Magazine of Mid-America Running Association May - June 2016 Master Pieces MAY - JUNE 2016 Magazine of Mid-America Running Association

Master Pieces

Magazine of Mid-America Running Association May - June 2016 Master Pieces MAY - JUNE 2016 Magazine of Mid-America Running Association www.mararunning.org

Family * Friends This Issue Fun * Fitness By: Renee Kidwell 2 Karen’s Column 3 Westport St. Pat’s 4 Miler 4 Hilltop Hustle With the honor and privilege of receiving and compiling so 5 Sally on Runner’s Fatigue many great stories, articles and photos for each new issue of Master Pieces I am constantly awed, inspired and motivated. 6-7 CCVI Trolley Run That is definitely a factor and take away with this issue. As 8-9 Mark Curp Running/Lymphoma you read about the very difficult health battles some of our 10 The Sunflower Marathon Club local and amazing running heroes have had and are dealing 11 Roberta with Mason Jar Salads with, one takes a deeper perspective for each day we are 12-13 Jim Weber’s Marathon/Myeloma blessed with. Runners, walkers, cyclists are their own unique 14 Med, Sports Science, Nutrition support and family unit within our communities. Very 15-17 The Kansas Relays - Lawrence inspiring and uplifting as well are the examples of groups 18 Boston Marathon-50 yrs Women such as the Sunflower Marathon Club featured within. How 19-23 MARA Race Calendar May-Aug fun and exciting to see the determination, exuberance and competiveness of these young children. Not to mention the overwhelming love and commitment from their parents. I am very thankful for the ongoing dedication, support and gifts Cover Photo: Keeping Pace in the from our faithful photographers with their contributions to Sunflower Marathon Club help tell and share these stories! Their photos and pictures Photo by: are truly worth a thousand words and more! Gene Wee Whatever your particular exercise regimen, hobby or activity...... thank you for being positive role models and Note: Please send all articles, photos, **keep on inspiring those around you! ad inquiries to Renee Kidwell at [email protected].

Sustaining Memberships are listed on page 13

• Master Pieces Staff Editor: Renee Kidwell Writers: Lou Joline, Nutrition Editor: Sally Berry Karen Raymer, Webmaster: Howard Nies Roberta Washburn Photographers: Gene Wee, Alan Poisner Michael Chaffee, Dr. Ralph Hall Calendar and Distribution Editor: Stevan Ryan

• Master Pieces is published six times per year by Mid-America Running Association. Applications for membership are available at www.mararunning.org. For advertising information and deadlines, contact: Renee Kidwell at [email protected].

Master Pieces May/June 2016 1 Karen’s Column A little “back story” about Mark - when our WESTPORT ST. PAT’S 4 MILER 3-12-2016 By Karen Raymer President of MARA son was in high school, he was into bicycle racing and got Keith and I interested in bicycle May - June 2016 riding as a cross-training sport. I had not been on a bicycle since I was a kid and wasn’t sure I wanted to invest in an expensive bicycle, With the 120th year of the running of the so I purchased an old used Schwinn. It was Boston Marathon this last Monday, I am very heavy and did not have all the gearing for amazed of the longevity of the event. Even climbing hills that the newer bikes had. We when the Tsarnaev brothers set off bombs at lived in south Kansas City and Longview Lake the finish area 3 years ago, Boston prevailed was a good place to ride, but it had a couple of and came back stronger than ever. I was very really tough hills. proud to see several of the victims participate this year, they too did not let this horrific act One evening, Keith and I were out there define them. bicycling and we were climbing High Grove Hill (if you know of this areas, then you know I also hope some of you saw the article in that it is a mile long hill!) I could see in my the Kansas City Star, this week on our own mirror that was on my helmet, there was a Mark Curp. You may recall that Mark set the runner approaching and going to pass me. World record in 1985 for the ½ marathon and I was really feeling like a real failure until I held that record for 5 years, and his American realized it was Mark Curp!!!! record for 17 more years. I did realize that I liked the bicycling and Mark has been doing some other “running” did invest in a good “racing” bike and still this past year, he has been running for his enjoy the cross-training. However, I am a fair life and he is winning that race as well. Last weather bicyclist, I only ride when the weather year he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin is warm! Running I will do in almost any type lymphoma. Even through treatment and of weather. chemo, he ran and biked when his body let him. As of January 8th, doctors said he was in remission. Wishing you happy and healthy running and/or walking. Karen

If you have not seen the article, please see page 8 & 9 in this issue or you can go to http://www. kansascity.com/news/local/article 72389102. Photos By: Michael Chaffee

2 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 3 Karen’s Column A little “back story” about Mark - when our WESTPORT ST. PAT’S 4 MILER 3-12-2016 By Karen Raymer President of MARA son was in high school, he was into bicycle racing and got Keith and I interested in bicycle May - June 2016 riding as a cross-training sport. I had not been on a bicycle since I was a kid and wasn’t sure I wanted to invest in an expensive bicycle, With the 120th year of the running of the so I purchased an old used Schwinn. It was Boston Marathon this last Monday, I am very heavy and did not have all the gearing for amazed of the longevity of the event. Even climbing hills that the newer bikes had. We when the Tsarnaev brothers set off bombs at lived in south Kansas City and Longview Lake the finish area 3 years ago, Boston prevailed was a good place to ride, but it had a couple of and came back stronger than ever. I was very really tough hills. proud to see several of the victims participate this year, they too did not let this horrific act One evening, Keith and I were out there define them. bicycling and we were climbing High Grove Hill (if you know of this areas, then you know I also hope some of you saw the article in that it is a mile long hill!) I could see in my the Kansas City Star, this week on our own mirror that was on my helmet, there was a Mark Curp. You may recall that Mark set the runner approaching and going to pass me. World record in 1985 for the ½ marathon and I was really feeling like a real failure until I held that record for 5 years, and his American realized it was Mark Curp!!!! record for 17 more years. I did realize that I liked the bicycling and Mark has been doing some other “running” did invest in a good “racing” bike and still this past year, he has been running for his enjoy the cross-training. However, I am a fair life and he is winning that race as well. Last weather bicyclist, I only ride when the weather year he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin is warm! Running I will do in almost any type lymphoma. Even through treatment and of weather. chemo, he ran and biked when his body let him. As of January 8th, doctors said he was in remission. Wishing you happy and healthy running and/or walking. Karen

If you have not seen the article, please see page 8 & 9 in this issue or you can go to http://www. kansascity.com/news/local/article 72389102. Photos By: Michael Chaffee

2 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 3 Nutrition and Running Protein needs increase as calorie levels decline and become By Sally Berry inadequate. MA RD CSSD CLT Q: I recently started eating large amounts of meat. I’m Board Certified Sports Nutrition Food Sensitivities - Certified LEAP not getting the performance that I thought I would, Lifestyle Changes & Integrative Eating Can you explain this? Eating a high meat diet is not a “magic bullet”. In some Runners Fatigue and Protein cases, high meat diets could affect the balance of nutrient quality, essential fatty acids and carbohydrates necessary Many runners are starting to increase their mileage and to give the total performance in the energy production intensity this time of year. This increases discussion about mitochondria of the cells. Leaving an imbalance could lead to a sluggish feeling. The Hilltop Hustle was held on fatigue, hunger and protein needs. This prompted me to write about some common protein Q + A’s April 9th at the Rock Chalk Park Q: Is protein deficiency the cause of my fatigue? Trails behind the Sports Pavilion Q: I’ve been told that adding protein in my diet will Fatigue can be caused by numerous reasons. Poor protein Lawrence Bldg. (Lawrence, KS). help my running. So how much do I need? intake can affect muscle growth, your immune system, cellular function, skin, bone and muscle integrity, brain A small race with some very big This is one of my most common questions. Older research from the 1980’s on used nitrogen balance studies that function, fluid balance, and just about every aspect of your smiles over a very hilly trail system. indicated a daily intake of 1.2-1.8 grams per kilogram body. However, other common causes of fatigue for athletes bodyweight for resistant athletes and 1 gram per kg body are iron, B12, Vitamin D deficiencies, inadequate calorie weight for endurance athletes. Only .8 grams per kg intake, poor quality nutrient dense foods, overtraining just bodyweight is recommended for the general public… but I to name a few. don’t consider the .8 grams adequate for most anyone I see in my practice. More current studies reveal that we need to Q: Can I get enough protein to run if I’m vegan? look at muscle growth and results internally instead of the Short answer is “yes” - you can. However, just like meat “in” and “out” system. We also need to look at timing, type eaters, any dietary choice has to have quality to meet needs. of protein, calories taken in and other factors. Q: Will a protein supplement help my performance? Q: What is the best time of day to eat protein? If protein is low added protein in any form will help Total protein is important, but being aware of timing of your performance and prevent illness and injury. Whey intake is very necessary. Post workout can assist both repair protein supplement has been touted for it’s branched and prevent break down. Research on per meal protein chained amino acid content, especially good for recovery dosing is fairly recent. Back in 2000 more focus was on and repair from exercise. However, these amino acids are 35 grams of protein with a few added amino acids post also found in other high protein foods. Avoid over use of workout. By 2009, more studies showed maximal protein powered formulas. Supplements do not replace real food building in athletes with 20 grams egg protein. However, and depending on the source of your product, could set we now see other information indicating up to 70 grams you up for unintended toxic load! may help protein retention by suppressing natural losses. So, the debate continues. Some experts now feel that these Even though dosing and timing are still in the flux, the key numbers are highly individualized. You may need 40 while is to get enough adequate protein for you! Until we know I could get by on 20 grams. A 2012 study questioned the some consistent information, I would suggest: need for post meal protein or immediate post meal protein. - Strive for about 1/2 to 3/4 grams protein daily A scoop of about 20 grams of whey, egg, or whey casein per pound body weight. For a 150 pound athlete, this blend protein should work with most athletes within a few would be 75 - 120 grams protein daily. hours or workout. Or try real food! - Time protein intake do that you get at least 20 grams protein after your run, typical timing wishing the Q: Is too much protein bad for you? hour after run. In the past, many sources warned against eating too much - 20 grams protein can be from: 3 oz meat, fish, protein. Common cautions were high protein intake and poultry, 1 scoop protein powder, or 1/2-3/4 cup kidney stress, dehydration, gout, bone breakdown and beans/peas.lentils. reduced diet quality. To date, none of these statements have been adequately proven. Again, we need to look at the total Fuel Your Body … for Life! quality and timing of the diet. Total calories is always a Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org critical consideration for adequate protein efficiency.

