MARATHON
26.2...A "marathon" of words!
I have photographed the Fargo Marathon for the last few years. The experience of quickly moving from location to location to photograph runners and the stuff they go through is amazing. What is more a...
Posted on 5/21/13 at 10:54 AM
A defiant spirit
As I climbed on the treadmill early Tuesday morning, still a bit sluggish from a long day of work at the newspaper, my thoughts turned to the Boston Marathon. In an instant, the events Monday afterno...
Posted on 4/17/13 at 8:18 AM
And so I linger in the Butterfly Ball photo gallery...
I must confess, even though I had no butterflies at the ball I have looked at Forum photographer Carrie Snyder's Butterfly Ball photo gallery over and over again. There is something about all those da...
Posted on 4/16/13 at 11:24 PM
The face of Grandma's Marathon; weather's effect felt in Midwest races
Ariana Hilborn is the face of the 2012 Grandma's Marathon. Her story in the News Tribune is here. Weather has played a notable role in a number of Upper Midwest marathons in 2012, and it may again Sa...
Posted on 6/15/12 at 7:21 AM
Areavoices Digest #76 - Running, Minnesota Vikings, and Season-Ending TV
I decided for this week's list of recommended blogs, I'd go with the real HOT TOPICS. What's making news? What's the buzz? What are you talking about around the water cooler? At my office, ...
Posted on 5/16/12 at 10:31 AM
Corbett said Boston Marathon bombing hard to put into words
FARGO — It’s hard to put the bombing nightmare into sentences, but David Corbett has done his best since flying from Boston to Fargo this weekend.By Jeff Kolpack , May 18, 2013
McMerty running at 97 in marathon
FARGO — Kathleen McMerty is a 1933 graduate of Milton High School in the northeast part of North Dakota. As far as she can recall, there was not a girls track and field team.By Jeff Kolpack , May 17, 2013
Erichsen returns to Fargo Marathon after 3-year hiatus
FARGO — The course record for the Fargo Marathon was set in 2010 when Chris Erichsen blasted through the streets in 2 hours, 19 minutes, 55 seconds. He was only 24 years old at the time.By Jeff Kolpack , May 16, 2013
Carlson running holds more significance than No. 323
FARGO — Recently divorced at age 57 and looking for something different, Burt Carlson started hanging out with some runners, triathletes and bicyclists. That was 322 marathons and 30 years ago.By Jeff Kolpack , May 15, 2013
Student juggles marathon
By Jeff Kolpack , May 14, 2013
Fargo close to adjusting route as Red River rises
FARGO — As the Red River is beginning its rise, the Fargo Marathon is closing in on adjusting its 26.2-mile route.By Jeff Kolpack , April 20, 2013
Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody
By Eileen Sullivan , April 19, 2013
Williston man hears explosion from his hotel room
While the world stopped to tune in to the terror in Boston on Monday afternoon, the pandemonium at the marathon’s finish line hit closer to home for one Williston man.By Jenna Ebersole , April 17, 2013
Ethiopia’s Desisa, Kenya’s Jeptoo win in Boston
BOSTON — The Kenyans finally face a challenge to their dominance of the Boston Marathon, and it’s from their East African neighbors.By Jimmy Golen , April 15, 2013
Explosion stuns ND, Minnesota runners
BOSTON — Jeanne Barlage of Alexandria, Minn., said she was blocks beyond the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the first bomb exploded Monday.April 15, 2013
ND woman calls bomb explosions at Boston Marathon 'surreal'
BISMARCK — A North Dakota woman who finished the Boston Marathon just minutes before two bombs exploded Monday said she was in in disbelief and called the experience “surreal.”April 15, 2013
Explosions at Boston Marathon
BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.April 15, 2013
Lakota runners disappointed in NYC race cancellation
By Kristi Eaton , November 03, 2012
Errors put blemish on Fargo Marathon
FARGO — Two course snafus, which cost two runners a chance to win their events, blemished last weekend’s Fargo Marathon.By Kevin Schnepf , May 21, 2012
Moorhead mom wins women’s Fargo Marathon
By Jeff Kolpack , May 20, 2012
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