Hot on the Trail

Exerpt from: Lawrence Journal-World (ljworld.com)

Imagine participating in a trail run at Clinton State Park in the Kansas summer heat.

That’s difficult enough.

Now picture running up a hill comparable to the one at Kansas University on Naismith Drive, leading up to Jayhawk Bookstore.

And this hill wouldn’t pop up until the conclusion of the race.

The obstacles of trail running were on the mind of Brian Binkley before the first XTERRA Stump Jumpin’ Scramble at 8 a.m. Saturday. Binkley, a senior at Blue Springs (Mo.) High, never had participated in a trail run.

You’d never be able to tell. He won the 5k race in a time of 23:45.

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