4 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 5 Nutrition and Running Protein needs increase as calorie levels decline and become By Sally Berry inadequate. MA RD CSSD CLT Q: I recently started eating large amounts of meat. I’m Board Certified Sports Nutrition Food Sensitivities - Certified LEAP not getting the performance that I thought I would, Lifestyle Changes & Integrative Eating Can you explain this? Eating a high meat diet is not a “magic bullet”. In some Runners Fatigue and Protein cases, high meat diets could affect the balance of nutrient quality, essential fatty acids and carbohydrates necessary Many runners are starting to increase their mileage and to give the total performance in the energy production intensity this time of year. This increases discussion about mitochondria of the cells. Leaving an imbalance could lead to a sluggish feeling. The Hilltop Hustle was held on fatigue, hunger and protein needs. This prompted me to write about some common protein Q + A’s April 9th at the Rock Chalk Park Q: Is protein deficiency the cause of my fatigue? Trails behind the Sports Pavilion Q: I’ve been told that adding protein in my diet will Fatigue can be caused by numerous reasons. Poor protein Lawrence Bldg. (Lawrence, KS). help my running. So how much do I need? intake can affect muscle growth, your immune system, cellular function, skin, bone and muscle integrity, brain A small race with some very big This is one of my most common questions. Older research from the 1980’s on used nitrogen balance studies that function, fluid balance, and just about every aspect of your smiles over a very hilly trail system. indicated a daily intake of 1.2-1.8 grams per kilogram body. However, other common causes of fatigue for athletes bodyweight for resistant athletes and 1 gram per kg body are iron, B12, Vitamin D deficiencies, inadequate calorie weight for endurance athletes. Only .8 grams per kg intake, poor quality nutrient dense foods, overtraining just bodyweight is recommended for the general public… but I to name a few. don’t consider the .8 grams adequate for most anyone I see in my practice. More current studies reveal that we need to Q: Can I get enough protein to run if I’m vegan? look at muscle growth and results internally instead of the Short answer is “yes” - you can. However, just like meat “in” and “out” system. We also need to look at timing, type eaters, any dietary choice has to have quality to meet needs. of protein, calories taken in and other factors. Q: Will a protein supplement help my performance? Q: What is the best time of day to eat protein? If protein is low added protein in any form will help Total protein is important, but being aware of timing of your performance and prevent illness and injury. Whey intake is very necessary. Post workout can assist both repair protein supplement has been touted for it’s branched and prevent break down. Research on per meal protein chained amino acid content, especially good for recovery dosing is fairly recent. Back in 2000 more focus was on and repair from exercise. However, these amino acids are 35 grams of protein with a few added amino acids post also found in other high protein foods. Avoid over use of workout. By 2009, more studies showed maximal protein powered formulas. Supplements do not replace real food building in athletes with 20 grams egg protein. However, and depending on the source of your product, could set we now see other information indicating up to 70 grams you up for unintended toxic load! may help protein retention by suppressing natural losses. So, the debate continues. Some experts now feel that these Even though dosing and timing are still in the flux, the key numbers are highly individualized. You may need 40 while is to get enough adequate protein for you! Until we know I could get by on 20 grams. A 2012 study questioned the some consistent information, I would suggest: need for post meal protein or immediate post meal protein. - Strive for about 1/2 to 3/4 grams protein daily A scoop of about 20 grams of whey, egg, or whey casein per pound body weight. For a 150 pound athlete, this blend protein should work with most athletes within a few would be 75 - 120 grams protein daily. hours or workout. Or try real food! - Time protein intake do that you get at least 20 grams protein after your run, typical timing wishing the Q: Is too much protein bad for you? hour after run. In the past, many sources warned against eating too much - 20 grams protein can be from: 3 oz meat, fish, protein. Common cautions were high protein intake and poultry, 1 scoop protein powder, or 1/2-3/4 cup kidney stress, dehydration, gout, bone breakdown and beans/peas.lentils. reduced diet quality. To date, none of these statements have been adequately proven. Again, we need to look at the total Fuel Your Body … for Life! quality and timing of the diet. Total calories is always a Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org critical consideration for adequate protein efficiency.

4 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 5 Was held on Sunday, April 24, 2016, The Race starts at 75th and Wornall and concludes on the Country Club Plaza - Trolley Run is operated by CCVI and a dedicated team of volunteers. The dollars raised from this race go directly back to CCVI to support programming. The four-mile Trolley Run course winds through the Waldo and Brookside neighborhoods and ends on the Country Club Plaza.

Photos By: Michael Chaffee

6 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 7 Was held on Sunday, April 24, 2016, The Race starts at 75th and Wornall and concludes on the Country Club Plaza - Trolley Run is operated by CCVI and a dedicated team of volunteers. The dollars raised from this race go directly back to CCVI to support programming. The four-mile Trolley Run course winds through the Waldo and Brookside neighborhoods and ends on the Country Club Plaza.

Photos By: Michael Chaffee

6 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 7 From THE KANSAS CITY STAR Through treatment and chemo, he ran and biked Mark Curp continued when his body let him. And Jan. 8, doctors said he American Century is also a big booster of Shave 2 Distance runner Mark Curp was in remission. Save, a fundraiser for Hope Lodge, which provides returns to running after lymphoma temporary housing in Kansas City for cancer patients Apr 13, 2016 That’s like telling a guy like Curp that he’s got a step and their caregivers. The event involves people volunteering to get their Mark Curp set the world record in the half- on a main rival. Now, he’s trying to break away. heads shaved for pledge dollars. marathon in 1985 and retained the American That’s what brought him to Mill Creek Park one morning last week. People walked the trail. Students This year, one of those is Mark Curp. As of Friday, the record for the following 22 years. After a with headphones read on benches. Old men walked day of the event, Curp had raised about $9,000. diagnosis of lymphoma, Curp is currently in dogs. Curp’s old friend and running buddy, Charlie Gray, remission and is returning to running. No one knew about that day in Philadelphia or a world wasn’t at all surprised to hear that Curp was training David [email protected] record or that crowds used to line streets cheering for again. the guy now coming through the trees alone. Nor that Curp had done seven miles before coming That’s fine with Curp. It’s not about winning races to work. now. It’s about going as fast as he can, just as he did as a star with the world watching or as a boy alone on “On one hand, it seems like a long time ago,” Curp “I don’t think it’s necessarily that Mark wants to win gravel roads. said. “On the other, it seems like yesterday.” a race, but I think he just wants to get out and run,” “It’s what I’ve always done,” he said. “The Lord blessed It was a Sunday, cool and sunny, that Curp ran the said Gray, whose name is also well-known in Kansas me with being good at it.” race of his life in the Philadelphia Distance Run half- City running circles. His sister, Darla Moberly, who won a collegiate marathon. That’s 13.1 miles. By the last three miles, Gray lives now in Colorado. But when he was in Lee’s national title in 1986 in the outdoor 3,000 meters, three runners — Curp, Michael Musyoki of Kenya Summit, he often ran with Curp. wasn’t surprised to hear about the upcoming race. and Nick Rose of Great Britain — had broken away “Running is who he is, he’s done it all his life and from the field. “Well, Mark was a world-class runner,” Gray said. it’s part of his DNA,” said Moberly, now a coach at Curp made several hard surges in the last mile and “I gave him somebody to run with and he gave me No one paid attention to the lone runner coming Kearney High School. “Being sick is not the way you got to the finish line three seconds ahead of Musyoki. somebody to chase.” through the trees at Mill Creek Park near the Country want to go about it. But when he gets out there now, Rose finished third. Club Plaza. I think he has a peace about it.” World record: 1:00:55. For this year’s 5K corporate challenge, Curp said his He was just another guy on a morning run. ‘Seems like yesterday’ “My fastest mile was the last one — 4:32,” Curp said. hope is to go faster than last year. He wants to average Except he wasn’t. Like most boys in Polo, Mo., Curp, the second-oldest “I kept running after that. … I just ran back to the 6:30 per mile. On a September day in 1985, Mark Curp ran a half- of six kids, played high school football. hotel and called home.” “I know I can do it for a couple,” he said. marathon faster than anybody on the planet ever had. But he knew his sport was running. He wasn’t tall, That was more than 30 years ago. Today, Curp is a Gray knows that attitude. He’s heard it before and run He’d grown up on a Missouri farm, running alone on but he had long legs and long arms to thrust himself father of five, fresh off cancer treatment and a little, against it too many times. country roads. His world record came on the crowded forward. though not much, thicker than in his running prime. “This is a different kind of race,” Gray said. streets of Philadelphia. After graduating in 1977, he enrolled in what was But there’s still something special about his running, “But Mark will never surrender.” That world mark stood for about five years, his then Central Missouri State University — now the the way his steps pop off the asphalt — like it would American record for 17 beyond that. Three times, he University of Central Missouri — where he excelled take more effort to stop than to keep going. nearly made it to the Olympics. Curp is 57 now, his in cross-country and long distance, twice earning All- “I’ve been running since the seventh grade,” he said in elite running days well behind him. But he’s still got a America honors on the NCAA Division I level. the cafeteria at American Century, where he works as big race coming up on May 7. Because guys who were He studied agribusiness, figuring all along that he a business support consultant. “I never thought that I born to run, as Curp says he was, never seem to stop. would head back to the family farm after college in would never run again.” Not even when cancer gets in the way. Warrensburg. Just down from the rear of American Century towers Curp’s last race was a year ago in the same corporate But it turned out this running thing had legs. is Mill Creek Park. Curp often goes there to train challenge for which he’s now training. Worst time New Balance, the running shoe giant, put Curp on during the day. he’d ever run a 5K — he covered the 3.1 miles in 20 the payroll, making him a professional runner for the His employer is fine with that. minutes and 14 seconds. Not long after that race, he next 20 years. American Century is partly owned by the Stowers was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The highlight? Institute for Medical Research. The investment He knew all about cancer. His grandfather died of it. That day in Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1985. company pours 40 percent of its profits into the Father. Brother. Curp did what he always did — he institute for research into gene-based diseases such as took on his fight as a challenge. Continued on page 9 cancer.

