RUNNING
Boston Marathon a week late; St. Cloud State highlight video; Justin Fontaine; Top college stories from 2012-13
The New York Times looks back one week, to April 15, and those affected at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon in stories and video interviews here. CBS News talked about marathon security i...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 5:32 PM
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
Legislative notebook: Farmers look to add butanol as biofuel
By Don Davis Minnesota farmers soon could produce a new biofuel, butanol. We see Minnesota as being a tremendous place to produce butanol, said Adam Schubert of Butamax, a company formed by BP Petro...
Posted on 2/27/13 at 6:29 PM
Dog bites woman
Did your pooch bite a woman running at Hartley Nature Center last week, or do you know the dogs owner? The womans parents would like to know so they can find out whether the dog in question has been ...
Posted on 1/8/13 at 12:00 AM
Day 14: Stick with what you know or try something new?
For day 14 of the 30-30 style challenge, I decided to wear something warm and comfy for a long night at The Advocate. I chose jeans, a comfy tank top, cardigan and a scarf, finishing the look with m...
Posted on 11/26/12 at 7:23 PM
UMD’s Miller wins heptathlon 
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Minnesota Duluth sophomore Chanel Miller added the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference outdoor heptathlon championship to her indoor pentathlon title earlier this year at Monday’s meet in Aberdeen, S.D.
By News Tribune staff , April 30, 2013
UMD fares well at multiple meets 
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Minnesota Duluth’s Allie Ruden won the Grand View University Viking Classic 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11 minutes, 41.36 seconds in her first collegiate attempt at the distance during a busy weekend for the Bulldogs.
By News Tribune staff , April 29, 2013
Saints set handful of team marks 
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: The St. Scholastica men and women each broke two program records over the weekend as the teams competed at three different meets in Iowa and Minnesota.
By News Tribune staff , April 29, 2013
Semler, Rubesch among Chippewa 50K leaders 
RUNNING: Leslie Semler of Hermantown was third in the women’s race and Chris Rubesch of Duluth was fourth overall in Saturday’s sixth Chippewa 50-Kilometer Ultramarathon in New Auburn, Wis.
By News Tribune staff , April 29, 2013
Northwestern's Nelson hurdling toward a three-peat 
By Rick Weegman , April 29, 2013
Running: Irvin 5K registration closed 
Registration for the 20th William A. Irvin 5K is now closed with the race reaching its field capacity, Grandma’s Marathon announced Thursday.
April 26, 2013
Boston Marathon bombing victims vow to dance, run again
By Associated Press report , April 25, 2013
Running: Tunnel 10K added to NorthShore Inline weekend 
Directors of the NorthShore Inline Marathon announced Wednesday the creation of the Tunnel 10K run, to be held following the start of the inline event at 8 a.m. Sept. 14. The course will start on the Fifth Avenue West ramp and head north on Interstate 35, turn around at 26th Avenue East and head back on the southbound lane of the interstate, using the same finishing stretch as the marathon.
April 25, 2013
Park Point 5-Miler registration open 
RUNNING: Registration is open for northern Minnesota’s oldest road race — the 42nd annual Park Point 5-Miler on July 19.
By News Tribune staff , April 23, 2013
Our view: Accomplishments lost amid horrible news
April 23, 2013
Boston marks week from Marathon bombs with minute of silence 
By Michael Hill , April 22, 2013
UMD men, women win titles 
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Bolstered by eight individual first-place finishes and three relay championships, Minnesota Duluth captured both the men’s and women’s team titles at Saturday’s Carleton Relays in Northfield, Minn.
By News Tribune staff , April 22, 2013
Saints set program records, but settle for second 
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: The St. Scholastica men’s and women’s track and field teams both set two programs records but finished second to St. Norbert in the team standings on Saturday at the St. Norbert College Invite in De Pere, Wis.
By News Tribune staff , April 22, 2013
Olympian Lynn Jennings at Fit-n-Fun assemblies 
RUNNING: Former U.S. Olympic bronze medalist Lynn Jennings of Portland, Ore., will be the featured speaker at two Fit-n-Fun middle school assemblies Wednesday in Duluth and Superior.
By News Tribune staff , April 22, 2013
Boston Marathon runner, 78, joins history’s photo icons
By Monica Hesse , April 22, 2013
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