4th of July Weekend "Family Fun Run" in Wilkes Barre, PA

I had been meaning to post this for a while and finally getting around to it. While in PA visiting my family over the 4th of July, Christina and I spent the night with my brother Brett and his wife Malissa. The next morning we convinced Brett, Malissa, and their son Chris to join us at a local 3 Mile race. Here we are before the start:

Chris, Christina, and I entered the run in the "family division" - where teams are made up of at least 3 relatives and the 3 fastest times are averaged to determine the winner. Although far from the fastest overall times, our team won the family division.

My wife ended up coming in 1st in her age group and my brother ended up coming in 2nd in his age group for the walk division. I ended up 3rd in my age group...but the awards only went 2 deep. The following photo shows my deflated feeling of both my wife and my brother with medals and me with NOTHING. For those that know me know that I am totally kidding here (well mostly).


The local newspaper "Times Leader" was there and ran a story in their newspaper on July 5. Our family team was featured in the story:
The full article can be read online.

August Issue of TrailRunner magazine

I am quoted in the Overheard section near the front of the August 2010 issue of "TrailRunner" magazine. This was regarding the McNaughton Park Trail Runs that I have competed in six different years at varing distances (50 miles, 100 miles, 150 miles, and 200 miles). Check it out below:

What's Next Run Wise?

Labor Day weekend, from Saturday, September 4th at 8 AM until Sunday, September 5th at 8 AM I will be running around a 400 meter high school track in Germantown, WI (outside of Milwaukee). This will be part of the Badgerland F/X 24 hour run. Information can be found online.

We are going after Roy Pirrung's 1985 record of 137.99 Miles. I have at least two friends from the McNaughton Trail 200 Mile Race that will be there helping me out.

We are hoping to be able to post updates via Twitter on the hour - will post something on that as we get closer.

WNEP 16 Newscast Featuring Jim Cook and Ryan Dexter

Some background: I am originally from the Scranton, Pennsylvania area (Clarks Summit to be exact). It turns out Jim Cook (who was the winner of the 150 mile McNaughton Trail Run that took place over the same time period as the 200 mile run) is also from Northeast PA (Nicholson to be exact).

When my Mom got home from Vermont the Monday after the race, she received a call from Jim Coles (who is the head sportscaster from WNEP 16 News that serves Central and Northeast PA) stated that he would like to do a story on Jim Cook and I and was wondering if I would be coming home at any point soon.

Not sure how they heard about the race or any of those details - but my family and I just returned home from driving out to PA) and the following aired during the 6 o'clock and 11 o'clock news last night.