8 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 9 From THE KANSAS CITY STAR Through treatment and chemo, he ran and biked Mark Curp continued when his body let him. And Jan. 8, doctors said he American Century is also a big booster of Shave 2 Distance runner Mark Curp was in remission. Save, a fundraiser for Hope Lodge, which provides returns to running after lymphoma temporary housing in Kansas City for cancer patients Apr 13, 2016 That’s like telling a guy like Curp that he’s got a step and their caregivers. The event involves people volunteering to get their Mark Curp set the world record in the half- on a main rival. Now, he’s trying to break away. heads shaved for pledge dollars. marathon in 1985 and retained the American That’s what brought him to Mill Creek Park one morning last week. People walked the trail. Students This year, one of those is Mark Curp. As of Friday, the record for the following 22 years. After a with headphones read on benches. Old men walked day of the event, Curp had raised about $9,000. diagnosis of lymphoma, Curp is currently in dogs. Curp’s old friend and running buddy, Charlie Gray, remission and is returning to running. No one knew about that day in Philadelphia or a world wasn’t at all surprised to hear that Curp was training David [email protected] record or that crowds used to line streets cheering for again. the guy now coming through the trees alone. Nor that Curp had done seven miles before coming That’s fine with Curp. It’s not about winning races to work. now. It’s about going as fast as he can, just as he did as a star with the world watching or as a boy alone on “On one hand, it seems like a long time ago,” Curp “I don’t think it’s necessarily that Mark wants to win gravel roads. said. “On the other, it seems like yesterday.” a race, but I think he just wants to get out and run,” “It’s what I’ve always done,” he said. “The Lord blessed It was a Sunday, cool and sunny, that Curp ran the said Gray, whose name is also well-known in Kansas me with being good at it.” race of his life in the Philadelphia Distance Run half- City running circles. His sister, Darla Moberly, who won a collegiate marathon. That’s 13.1 miles. By the last three miles, Gray lives now in Colorado. But when he was in Lee’s national title in 1986 in the outdoor 3,000 meters, three runners — Curp, Michael Musyoki of Kenya Summit, he often ran with Curp. wasn’t surprised to hear about the upcoming race. and Nick Rose of Great Britain — had broken away “Running is who he is, he’s done it all his life and from the field. “Well, Mark was a world-class runner,” Gray said. it’s part of his DNA,” said Moberly, now a coach at Curp made several hard surges in the last mile and “I gave him somebody to run with and he gave me No one paid attention to the lone runner coming Kearney High School. “Being sick is not the way you got to the finish line three seconds ahead of Musyoki. somebody to chase.” through the trees at Mill Creek Park near the Country want to go about it. But when he gets out there now, Rose finished third. Club Plaza. I think he has a peace about it.” World record: 1:00:55. For this year’s 5K corporate challenge, Curp said his He was just another guy on a morning run. ‘Seems like yesterday’ “My fastest mile was the last one — 4:32,” Curp said. hope is to go faster than last year. He wants to average Except he wasn’t. Like most boys in Polo, Mo., Curp, the second-oldest “I kept running after that. … I just ran back to the 6:30 per mile. On a September day in 1985, Mark Curp ran a half- of six kids, played high school football. hotel and called home.” “I know I can do it for a couple,” he said. marathon faster than anybody on the planet ever had. But he knew his sport was running. He wasn’t tall, That was more than 30 years ago. Today, Curp is a Gray knows that attitude. He’s heard it before and run He’d grown up on a Missouri farm, running alone on but he had long legs and long arms to thrust himself father of five, fresh off cancer treatment and a little, against it too many times. country roads. His world record came on the crowded forward. though not much, thicker than in his running prime. “This is a different kind of race,” Gray said. streets of Philadelphia. After graduating in 1977, he enrolled in what was But there’s still something special about his running, “But Mark will never surrender.” That world mark stood for about five years, his then Central Missouri State University — now the the way his steps pop off the asphalt — like it would American record for 17 beyond that. Three times, he University of Central Missouri — where he excelled take more effort to stop than to keep going. nearly made it to the Olympics. Curp is 57 now, his in cross-country and long distance, twice earning All- “I’ve been running since the seventh grade,” he said in elite running days well behind him. But he’s still got a America honors on the NCAA Division I level. the cafeteria at American Century, where he works as big race coming up on May 7. Because guys who were He studied agribusiness, figuring all along that he a business support consultant. “I never thought that I born to run, as Curp says he was, never seem to stop. would head back to the family farm after college in would never run again.” Not even when cancer gets in the way. Warrensburg. Just down from the rear of American Century towers Curp’s last race was a year ago in the same corporate But it turned out this running thing had legs. is Mill Creek Park. Curp often goes there to train challenge for which he’s now training. Worst time New Balance, the running shoe giant, put Curp on during the day. he’d ever run a 5K — he covered the 3.1 miles in 20 the payroll, making him a professional runner for the His employer is fine with that. minutes and 14 seconds. Not long after that race, he next 20 years. American Century is partly owned by the Stowers was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The highlight? Institute for Medical Research. The investment He knew all about cancer. His grandfather died of it. That day in Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1985. company pours 40 percent of its profits into the Father. Brother. Curp did what he always did — he institute for research into gene-based diseases such as took on his fight as a challenge. Continued on page 9 cancer.

8 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 9 Roberta's Recipe Resource For Runners By: Roberta Washburn, MBA, RD, LD “May-son” Jar Salads & Meals– a Healthy, Easy Alternative

A few years ago, when one thought of mason jars, it was generally only for canning. Remember Grandma’s jams, jellies and pickles? Mason jars have The Sunflower Marathon Club is typical of the marathon clubs in taken on an entirely new role in the past few years, Lawrence, KS. Many of the local elementary school PTO/PTAs host running though, as many have discovered a great way to programs which have after school running programs with the goal of running make and take a portable and tasty salad and even 26.2 miles within a the school year. Many ask the children to run a mile per breakfast, dips or other meals. I am not sure who the workout. All programs are coordinated by parent volunteers. Some children originator of Mason jar salads is, but they certainly have gone to complete the 26.2 goal again, and again within the school year. The Sunflower MC has done an annual fund raiser 5K each year. The photos came upon a winner with the idea. Now, thanks in show that the fun run can get some serious competition among family part to social media and word-of-mouth, they are Basic Mason Jar Salad members as they approach the finish line. Funding for the marathon clubs quite trendy and there are hundreds of ideas floating Yield: 1 Serving comes from fundraising efforts as well as grants and donations from the around pinterest and various blogs. There are even runLawrence Thanksgiving Day 5K. “tutorials” available on the internet. The popularity Serving Size: 1-64-ounce Mason jar The Lawrence program is just one of many around the Kansas City metropolitan area that encourage fitness among our youth. of Mason jar meals shows no signs of slowing down Gene Wee either. Co-workers of mine have even taken turns Ingredients 785-841-3587 bringing each other these tasty and easy to prepare 2 Tablespoons oil-based dressing [email protected] meals in a jar. ¾ cup cucumber, cut into half moons ½ cup chopped tomato Basically, the idea seems to have started with layered ¼ cup chopped red onion salads in jars. Certainly, people tend to ask, “what’s 1.5 ounces feta cheese the point – why not just use a regular bowl or lunch 2.5 ounces grilled chicken, cubed container?” Keeping the salad items separate and 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts layering the jar in a specific sequence, keeps the 3 cups salad greens ingredients from getting soggy until you eat. Firmer vegetables go on the bottom of the jar and lighter, Directions more fragile ingredients sit on top. This actually In a 64 ounce Mason jar, place 2 tablespoon of oil- works so well that the salads can be kept fresh and based dressing, such as balsamic vinaigrette or oil delicious in the refrigerator for 4-5 (sometimes even and vinegar. Layer the following ingredients into the up to 7) days in the refrigerator. Wide-mouth, quart- jar: cucumbers, tomato, onion, feta cheese, chicken size jars are generally used, but smaller sizes are also and walnuts. “Stuff” in the salad greens. Refrigerate. good. This may inspire folks to pack several lunches Salad remains fresh for up to 5 days. ahead of time, which takes the work and worry out Feel free to vary ingredients – let your imagination of lunch prep in the mornings. The possibilities are and taste buds rule. endless and these salads generally include a variety of vegetables and lean protein to help make a complete Other Mason jar ideas include: oatmeal for breakfast meal and are beautiful and colorful. Then, when in a jar, fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt cups, layered you are ready to eat, just dump all the ingredients Greek dip with veggies and hummus, Cobb salad or into a big bowl and gently toss and enjoy. Caesar salad.

Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org

10 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 11 Roberta's Recipe Resource For Runners By: Roberta Washburn, MBA, RD, LD “May-son” Jar Salads & Meals– a Healthy, Easy Alternative

Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org

10 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 11 Jim will tell you he’s not a runner. He’s never done an That’s where he keeps his mind, anyway, even as the So this is why he runs. This is why he’s had those organized run longer than a 5K. But he damn sure is reminders are constant. Last year, the Chiefs invited uncomfortable conversations with friends and a fighter, so through the chemo and the drugs that are him on the field before their home opener. That was strangers to donate for the cause. This is why he writes hard on tendons and muscle fiber he puts his head cool. He even met Colquitt, who came over after the names of the generous on his arm for his longest down, deep breath, and then one foot in front of the pointing at Jim’s jersey. Colquitt said he heard Jim’s and most brutal runs, and why he’s writing all the other. This is how he fights for his life. story, and hoped to meet him. Jim’s wife, Pam, said it names he can fit on his bib for the marathon through was the first time she’d seen him choked up. Boston. “I’m asking close personal friends, ‘Hey, give me So, yeah. That was a great night. But the experience money because I’m dying,’ ” he says. “So now, the left him so exhausted he needed two weeks to recover. The MMRF asked Jim to speak the night before the stress is: I’ve got to run. I’ve got to finish and cross From watching a football game. There are moments of race, and he’s thrilled to do it. These bits of happiness that finish line. I can’t tell you how many times I’m joy, but the cancer is always there. are what drive him now. The only thing that makes on the verge of tears, because I don’t know if I can do him uncomfortable is the hero word. He understands it. If it was just for me, I’d have backed out by now.” He’s wanted to quit a thousand times. Not just the how the word’s meaning has evolved, but this is a Jim will make you smile within two minutes of marathon, but all of it. Who wouldn’t have those point he’s adamant about. meeting him, probably with a joke about himself. He thoughts? The donors aren’t the only ones who keep “The reality is, I’m stuck with this (expletive). Right?” Jim Weber wore the jersey of Chiefs punter has the spirit of an old soldier, and a background in him going. It’s his wife, and here is the story of the he says. “That’s reality. I’m stuck with it. So I had to Dustin Colquitt, his favorite player, to his cancer sales, and it’s all made him something of a superstar one time since childhood that Jim cried. It happened make a decision on how I deal with it. The heroes are treatments last year. 2015 photo by Jim Weber Via in certain circles. He has raised around $200,000 at the hospital, after the diagnosis, when Pam walked the people who don’t have it. The people who don’t Twitter.com for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, in and Jim thought about where the family would be have it, but are working to find a cure so I can live JIM WEBER’S MARATHON and is featured in a documentary made by a drug if he passed. longer. Those are the heroes. manufacturer to show patients what remains possible “All I’m doing is what I have to do. All I’m doing is BY SAM MELLINGER [email protected] after hearing the worst news of their lives. “We weren’t ready for her to be OK,” Jim said. “I felt trying to figure out, ‘OK, how do you make something Jim Weber is a husband and a father and a Chiefs fan. like I failed in life.” positive out of this?’ ” Dustin Colquitt is his favorite player, which means Jim wanted to run a marathon by his 50th birthday. he’s heard the joke that he roots for his guy to never That was last November, and actually, he first noticed come on the field. He is 50 years old and a West Point something wrong with his body when training for a race slowed two years ago. In the beginning, doctors graduate with an incurable cancer his wife prefers not to think about. thought it was something with his sinuses. But he Sustaining MARA Members knew better. He was just so dang tired. Couldn’t brush Anna & John Allen Leawood, KS Jim does not cry, and this is not some macho pride his teeth without sitting down, or climb the stairs at his house without losing his breath. Lexa Alley Merriam, KS thing. If he lives long enough to see the Chiefs win the Diane Bahr Leavenworth, KS Super Bowl he will soak himself and anyone around Dave Boone Overland Park, KS him in tears. He talks openly about his fears, and his The diagnosis came after a blur of tests, and the Mary Boyce & Mary Desch Wichita, KS pains. So, no. This is not some macho pride thing. stem cell transplants came last year. The average time Herbert & Janet Brown Independence, MO Debra Callaway Shawnee, KS Crying just isn’t a thing he does. between a transplant and the nasty killer coming back is 2 1/2 years, but Jim doesn’t think about that Susan Clayton Loch Lloyd, MO He has cried once since he was 10 years old, and we’ll John Cookinham Kansas City, MO get to that story soon. But first, the more appropriate number much. He’s nearly 20 years younger than Mary Chalres Haley Kansas City, MO story is about the times he’s almost cried. That’s the average multiple myeloma patient, and in good Rick Hogan Leawood, KS happened a few times, particularly recently, as he’s shape, and besides, medicine and research are always Ben Holmes Lawrence, KS Kent & Carolyn Mitchell Lenexa, KS trained for Monday’s Boston Marathon. advancing. He’s met people who are 20 years removed from their transplant. Ann Nelson Fairway, KS An unavoidable conspiracy of circumstance meant Howard Nies Kansas City, KS he was doing his longest runs a few days after Karen & Keith Raymer Raymore, MO chemotherapy to treat multiple myeloma, a rare form Barb Rinne & Family Lee’s Summitt, MO of cancer that chokes off the body’s ability to create Gretchen & Stevan Ryan Olathe, KS Garth & Nancy Smith Overland Park, KS blood cells, and eventually eats away at the bone. Jim’s story continued onpage 13 Richard Stainbrook & Family Pomona, KS There is no cure, only painful, will-testing treatment. Kermit Trout Overland Park, KS That means he’d do chemo on a Friday, and then run, Jeff Waters, MD Fairway, KS say, 20 miles on a Monday. Eugene & Marsha Wren Shawnee Mission, KS

