2024, and the BMW Berlin Marathon (4:37:26) in 2025.  (I'm not aware if she ran any others.)

The men's race was won by last year's runner-up, Amos Kipruto of Kenya, in 2:01:09. He, and last year's winner Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda, battled it out with two others until Kipruto took the lead for good at mile 21. Kipruto won with a nearly two-minute lead over the second-place finisher.  Kiplimo finished fourth, in 2:04:18.

For the second year in a row, Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia won the women’s race.  She finished in 2:13:33, more than a minute faster than last year's 2:14:56.  Had she run last year's time this year, she would have placed third, behind two past Chicago winners Sharon Lokedi (2:14:07) and Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (2:14:53).

The complete race results can be found here.  Read the official press release here.

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MELBOURNE MARATHON (posted October 12th)

While the Chicago Marathon gathered much of the attention this past weekend, half a world away, at the Melbourne Marathon, 42 year-old Eliud Kipchoge set a new course record of 2:09:10 on his way to victory.

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PHYLICIA CARSON MEMORIAL 5K (posted October 3rd)

The third annual Phylicia Carson Memorial 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, November 7th at Osage Beach City Hall. Phylicia Carson was an Osage Beach police officer who tragically died in the line of duty on Labor Day weekend in 2024, leaving behind a husband and six children.

Race-day registration will be open from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. The pre-race festivities begin at 8:35, and the run/walk will start at 9:00 a.m. 

The entry fee for those 18-and-over is $30, or $35 on race day. T-shirts can only be guaranteed for those who register on or before October 1st.  Participants under 18 run or walk free of charge. 

T-shirts can be purchase at the event for $20.

Proceeds from the race benefit The Phylicia Carson 916 Foundation.

Online registration and more details can be found here.

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I'll post details of these upcoming events as soon as I can. Until then, here are links to them:

Saturday, November 14: Ozark Diamond Gauntlet 3/6/9/12-Hour and 1-Lap Races

Thanksgiving Day, November 26: LOTO Turkey Trot 5K and Fun Run