Level Legion was on the move this weekend. There were not only some big races here but across the country as well that featured some local heavyweights.

Twin Cities Marathon
Jeannette Faber 2:32:37 – win, 13th consecutive marathon PR (by 4 mins this time)
Tom Deeg – 2:36:05 – 52nd overall
Cathy Pearce – 3:16:28 – 4th in 50+ age group

Medtronic TC 10 Mile (US 10 Mile Champs)
2nd – Ben True – 47:19
4th – Tim Ritchie – 47:25
16th – Christopher Barnicle – 48:16
21st – Tim Nelson – 48:53
34th – Zachary Hine – 50:35

4th – Julie Culley* – 54:33
5th – Katie DiCamillo – 54:30

*Okay, so Julie isn’t exactly local but she’s an Olympian, and rumor has it she’s totally On The Level. We hope to feature her real soon!

BAA Half
Men’s race: Allan Kiprono won in 1:01:44 and nailed down a big pay day for winning the Distance Medley. Rutto (1:01:55), Chelanga (1:03:22) and Abdosh (1:03:51) had all been in the mix and finished in the top four today.
Top locals:
6th – Eric Ashe  -  1:07:29
7th – Nate Jenkins  –  1:08:06
9th – Peter Gilmore  –  1:08:41
11th – Jonathan Baker  –  1:11:20
12th – Michael Quintal  –  1:11:36

Women’s race: Kim Smith captures the win and the overall Medley crown with her 1:10:57. She had a 16 second lead coming in over Aheza Kiros (1:12:50), but that didn’t really matter much as she won by nearly two minutes.
5th – Jennifer Gossels - 1:20:09
6th – Caroline Bjune  – 1:20:47
7th – Rachel Asher - 1:21:52
8th – Jordan Daniel - 1:23:08
9th – Kerri Leonhardt - 1:23:43

Chicago Marathon
WMDP – This tweet from MattTheHitman sums it up: “Good day for the #WMDP. 4 guys under 230, 6 under 234, 8 under 257.”
Here’s a few of the group:
44th – Sean Duncan (2:24:59)
49th – Kevin Johnson (2:25:43)
61st – Jason Ayr (2:27:58)
67th – David Johnson (2:29:37)
93rd – Matt Peabody (2:33:20)

More notables:
145th – Christopher Klucznik – SRR – 2:38:52
Joe O’Leary – 177 SRR – 2:40:01 – 11th in 40-44 age group
Jonathan May – SRR – 2:43:02 – 15th in 40-44 age group
Robert Cipriano – SRR – 2:48:12 – 7th in 50-54 age group
Karen Durante – WRT 3:23:54 – 2nd in 60+ age group
Alexandra Varanka – NBB – 2:54:17 – 35th woman
Ben Schersten – 2:43:22 – 206th overall

Mohawk Hudson
Sometimes it’s best to just let the tweet do the talking:

3:07:30 PR at Mohawk Hudson! #GSH #OnTheLevel@levelrenner twitter.com/Hooligan75/sta…

— Mike Lescarbeau (@Hooligan75) October 7, 2012

Wilson Bridge Half (DC)
Shawn Whalen – 305th place in 1:44:31

New England XC champs
Good stuff coming your way

Tufts 10k/US 10k Championships
we were there, coverage still to come…

Want to appear here? Be an active member of Level Legion and let us know where you’re racing and how you do! That’s how a lot of the names showed up here. Then, of course, race hard and keep it on the level.

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