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Free State Trail Runs
Race Reports & Photos
2009
2009 Results and Other Musings
Well, what can we say? Weather-related issues can
be an "issue" in Kansas. Luckily, the marathon was completely finished prior to the 5 sets of tornado sirens going off.
Results are below. I'm sorry they took so long to get up.
The 40-mile and 100K Ultra Race results were problematic,
due to the sirens, high-winds, heavy rain and confusion that started at about 10 hours and 30 minutes into the race.
If you have any additions, submissions, confessions, questions or problems with them, please email
me. Thanks.
Thanks for your understanding with the closure of the race
prior to the stated time limit. There were impassible streams on the trail due to rains / flooding, and there were also
high winds, lightning, and certain Park officials that told us to shutdown the race and hunker-down in shelters.
One person (not in the race) was hit by lightning, just a short distance from the course.
We have the best volunteers in the world, and they worked
extremely hard to make sure that everybody who could get off of the trails, safely did so. A special thanks goes
to Phil Sheridan, for risking life & limb to sweep 10 miles of the course during the storm.
Thanks again for a great Free State Trail Run.
Happy trails,
Ben & Sophia
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2009 Race Reports:
2008
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