Archive for Sunday, April 6, 2008
2,000 make annual brew run
Tempe Harty, left, of Eudora, gives Jackie Stiles, of Wichita, a beer Sunday as she crosses the finish line of the Brew to Brew Run in North Lawrence. Competitors ran 43.5 miles from Kansas City, Mo., to Lawrence, either solo or in relay teams. The annual run benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
April 6, 2008
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Beer run attracts 2000 participants
Runners traveled from one beer-making business to another today in the 14th annual Brew to Brew run. Enlarge video
Tom Whalen crossed the finish line in Sunday's Brew to Brew Run, dropped to the ground and vomited.
"It was hard," said the St. Louis resident, who ran the 43.5-mile course in five hours, 27 minutes and 45 seconds, the first solo finisher. "The wind was sort of brutal on the levee."
About 2,000 runners trekked from Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City, Mo., to Lawrence's Free State Brewery, 636 Mass., on Sunday. The annual run raises money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The 10-leg race began at 6 a.m. Participants, some running solo and others in relay teams, faced temperatures in the 50s, cloudy skies and south winds at 5 to 15 miles per hour with gusts up to 25 miles per hour.
"Temperature-wise it's perfect for runners," said Dan Gay, board member of the Kansas City Track Club.
Organizers changed the run this year to reduce traffic along the route. While past runs have allowed up to 10 runners per team, this year that number was reduced to five.
Each team member now does two legs, each about four miles long. Participation has dropped from last year, but Gay said organizers anticipate it will go up.
"What we hope is that team members just train more so they can do two legs," he said.
One team calling itself the Four Old Dogs and a Pup gathered at the finish, celebrating a better time than past years.
"It's just a blast run," said Henry Yount, of Fort Scott. "We all get together and go for a ride, come up here and stay in a hotel and race. It's just a lot of fun."
Kansas University's Final Four game Saturday night was a bit of a distraction for some runners.
Zack Reynolds, of Fort Scott, said he didn't get as much rest as he would have liked.
"It was hard to sleep last night," he said. "I kept thinking about 40 to 12 and Roy."
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toe (Anonymous) says…
Beer run. How juvenile.
7 April 2008
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rdragon (M. Lindeman) says…
Maybe, but 200k for charity. bravo!!
7 April 2008
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grimpeur (Anonymous) says…
Boulevard to Free State, and all the poor woman in the photo can get is Miller Lite? It's a beer run, fer god's sake, not a diluted renal waste product run.Good job, tho.
7 April 2008
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brookcreeker (Anonymous) says…
The race directors are crazy if they think participation will go up with smaller teams. The entry forms were explicit about a 5-person limit on team size but no one would ever know if a team ran with 10 people. I'll remember that next year when I'm putting together my team. This year's race was the most poorly organized race I have ever run. The mileage for the first four legs was all wrong. It's not as if they haven't done this before - I don't understand how they could have made mistakes like that. However, it IS a really fun race to run in spite of the poor organization.For those considering the race next year, plan accordingly, do not expect course support and run with your own food and water and you will be fine.
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Easy_Does_It (Anonymous) says…
- How juvenile..- diluted renal waste product run…- poorly organized blah blah…Any happy souls out there?
9 April 2008
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hosslars (Anonymous) says…
Is this THE Jackie Stiles (in the photo) who is one of greatest female basketball players from the State of Kansas, and former WNBA star? If so, THAT would have made a great story.