12 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 13 Jim will tell you he’s not a runner. He’s never done an That’s where he keeps his mind, anyway, even as the So this is why he runs. This is why he’s had those organized run longer than a 5K. But he damn sure is reminders are constant. Last year, the Chiefs invited uncomfortable conversations with friends and a fighter, so through the chemo and the drugs that are him on the field before their home opener. That was strangers to donate for the cause. This is why he writes hard on tendons and muscle fiber he puts his head cool. He even met Colquitt, who came over after the names of the generous on his arm for his longest down, deep breath, and then one foot in front of the pointing at Jim’s jersey. Colquitt said he heard Jim’s and most brutal runs, and why he’s writing all the other. This is how he fights for his life. story, and hoped to meet him. Jim’s wife, Pam, said it names he can fit on his bib for the marathon through was the first time she’d seen him choked up. Boston. “I’m asking close personal friends, ‘Hey, give me So, yeah. That was a great night. But the experience money because I’m dying,’ ” he says. “So now, the left him so exhausted he needed two weeks to recover. The MMRF asked Jim to speak the night before the stress is: I’ve got to run. I’ve got to finish and cross From watching a football game. There are moments of race, and he’s thrilled to do it. These bits of happiness that finish line. I can’t tell you how many times I’m joy, but the cancer is always there. are what drive him now. The only thing that makes on the verge of tears, because I don’t know if I can do him uncomfortable is the hero word. He understands it. If it was just for me, I’d have backed out by now.” He’s wanted to quit a thousand times. Not just the how the word’s meaning has evolved, but this is a Jim will make you smile within two minutes of marathon, but all of it. Who wouldn’t have those point he’s adamant about. meeting him, probably with a joke about himself. He thoughts? The donors aren’t the only ones who keep “The reality is, I’m stuck with this (expletive). Right?” Jim Weber wore the jersey of Chiefs punter has the spirit of an old soldier, and a background in him going. It’s his wife, and here is the story of the he says. “That’s reality. I’m stuck with it. So I had to Dustin Colquitt, his favorite player, to his cancer sales, and it’s all made him something of a superstar one time since childhood that Jim cried. It happened make a decision on how I deal with it. The heroes are treatments last year. 2015 photo by Jim Weber Via in certain circles. He has raised around $200,000 at the hospital, after the diagnosis, when Pam walked the people who don’t have it. The people who don’t Twitter.com for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, in and Jim thought about where the family would be have it, but are working to find a cure so I can live JIM WEBER’S MARATHON and is featured in a documentary made by a drug if he passed. longer. Those are the heroes. manufacturer to show patients what remains possible “All I’m doing is what I have to do. All I’m doing is BY SAM MELLINGER [email protected] after hearing the worst news of their lives. “We weren’t ready for her to be OK,” Jim said. “I felt trying to figure out, ‘OK, how do you make something Jim Weber is a husband and a father and a Chiefs fan. like I failed in life.” positive out of this?’ ” Dustin Colquitt is his favorite player, which means Jim wanted to run a marathon by his 50th birthday. he’s heard the joke that he roots for his guy to never That was last November, and actually, he first noticed come on the field. He is 50 years old and a West Point something wrong with his body when training for a race slowed two years ago. In the beginning, doctors graduate with an incurable cancer his wife prefers not to think about. thought it was something with his sinuses. But he Sustaining MARA Members knew better. He was just so dang tired. Couldn’t brush Anna & John Allen Leawood, KS Jim does not cry, and this is not some macho pride his teeth without sitting down, or climb the stairs at his house without losing his breath. Lexa Alley Merriam, KS thing. If he lives long enough to see the Chiefs win the Diane Bahr Leavenworth, KS Super Bowl he will soak himself and anyone around Dave Boone Overland Park, KS him in tears. He talks openly about his fears, and his The diagnosis came after a blur of tests, and the Mary Boyce & Mary Desch Wichita, KS pains. So, no. This is not some macho pride thing. stem cell transplants came last year. The average time Herbert & Janet Brown Independence, MO Debra Callaway Shawnee, KS Crying just isn’t a thing he does. between a transplant and the nasty killer coming back is 2 1/2 years, but Jim doesn’t think about that Susan Clayton Loch Lloyd, MO He has cried once since he was 10 years old, and we’ll John Cookinham Kansas City, MO get to that story soon. But first, the more appropriate number much. He’s nearly 20 years younger than Mary Chalres Haley Kansas City, MO story is about the times he’s almost cried. That’s the average multiple myeloma patient, and in good Rick Hogan Leawood, KS happened a few times, particularly recently, as he’s shape, and besides, medicine and research are always Ben Holmes Lawrence, KS Kent & Carolyn Mitchell Lenexa, KS trained for Monday’s Boston Marathon. advancing. He’s met people who are 20 years removed from their transplant. Ann Nelson Fairway, KS An unavoidable conspiracy of circumstance meant Howard Nies Kansas City, KS he was doing his longest runs a few days after Karen & Keith Raymer Raymore, MO chemotherapy to treat multiple myeloma, a rare form Barb Rinne & Family Lee’s Summitt, MO of cancer that chokes off the body’s ability to create Gretchen & Stevan Ryan Olathe, KS Garth & Nancy Smith Overland Park, KS blood cells, and eventually eats away at the bone. Jim’s story continued onpage 13 Richard Stainbrook & Family Pomona, KS There is no cure, only painful, will-testing treatment. Kermit Trout Overland Park, KS That means he’d do chemo on a Friday, and then run, Jeff Waters, MD Fairway, KS say, 20 miles on a Monday. Eugene & Marsha Wren Shawnee Mission, KS

12 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 13 MEDICINE, SPORTS SCIENCE, NUTRITION FININCIAL ADVICE?: “Invest in diabetes.” According to Ralph R. Hall M.D. FACP, FACSM The American Diabetes Association there are 24 million Professor of Medicine Emeritus, diabetics in the U.S. The worldwide number is 324 million. University of Missouri at Kansas City The number continues to rise. Although the majority of diabetics have acquired their disease from eating too much and doing too little, a sizeable proportion 10-15 %, is the ANOTHER NEW DISEASE? My physician friends are result of genetics. Before insulin the majority of patients concerned about symptoms patients are manifesting. Early with genetically acquired diabetes did not reproduce so the symptoms are anxiety, some confusion, and problems trait was not as often passed on to the next generation. with decisions. These early symptoms ultimately lead to At any rate there is an increasing incidence. In China there problems with digestion, furrowed brows, anger and other The Kansas Relays are a three-day track meet is a dramatic increase in diabetes. The world-wide need stress related mental and physical findings. every April, held at the University of Kansas in for diabetes medication and self-testing is enormous and Without strong, research supported evidence, some Lawrence, Kansas. increasing. Which pharmaceutical company will benefit? I physicians are prescribing shotgun type treatment with This year the relays took place April 21, 22, 23 have no idea!-Better talk to your broker.-Oh- I remember panmonmysonase. Universities are providing counseling that they once predicted that we would be out of oil by The Kansas relays were founded by John H. Outland, the head for affected students suffering from this disorder. However, the early 1990s. Anyway, the publication Personal Finance football coach at the University of Kansas, in 1923. He got the treatment for this disorder now labeled Trumpitis, does says, buy Nova Nordisk. the idea for the Kansas Relays from the Penn Relays. The Penn not seem to help.. IMMUNIZATION-COST &, BENEFIT; SOURCE; Relays are held at the University of Pennsylvania and is the Journal American Medical Association, Meissner H. oldest and largest track meet in the United States. Outland Efforts by the press to stomp out this pestilence have attended the University of Pennsylvania for medical school C. 3/8/1016. The individual and economic benefits of been ineffective. The plain, outspoken, man on the street, and where he first saw the Penn relays. John Outland thought disease prevention resulting from childhood and adult Talia Marquez, Hepth 800M language in Trumpitis seems to have aggravated the that there should be an event like the Penn relays in Kansas so immunization in the U.S. are without question. The disorder in some of the susceptible congress people and in 1920 he approached Kansas basketball coach Forrest Clare Center s for Disease Prevention (CDC) describing the political pundits. The ultimate effect of this disorder is still Allen, also known as Phog Allen, who was also the athletic benefits of vaccination of the 2009 birth cohort through unclear at this April first date. director and football coach at the University of Kansas. Three 18 years of age estimates that 20 million cases of vaccine years later in 1923 the Kansas relays were founded.

