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Several D-FW area brave souls tackled the Pikes Peak Marathon on Aug. 22, and Wes Ritner, 42, of Dallas led the way with a 6:02:38 (the course includes a trek up and down the peak). He was the 145th finisher among the 688 who successfully completed the test. Other from the D-FW area included John Noltensmeyer, 41, of Dallas in 6:05:42; Bob Smeby, 53, of Plano in 6:22:13; Larry Lichnovsky, 62, of Arlington (6:24:22); Barbara Schultz, 40, of Allen (6:28:48); Claudia P. Zulejkic, 39, of Rockwood (6:45:26) and David Zulejkic, 42, (7:04:49)....Daniel Russey, male winner of the 39-under division at the Trinity 5000 Summer Series, said he's training for his first marathon, the Metro PCS Dallas White Rock on Dec. 5. He plans to test himself at half that distance at the Heels, Hills and Him on Sept. 26 in Irving....If they don't have a frequent flyer's mileage deal, they should get one. At least five D-FW area runners traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15 to run either the Big Wild Life Marathon and Half Marathon. In the half, Cary Hancock, 48, of Hurst ran a 2:01:59.6, son Layne, 20, finished in 2:18:42.1 and Whitney Wakefield, a former cross country teammate of Layne's at Birdville High, finished with Layne in 2:18:42.1. She now lives in McGregor. In the Big Wild Life Marathon, Jack Becker, 64, of Dallas, ran a 3:40:06.4 and Bill Berenson, 55, of Fort Worth finished in 3:45:48.5. Berenson, nursing an injured hamstring, still managed to log is 14th consecutive Boston Marathon-qualifying time in the past 18 months while placing second in his age division. Berenson said he also had to avoid an enormous moose and her calf during the run. Now, that's something you don't see around D-FW. Also, Tim Egolf, 42, of Frisco finished in 4:42:27....The 35th Trinity Trot, scheduled Oct. 2, has moved this year to its original location at TCU. The 4-mile run has been at Trinity Park and at Bellaire and Hulen the past few years. ....The Mud Run DFW has been turned into a two-day event on Nov. 6-7 because of the increase in participation. The competitive and kids race are scheduled for the 7th....Dawn Burke of Dallas won the women's masters title at the Run, Walk and Roll 5K at Reverchon Park on Saturday morning (Aug. 14), and it was an early birthday present for her. She is 49, but is ready to move to the 50-54 age division. A big birthday bash was planned for her in the evening at Bob Luchsinger's home....For those runners looking for prize money, there are a few races that offer cash incentives. In September, for example, the Addison Oktoberfest (Sept. 14) is offering $250 for the overall male and female winners; $100 for second and $50 for third. Overall masters winners can earn $100. On Oct. 2, the Clark Gardens Half Marathon, 5K, is offering $100 for overall half winners. Also, on Oct. 9, the Lake Joe Pool Pumpkin Run is offering $100 to overall winners...Even though the temperature was about 100 on Thursday night (Aug. 5) at the Trinity 5000 Summer Series, Mark Followill ran a 5K personal best of 19:38, beating his previous best, he said, by 12 seconds and winning the 35-39 age division. ``I'm surprised,'' he said. However, he added, ``I'm paying for it,'' as he had a difficult time cooling down as it took several minutes before he began feeling better....Chad Cook, 33, of Dallas was the fastest Metroplex finisher at the San Francisco Marathon on July 25 with a 3:11:27. Also, Winston Hurst, 18, of Dallas was among the top finishers with a 3:34:26....At the Carrollton (MI) Festival of Races on July 25, Bobby Brown, 54, of Carrollton (TX) ran a Boston qualifying time of 3:15:14....Chris Crawford, 49, of Dallas ran another fast time for the second consecutive month by posting a 3:14:26 at the University of Okoboji Marathon in Iowa on July 17. He placed fifth. Jim Mayo, 60, of Coppell, won his age division with a 3:43:15 and nailed a Boston qualifying time. Also, John Little, 63, of Coppell bagged himself a Boston qualifying time of 3:55.16....The MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon will be