Weekend Results - 8/30/09

Weekend Results 2009 USATF 10km Trail National Championships Laurel Springs, NC August 29, 2009 David Riddle turned in an amazing 4th place performance against the best talent in the country at the USATF 10km Trail National Championships. David made the money list (top 5) on a very difficult course. Runners competing at this level are either Olympic/Olympic Trials/National Sponsor levels, so for David to place this high shows how much talent he has. Congrats on a great race. Results: Click Here

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2009 Running of the Bulls 5K Hampton Cove, AL August 29, 2009 Fleet Feet Race Team places 6 runners in the to 10 overall spots at Running of the Bulls and has 10 finishers in the top 36 overall. This race was directed by Fleet Feet owner Suzanne Taylor. Results: Click Here PLACE / NAME / TIME 3 Donald Bowman - 17:06 4 Chris Platt - 17:21 5 Shane O'Neill - 17:30 6 Gregory Reynolds - 17:43 8 Conrad Meyer - 18:27 9 Joe Francica - 18:39 11 Randy McFarland - 20:06 17 Joey Butler - 20:52 21 Linda Scavarda - 21:43 36 Ovella Jessee - 23:23

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2009 Brooke Hill Run for Awareness 5k Decatur, AL August 29, 2009 Race director and Team Member Jon Elmore has a very successful day for this race with well over 200 runners. Results: Click Here

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2009 Rocketman Triathlon Huntsville, AL August 30, 2009 Team Member James Falcon was the race director for this triathlon held on Redstone Arsenal. http://fleetfeetracinghuntsville.blogspot.com/2009/05/2009-team-greg-reynolds.html finished 2nd overall in this very competitive field. Results: Click Here

Who's Racing This Weekend

August 28-30, 2009 Huntsville, AL The Fleet Feet Racing Team of Huntsville will be out in full force this weekend both racing and volunteering.

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Headlining this weekend is David Riddle who will be traveling to Laurel Springs, North Carolina for the USA Track & Field 10km Trail Championships. David will be competing against some tough completion, as most of these athletes are National Class caliber. Check out this stout field of entries and be rooting David on!

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The Running of the Bulls 5k is on Saturday in Hampton Cove (Huntsville) and is directed by Fleet Feet Sports owner Suzanne Taylor. This is a very flat and fast course that starts on the Big Cove Greenway and finishes at Hampton Cove School. The turn around of this out and back is a sweeping cul-de-sac and times from this course are expected to be fast. Team members who are racing 'The Bulls' include: Brett Addington Conrad Meyer Donald Bowman Greg Reynolds Chris Platt Joe Francica Joey Butler Kathy Youngren Linda Scavarda Marty Clarke Ovella Jesse Randy 'Dog-Man' McFarland Rob Youngren Shane O'Niell

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In Decatur, Jon Elmore is race directing Brooke Hill Run for Awareness 5k and will be aided by friend and fellow Racing Team member Eric Schotz. There is still room available to run this race for a good cause put on by the River City Runners with Fleet Feet as a sponsor.

Weekend Results - 8/23/09

Weekend Results - 8/23/09 This was a great weekend of the Racing Team all over the state and country. 2009 USAT Age group Nationals Tuscaloosa AL August 22, 2009 Official Results Greg Reynolds competed at the USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals and placed 20th in his age group and 49th overall. This was against the best competition in the country at the Olympic Tri distance. Greg was the top Alabama finisher in his age group and 2nd Alabama finisher at any age. Quite the showing, but Greg was not done. 2009 Rocketman Triathlon Huntsville, AL August 23, 2009 Official Results On Sunday, Greg competed locally in Huntsville at the Rocketman Triathlon and finished 2nd overall. What a weekend of running, biking and swimming for Greg! This event was directed by Race Team member James Falcon. 2009 Marquette Trail 50km Marquette, MI August 22, 2009 Official Results Coming Soon On Saturday, Eric Charette competed in the inaugural running of the Marquette Trail 50km. This race used large sections of the newly competed North Country Trail around Sugarloaf Mountain. Eric snared the last spot on the podium, finishing 3rd overall. His race report write up is on his blog. 2009 Leadville Trail 100M Leadville, CO August 22, 2009 Official Results Coming Soon On Saturday, Dink Taylor tested his limits at the Leadville Trail 100 miler. Karl Meltzer gave Dink 10:1 odds of pulling off the overall win on his blog. Dink battled temperatures in the 80's all day and ran strong for more than half of the race. Dink was met by fellow race team member Rob Youngren for pacing. Rob and Dink ran through 60 miles before Dink had to drop out for stomach issues. He recognized his own limits and made the right call.

Fleet Feet Racing this Weekend

Who is Racing this weekend? August 21-23, 2009 With the temperatures in Northern Alabama still at brutally hot levels, the road racing scene is fairly non-existent. This will change in the weeks to come with Running of the Bulls and then Monte Sano Road Races. That said, Greg Reynolds is our best triathlete and will be contesting two events this upcoming weekend. On Saturday, August 22, he will compete in Tuscaloosa, AL at the USAT Age Group National Championship. Then on Sunday, Greg will compete in the Rocketman Triathlon here in Huntsville, AL. Rocketman is directed fellow race team member James Falcon. Dink Taylor makes his return to Leadville, Colorado to have another shot at the Leadville Trail 100 mile run. This year Dink will be paced late in the race by fellow teammate and veteran ultra runner Rob Youngren. Also on Saturday, Eric Charette will be running in the Inaugural Marquette Trail 50km in Marquette, MI. Marquette is along the Lake Superior shoreline and just a short drive from Eric's hometown. Wish all of our team members this weekend in races and training.

Who's Racing This Weekend

August 14-17, 2009 Huntsville, AL There is one local 5km road race this weekend that many Fleet Feet Racing Team Huntsville members are contesting. That is the Midnight Run in Cullman. This race starts at 12:00 am on Saturday morning and is run on a rolling hill course. Registration is still open. The second event is the 29th Annual Huntsville Track Club HiWAAY Sprint Triathlon. This unique sprint triathlon starts with a 3 mile run on the Huntsville Cross Country course, is followed by a 6 mile bike course ends at the Natatorium with a 400m swim. Racing team member Greg Reynolds is expected to compete individually, and Dink Taylor and David Riddle will compete on relay teams. George DeWitt, leading masters runner on the team is the race director. This event is sold out!