Archives for “Running”
Tweet Mission Hills attorney Steve Gorny has made something of a side career out of raising money for good causes by tackling double-take inducing running feats. In 2006, he ran a marathon a month to raise money for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In 2009, he ran 100 miles in 24 hours and 26 [...]
Tweet Nearly 900 people hit the course around Corinth Elementary Saturday morning for the 9th annual Dragon Dash 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. A warmer-than-average May morning made that last mile plenty challenging for the novice runners on the course (myself included), but it didn’t slow down 27 year old Joffroi Holcombe, who put in [...]
Tweet You might not guess it from looking at them, but like their plentiful peers the hippo and the bear, dragons are actually quite good runners. So to celebrate their mascot’s unsung abilities on the track — and raise funds for the school’s foundation, Corinth Elementary is gearing up for its annual Dragon Dash. The ninth [...]
Tweet The ING New York City Marathon hit the streets of the Big Apple last weekend, and at least a couple of Prairie Village-area residents were there for the punishment. Local attorney Patrick Daly was among them, and managed to capture some great footage of the race in action as well as shots of the [...]
Tweet Danny “the Blizzard Jogger” Miller has been kind enough to put together one more article with suggestions about local running routes.This time, he offers ideas for jogs just outside the Prairie Village area. Go get ‘em. By Danny Miller Hi everyone, time for the final installment of some favorite local running and biking routes. [...]
Tweet Reader Greg Peters sent along a couple of shots from this past weekend’s Sunflower League cross country championships. SM East’s top performers were Annie Kuklenski, who finished 17th overall in the varsity girls’ race with a 16:22.68 5K, and Adam Simmons, who finished 13th overall in the boys’ varsity race at 16:45.68. The boys [...]
Tweet Friend-of-the-site and indefatiguable ultramarathoner Danny Miller reached out to us the other day. And this is what he said: “The weather is nice. A lot of people are out running. And a lot of people ask me for suggestions about good routes in the Prairie Village area. What if I shared some of my [...]
Tweet The Prairie Elementary PTA has decided to take a new approach to fundraising this year, moving away from its traditional battery of sales and toward larger events intended to foster more community spirit. The group is kicking off the new strategy with a run, the Prairie Pride 5K and 1-mile Fun Run, to be [...]
Tweet When Kimberly Genseal, 20, heard the announcer at Sunday’s BRGR Run 4 Jazz 5K call “Go,” she knew she had support around the globe. The Warrensburg, Mo., resident had spoken with her father, who is stationed with the Air Force in Iraq, via Skype the night before. When she told him about her last [...]
Tweet Prairie Village Jazz Festival chair Kathy Peterson went door-to-door Saturday letting people who live along the route of the BRGR Luv 4 Jazz 5K run know that the roads along their houses will be closed off during the run. See the Google map below for an overview of the race route. View BRGR Luv [...]
Tweet Blizzard jogger, you’ve got company. Last Monday Mission resident Kelly Morken crossed the finish line of her first Boston Marathon. Three days later, she got her final round of chemotherapy. You read that right: Morken was in the middle of chemo treatments. And training for one of the most competitive endurance races in the [...]
Tweet We’re hoping the weather cooperates for a couple of big events in the heart of Prairie Village tomorrow: The annual Steps for the Cure 5K run and 1 mile walk starts at the Village Shops at 8 a.m. More than 700 participants are expected to take to the course. (If you haven’t registered yet [...]
Tweet Next Monday will be a day of finish lines for Mission Valley mom Meridith Bihuniak. The certified public accountant has been racing for months to finish up clients’ tax returns before they’re due April 18. And if reaching the end of that slog weren’t accomplishment enough, she’s hoping to cross the finish line of [...]
Loading ...