LDR racing continued in October, including an unprecedented weekend with Chicago Marathon on Sunday, followed by Boston Marathon on Monday. As noted last month, Elizabeth Northern (7:51:58) and Rajpaul Pannu (6:57:33) took home gold at the USATF 100K Championship hosted by the No ’to’ mom 100K in Sacramento, CA on Oct 1-2. USATF-NE hosted the USATF Masters 5K Cross Country at Franklin Park. Kasie Enman was the fastest woman of the day, while Chris Garvin took the 40+ men’s race and Dan King took the 60+ men’s race. Biya Simbassa (1:14:27) and Makena Morely (1:23:17) captured the wins at the USATF 25K Championships at the Amway River Bank Run in Grand Rapids on Oct 23. Thanks to everyone who joined us last Wednesday for the USATF Presidential Town Hall for Long Distance running. For those of you unable to join us you can view the town hall at https://bit.ly/3GFygua.