preventable disease will not occur and 42,000 early deaths WHERE IS THE PROTEIN? A vegetarian reader has will be prevented, and $76 billion in direct and indirect More than 600 athletes participated in the 1st annual Kansas asked “where does a grass fed cow get its protein?” Having costs will be averted. Based on 2015 pricing the cost for relays on April 20, 1923. During the relays early years the meet grown up working with cattle I forget that many people the vaccines is between $8 and $12 Billion. According featured collegiate athletes in track and field such as Tom Poor, don’t understand ruminants. I have just been reading “The Ed Weir, and Tom Churchill were some of the athletes who to Meissner, the development of a vaccine approaches $1 Year of the Cow.” Jared Stone, has written a light, less well later competed in the Olympics. Tom Poor was the first to win billion, for research, licensing, and production of a new researched book, than Haun-Niman’s, “In Defense of the high jump event in the Kansas Relays, with a jump of six vaccine. The problem is immense when you consider all of Beef.”’ It is a delightful and interesting book but contains feet and a quarter inch. He later went on to place fourth in the the vaccines that are being considered for development, i a bit of politicalized science. This is directly from his book. 1924 Olympics. Ed Weir set a world record for the 120 meter e. Meningococcal disease, Zika, denge, Chikungya, West “Beef fed on corn can reach the market weight in a little high hurdles at the Kansas Relays in 1926. With world-class Nile, Ebola, cytomegalovirus, HIV, etc. and a number athletes competing in the relays, the first decade of the relays over a year. The result: lots of beef at low prices. However, of other viral and bacterial disease such as tuberculosis paved the way for the Kansas Relays to be a major event in the there are other costs. First cattle aren’t built to eat corn- and chlamydia..The difficulty is-- what is the return on track and field events in the Mid-West. they’re built to eat grass. The first of their four stomachs is investment? Who will decide? 1962 was the first year that female athletes were able to compete called a rumen. The rumen holds beneficial bacteria that USING DRUGS PAST THEIR EXPIRATION DATES: in the Kansas Relays and by 1976 women were competing in a ferment the chewed grasses the cattle eat. These bacteria in number of different events. In 1996 a new event was added for Source, The Medical Letter; The manufacture’s expiration turn become a major source of the protein for the animal. women, the pole vault. Stacy Dragila was the first women to date on your medication is based on the stability of the That’s how cattle are able to derive protein from protein win this event and set an American record at the Kansas Relays. drug in the original SEALED container. The date does Anchor Leg Men’s 4 x 400 Relay free grass. “ In 1997 the Kansas Relays added the 3000m steeplechase to not mean the drug was found to be unstable after a longer the women’s events. period of time. However, once the container is opened the When the cattle eat corn, fermentation in the rumen expiration date no longer applies. The Kansas Relays have been held every April with the stops. This ultimately results in changes in the animal’s Solutions and suspensions are generally less stable but some exception of 1943, 1944, and 1945 because of World War physiology and the bacteria in the rumen change. This and suspensions can be stable for long periods. Solutions that II. After World War II, Memorial Stadium, where the Kansas overcrowding result in the animals need for antibiotics. become cloudy or discolored or show signs of precipitation Relays are held, was used as housing for students. Since then, An estimated 80% of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are should not be used. (Diabetics and health care providers the Kansas Relays were held every year until 1998 and 1999, administered to livestock, mostly in feed lots. Grass fed when the relays were cancelled because Memorial Stadium was need to know which insulins are naturally clouded.) Heat, cattle and properly managed pigs do not need antibiotics. being renovated. The last time the relays were cancelled was humidity and light can all shorten the expiration time.- (In my opinion, only a small portion of our pork comes in 2002. The officials were forced to cancel the last day due to When in doubt talk to you pharmacist. ---I don’t care for from well managed sources.) severe weather. mail order drugs even though they may be less costly. Your pharmacist is an important link in health care. Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org LHS Start Sprint Medley Relay

14 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 15 MEDICINE, SPORTS SCIENCE, NUTRITION FININCIAL ADVICE?: “Invest in diabetes.” According to Ralph R. Hall M.D. FACP, FACSM The American Diabetes Association there are 24 million Professor of Medicine Emeritus, diabetics in the U.S. The worldwide number is 324 million. University of Missouri at Kansas City The number continues to rise. Although the majority of diabetics have acquired their disease from eating too much and doing too little, a sizeable proportion 10-15 %, is the ANOTHER NEW DISEASE? My physician friends are result of genetics. Before insulin the majority of patients concerned about symptoms patients are manifesting. Early with genetically acquired diabetes did not reproduce so the symptoms are anxiety, some confusion, and problems trait was not as often passed on to the next generation. with decisions. These early symptoms ultimately lead to At any rate there is an increasing incidence. In China there problems with digestion, furrowed brows, anger and other The Kansas Relays are a three-day track meet is a dramatic increase in diabetes. The world-wide need stress related mental and physical findings. every April, held at the University of Kansas in for diabetes medication and self-testing is enormous and Without strong, research supported evidence, some Lawrence, Kansas. increasing. Which pharmaceutical company will benefit? I physicians are prescribing shotgun type treatment with This year the relays took place April 21, 22, 23 have no idea!-Better talk to your broker.-Oh- I remember panmonmysonase. Universities are providing counseling that they once predicted that we would be out of oil by The Kansas relays were founded by John H. Outland, the head for affected students suffering from this disorder. However, the early 1990s. Anyway, the publication Personal Finance football coach at the University of Kansas, in 1923. He got the treatment for this disorder now labeled Trumpitis, does says, buy Nova Nordisk. the idea for the Kansas Relays from the Penn Relays. The Penn not seem to help.. IMMUNIZATION-COST &, BENEFIT; SOURCE; Relays are held at the University of Pennsylvania and is the Journal American Medical Association, Meissner H. oldest and largest track meet in the United States. Outland Efforts by the press to stomp out this pestilence have attended the University of Pennsylvania for medical school C. 3/8/1016. The individual and economic benefits of been ineffective. The plain, outspoken, man on the street, and where he first saw the Penn relays. John Outland thought disease prevention resulting from childhood and adult Talia Marquez, Hepth 800M language in Trumpitis seems to have aggravated the that there should be an event like the Penn relays in Kansas so immunization in the U.S. are without question. The disorder in some of the susceptible congress people and in 1920 he approached Kansas basketball coach Forrest Clare Center s for Disease Prevention (CDC) describing the political pundits. The ultimate effect of this disorder is still Allen, also known as Phog Allen, who was also the athletic benefits of vaccination of the 2009 birth cohort through unclear at this April first date. director and football coach at the University of Kansas. Three 18 years of age estimates that 20 million cases of vaccine years later in 1923 the Kansas relays were founded.

14 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 15 Men’s Pole Vault - in ... Slow...Mo...

HS Girls Hurdles

College W 110 hurdles HS Boys 4 x 800

College Men’s Hurdles College Open Long Jump Evan Landes Mens 5000K Winner Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org Women’s Steeplechase Women’s 4 x 400 Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org

16 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 17 Men’s Pole Vault - in ... Slow...Mo...

HS Girls Hurdles

College W 110 hurdles HS Boys 4 x 800

College Men’s Hurdles College Open Long Jump Evan Landes Mens 5000K Winner Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org Women’s Steeplechase Women’s 4 x 400 Photos By: Gene Wee www.runlawrence.org

16 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 17 Boston Marathon celebrates Mid-America Running Association Schedule of Kansas City Local and Regional Races 50 years of women in the race Then, as now, that was the Boston Marathon. This race schedule is a service of Mid-America Running Association. Support MARA and join today! “I just fell in love with it because I knew these people felt the same way Send additions, changes, & corrections to [email protected] about running I felt,” she said this month as she looked ahead to the New race submissions should include the information shown below. 50th anniversary of her run. “I thought: If I can run the marathon and This schedule includes Running Races in KC Metro or a short drive from KC, and, select other events. To search for races - http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/Default.aspx run it well, it will … break down the stereotypes that have been used to Some races have limited field sizes, and may fill up (sell out) early, so if you want to run a particular race, register for it quickly. keep women confined.” Races that have dates highlighted with yellow are tentative. Told she was too pretty to apply to medical school — “I would upset Updated: 22 April 2016 the boys in the lab,” she said — Gibb went on a cross-country road trip Date Day Start Name & Distance Race Location Race Site / Registration in her Volkswagen Microbus with her malamute puppy, stopping to run May 2016

