Thursday, July 02, 2009

Running Hits the Main LIne News In Montana

Quite a few main line news stories about running and runners in Montana in the last few days.

First up was a short blurb in the Billings Gazette about Chuck Sloan. Chuck is a Billings Senior grad and former NCAA All American at Oklahoma State (Chuck was steeplechase specialist during his days as a Cowboy). He's also the record holder at the Montana Mile at 4:12 +.

Well, he's now moved on to triathlons and has qualified for the Iron Man in Hawaii:

Gazette News Services Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:00 am

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - Chuck Sloan, a 1995 graduate of Billings Senior, has qualified for the Ironman World Championships scheduled for October in Hawaii. Sloan qualified by placing sixth overall age bracket (30-34) at the Ford Coeur d'Alene Ironman competition. The Idaho event attracted 2,153 competitors. Sloan finished 23rd overall. Sloan finished the swim, cycling and running competion in 5 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds. At Coeur d'Alene, competitors swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles and finished with a 26.2-mile run. Sloan, a former standout runner at Oklahoma State University, competes for TriMettle Racing in Tulsa, Okla.

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Bozeman Masters runner Tim Dumas had a good story in Tuesday's Bozeman Daily Chronicle about ultra-studdette Nikki Kimball and her tough day at the Western States 100-mile race. It's a great read. The link can be found at:

http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/07/01/sports/20kimball.txt


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Finally, there was another fantastic story about the Helena Running Club (including quotes from rick Judge and Jeff Thomas) and their Tuesday lunch time track workouts. If anyone out there wonders why they do so well at Montana Cup - the answer is in the regular, consistent workouts with all everyone helping one another reach the next level of performance. See the story at:

http://helenair.com/articles/2009/07/02/top/top/50lo_090702_runners.txt


See you on the roads, tracks and trails

The Muddy Buzzard

1 comment:

hayrunt said...

Can this be true?

"Sloan finished 23rd overall. Sloan finished the swim, cycling and running competion in 5 hours, 34 minutes and 24 seconds."