More off the Circuit....

Congratulations to Sandra who posted a HUGE Pr at Boston in 3:02:38 to finish 113 in her division out of a gazillion!!!! Also a big congrats to Carrie who ran a PR of 3:27:20. It was a great day to run in Boston as we all saw Desiree Davila, Kara Goucher and Ryan Hall kill it today! We are very proud of all our teammates and their accomplishments!

Off the Circuit......

It was a busy weekend for Teammates over the weekend in races that were not part of the circuit.

Thea Flemming once again proved her dominance in the Trail Mix 25K by winning in some fun snowy conditions in 1:52. Men's team mate Chris Lundstrom won the 50K in 3:23.

Jenna Boren took top honors in St. Cloud's Annual Earth Day Half Marathon as well, while Sheila Eldred and Megan Kelly placed in the top 5 at the Recycle 5K at Lake Harriet and Lori Anne Peterson was 2nd in her 5K on saturday at Boom Island.

Up next in two weeks the Get in Gear Team Race....... Go TCRC.

Team Results Up for Human Race

A narrow miss for the top spot, but very competitive first race for the circuit and awesome performance by the entire team. Jenna took the Overall Women's Title with Thea, Aimee, Kelly and Sandra rounding out the top 5 performances for the team.





Scoring (not yet official)



1. Run n Fun 8
2. TC Running Co 7
3. Foley & Mansfield 6
4. Northwoods 5
5. Collegeville 4
6. Team Unattached 3
7. St. Cloud River Runners 2


Get in Gear is next. If there are any changes in the listed scoring I will let you know!

New Team Members .....

Welcome to the newest TC Running Team members for this racing season.

Sandra McClellan
Libby Johnson (added for the 10 mile last year)
Janet Robertz
Nicole Degner (added middle of last year)

With the addition of Janet, we now have a full master's team. It will be great to have her back in the racing scene.

Sandra comes to us from Run n Fun and is not only a strong runner but amazing acupuncturist!

Libby has been on and off the racing scene having babies! Great to have you on the team you will do awesome!

Nicole comes to us with a strong collegiate resume which was only the beginning. Hopes of London 2012 marathon trials are on the mind ;)

Let's get out and have a great year!

2011 Team Circuit........

March 20 - Human Race 8K USATF Championship
April 30 - Get in Gear 10K USATF Championship
May 12 - TC 1 Mile USATF Championship
May 30 - Brian Kraft 5K
June 18 - Grandma's Marathon USATF Championship
July 20 - Lifetime Fitness 5K USATF Championship
August 14 - MDRA 15K USATF Championship
September 11 - City of Lakes 25K USATF Championship
October 2 - TC 10 Mile USATF Championship

MDRA 15K Results

Congrats to Jenna on winning the MDRA 15K in huge fashion with almost a 5 minute lead on the next runner. Finishing out the pack were Kaylee and Megan with a nice run to put us in 2nd place overall securing us in 3rd place. Current Standings are:

1. 44 Run n Fun
2. 36 Foley & Mansfield
3. 30 TCRC
4. 29 Northwoods
5. 21 St. Cloud River Runners
6. 17 Collegeville
7. 8 Mississippi RR
8. 7 Prairie Striders
9. 2 Marsh Runners
10. 2 MDRA

See you all in September for City of Lakes and Fort Snelling Relays.........

Welcome to new team mate Nicole who will run her first race for TCRC at City of Lakes. the current standings are as follows:

34 Run n Fun
28 foley Mansfield
24 Northwoods
21 TC Running Co
15 St. Cloud RR
13 Collegeville
5 Miss. RR
2 Marsh

We do have a throw away race, so that puts us really in 3rd place. See everyone soon!!!!