as many as 40 miles in a stretch. Convinced she could complete the Independence Events Center May 1 Sun 7:00 AM Independence Half Marathon Independence Half Marathon Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to finish the Boston 26.2-mile distance, she returned to Boston on a Greyhound bus the day Independence, MO Marathon, poses with a special finish tape honoring her Lincoln Marathon University of Nebraska before the 1966 race. May 1 Sun 7:00 AM www.lincolnmarathon.org/ achievement during a news conference in Boston. “I convinced my mom to drive me to the start and I told her, ‘This Full & Half Marathon Lincoln, NE Warren Middle School is going to help set women free,'” Gibb said. “That really got to her, May 1 Sun 7:00 AM Buffalo Bell Stampede www.leavenworthhistory.org/Buffalo_Bell/index.html By JIMMY GOLEN Leavenworth, KS The Associated Press because she was kind of a frustrated housewife — a beautiful, intelligent Stankowski Field May 1 Sun 7:00 AM TriZou Triathlon & DuZou Duathlon www.ultramaxsports.com/trizou BOSTON (AP) — When Joan Benoit Samuelson was in high school in woman who was limited in what she could do.” Columbia, MO Gibb waited until about half the field had passed by, then she jumped the 1970s, the longest distance she was allowed to run was a half-mile. Prairie Fire Spring Half Marathon 455 S. Wichita St. May 1 Sun 7:30 AM www.prairiefiremarathon.com/spring-race/races-registration/half-marathon “It was thought that running would do us bodily harm, and we would out from behind forsythia bush and onto the course. The men realized Half, 5K, Relay, Fun Run Wichita, KS there was an interloper among them “after a very few minutes studying never bear children,” said the woman who went on to win two Boston Six Flags St. Louis May 1 Sun 7:30 AM Roller Coaster Race - 5K & 10K www.rollercoasterrace.com/stlouis Marathons and the inaugural Olympic marathon gold medal. my anatomy from the rear,” she said. Eureka, MO “To my great delight, they said, ‘Gee whiz. I wish my wife would run,'” Outpacing Melanoma Corporate Woods “Now here I am: 150,000 miles and two children later, I’m still running,” May 1 Sun 8:00 AM outpacingmelanoma.org 5K Run/Walk & Dot to Dot Kid Trot Overland Park, KS she said. “And I’m cheering on a daughter.” Gibb said. “This is just what I wanted: men and women treating each other with respect.” Buffalo Bell Stampede Warren Middle School May 1 Sun 8:00 AM www.leavenworthhistory.org/Buffalo_Bell/index.html Fifty years after Bobbi Gibb tucked her long, blonde ponytail under a Half Marathon, 10Km 5K Leavenworth, KS hooded sweatshirt and sneaked onto the course, the Boston Marathon is Gibb got shouts of encouragement from policemen and cheers from the Frank A Theis Park crowd that grew loudest when she ran past the all-women’s Wellesley May 1 Sun 8:00 AM LAKC Run for Justice 5K www.lakc.net/lakc5K celebrating a half-century of women who have broken barriers on their Kansas City, MO way to breaking the finish-line tape. College. She knew then that she wouldn’t be thrown out of the race, Zona Rosa but she knew that if she didn’t finish things could be worse for women May 1 Sun 9:00 AM NAWS Woofstock Run for the Rosa www.pcnaws.org These undated booking photos provided by the Snohomish County Kansas City, MO than before. Sheriff Office shows Tony Reed, left and John Reed. (Snohomish Klondike Park May 7 Sat 6:00 AM Cowbell Uncorked: OFF ROAD www.cowbelluncorked.com/ County Sheriff Office via AP )Mexican agents hunting fugitives in Despite the blisters from running in borrowed shoes and the remnants Augusta, MO of an ill-advised, roast beef dinner settling in her stomach, Gibb finished Arlington slayings: ‘It’s only going to be a few days’ Run for LITTLE Hearts Downtown May 7 Sat 8:00 AM runforlittlehearts.com More than 14,000 women — including Samuelson’s daughter, Abby — in 3 hours, 21 minutes, 40 seconds. The governor shook her hand; 10K Run, 5K Run, Awareness Walk, Kid's Dash Lee's Summit, MO Sports Illustrated referred to her as a “shapely blonde housewife.” Arrowhead Stadium are in the field of 30,747 planning to leave Hopkinton on Monday for May 7 Sat 8:00 AM The Color Run www.thecolorrun.com/kansas-city the 26.2-mile jaunt to Boston’s Back Bay. The women will start first, and “She wasn’t trying to beat men, or to protest the male-dominated world. Kansas City, MO She was just saying ‘This is a great sport, and I want to participate, Burns & McDonnell Headquarters the first among them to reach the Boylston Street finish line will receive May 7 Sat 7:30 AM Corporate Challenge 5K www.kccorporatechallenge.com/events/5k Kansas City, MO $150,000 and an olive wreath — the same prize as the men’s winner. too,'” said Amby Burfoot, who won the 1968 race and is now an editor Heart and Sole Classic Johnson County Square of Runner’s World. “It was slow in the beginning, when the lords of May 7 Sat 8:00 AM www.olatherunningclub.com/heart-and-sole-5k10k “It’s an exciting time to be a female athlete, a female runner,” said 5K & 10K Run Olathe, KS Shalane Flanagan, a soon-to-be three-time Olympian and the daughter running were straight out of ‘Chariots of Fire.’ Lone Elm Park May 7 Sat 8:00 AM Maguire Gilner Angel Day 5K www.angeldayrunwalk.com/Race_Info.htm of a former women’s marathon record-holder. Olathe, KS “It’s always been a given to me that I have the same opportunities as “Bobbi was so far ahead of her time; it’s not like thousands of women Clinton State Park May 7 Sat 8:00 AM Skyline Shuffle 5K trailhawks.com/races/2016/may/07/skyline-shuffle-8/ men,” she said. “I guess I’ve taken it for granted: ‘Oh, that’s how it started running the next day,” he said. “That just makes the efforts of Lawrence, KS Bobbi and the other pioneers so much more impressive.” should be done.'” I just assumed, ‘Why wouldn’t it be that way?'” KCK Community College May 7 Sat 8:00 AM Blue Devil 5K & Kids Trot www.kckcc.edu/wfc While sports such as soccer and tennis are still fighting over equal pay for A year after Gibb’s first run, Kathrine Switzer registered for the race Kansas City, KS using her first initial, B.A.A. co-director Jock Semple chased her onto Lucy Franklin Elementary School women, running adapted quickly. Even the Boston Athletic Association, May 7 Sat 8:00 AM Lucy Franklin Leopards' 5K Run/Walk runsignup.com/Race/MO/BlueSprings/LFE5KRunWalk? which was originally formed to encourage the pursuit of “manly sports,” the course and tried to pull off her bib number; men in the race knocked Blue Springs, MO him out of the way. has paid the men’s and women’s winner the same amount since first May 7 Sat 8:00 AM FLMWR/CGSC Triathlon (Sprint) Ft. Leavenworth, KS FortLeavenworth/CGSCTriathlon awarding prize money in 1986. Waterfall Park/Bass Pro “It was groundbreaking,” said Desi Linden, who has twice been the top May 7 Sat 8:00 AM Don Gilkison Memorial 5K www.courageouslifechurch.com Guy Morse, who was the race director then, said it was more controversial Independence, MO to pay the winners after almost a century of amateurism than to treat American woman in Boston and will head to her second Olympics this Flat Branch Park summer. “There’s so much respect for that. I don’t know if I would have May 7 Sat 8:30 AM Jay Dix Challenge to Cure 10K & 5K Run/Walk http://www.challengetocure.com/ men and women equally. “Once we went that way, it was really an easy Columbia, MO decision to make it across the board,” he said. had the courage to do that. I feel super fortunate that I’ve never had that Guadalupe Center May 7 Sat 9:00 AM Cinco de Mayo 5-Qué www.cincodemayo5que.com Current B.A.A. president Joanne Flaminio, the first woman to head the experience.” Kansas City, MO An accomplished sculptor, Gibb has been commissioned to organization, noted that the Boston Marathon has created a separate Lake Waukomis May 7 Sat 9:00 AM Sophie's Run 5K Sophie's Run start for the women’s race, allowing them to run free of the men’s field. create a piece that would be placed along the course to commemorate Kansas City, MO “It allowed them to have their own race,” she said. the race’s pioneering women. Blue Valley NW High School May 7 Sat 9:00 AM Walk to REbeL 5K re-bel.org/walk-to-rebel/ “Everything we have done is to give everyone an equal opportunity to Overland Park, KS English Landing Park run,” she said. Gibb will serve as grand marshal for this year’s race — the But she already looks out at her work with pride. May 7 Sat 9:00 AM GO Project Family 5K GO Project Family 5K Parkville, MO 120th — and this week Flaminio announced that Gibb’s three first- “Almost half the race is women now. This is the world that I wanted Blue River Rail Trail to create,” she said. “This is what I wanted to see: men and women May 7 Sat 9:00 AM Mothers' Day Dash 5K& 1M Run/Walk Mothers' Day Dash place finishes previously relegated to an “Unofficial Era” section of the Marysville, MO event’s history will now be recognized as part of a “Pioneer Era.” (Sara and individual people who have taken on the challenge or running the Watson Park May 7 Sat 10:00 AM Paw Valley Festival & 5K Paw Valley Festival & 5K Mae Berman also earned three victories from 1969-71 before women marathon. Each one has an incredibly unique story. Lawrence, KS were allowed to enter the race.) Growing up before the boom that Corporate Woods May 8 Sun 8:00 AM KC Express Mother's Day 5K mothersdayrun.com/ expanded marathoning into the bucket list accomplishment it is for tens “It’s ordinary people who move the world into a happier and healthier Overland Park, KS place,” Gibb said. of thousands today, Gibb nonetheless enjoyed running and sought out Platte Ridge Park May 8 Sun 8:00 AM Mother's Day 5K Mothers Day 5K its biggest challenge. Platte City, MO

18 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 19 Boston Marathon celebrates Mid-America Running Association Schedule of Kansas City Local and Regional Races 50 years of women in the race Then, as now, that was the Boston Marathon. This race schedule is a service of Mid-America Running Association. Support MARA and join today! “I just fell in love with it because I knew these people felt the same way Send additions, changes, & corrections to [email protected] about running I felt,” she said this month as she looked ahead to the New race submissions should include the information shown below. 50th anniversary of her run. “I thought: If I can run the marathon and This schedule includes Running Races in KC Metro or a short drive from KC, and, select other events. To search for races - http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/Default.aspx run it well, it will … break down the stereotypes that have been used to Some races have limited field sizes, and may fill up (sell out) early, so if you want to run a particular race, register for it quickly. keep women confined.” Races that have dates highlighted with yellow are tentative. Told she was too pretty to apply to medical school — “I would upset Updated: 22 April 2016 the boys in the lab,” she said — Gibb went on a cross-country road trip Date Day Start Name & Distance Race Location Race Site / Registration in her Volkswagen Microbus with her malamute puppy, stopping to run May 2016

18 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 19 Running with the Cows Queen of the Holy Rosary School Bashor City Park May 14 Sat 7:30 AM runningwiththecows.com/ Jun 4 Sat 7:30 AM Crazy Cow 5K Run/Walk www.basehordairydays.com/registration-page/ Half Marathon & 5K Bucyrus, KS Bashor, KS

HP3 Heritage Park Heritage Park Downtown May 14 Sat 7:30 AM www.jcprd.com/special_events/hp_duathlon.cfm Jun 4 Sat 7:30 AM Rib Run www.jkrunningevents.com Duathlon, 10K, 5K Olathe, KS Marysville, KS

SCOUT Strong Challenge Sporting Park Kansas City Museum May 14 Sat 7:30 AM www.scoutstrongchallenge.com Jun 4 Sat 8:00 AM Tour of Kansas City 5K www.tourofkc.com/tour-kc-5k Half Marathon & 5K Kansas City, KS Kansas City, MO

Rock on Lake Perry Branded B Ranch Sacred Heart Church May 14 Sat 8:00 AM www.psychowyco.com/lakeperrytrailruns/id3.html Jun 4 Sat 8:00 AM German Fest Brat Trot 5K Brat Trot 5K 50K, Half Marathon, 5K Meriden, KS Topeka, KS

Frank A Theis Park Arrowhead Stadium May 14 Sat 8:30 AM PurpleStride 5K purplestride.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1148681 Jun 4 Sat 9:00 AM BeerFit Kansas City - 5K & 1 Mile BeerFit Kansas City Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO Kansas Law Enforcement Shawnee Lake Conquer the Gauntlet - Kansas City Valley Speedway May 14 Sat 8:30 AM Run to Remember Run to Remember Jun 4 Sat 9:00 AM conquerthegauntlet.com/locations/kc/ Topeka, KS 4M Obstacle Run Grain Valley, MO 5K/10K Run/Walk & 1M Fun Run Bloomington Beach Cricket Wireless Amphitheater May 14 Sat 9:00 AM Foam Glow 5K www.foamglow.com/kansas-city/ Jun 5. Sun 7:30 AM Free State Triathlon Clinton Lake State Park www.legendendurance.com/legend-free-state.html Bonner Springs, KS Lawrence, KS Harris Park Ferguson Twilight Run Plaza at 501 May 14 Sat 5:00 PM www.fergtwilightrun.com Jun 10 Fri 9:00 PM Night Flight 5K Run 601 SW Jefferson St. Night Flight 5K Run One-Mile Fun Run, 5K and 10K Ferguson, MO Lee's Summit, MO REI/Fresh Market Heroes for Hospice Cricket Wireless Amphitheater Jun 11 Sat 7:30 AM Prairie Fire www.heroesforhospice.com May 14 Sat 8:30 PM Foam Glow - 5K www.foamglow.com/ 5K Run/Walk Bonner Springs, KS Overland Park, KS

Longview Lake Library May 15 Sun 7:30 AM Kansas City Triathlon www.kansascitytriathlon.com/ Jun 11 Sat 7:30 AM Tonganoxie Library Run - 5K/10K https://www.facebook.com/runforthebooks Kansas City, MO Tonganoxie, KS Lake Remembrance Corporate Woods May 15 Sun 8:00 AM Mothers' Day 5K mothersdayrun.com/about-kansas-city-express Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM Miles Against Melanoma 5K Blue Springs, MO www.mamkc.com Overland Park, KS

