Given the size and proximity of the OneAmerican 500 Festival Mini Marathon, it was safe to assume that the area would be well-represented.
The Mini Marathon actually is a half-marathon in Indianapolis and is the largest half in the United…

Let’s start close to home.

Bryan Glass of the 180 Energy Runners finished first in the Lake Run 12K near Bloomington, Ill. Glass beat a field of nearly 800 runners, finishing in 38 minutes 50.1 seconds. Here’s the full story,…

Attention, Boston finishers: Here’s the last post on last week’s race. But it’s a good one. You can watch yourself cross the finishing line, thanks to the CBS affiliate in Boston. The video is in 10-minute segments, and it’s a…

Not often do we report bad news here in Jog Blog, but, well, here goes.

Tom Cruise has caught the running bug.

When Lance Armstrong announced that he would take up running for a cause, following in the footsteps on…

The 180 Energy Runners GOJI team of Michael Schnitzler, Jenifer Schaller and Emily Klockenga took first place in the open team challenge of the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon on Saturday in Louisville. The trio ran marathon times of 3:29:22, 3:56:17 and…

St. Louisan Zac Freudenburg pulled out of the Three Peaks Race in England on Saturday. The race is doubling as the world mountain marathon championships this year. Fruedenburg led the pack of more than 700 runners through the first check…

St. Louis Zac Freudenburg of the 180 Energy Runners is one of the runners to watch Saturday in the world long-distance mountain running championships in England’s Yorkshire Dales. Freudenburg finished third in 2006, when the race was ‘held on Pikes…

Several fine performances from the area contingent, roughly 150 strong, at the Boston Marathon:

Stephanie Hood of Elsah, Ill., finished an astonishing 10th in the women’s elite division in 2 hours, 44 minutes, 44 seconds. She’s the highest placed area…

The 180 Energy Runners took first place in the River to River Relay, an 80-mile race in Southern Illinois on Sunday, in 6 hours, 58 minutes, 49 seconds. Congrats to Justin Wieduwilt, Sam Youst, Zac Freudenburg, Andy Derks, Bryan Glass,…

Stephanie Hood of Elsah, Ill., was the 10th woman to cross the line in the Boston Marathon. Check out the official web site, and you’ll see that the organizers don’t have an official link to more information about her, meaning she…