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Down the Backstretch The final Yes/No contest of 2009 is now up ...

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NCAA Division I and Division III cross country athletes and teams will attempt to qualify for their respective national meets in contests all around the country this weekend. The local squads are all heading south to compete in their Regional Meets on Saturday. ...
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Down the Backstretch Check out full State Meet coverage ...

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#1-ranked Waseca topped #2 Perham in girls' Class A competion at the MSHSL State Meet.Waseca tallied 81 to Perhams' 92. Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin was third with 121.Four-time defending Class A champions Adrian were 4th with 154.Find complete results HERE.
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Down the Backstretch Eden Prairie wins Boys' Class AA

Down the Backstretch: FLASH: Eden Prairie Tips Wayzata 47-57
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#1-ranked Eden Prairie edged Wayzata 47-57 to win the MSHSL Class AA boys' cross country title this morning in Northfield.More details to come ...
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Down the Backstretch Eden Prairie's Bartnik wins Class AA boys ...

Down the Backstretch: FLASH: Bartnik Wins Class AA State Title
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Eden Prairie junior Aaron Bartnik, the #1-ranked individual in Class AA won a close-fought victory over Woodbury's Marty Joyce to win the MSHSL Class AA boys' cross country title this morning in Northfield.
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Down the Backstretch Watch Garrett Heath's road mile victory here ...

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Down the Backstretch Josh Moen is racing in the Twin Cities this weekend ...

Down the Backstretch: Moen to Race at Saturday's Run for Oromia
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Josh Moen will try to burn up the streets of the Twin Cities one more time.The Team USA Minnesota star, who ran the 5th-fastest 10 mile time in U.S. history at the Medtronic TC 10 Mile two weekend's ago, ...
October 14 at 7:51am
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Down the Backstretch editor/publisher Charlie Mahler will co-host (with Carrie Tollefson) tonight's Twin Cities Marathon Highlight Show ... at 7:00 p.m. on Fox Sports North.

October 8 at 1:17pm
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Do you need any help tying your tie, Charlie? Good luck--you will be great!
October 8 at 2:35pm
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Down the Backstretch ... we've (finally) got our complete TCM coverage up -- re-caps, links to stories, and lots of photos!

Down the Backstretch: A Dozen Views of Twin Cities Marathon Sunday
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Here's our comprehensive collection of stories, photos, and impressions from a scintillating Sunday of Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon and TC 10 Mile action.
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Down the Backstretch at Twin Cities ... Hartman wins men's title in 2:12:09 ... Ilsa Paulson wins USA women's title in 2:31:49.

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Down the Backstretch Abdirahman beats Moen (!!!) 46:35 to 46:38 ... Smyth 3rd, Lehmkuhle 4th!

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Down the Backstretch presents the Marathon Week Facebook Film Festival. Our final selection is another video from Fancy Boy Productions. Good luck to everyone who is racing this weekend!

Why Do You Run?
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The question gets asked. The answer never seems to capture the real reason. This may help.
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Down the Backstretch: Logan: Rio Pick Costs USATF $10 Million
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USA Track and Field CEO Doug Logan, in St. Paul today ahead of Sunday's Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, said the International Olympic Committee's choice of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics ...
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Down the Backstretch presents the Marathon Week Facebook Film Festival. No introduction needed for this one. Get out there and be awesome.

The First Gold
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The first Womens Olympic Marathon saw a courageous move by young Joan Benoit of the Unites States. A few months removed from surgery she dared the field (and herself) to follow an early blistering pace. 1984 LA Olympics. Epic.
October 2 at 6:12am
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I missed my moring run the day of her LA Gold. My plan was to catch the start, sneak away for five miles, and then catch the meat of the race after I got back.

But, Joanie bolts at 5K and I can't leave the TV!
October 3 at 8:54am
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Jim Glazer
During that race, the TV coverage went to commercial and when they came back, she was 100m ahead and never looked back. The home viewers did not get to see her big move.
October 3 at 11:50am
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Down the Backstretch presents the Marathon Week Facebook Film Festival. Today's feature highlights one of the most famous moments in Minnesota marathon history. Wayzata native Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar go over the edge at the 1982 Boston Marathon. We debated whether to use this one, because the video quality is so poor, but there are a lot of things to love about this clip.

Duel in the Sun
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Boston Marathon 1982: Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar race neck and neck to the finish
October 1 at 6:51am
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Things to love:
1) Excellent background music.
2) Coach Bill Squires unable to contain himself in the broadcast booth.
3) It seems that in 1982, anyone could just hop on their bike and ride on the course, right behind the leaders, even into the final mile.
4) Dickie gives it one last try on the final corner.
October 1 at 6:55am
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Jim Glazer
The Boston 2009:
1) The finish is a bit different the last few blocks.
2) The crowds (though still as large and drunk) are behind barriers are LOUD.
3) Nothing you watch, read about or remember concerning the Boston Marathon match actually experiencing it in person.
4) WATTA--WATTA--WATTA! means water in a Boston accent.
October 2 at 10:50pm
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Down the Backstretch presents the Marathon Week Facebook Film Festival. Today's selection is the climactic final scene of "The Jericho Mile" – generally regarded as the finest prison running movie ever made.

The Jericho Mile - Final Scene - (Sympathy For The Devil)
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The Jericho Mile - Final Scene
September 30 at 7:03am
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Here's the set-up: Larry "Rain" Murphy is doing life in Folsom Prison for murder. Every spare minute, he runs laps around the prison yard. A prison official notices that he has real talent and brings in a local college coach to develop Murphy's running.

When Murphy can't get a furlough to run in a sanctioned meet, the prisoners build a track in ... Read Morethe exercise yard. A race is held with runners from the outside, and Murphy qualifies for the Olympic Trials. But the "OAU" denies his entry into the meet.

In this scene, Murphy is back to running laps around the yard when he hears the mile results from the Trials.
September 30 at 7:11am