offering $25,000 in prize money for the marathon on Dec.12....Bill Berenson, 55, of Fort Worth celebrated Independence Day by running the Foot Traffic Flat Marathon in Portland, OR., and was rewarded with his fifth Boston Marathon-qualifying time, which he has posted in five states and within five months. He ran a 3:39:39, but that wasn't the end of his activities. The race was on Sunday (July 4) and two days later he was skiing down Mount Hood in the morning and playing golf that evening in Washington. On July 3, a few D-FW area runners finished the difficult Leadville Trail Marathon in Colorado, where the course that includes old miners trails and peaks at 13,185 feet. The average finish time among the 327 who crossed the line was 6 hours, 16 minutes and 49 seconds. Leading the way from the D-FW area was Richard Humphrey, 48, of Keller with a 5:35:10, which was good for 83rd place. Philip Williams, 37, came in at 5:59:05 and Jerry Hodges, 40, of Frisco finished in 6:00:22...Mitch Kent, 44, of Southlake was 201st among the 4,080 finishers at the Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon on June 26 with a 3:26:49. Among other top finishers from the D-FW area were Carrie Seeley, 35, of Mansfield with a Boston Marathon-qualifying 3:43:01 and Read Hoffman, 24, of Irving with a 3:44:27. At the difficult and hot Running With The Devil Marathon in Boulder City, Nev., on June 26, Matt Riley, 36 of Denton came in with a 5:00:54 and Kyle Wood, 25, of Dallas finished in 5:02:21. The average finishing time was 6:07:51....Also, in a grueling event that started on June 26, three Metroplex ultra marathoners finished the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run, which includes a cumulative climb of 13,185 feet and a total descent of 13,185 feet. Cindy Melder, 48, of Dallas finished in 27:39:17. b, 63, Fort Worth, came in at 29:39:42 and Fred Thompson, 61, Keller, finished a step behind at 29:39:41. There were 328 finishers.....Anchorage is a long way to go from D-FW, but three area runners made the journey and were among those who finished relatively high at the June 19 Mayor's Marathon. Jon Korte of Grapevine ran a Boston Marathon-qualifying time of 3:12:51 and placed 33rd among the 851 finishers and eighth in the 40-44 age division. Douglas Keeffe of Grapevine also nailed a Boston qualifier with a 3:45:05 and was 10th in the 55-59 age division. Mark Hapka of Dallas beat four hours with his 3:56:53 and was 22nd in the 25-29 division....Chris Crawford, of Dallas zipped to a 3:17:58 to place third overall and second in his 40-49 age division in the marathon race at the Niagara Ultra 50K, Marathon and Half at Ontario, Canada on June 19. Crawford, 49, was coming off a fourth place finish on May 30 at the Andy Payne Marathon, where he ran a 3:02.52....Bill Berenson, 55, of Fort Worth continues his amazing marathon feats despite logging only 25 miles a week. He ran his 12th consecutive Boston Marathon-qualifying time in 12 different states at the North Olympic Discovery Marathon in Port Angeles, Wash., on June 6. He ran a 3:38:45, his fourth BQ in the past four months. He said he has been trying to beat 3:30, but his hopes faded when he encountered ''two monster hills'' at miles 16 and 20. At the Rock 'n' Rolle Marathon in San Diego on June 6, three D-FW area runners finished high among the 10,625 finishers. Richard Sullivan, 29, of Dallas, ran a 3:18:16; Nick La Barbera, 47, of Richardson posted a 3:28:59; and Christina Hughes Babb, 35, of Dallas ran a 3:31:21. At the Sunburst Marathon in South Bend, Ind., on June 5, Jeff Garber, 45, of Lewisville zipped to a 3:00:15 to win his age division and place eighth among the 744 finishers. On June 6, Angela Tortorice, 42, of Dallas finished the Steamboat Marathon in Steamboat Springs, Colo., in 5:12:23. Jeff Venable, 54, of Dallas, traveled to Casper, Wy., to run that city's marathon on June 6 and finished in 4:50:21. Then at the Lewis and Clark Marathon in Bozeman, Mont., on June 6, Peter Beauvais, 48, of Desoto won his age division with a 3:24:05 and was sixth among the 70 finishers....A lottery system has been put in place for the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon. This will give all runners the same chance to register for the Jan. 30, 2011, events. Last year, the event sold out in 60 hours....Runners can enter the lottery by registering between 6 a.m., July 27, and 11:59 p.m., Aug. 12. Officials will announce participants on Tuesday, Aug. 17. The combined cap again will be 22,000 – 11,000 each for the half and the full. For information, visit www.houston marathon.com.

