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Women’s Distance Festival

[Results] [Photos] Two words.........impressive.  The29th annual Women's Distance Festival was held this Saturday.  Over 450 women and children participated in this quality event.  The event was a 2 mile, ...

Tour De France (Stages 1-5)

I awaited the arrival of the 95th Tour de France with excitement and bewilderment. This particular Tour seems up for grabs. There is no clear favorite. The #1 team in the world, Astana, with ...

Hilly Hillsboro

[Results] [Photos]  The 4th of July started off with a BANG at the  20th Annual Hillsboro Biathlon.  Conditions were ideal with partly cloudy skies and crisp ...

Premier Bank 5k

By  Matt Vortman (Wild Hare Corespondent) [Results] [Photos] I got myself out of bed at 4:30 this morning after a ...

Scholastic Sweat

[Results] [Awards] [Photos] The 16th Annual Bob Goldman Memorial Scholastic Challenge to benefit local high school running programs occurred today.  This is obviously a long running event that has withstood the test of time.  ...

Memorial’s Regional Burn Center 5K

[Results] Today was the second annual Memorial's Regional Burn Center 5K.  Proceeds were to benefit the "care and comfort" of patients and families.  The majority of the proceeds are to be used for things that insurance does not ...

Passavant Powerade 5k/10k

[Results] The Passavant-Powerade 10k was held on May 31.  It's a race that is usually well-attended by the runners from Springfield.  One reason ...

The Hot & Sunny Capital City Biathlon

[Results] [Photos] A beautiful day for the 2nd Capital City Biathlon at Lake Springfield.  The temps were in the upper 70s with just a tad of humidity for the start ...

What a Magnificent Mile!

[Results] [Photos] The first year for the Springfield's Magnificent Mile covered a grueling one mile stretch on 6th Street in the Historic downtown Springfield, ...

Beer, Donuts, Ice Cream - Oh My!

The Fat Ass 5K, (pardon my french) ran on Saturday May, 10th.  This was a downtown springfield run/walk with all proceeds going to ...