Here are more summer race pictures from Eve Stein.

Carlton Daze 5k, July 27th

Voyageur 50, July 28th

UWS Mini Meet, July 31st

UWS Mini Meet, August 7th

Brule River Lions Run, August 12th

Eve Stein is continuing her impressive streak of race photography this summer.  Here are several galleries of race pictures from the last month.  Thanks, Eve, for providing these pictures for everyone!

Mini Meet #2, Superior (7/24)

Park Point 5-Miler, Duluth (7/20)

Run with Roger, Duluth (7/18)

Mini Meet #1, Superior (7/17)

Half Voyageur, Duluth (7/14)

Tofte Trek, Tofte (7/4)

Harbor House 5k, Superior (6/30)

Midnight Sun, Duluth (6/23)

Submitted By:

Kris Glesener

Northern Minnesota Track Club

kkglesener@yahoo.com

218-390-4784

We still have some areas of this year's Voyageur course that need attention, and we will have a work day this Saturday (July 7th) to finish up the course.  We will meet in the zoo parking lot at 9am.  There are three sections of the course that need work, so we will split into three teams and carpool to the different sections.

The main activities we will be doing are mowing and pruning.  If you have a weed whip, pruning sheers, or a hand saw, we would love to have your help!  We will also have a few extra tools available for those who don't have them.  Other items you'll need while out on the trail are water, work gloves, and safety glasses.

We appreciate all the support and help everyone has been offering - we look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

UPDATE: The city has been very supportive and is organizing a work day next Thursday (July 12th) to help get the start/finish area by the zoo in good shape.  This area has some minor washout damage, and we would like to fix it as much as possible as people will be going through it in a large pack.  More information available here.

UPDATE 2: Lisa Messerer will be running the course at 10:30am on Sunday starting from the zoo if anyone would like to check out the course.

Submitted By:

Kris Glesener

Northern Minnesota Track Club

kkglesener@yahoo.com

218-390-4784

Voyageur Update

I am happy to announce that the Half Voyageur Trail Marathon will be held as usual this year.  The race will take place on July 14th at 6am at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth, MN.  We are still working on the details for the Minnesota Voyageur Trail Ultra and are hopeful that it too can be held this year.

New Route

The recent floods have severely damaged the usual Voyageur course.  The Fond du Lac and Jay Cooke areas were particularly hard hit, and we lost several good trails in those areas.  This year's route for the Half Voyageur will start at the zoo, go as far as the powerlines, and go back to the zoo.  It is not completely out-and-back; it's more of a "lollipop" style course.  The other big change is the route from the zoo to Magney-Snively.  The usual gravel road is washed out, and the new route will include lots of interesting single-track trails.  We currently have 22-23 miles of trails mapped out for the Half Voyageur.  We are working on adding in a few more miles and evaluating whether or not 2 loops of this course will work for the Voyageur Ultra (50 miles).

Volunteers

Interested in helping out at the Half Voyageur?  We need several volunteers and would love to have you help.  We are in need of the following volunteers:

• July 7th - Mowing day.  We are in need of volunteers with weed whips and trimmers.
• July 13th - Marking the course.
• July 14th - Aid station volunteers on race day.

If you are able to help on any of these days, we would love to hear from you!  Contact Kris at kkglesener@yahoo.com or 218-390-4784 if you would like to volunteer or if you have any questions about the race.

Congrats to all who participated in the Grandma's races this weekend.  Below are links to Eve Stein's pictures and video.  If you have pictures or video you would like to post for others to see, you can send them to info@northlandrunner.com.

William A. Irvin 5k Pics

Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon Pics

Women's Elite Half Marathon Start Video

Men's Elite Half Marathon Start Video

UPDATE (6/18): One more Half Marathon video.