Several D-FW runners ventured to Oklahoma City on May 30 to run the Andy Payne Marathon. Two of them posted Boston Marathon-qualifying times: Dave Emerson, 51,of Coppell with a chip time of 2:56:28 and Chris Crawford, 49, of Dallas with a 3:02:52. Emerson and Crawford were third and fourth overall among the 79 finishers and each won his age division. Also, Richard Humphrey, 48, of Keller ran a 3:23:40....Former LGRAW president Kelly "K2" Richards, 41, finished 113 among the 403 finishers at the Coeur d' Alene (Idaho) Marathon on May 30 with a 3:38:14....Connor Adams of Flower Mound High School won the High School Elite division at the Congress Avenue Mile on Saturday (May 22) when he passed his competition in the last quarter to win with a 4:07.69. Runner-up was Ethan Doherty of Boerne Champion, just a step behind at 4:08.09. Winning the girls elite title was Amanda Russell of Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park with a 4:51.39. Craig Lutz of Marcus, who was second overall last year, finished in 4:14. Neil Smith of Southlake Carroll came in at 4:09. In the men's open elite division, Adam Davis of Houston won in 4:06.74. Sesar Figueroa of Baytown was second in 4:09.68. Lennie Waite of Austin won the female division with a 4:46. Kiplimo Chemirmir of Flower Mound finished fourth in the men's race with a 4:21 while Aaron Purser of Plano was seventh with a 4:28 and Clarence Hosey of Dallas was eighth with a 4:31...Dallas will be one of the four cities to be host to a new national sprint series TriRock. Competitor Group, which started the Rock 'n' Roll series of events, has announced that the Dallas event, a 500-meter swim, a 20K bike ride and a 5K run, wil be Sept 12 at Lake Carolyn at Las Coliinas on Sept. 19. Dallas will be the second in the series that begins Sept. 12 near San Diego. Others will be Portland (Oct. 3)and Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Nov. 7). For information about registrating, visit www.trirock.competitor.com....Orville Rogers of Dallas, who set two American records as a 92-year-old this year at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in Canada, was the guest runner Saturday (May 15) at the Run For The Hills at the International Museum of Cultures in Dallas...Also, on May 15, Mark Swanson, 48, of Mansfield was one of the 203 finishers at the Brookings (S.D.) Marathon, and he finished 21st overall with his Boston Marathon-qualifying time of 3:24:58.... Artists and designers have an opportunity to design the T-shirt logos for the Lake Benbrook Half Marathon and 5K in January. Have some ideas? Contact Michael Polansky at polanskyrunning@msn.com....Mark Swanson, 48, of Mansfield was among the 196 finishers at the Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon in St. Joseph, Minn., on May 8 and came in at 3:26:18 to place fifth in his age division and log a Boston Marathon qualifying time....The MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon board has set Dec. 5 as the tentative date for this year's event, which has been the fist weekend of December....Thomas Okazaki, 53, who's sort of like the battery bunny (he never wears down), finished 94th among 3,442 finishers at the Big Sur International Marathon on Sunday (April 25) in Carmel, Calif. The Southlake resident ran a 3:19:30. Larry Lichnovksy, 63, of Arlington was the 156th finisher and second in his age division with a 3:26:20. Other top finishers from the D-FW area included Alma Darensburg, 45, of Lewisville (3:30:54), Jens Eltze, 43, of Frisco (3:50:02), and Jonathan Boils, 33, of Lewisville (3:54:22). At the Country Music Marathon in Nashville