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Got this from Teri Lyons, Muscatine Running Friends....

Hi Runners,

I want to tell you about the race that Nancy Foxen won yesterday. She was the overall winner... male and female.

A group of Muscatine Running Friends caravaned to Danville, IL to run the Howl at the Moon ultra race. (Largest timed ultra marathon in America.) The cross country race took place in Kennekuk Park on Saturday, August 8th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. For 8 hours we ran 3.29 mile loops to see how many miles we could complete.

Our Muscatine group consisted of 13 runners and 5 support friends. Each of the Muscatine runners completed 26 or more miles in the 8 hours. 10 of the 13 received awards for their age divisions. Here are a list of the Muscatine Running Friends that participated : Nancy Foxen, Jackie Liebmann, Tony Carl, Daphne Donald, Stacey Eberhard, Danelle Much, Teri Lyon, Nancy Shell, Dave Timmsen, Joe Timmsen, Mario Garcia, Steve Hammann, and Terry Curry.

Nancy was the overall winner at Howl at the Moon. It is very rare for a woman to be overall winner in marathons. Only 2 or 3 women in the United States have ever won that honor. She was the first female to win an ultra race in the entire midwest.

Marc Reddy has been the race director for the Howl at the Moon for 19 years. He gave me most of the information that I am passing on to you. He said that yesterday was one of the warmest Howl at the Moons. He said that it is a known fact that women can handle the heat better than men. He said in 19 years he cannot remember a woman going to the hospital for a heat related problem during the race but he estimated 30 men have had to be treated. Marc also told me that women are becoming stronger and are catching up with men in marathons... especially ultras. (Marc told me that you can quote him on all of this.)

(There is plenty of Leinenkugel's flowing at this event.... LWS)

Nancy had her picture taken and will be included in an upcoming issue of Ultra Runner Magazine. What she accomplished yesterday was truly amazing. She is such a nice person, she is very modest. We are all proud of her and would love to see her get the recognition she deserves.

Thank you so very much !

Teri Lyon

Results here. Good job all!

-Larry