Bill Snyder Stadium Tomahawk Creek & 114th St. May 21 Sat 7:00 AM Bill Snyder High Half Marathon & 5K www.billsnyderhighwayhalf.com/registration/ Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM Leawood Rotary 5K Run www.leawoodrotaryrun.com Manhattan, KS Leawood, KS English Landing Park Whiteman AFB Striker Life Pioneer Run May 21 Sat 7:00 AM Whiteman AFB, MO Whiteman AFB Striker Life Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM Parkville, MO raceroster.com/events/2016/7499/pioneer-run Half Marathon, 10K & 5K 10K, 5K, 1 M Kid's Fun & 2 M Walk

Liberty Memorial Kansas Speedway May 21 Sat 7:00 AM FroYo 5/10K Fro Yo 5/10K Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM The Dirty Duo www.kcdirtyduo.com/race_info.asp Kansas City, MO Kansas City, KS

Superhero Diabetes Dash Prairie Life South Lawrence Trafficway May 21 Sat 7:00 AM Superhero Diabetes Dash Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM Kahlyn's 5K Run/5 Block Walk kehlegacyfoundation.com/kahlyns-5k-run5-block-walk 5K & Kids 1 Mile Olathe, KS Lawrence, KS

South Creek Business Park Jackson Park May 21 Sat 7:00 AM Corporate Challenge Half Marathon www.kccorporatechallenge.com/events/half-marathon Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM Building Better Bones 5K & 10K Building Better Bones Overland Park, KS Atchison, KS

Rachel House Stride for Life Waterfall Park May 21 Sat 8:00 AM Rachel House Stride for Life Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM The Dirty Duo Unity Village, MO kcdirtyduo.com/race_info.asp 5K Run & 3 or 1 Mile Walk Independence, MO

Watkins Mill State Park Irene B French Community Center Jun 11 Sat 9:00 AM Watkins Mill Get Outdoors 5K http://watkinsmill5k.itsyourrace.com May 21 Sat 8:00 AM Turkey Creek Festival 5K www.merriam.org/index.aspx?NID=421 Lawson, MO Merriam, KS

Cross Country Chaos Arrowhead Stadium Jun 11 Sat 9:00 AM Osage City, KS www.crosscountrychaos.com May 21 Sat 8:00 AM Girls on the Run 5K www.gotrkc.org 5K Mud Run Obstacle Course Kansas City, MO Community Center Go Girl Run Flat Branch Park Jun 11 Sat 9:00 AM Gladstone Community Ctr. Kids Triathlon www.gladstone.mo.us/CommunityCenter/triathlon.php May 21 Sat 8:00 AM www.gogirlrun.com Gladstone, MO Half Marathon & 5K Columbia, MO Twin Lakes Park Parade Park Jun 11 Sat 9:00 AM Team Hope Walk & 5K Fun Run Team Hope Walk May 21 Sat 8:00 AM Get Your Glass in Gear 5K Paseo and Truman Road www.enter2run.com/Search/event.aspx?id=33186 Gladstone, MO Kansas City, MO Downtown Corporate Woods Jun 11 Sat 6:00 PM Color Vibe 5K Run Color Vibe 5K May 21 Sat 8:00 AM Girls on the Run 5K www.gotrkc.org/race/458-spring-2016-girls-on-the-run-5k Jefferson City, MO Overland Park, KS Ellis Porter Riverside Pool North Jefferson City Pavilion Jun 12 Sun 7:00 AM Jefferson City Triathlon Jefferson City Triathlon May 21 Sat 8:00 AM Happy Feet for Healthy Minds 5K Happy Feet for Health Minds 5K Jefferson City, MO Jefferson City, MO Corporate Woods Silverstein Eye Centers Arena Jun 12 Sun 8:00 AM CASA Superhero 5K Run/Walk www.casakc.org/superhero5k May 21 Sat 8:30 AM Foundations 5K Foundations 5K Overland Park, KS Independence, MO The Plaza YWCA Jun 12 Sun 8:00 AM Dog N Jog / 2 Mile Run/1 Mile Run/Walk www.dognjog.org May 21 Sat 9:00 AM YWCA Girls on the Run 5K YWCA Girls on the Run 5K Kansas City, MO Topeka, KS English Landing MGA Triple Crown Showdown Towne Center Jun 12 Sat 8:00 AM Color Storm Run - Kansas City www.colorstormrun.com May 22 Sun 8:00 AM www.mga5k.com/ Parkville, MO 5K Run/Walk, 1 Mile Walk, Tot Trot Leawood, KS

Garmin Headquarters Jun 17 Fri 12:00 AM Midnight 5K Run Leawood, KS www.ksso.org/events May 22 Sun 8:00 AM Triumph Over Tragedy 5K www.kllscholarshipfund.org Olathe, KS

Jun 18 Sun 7:30 AM Cannon Ball 5K Run/Walk Lexington, MO [email protected] May 22 Sun 9:00 AM Timber Challenge 5K Bonner Springs, KS www.kctimberchallenge.com Avila University Memorial Day March Grain Valley South Middle School Jun 18 Sun 8:00 AM Kevin Gray Father's Day 5K 11900 Wornall Road runsignup.com/Race/MO/KansasCity/KevinGrayFathersDay5K? May 28 Sat 8:00 AM Memorial Day March 5K/10K & 1 Mile Walk Grain Valley, MO Kansas City, MO Heritage Park Marina Lincoln Preparatory Academy Jun 18 Sat 8:00 AM Miles for Meals - 5K Miles for Meals - 5K May 28 Sat 8:00 AM Castle on the Hill 5K www.castleonthehill5k.com/home.html Olathe, KS Kansas City, MO Twin Lake Recreation Area Jun 18 Sat 8:00 AM Missouri Race Series - 5K, 10K, 10 Mile www.missouriraceseries.com/#!columbia/ifgwp Flat Branch Park Columbia, MO May 30 Mon 8:00 AM Memorial Day Run for the Veterans - 5K/10K www.veteransrun.com Columbia, MO Berkley Park Jun 18 Sat 8:00 AM Outpace Poverty - 5K www.outpacepoverty.org Loose Park Pavilion Kansas City, MO May 30 Mon 8:00 AM Amy Thompson Run - 8K & 5K www.amythompsonrun.org/ Kansas City, MO Power & Light District Jun 18 Sat 8:00 AM Heart Association - 5K www.kcheartwalk.org Kansas City, MO May 30 Mon 8:00 AM Home Run 5K Lawrence, KS www.lawrencefamilypromise.org/upcoming-events Wyandotte County Lake Park Jun 18 Sat 9:00 AM Summer Intro 2.8 Mile Trail Run Shelter #14 www.psychowyco.com/id55.html June 2016 Kansas City, MO

Crown Center Jun 3 Fri 7:00 PM Hospital Hill Run 5K www.hospitalhillrun.com/ Jun 18 Sat 9:30 PM NMCYF Light the Night Glow Run 5K Chillicothe, MO www.chillilightthenight.info Kansas City, MO

Hospital Hill Run Crown Center Village Shalom Jun 4 Sat 7:00 AM www.hospitalhillrun.com/ Jun 19 Sun 7:30 AM Village Shalom Father's Day Run/Walk www.fathersdayrun.org/home Half Marathon & 10K Kansas City, MO Overland Park, KS

National Health Foundation River Run Downtown Lake Shawnee Jun 4 Sat 7:00 AM www.wichitariverfest.com/riverrun.php?page=khfrr_race_series Jun 19 Sun 7:30 AM Tinman Triathlon www.legendendurance.com/legend-tin-man.html 10K & 2M Wichita, KS Topeka, KS

20 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 21 Running with the Cows Queen of the Holy Rosary School Bashor City Park May 14 Sat 7:30 AM runningwiththecows.com/ Jun 4 Sat 7:30 AM Crazy Cow 5K Run/Walk www.basehordairydays.com/registration-page/ Half Marathon & 5K Bucyrus, KS Bashor, KS

HP3 Heritage Park Heritage Park Downtown May 14 Sat 7:30 AM www.jcprd.com/special_events/hp_duathlon.cfm Jun 4 Sat 7:30 AM Rib Run www.jkrunningevents.com Duathlon, 10K, 5K Olathe, KS Marysville, KS

Liberty Memorial Kansas Speedway May 21 Sat 7:00 AM FroYo 5/10K Fro Yo 5/10K Jun 11 Sat 8:00 AM The Dirty Duo www.kcdirtyduo.com/race_info.asp Kansas City, MO Kansas City, KS

Garmin Headquarters Jun 17 Fri 12:00 AM Midnight 5K Run Leawood, KS www.ksso.org/events May 22 Sun 8:00 AM Triumph Over Tragedy 5K www.kllscholarshipfund.org Olathe, KS

Crown Center Jun 3 Fri 7:00 PM Hospital Hill Run 5K www.hospitalhillrun.com/ Jun 18 Sat 9:30 PM NMCYF Light the Night Glow Run 5K Chillicothe, MO www.chillilightthenight.info Kansas City, MO

20 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 21 Johnny's Tavern Longview Recreation Jun 19 Sun 12:00 PM Scavenger Dash - Kansas City Scavenger Dash - Kansas City Jul 24 Sun 7:15 AM TRiKC Longview Jr Triathlon, ages 1-17 TRiKC Triathlon Kansas City, MO Lee's Summit, MO

Rock the Night Away Trail Run Branded B Ranch Show Me State Games Phillips Lake Jun 24 Fri 8:30 PM www.psychowyco.com/lakeperrytrailruns/id14.html Jul 24 Sun 8:00 AM www.smsg.org/sports_display.php?entrytodisplay=40 Half Marathon, 10K & 5K Lake Perry, KS Triathlon & Duathlon Columbia, MO

400 W. Atlantic Gage Park Jun 25 Sat 7:00 AM Nevada Sprint Triathlon & Kid's Sprint Triathlon Nevada Sprint Triathlon Jul 24 Sun 8:00 AM Sunflower Games - Orienteering www.sunflowergames.com/index.php/gamesinfo Nevada, MO Topeka, KS

Carey Park Unity Village Jun 25 Sat 7:45 AM Firecracker 5K & 1 Mile Run/Walk www.hutchrec.com/races.php?id=1 Jul 24 Sun 9:00 AM Grant's Cause for Spina Bifida 5K www.grantscause.com/ Hutchinson, KS Lee's Summit, MO

Baldwin City Golf Course Clubhouse Jun 25 Sat 8:00 AM LMH 5K Summer Spray Run Walk www.lmhendowment.org Jul 24 Sun 9:00 AM Wild Women Timber Challenge Bonner Springs, KS www.kctimberchallenge.com Baldwin City, KS