on April 24, Read Hoffman, 24, of Irving ran a 3:37:47 and Margie Starr Lawrence, 54, of Plano finished in 3:54:15....Ramiro Garcia led D-FW runners at Sunday's (April 25) Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon with a 2:41:30 clocking, good for fifth place overall. Some other D-FW area runners who enjoyed good days in the marathon included Dave Emerson of Coppell, who won the 50-54 male division with a 3:06:04, Kiplimo Chemirmir of Flower Mound, who was third in the 25-29 male division (ninth overall) with a 2:49:49, and Markku Toiviainen of Flower Mound, second in the 35-39 male division with a 2:57.54. Also, Stuart White of Argyle was third in the 45-49 male division (3:03:35), Yolanda Combs of Burleson was fourth in the female 40-44 division (3:37:28), Elsinore Alexander of Fort Worth was fourth in the female 25-29 division (3:26:16), and Alexandra Boehrer of Dallas was second in the female 20-24 division (4:12:17)....Reuben Chesang, 46, who has won five marathons from Pittsburgh to Mexico City and is now training in Allen, ran a 2:21:15 to finish 23rd overall at the Boston Marathon on Monday (April 19). Leading the regular area D-FW runners at Boston was Melisa Christian, 33, of Dallas with a 2:44:01. Melisa, who is an Olympic Trials marathon qualifier, was 288th among the 22,540 finishers. Former White Rock Marathon winner and a former Olympic Trials qualifier, William Moore, 48, was not too far behind and crossed the line in 2:45:12 to be 331st. Also, Bill Berenson, 55, of Fort Worth logged a 3:31:30 for a PR and notched his 11th consecutive Boston-qualifying time. Among some of the other area top finishers were C. Keith Grisham, 39, of Plano (2:54:47); Jeff Alexander, 40, of Fort Worth (2:54:09); Jeffrey Evanson, 51, of Frisco (2:56:25), and David Jones, 46 of Plano (2:58:04). First area female finisher was Shelley Kaiser, 30, of Dallas (3:14:58)....Kiplimo Chemirmir of Flower Mound finished third in Angie's Half Crazy! Half Marathon in Houston on Saturday (April 10) and earned $100. However, he had a shot for the $300 first-place money after leading through 11 miles. But Kiplimo said he twisted his ankle when turning a corner and a shoe came off. Kiplimo, hampered by foot blisters, dropped to third when the second-place runner passed him in the last kilometer. He finished in 1:14:12.7. The winner, Luis Armentaros of Houston finished in 1:12:17 and earned another $100 for setting the course record. Samuel Rodriguez was second in 1:13:07.8.... Claude Hicks Jr., 50, of Fort Worth already has finished more marathons and ultras (more than 100 in all) than a roomful of regular runners, and he just keeps on going. He ran the Yakima (Washington) River Canyon Marathon on March 27 and finished in 4:19:51 and was 190th among the 530 finishers. Also traveling far to run long was Carlos Gracia of Fort Worth. He ran a 3:51:53 at the Knoxville Marathon on March 28. He was 124th among the 521 finishers and was 17th in the 45-49 age division...If you notice the Azle Lake Run ad on this website, you'll notice the event has added a half marathon on May 15. Want to attend a friendly marathon with scenic courses? It would be hard to beat Azle...Several area runners spread out for out-of-state marathons over the March 21-22 weekend. At the City of Los Angeles Marathon on March 21, Philip Hodge, 44, of Little Elm nailed a Boston Marathon qualifier with a chip time of 3:03:22. He was 153rd among the 22,403 finishers. Others in LA included Andrew Lawson, 27, of Dallas (3:14:24), Taylor Johnson, 26, of Richardson (3:22:24), Dylan Higginbotham, 21, Plano (3:30:44), and Mindy Kuhl, 28, Dallas (3:46:11). At the Georgia Marathon in Atlanta on March 21, Sloan Ware, 20, of Fort Worth was 65th among the 2,141 finishers with a 3:14:30. Other finishers included Eric Loffland, 35, of Glen Rose (3:21:54), and Alison Peters, 30, Fort Worth (3:30:24). Also on March 21, Mark Swanson, Mansfield, finished 32nd with a 3:39:50 at the Big Island International Marathon in Hilo. Also, Doug Neven of Mesquite tolerated Hawaii and finished with a 4:11:16....Kiplimo Chemirmir of Flower