{"id":1807,"date":"2010-01-24T09:19:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T14:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2010-01-24T09:19:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T14:19:31","slug":"2010-mdra-annual-party-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/2010-mdra-annual-party-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 MDRA Annual Party Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MDRA Annual Party is a great time to reconnect with friends you haven&#8217;t seen since the marathon! \u00a0It is also a great place to win gift certificates, race entries, and other running related stuff. \u00a0Not to mention the free pizza and ice cream! All in all a great event, especially since I won $20 to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marathonrunwalk.com\/\">Marathon Sports<\/a>, and some friends gave me their race entries to some local 5k&#8217;s. Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkphotography.com\/gallery\/10_Season\/WinterPty\/index.html\">slideshow<\/a> from the day taken by Wayne Kryduba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State of the Club<\/strong> address by President, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athlinks.com\/racer\/26195276\/Kirk-Walztoni.aspx\">Kirk Walztoni<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vn6gS0fA4CM<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;\"><strong>2010 Awards:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; white-space: pre;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; white-space: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This video was too large for YouTube. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer of the Year Award<\/strong> this year went to Rob Lundquist. \u00a0Rob is an all around great guy who continues to provide invaluable service to MDRA and the running community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MN Elite Athlete Development Program<\/strong>. \u00a0From Twin Cities in Motion (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtcmarathon.org\/Upload\/documents\/MEADP%20Grant%20Application.pdf\">pdf<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">MEADP is a collaboration of Grandma\u2019s Marathon,\u00a0Twin Cities Marathon, Inc., Austin-Jarrow Sports and the Minnesota Distance Running\u00a0Association, and is designed to assist elite Minnesota distance runners who have completed their\u00a0academic running careers in reaching their full athletic potential. In 2009, MEADP will provide<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">grants, in amounts up to $2,000 per recipient, to promising Minnesota elite distance runners, to<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">assist them in reaching their full athletic potential.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>Recepients were:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamusaminnesota.org\/athlete_bio.asp?id=33\">Antonio Vega<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directathletics.com\/athletes\/track\/489248.html\">Justin\u00a0Grunewald<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Houck<\/li>\n<li>Chris Erickson<\/li>\n<li>Serena Sullivan<\/li>\n<li>Mary Palmer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Pat Lanin Award<\/strong> From <a href=\"http:\/\/downthebackstretch.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/mdra-annual-party-is-saturday.html\">Down the Backstretch<\/a>:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; color: #333333;\">Masters road racing star and long-time\u00a0<span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">MDRA <\/span>officer <a href=\"http:\/\/runningminnesota.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/gloria-jansen.html\">Gloria Jansen<\/a> will be presented with the\u00a0<span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_5\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">Lanin<\/span> Award for Distinguished Service. The award is\u00a0<span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_6\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">MDRA&#8217;s<\/span> most prestigious honor, given for years of service and contribution to the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The award is named for the founder of\u00a0<span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_7\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">MDRA<\/span>, Pat\u00a0<span id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_8\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">Lanin<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><strong>MDRA Grand Prix Winners<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This video was too large for YouTube.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.needtorace.com\/MDRA\/2009\/\">2009 Results<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runmdra.org\/index.php\/grand-prix\">2010 information<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><strong>Full video<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\">If you want to watch the entire 30 minute video, it can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/teamcrossworld.com\/video\/2010mdraawardsFULL.wmv\">here<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\">[tags] MDRA, Minnesota, Running, Awards [\/tags] <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/f6b19baf-e2d0-4aa8-9453-fddc75093f00\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MDRA Annual Party is a great time to reconnect with friends you haven&#8217;t seen since the marathon! \u00a0It is also a great place to win gift certificates, race entries, and other running related stuff. \u00a0Not to mention the free pizza and ice cream! All in all a great event, especially since I won $20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[528,55,8,46],"tags":[749,470,154,529,62],"class_list":["post-1807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mdra","category-team-usa-mn","category-usatf","category-volunteer","tag-mdra","tag-minneapolis--saint-paul","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-distance-running-association","tag-running"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-t9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3592,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/elite-runners\/","url_meta":{"origin":1807,"position":0},"title":"Elite Runners","author":"crossn81","date":"January 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Today as the 2010 MDRA Annual Party. \u00a0Part of the event includes giving out money to elite MN runners through MEADP. \u00a0This is Antonio Vega, a Team USA - Minnesota runner who just happened to win last week's USA Half-Marathon Championships.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;365&quot;","block_context":{"text":"365","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/365\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vega","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/getfile5.posterous.com\/getfile\/files.posterous.com\/teamcross365\/8TgNTVnluF6UdJDZUM86yCWDEFLSUyV8AUt9Vh1GXChgcNtVdv3gMc5eCMhn\/vega.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1861,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/twin-cities-running-stores\/","url_meta":{"origin":1807,"position":1},"title":"Twin Cities Running Stores","author":"crossn81","date":"March 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at Twin Cities area running stores.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Equipment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Equipment","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/equipment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/running\/images\/marathonsports.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":197,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/usatf-minnesota-member\/","url_meta":{"origin":1807,"position":2},"title":"USATF &#8211; Minnesota Member","author":"crossn81","date":"March 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm a card carrying member of the USATF now. 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