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By
the eighth mile, the pack (trailing Brian Sell and
Teddy Mitchell)...
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...had
shrunk a little, but still contained all of the top
contenders.
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Jason
Lehmkuhle continued to set the pace, with Alan Culpepper
right behind.
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L-R:
#20 Josh Cox, #33 Peter Gilmore, #78 Matt Sandercock,
and Fred Kieser (in white shirt).
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#83
Scott Strand and #47 Jim Jurcevich.
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Strand,
who lives in Birmingham, helped design the course.
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Early
leader Peter Clusener and Hansons-Brooks' Trent Briney
run at the back of the pack.
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L-R:
Pete Julian, Weldon Johnson, and Chris Lundstrom
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Lundstrom
finished third at the 2001 USA Marathon Championships
in New York City.
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Strand
came in with a PR of 2:16:52, set on this course one
year earlier.
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Fred
Kieser, 32, came in with a marathon best of 2:18:27
from 1999.
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Clint
Verran and Jim Jurcevich
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Due
to the wind and cold, not many athletes ran PRs in
this race.
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Weldon
Johnson dropped out of the race before the halfway
point.
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L-R
on outside: Greg Jimmerson, David Morris, and Jurcevich.
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L-R:
Kieser, Kevin Collins, and Peter Gilmore.
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Brian
Clas set his PR (2:17:15) on this course one year
earlier.
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Morris'
PR of 2:09:32, set in 1999, was once the American
record.
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Approaching
the nine-mile mark, Brian Sell was all on his own
out front.
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The
first 9+ miles of the course were mainly a straight
shot, and then the athletes ran the downtown loop
three times before finishing in downtown Birmingham.
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