Mound, runner-up at the Cowtown Marathon on Feb. 27, finished third at the Little Rock Marathon on March 7. He ran an unofficial 2:34:51, which still leaves him more than three minutes short of his goal of beating his mother's marathon PR....While 21,000 runners and walkers enjoyed the varying distances at The Cowtown on Feb. 27, some other Metroplex runners ventured to other venues over that weekend to run marahons. At the New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon on Feb. 28,Among those who came in the top 500 inlcuded David Jones, 38, of Dallas (3:28:56); Jordan Lynch, 30, of Fort Worth (3:31:45); Mark Spurlock, 48, of Irving (3:33:27); Jeffrey Labauve, 31, of Dallas (3:34:10); and Cecil Cooper, 48,of Fort Worth (3:35:59). And then at the Gasparilla Distance Classic in Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 28, Bill Berenson, 55, of Fort Worth ran his 10th Boston qualifier in 10 different states with a 3:32:02.... Kiplimo Chemirmir, 26, of Flower Mound finished fourth at the Austin Marathon on Feb. 14 with a 2:33:25. Three-time Cowtown Marathon winner Keith Pierce of Cedar Park won in 2:20:36. Other top finishers from the D-FW area included Michelle McGoldrick, 37, who was 59th overall with a BQ 3:04:18, which won her age division; Trey Bryant, 41, of Dallas with a BQ 3:04:46; Brad Pierpont, 29, of Cleburne with a BQ 3:06:54; Jerod Honrath, 36, of Dallas with a BQ 3:07:17; Dave Emerson, 51, of Coppell with BQ 3:09:06; Adrian Long, 22, of Alvarado with a 3:12:34; Amy Assenmacher, 34, of Dallas with a BQ 3:18:20; Rachel Whaley, 18, of McKinney with a BQ 3:19:49; Chad Truby, 34, of Keller with a 3:22:51; Dane Thomson, 40, of Dallas with a 3:23:08; and Brad Hall, 39, of Southlake, with a 3:23:48....At the Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham, Ala., on Feb. 14, Carlos Gracia, 44, of Fort Worth, ran a 3:49:54..... Jeffrey Arnier Jr., representing the Dallas Metroplex Stars, finished 10th in the Junior Men's 8K on Saturday (Feb. 13) at the USA Cross Country Championships and World Cross Country trials in Spokane, Wash. Arnier ran a 25:05. Winning was Trevor Dunbar of the University or Portland in 24:04. In the Junior 6K, Carly Kitts, also representing the Dallas Metroplex Stars, ran a 23:26 to place 26th. Shelby Greany of Providence College won in 20:27....Joe's Run has announced that the band Triggerfish, which plays a wide variety of music, will be playing at the March 27 event....Trey Bryant, 41, of Dallas, enjoyed a fast time at the Surf City Marathon in Hungtington Beach, Calif., on Feb. 7. He ran a Boston Marathon-qualifying time of 3:04:44 to finish 28th overall among the 2,349 finishers and placed second in his age division. Also, Donita Robins, 47, of Greenville ran a 4:15:31....At the Death Valley Trail Marathon (a real scary name for a marathon) in Death Valley, Calif., on Feb. 6, Felicia Finston, 49, of Dallas nailed a Boston qualifier with a 3:53:31...There were only 198 finishers at the Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon in Melbourne, Fla., on Feb. 7, and Kyle Wood, 24, of Dallas was among them with a 3:42:57.....Southlake resident Thomas Okazaki, who's planning to run his 100th marathon at The Cowtown on Feb. 27, ran the Rocky Raccoon 50-Mile Ultra Trail Run in Huntsville on Saturday (Feb. 6) and scored a PR with a 9:04:24. He completed his 97th marathon/ultra with the effort and plans to log his 98th and 99th marathons the next two weekend at the Surfside Beach Marathon in Surfside, Tx., on Feb. 13 and then the Austin Marathon the week before Cowtown...Pascal Silverstre, 48, of Paris (Tx) earned a Boston Marathon-qualifying time at the Miami Marathon on Jan. 31 by running a 2:56:38 on a hot and humid morning. He placed second in his age division and was 20th overall in the marathon that had 2,871 finishers. Also, three Dallas residents broke four hours in Miami, including Peter Thistleton, 37, (3:50:55), Jason Schuchard, 30, (3:51:41), and Sarah Smith, 32, (3:52:34)....At the Ocala (Fla.) Marathon on Jan. 31, two area residents were among the 116 finishers. Claude Hicks Jr. (a 50-stater) of