WEEKEND EVENTS FOR AUGUST 29 - 30

After this week's break from oppressive heat and humidity, they'll return in time for this weekend's races. We'll be back to milder weather next week.

The high school cross country season kicks off on Saturday for Versailles and Eldon. Versailles goes to Jefferson City for the Jim Marshall Invitational, while Eldon travels to Columbia for the COMO Kick-Off meet.  (The seasons for Camdenton and Osage start on September 5th.)

Here's what's happening this weekend around the state:

Columbia:

Salsa Run 5K/10K, Saturday

Half Way (20 miles north of Springfield):

Leaky Hourglass Ultra, Saturday

Walnut Shade (10 miles north of Branson):

The Howler (5K/10K trail races), Saturday

Kansas City and vicinity:

Medal Madness (5K/10K/half marathon), Saturday
Jeremy Katzenberger Memorial Triathlon, Weatherby Lake, Sunday

St. Louis and vicinity:

Corps of Discovery Half Marathon & 5-Mile/8-Mile Trail Races, St. Charles County, Saturday
Wiggles and Whiskers 5K/10K, Creve Coeur Park, Saturday

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370 LAKESIDE TRIATHLON (posted August 24th)

Congratulations to two of our Lake-area runners for finishing their very first triathlon at the 370 Lakeside Triathlon in St. Peters (just west of St. Charles) on Sunday.

Kalise Lischwe and Natasha Boettcher stayed together the entire race, and finished the Olympic-distance triathlon (1500-meter swim, 40K bike and 10K run) in 3:17:23.  In the women's 35-39 age group, they placed 5th and 6th among the six finishers.  Among the 46 women finishers, they were 30th and 31st.

Here are their splits:

Swim:         41:12  (2:44 per 100 meters)
T-1:             4:43
Bike:      1:29:45  (16.6 miles per hour)
T-2:             3:52
Run:          57:54 (9:20 per mile) 
Finish:    3:17:23

Complete race results can be found here.

There were 48, 127, 108 and 53 finishers, respectively, in the half-iron, Olympic, sprint and super-sprint distance triathlons.

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PAT JONES YMCA'S TRI AT THE Y (posted August 24th)

For the third year in a row, Jim McDermott was the winner of the men's 70-79 age group at the Pat Jones YMCA's Tri at the Y in Springfield on Saturday. Three others competed in his age group.

Jim finished the 300-meter swim, 8-mile bike and 5K run in 1:00:52.  Here are his splits:

Swim:       10:10 
T-1:             1:34
Bike:         23:12  (20.7 miles per hour)
T-2:             0:55
Run:          26:02  (8:24 per mile) 
Finish:    1:01:52

He finished this year's race one minute slower than last year.

Complete race results can be found here.

There were 94 sprint triathlon finishers at this year's race--exactly twice as many as last year, and the biggest turnout in the race's four-year history.

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

Saturday, October 10: COMC Pretty in Pink Bubble Run 5K/10K

Saturday, October 17: Oktoberfest .5K and 5K

Saturday, November 7:  Phylicia Carson Memorial 5K

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