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church William Christman High School Jun 25 Sat 8:00 AM Flap Jack Fun Run benefiting EOYC Flap Jack Fun Run Jul 30 Sat 7:30 AM ISD Wellness Expo and 5K sites.isdschools.org/wellnessexpo Overland Park, KS Independence, MO Sailboat Cove Park Theis Park Jun 25 Sat 8:30 AM Power Walk 5K for Dress for Success www.crowdrise.com/KansasCityPowerWalk Jul 30 Sat 7:30 AM WIN for KC Women's Triathlon Smithville Lake www.sportkc.org/win-for-kc/triathlon/ Kansas City, MO Smithville, MO

Berkley Park REI Store Jun 25 Sat 11:00 AM 80s/90s Run - Kansas City 80s/90s Run - Kansas City Jul 30 Sat 7:30 AM Digital Ally Open 5K www.digitalallyopen5K.com Kansas City, MO Overland Park, KS

18th Ave & Erie Street Eudora Parks & Rec. Building Jun 25 Sat 8:00 AM PD Donut Dash 5k www.pddonutdash.com Jul 30 Sat 8:00 AM LMH 5K Summer Spray Run Walk www.lmhendowment.org North Kansas City, MO Eudora, KS

Union Hill/Martini Corner Independence Academy Jun 25 Sat 4:00 PM Union Hill Mile unionhillmile.com Jul 30 Sat 8:30 AM L.I.N.K. 5K Run/Walk apps.isdschools.org/link5k/ Kansas City, MO Independence, MO

Overlook Park Kansas Speedway Jun 25 Sat 6:00 PM The Night Hawk 50K trailhawks.com/races/2016/jun/25/the-night-hawk-2 Jul 30 Sat 8:30 AM Bubble Run 5K www.bubblerun.com/upcoming-locations/kansas-city/ Lawrence, KS Kansas City, KS

Jewish Community Center Bethel Park Jun 26 Sun 7:00 AM JCC Youth Triathlon JCC Youth Triathlon Jul 31 Sat 8:00 AM Show Me State Games - 5K/10K www.smsg.org/sports_display.php?entrytodisplay=27 Overland Park, KS Columbia, MO Wyandotte County Lake Park July 2016 Jul 31 Sun 9:00 AM Psychodelic 5K (Fire Edition) Shelter #2 www.psychowyco.com/id69.html Kansas City, KS Firecracker Flight Centerpoint Hospital Jul 2 Mon 8:00 AM Firecracker Flight 5K & 10K Independence, MO August 2016 Wyandotte County Lake Park Summit Fair Shopping Center Jul 4 Mon 7:00 AM Stars and Stripes 5K Run/Walk www.starsandstripes5K.com Aug 5 Fri 8:30 PM Psych Night 5K & 10K Trail Run Main Entrance www.psychowyco.com/id50.html Lee's Summit, MO Kansas City, KS

Lenexa Freedom Run Old Town Lenexa Mapleleaf Parkway Jul 4 Mon 7:00 AM www.lenexa.com/parks/festivals_freedom.html Aug 5 Fri 9:00 PM Moonlight5K Run and Fun Walk [email protected] 5K & 10K Lenexa, KS St. Joseph, MO

Ward Parkway Shopping Center Jul 4 Mon 7:30 AM Four on the Fourth wardparkwayfouronthefourth.com/ Aug 6 Sat 7:30 AM Odessa FBLA 5K Odessa, MO www.odessapuddlejumperdays.org/schedule.html. Kansas City, MO

Lee's Summit City Hall Aug 6 Sat 7:30 AM Sock it to Cancer 5k runsignup.com/Race/KS/OverlandPark/DigitalAllyOpen5K Jul 8 Fri 7:30 PM Red White & Green Estate 5K Run Mexico, MO mexicoymca.org/page.php?p=1924 Lee's Summit, MO

Clinton State Park New Century Air Center Jul 9 Sat 7:00 AM The Snake trailhawks.com/races/2016/jul/09/snake Aug 6 Sat 7:30 AM Spencer C. Duncan - Make it Count 5K www.makeitcounttoday.org/ Lawrence, KS Gardner, KS

Midnight Madness Downtown Smithville Lake Jul 9 Sat 7:30 AM www.amesmidnightmadness.com/ Aug 7 Sun 7:00 AM Matt Mason Memorial Cowboy-Up! Triathlon cowboyuptriathlon.com/race-info 5K, 10K & 15K Combo Ames, IA Smithville, MO

Sunflower State Games Cauldron Run Shawnee Lake Shelter House #4 Saints Stampede St Thomas Aquinas High School Jul 9 Sat 8:00 AM www.sunflowergames.com/index.php/2015-sports/5k-10k-cauldron-run Aug 13 Sat 7:30 AM Saints Stampede 5K & 10K Topeka, KS 5K Cross-Country Run Overland Park, KS

Open Options Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission Park Lone Elm Park Jul 10 Sun 7:00 AM www.jcprd.com/special_events/smp_triathlon.cfm Aug 13 Sat 7:30 AM Red Carpet 5K Run/Walk www.RedCarpet5K.com Triathlon & Duathlon Shawnee, Kansas Olathe, KS

Tonganoxie Family Practice Blue Valley Recreation Complex Jul 16 Sat 7:30 AM Tonganoxie Summer Spray 5K www.lmhendowment.org Aug 13 Sat 7:30 AM Blue Valley Summer Sizzle 5K/ 1Mile www.bluevalleyrec.org/page/summersizzle.php Tonganoxie, KS Overland Park, KS

Kansas Speedway Downtown Jul 16 Sat 8:00 AM Insane Inflatable 5K insaneinflatable5k.com/kansas-city-ks/ Aug 13 Sat 8:00 AM Rivalry Run 5K therivalryrun.org/ Kansas City, KS Kansas City, MO

Rockhurst High School Celebration Park Jul 16 Sat 8:00 AM Putting the Boots to ALS 5K Putting the Boots to ALS 5K Aug 13 Sat 8:00 AM Gardner Grind Adventure Race [email protected] Kansas City, MO Gardner, KS

Edgewood Drive Oak Glenn Winery Jul 16 Sat 8:00 AM Kyle Billington Memorial 5K Kyle Billington Memorial 5K Aug 13 Sat 8:00 AM Beer & Bagel Off Road Race | Missouri 4 Miles www.beerandbagel.com Jefferson City, MO Herman, MO

Platte City High School Unity Village Campus Jul 16 Sat 8:30 PM Anchor's Away 5K Night Event Anchors Away 5K Aug 13 Sat 9:00 AM Mud & Muck Run 5K www.psychowyco.com/mudandmuck/ Platte City, MO Lee's Summit, MO

Waterfall Park Corporate Woods Jul 17 Sun 8:00 AM Don't Melt Away 5K www.dontmeltaway5k.com Aug 14 Sun 7:30 AM Birthday Bash 5K Birthday Bash 5K Independence, MO Overland Park, KS

Recreation Park Corporate Lake Jul 23 Sat 7:00 AM Cameron Triathlon Cameron Triathlon Aug 14 Sun 8:00 AM Diva Dash 5K & Lil' Princess Girls Run Diva Dash 5K Cameron, MO Columbia, MO

Snow Creek Kansas City Museum Jul 23 Sat 7:30 AM Rugged Man Obstacle Course www.ruggedmaniac.com/events/kansascity/ Aug 20 Sat 8:00 AM Rainbow Run 5K Walk/Run runsignup.com/Race/MO/KansasCity/RainbowRunforEquality5K? Weston, MO Kansas City, MO

Crossroads Corporate Woods Jul 23 Sat 7:30 PM Rock the Crossroads 5K www.rockthecrossroads.com/#!race-info/c4nz Aug 20 Sat 8:00 AM Diva Dash 5K & Lil' Princess Girls Run www.divadash5k.com Kansas City, MO Overland Park, KS

A Divine Run Kansas Speedway Cricket Amphitheater Jul 23 Sat 8:00 AM www.divinerun.com Aug 20 Sat 8:30 PM Blacklight Run www.blacklightrun.com/kansas-city/ 5K Run/Walk for SIDS Kansas City, KS Bonner Springs, KS

Illif Commons Fountain Bluff Sports Complex Jul 23 Sat 8:00 AM Sunflower Games Cross Country 5K Sunflower Games Cross Country 5K Aug 20 Sat 9:00 AM Lozilu Mud Run www.lozilu.com/kansascity Topeka, KS Liberty, MO

Wyandotte County Lake Park Heritage Park Psycho Psummer Run Toto Run Jul 23 Sat 8:00 AM Shelter #2 www.psychowyco.com/id75.html Aug 21 Sun 8:00 AM Race for Recovery 5/10K Shelter #1 www.race4recovery.com/ 50K, 20-Mile, 10-Mile Trail Run Kansas City, KS Olathe, KS Swope Trails English Landing Park Jul 23 Sat 8:00 AM Run for Raptors 5K Trail Run Run for the Raptors Aug 21 Sun 8:00 AM Parkville 5K/10K River Run Parkville 5K/10K River Run Kansas City, MO Parkville, MO

Stoney Point Elementary School Longview Lake Jul 23 Sat 8:00 AM Drizzle Sizzle 5K & 1 Mile TuTu Trot Drizzle Sizzle 5K Aug 21 Sun 7:30 AM Jackson County Triathlon and Duathlon www.jacksoncountytriathlon.com/ Grain Valley, MO Lees Summit, MO

Snow Creek Summit Fair Shopping Center Jul 23 Sat 10:00 AM Rugged Man Obstacle Course www.ruggedmaniac.com/events/kansascity/ Aug 21 Sun 8:00 AM Run Like A Girl 5k & Lil Girl Fun Run www.runlikeagirl5krun.com Weston, MO Lee's Summit, MO

22 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 23 Johnny's Tavern Longview Recreation Jun 19 Sun 12:00 PM Scavenger Dash - Kansas City Scavenger Dash - Kansas City Jul 24 Sun 7:15 AM TRiKC Longview Jr Triathlon, ages 1-17 TRiKC Triathlon Kansas City, MO Lee's Summit, MO

Berkley Park REI Store Jun 25 Sat 11:00 AM 80s/90s Run - Kansas City 80s/90s Run - Kansas City Jul 30 Sat 7:30 AM Digital Ally Open 5K www.digitalallyopen5K.com Kansas City, MO Overland Park, KS

Kansas Speedway Downtown Jul 16 Sat 8:00 AM Insane Inflatable 5K insaneinflatable5k.com/kansas-city-ks/ Aug 13 Sat 8:00 AM Rivalry Run 5K therivalryrun.org/ Kansas City, KS Kansas City, MO

Waterfall Park Corporate Woods Jul 17 Sun 8:00 AM Don't Melt Away 5K www.dontmeltaway5k.com Aug 14 Sun 7:30 AM Birthday Bash 5K Birthday Bash 5K Independence, MO Overland Park, KS

Recreation Park Corporate Lake Jul 23 Sat 7:00 AM Cameron Triathlon Cameron Triathlon Aug 14 Sun 8:00 AM Diva Dash 5K & Lil' Princess Girls Run Diva Dash 5K Cameron, MO Columbia, MO

22 Master Pieces May/June 2016 Master Pieces May/June 2016 23 24 Master Pieces May/June 2016