Fort Worth ran a 3:54:33, and Clyde Shank of Plano finished in 4:46:45....Benjy Melancon, 39, of Gainesville participated at the Carlsbad (Callif.) Marathon on Jan. 24 and ran a 3:41:18 to finish 199th among the 1,194 finishers. Also on Jan. 24, Ken and Lorrie Gray of Carrollton were among the area participants at the Maui Oceanfront Marathon in Lahaina, Maui. Ken ran a 4:40:31 and Lorrie finished in 5:35:58....As usual, there were many from the D-FW area who participated in the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 17, and many posted fast times. The leading male runner in the marathon from the area was Andrew Cook of Flower Mound, who finished in 2:23:19 to finish 11th overall. In the half, Dawn Charlier of Dallas ran a 1:19:41 to finish 28th among females. Among the males in the half, Nicholas Stanko, 28, of Haslett ran a 1:04:42 for 17th place. Other top marathon finishers by cities: Fort Worth -- Loc Ly, 35, 3:09:37; Joseph Averett, 32, 3:09:54; James Michael, 47, 3:16:44 and Policarpo Hernandez, 28, 3:33:11. Dallas -- Shaheen Sattar, 25, 3:08:54; Nick Polito, 41, 3:09:38; Trey Bryant, 41, 3:14:21; David Weakley, 51, 3:19:40; Amanda Klein, 26, 3:24:28; James Wilson, 42, 3:25:18; Colleen Nelson, 35, 3:30:07. Hurst -- Joseph Kilianski, 21, 3:11:40. Grand Prairie -- Angela Eusery, 41, 3:34:26. Bedford -- Doug Wensrich, 28, 3:08:29. Plano -- Jerry Young, 41, 2:58:35; Mark Newcomb, 53, 3:20:13; Rodney Dellinger, 34, 3:25; Debbie Laude, 29, 3:38:32; Lauren Newcomb, 20, 3:38:52. Irving -- Jason Couch, 36, 3:15:48. Benbrook -- Todd Reynolds, Benbrook, 42, 2:54:48....Several area runners also ventured to west to run in the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon on Jan.17. Among the finishers was Bill Berenson of Fort Worth, who ran his ninth Boston qualifier in nine different states. Berenson, 55, finished in 3:34:34. Other top finishers among the 5,691 who crossed the finish line included Becky Angeles, Neveda (Tx), 32, 2:47:28; Garrett Underdown, 34, Frisco, 2:58:29; Jon Korte, 28, Grapevine, 3:04:44; Brian Elliott, 26, Hurst, 3:09:30; Ethan Underwood, 35, Dallas, 3:11:14; Philip Hodge, 43, Little Elm, 3:15:47; Chad Allison, 37, Plano, 3:32:18; Kyle Wills, 34, Rowett, 3:34:36; Erik Gretarsson, 45, Hurst, 3:36:37 and Mullin Stephanie, 40, Arlington, 3:39:39....Traveling to Robins AFB in Georgia on Jan. 16 to compete in the Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon incuded Peter Beauvais, 48, of DeSoto, whose 3:01:43 was good for a second place finish. Also, Edna Turner, 42, of Farmers Branch, ran a 4:08:32....The Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers running club (LGRAW) has had its Hound Dog Hustle on April 24 designated as the RRCA Texas 5K Championship Race....This was Florida? On Jan. 10, temperatures hovered in the low-30s for the Disney World Marathon and several D-FW area runners participated in the chilling conditions. First among them to return and find warmth was Jerod Honrath, 35, of Dallas. He finished 135th among the 16,874 finishers with a Boston Marathon qualifying time of 3:09:25. Others among the top 1,000 included Annie King, 24, of Dallas (a BQ 3:31:15), Eric Peterman, 34, of Hurst (3:34:29), Amy Clark, 32, of Fort Worth (a BQ 3:36:04), Cy Armstrong, 31, of Dallas, (3:36:29), and Scott, 40, and Joanna Meek, of Frisco, finished together at 3:38:33, and Richard Harpel, Dallas, came in at 3:39:13....Jeff Venable, 47, of Dallas, capped 2009 on Dec. 27 by participating in the Run The Ranch Marathon in Springfield, Mo. The marathon, which is an multi-loop 5K course, attracted 95 participants. Comments from those who participated ranged from terrible to great. Apparently, the food was great, but organization, medals and shirts seemed to be a problem. Anyway, Venable, who has completed more than 50 marathons, finished in 4:29:19 to place second in his age division. Strangely, one female runner complained about a horse being on the medals and shirts. She said this wasn't a rodeo, but she should look at the marathon's name to maybe get a clue of why a horse is depicted on the medal and shirt.