Weekend race results:

The male and female winners of the Market Mile in downtown St. Louis on Sunday finished in 4:13 and 5:02, respectively. There were 347 competitors in total. (Big River Running's Macklind Mile, by comparison, had about 1,200 competitors at their one-mile race in June.)

The biggest race of the weekend, by far, was the Taylor Swift-themed Swifty Fun Run in St. Louis, with 765 Swifties participating in the one-mile, 5K, 10K or half marathon races.

The finisher of the Kansas City Backyard Ultra needed 30 hours (or 120 miles) to dispatch the last of his 49 competitors.

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TRIZOU FOR MS TRIATHLON (posted August 5th)

Jim McDermott went undefeated in his age group in all three triathlons he's done so far this summer--ConcreteMan, Republic Tiger, and last Saturday's TriZou for MS Triathlon in Columbia.  

Jim did the sprint distance race, completing the 500-meter pool swim, 14-mile bike and 5K run in 1:18:12.  Here are his splits:

Swim:        12:44 
T-1:             2:44
Bike:          29:30  (18.3 miles per hour)
T-2:             2:37
Run:          33:15  
Finish:    1:18:12

Full results can be found here.

TriZou was once one of the largest triathlons in the state, with about 750 participants at its peak around 2013-2014.  Unfortunately, it faced the same attendance problems as running races. The race was cancelled by its then-owner, Ultramax Sports, in 2020 due to COVID, and didn't return until it was resurrected in 2024 by Heartland Racing. This year's participation fell to a record low.

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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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