MDRA News - Events
Annual Party Slide Show!! Fun afternoon on Saturday at the Annual Party. Thanks to all who came, we had one of the biggest turnouts ever. Specials thanks to Grandma's, Fargo, Twin Cities in Motion, TSL Events, Lady Speed Stick Half Marathon and Anderson Races for the prizes they gave for the drawings.
Give the gift of MDRA to a friend and we’ll give a gift to you! Sign up a friend and get this slick MDRA shirt. Simply have them complete this form and send it in! Click here and print flyer
Saturday group Polar Bear Runs - open to anyone! Welcome to Polar Bear Country! Saturday, January 28 Run from the Calhoun Executive Center Parking Lot (The Executive Center is just off of Lake Street on the Northwest side of Lake Calhoun.) 8 am 6-12 miles, many paces to choose from!! You... Read more...
Spring Marathon Training Program MDRA Spring Marathon and Half Marathon programs kick training off on 8:30 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2012 with an 8-10 mile run from the Edina Community Center. There will be available registration that morning beginning at 8 a.m. Be ready to run at 8:30 sharp! - click here for flyer ONLINE Registration When:... Read more...
Dome Running Dome Running is open every Tuesday and Thursday through March 29. 2012. Hours are 5 - 8 pm, cost is . Enter at Gate D, free parking in the upper Dome lot. For questions contact Rick Recker at 612 375-0805. CLICK HERE for more info
RUNMDRA News
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Andrew Carlson Is 6th at U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston Jan. 14; Results from Aramco Half Marathon Jan. 15
16 Jan 2012 | 8:01 amMinneapolis/St. Paul – Jan. 16, 2012 – Team USA Minnesota placed three runners in the top 20 at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, led by Andrew Carlson’s sixth place finish in his debut at the distance. Carlson’s time was 2:11:24. He had[…]
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Keflezighi; Flanagan win U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon
16 Jan 2012 | 4:05 amHOUSTON - Two of the fastest races in Olympic Marathon Trials history took place on the same day Saturday in Houston as the six men and women who will represent Team USA in London earned their way on the squad.[…]
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Team USA Minnesota Tunes up for Trials in Vegas!
8 Dec 2011 | 4:34 am
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Jason Lehmkuhle 3rd, Matt Gabrielson 5th at
Las Vegas Half Marathon; Katie McGregor Is 3rd
in Women’s Field at Dec. 4 Race
Minneapolis/St. Paul – Dec. 5, 2011 – All four Team USA Minnesota distance runners finished in the[…] -
Explore Minnesota Challenge Launched!
1 Dec 2011 | 7:06 amNew Explore Minnesota Challenge Takes Runners on Adventure Across Minnesota Anderson Race Management and Explore Minnesota Offer Joint Race Series Minneapolis, MN (December 1) - Anderson Race Management and Explore Minnesota Tourism, the travel promotion office of the State of[…]
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MDRA Training Class for Securian Winter Races • Jan. 28 www.runmdra.org Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K
1 Nov 2011 | 8:33 am
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The program includes Tuesday evening runs with a coach and longer runs on Saturday mornings with the MDRA Polar Bear running group. Class meets at Edina Community Center, (ECC) 5701 Normandale Rd, Edina, MN. Class is led by certified coaches.
Blog - Down The Backstretch
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27 Jan 2012 | 9:16 am
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Photo by Gene NiemiSt. Thomas University senior Ben Sathre demonstrated last Saturday what his coach Pete Wareham already knew. Sathre is a talent in the midst of a breakthrough year, having already won the NCAA Division III cross country title,[…] -
A Little History
26 Jan 2012 | 10:32 amBy Jim FerstleAt the Jack Johnson Classic on Satruday I had a chance to visit with a lot of old friends, people I hadn't seen for awhile. One of them was Rick Recker. If you've been at many running or[…]
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Yes/No: Jim Dilling over 7-3 at U.S. Open?
25 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
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The USA Track and Field's Visa Championship Series returns in 2012 with the U.S. Open. The meet will be held at the venerable Madison Square Garden and feature such luminaries as Bernard Lagat, David Oliver, Asafa Powell and Jenn Suhr.Former Minnesota State-Mankato athlete Jim Dilling[…] -
Anatomy of a Race
24 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am
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By Jim FerstleAt every meet, there is usually a marquee event, one that is selected from all the rest to be the most anticipated contest or having the potential for the best result. Such was the men's 3,000 meters at[…] -
The Magic of the Mile
22 Jan 2012 | 10:06 pm
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"The mile is magic," says Ryan Lamppa. "It's America's distance." Lamppa believes that this and other attributes make the mile an ideal vehicle for promoting the sport of running. Last week the Bring Back the Mile Campaign was launched with[…]
With another new layout from the wily mind of founder and race director, Jeff Winter — this time not from Shady Oak Road construction, but rather plowed snow covering its sidewalks — the 32nd version of this unique spring distance[…]
Six World and Olympic Medalists Added to “Super” Fields - BOSTON (Jan 26) – Reigning double Olympic Champion Tirunesh Dibaba headlines a group of six Olympic and World Championship medalists in the middle and long distance events who have confirmed[…]
Ayele Abshero and his Ethiopan colleagues turned the marathon tide substantially this morning, Friday, in a Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which rewrote the record books.
Dubai, UAE - The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon – and IAAF Gold Label Road Race - which celebrates its 13th edition on Friday morning (27), has been a happy hunting ground for Ethiopian runners in the past, foremost among them[…]
A little snow in New York didn't slow Strymar Livingston and Najee Glass from stealing the headlines at the 2012 New Balance Games today at The Armory in New York City.
