Featured Members of the Month

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc. I was born in Rapid City but my

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc. I currently live in Spearfish, but I’m originally

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc.*We live in Rapid City, SD. I have two

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc. My wife, Marvel, and I live on a

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc. I was born and raised in southwestern Virginia. After

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc. We have lived in Rapid City for going on

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc.6 years ago my husband John and I moved

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc. I currently live in SW Rapid City, and

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc.Hello Runner’s Club. My husband Bob and I live

Tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you do for fun, etc.My name is Derek Thunder Hawk, I live outside

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I was born and raised in Hot Springs SD.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc)I grew up mostly in Maryland, with a few years living

1. Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doingnow…etc)I am originally from the Black Hills and spent years away

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A:My name is Ryan McLaughlin. I am Oglala Lakota and

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: My name is Brionna Holso, I’m from Rapid City

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A:  My name is Sawyer Clarkson. I am from Belle

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I have lived in Custer my whole life. Sports

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in the Black Hills and always

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: My name is Andrew Rexroad, and I was a military

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I was born and raised in Brookfield, Wisconsin and

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m from Dallas Texas. Traveled north for the mountains

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I was born and raised in Rapid City, have

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Laura: I grew up in Southern California and lived

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in a small town in the

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A:  We are the VanDeest Family (Andy, Jamie, Peyton (14)

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in Wyoming, quite literally, to an

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Nick and Ramsee Hald moved to Rapid City in

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: My name is Ava Dinger and I am from

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m from Rapid City, South Dakota, and I’ve lived

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. A: I’m from Custer, South Dakota. I just graduated from Custer High School, but I participated in

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I was born and raised in Harvey, ND.  I

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Here’s the short story of my life. I lived

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up on a farm East River, near

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc)A: I was born on a ranch in the Slim Buttes of

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Kent is 59 years old and I am 58.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up on a farm outside the small town

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc)  A:  I was born and raised in the Black Hills.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m from a small town in East Texas, joined

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: We grew up on a ranch in Northeast Wyoming.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I was born and raised in Rapid City and

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m from Rapid City and ran XC and Track

Sometimes I hate running. Not just a little…but so much that I wonder why I run at all. And I would guess that most of

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in Spearfish, graduating from Spearfish High

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I am originally from San Paulo, Brazil. At the age

I grew up in the Black Hills and love all that the area has to offer. Growing up an athlete, my relationship with running is

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) A:  I grew up in Glendive, MT which is where I started

Hi All,  Apparently the questions people normally answer for this thing are designed for runners. So Erika told me to “just type something up.” My wife,

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) A:  I grew up in the Black Hills, born in Los Angeles, CA.

Q. Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) A:  I was born and raised in a christian family. Jesus and

I will apologize in advance that I didn’t realize how long winded I was going to get. I also am now $15 short because none

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m originally from the east coast (New Jersey) but I have lived

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) A: My name is Ryan Rafferty. I was born and raised in

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc)A: I was born in Ohio, but raised in Custer, SD. I’ve

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in Rapid City.  My husband and I

Q: Tell me a little about yourself (where you’re from what you’re doing now…etc) My name is Brian Harms, AKA Dad, Harmsy and Papa. I

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I grew up on our family farm in Nisland,SD.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: My daughter and her family, which includes three of

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I grew up on a ranch in the Southern

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I was born in Belle Fourche, and we move to

I was a World War II baby and my father returned from the war when I was 2.58 years old. My father arrived home one

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I was born and raised in Whitewood, South Dakota.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I have lived in many states, but Rapid City

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I am originally from Burke, South Dakota, but grew

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A:  I grew up in Spearfish and graduated from Black

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Well, I grew up on a farm near Garretson,

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m from Emden, a city with a population of

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I have 3 amazing daughters and a beautiful, supportive

Serre Smith is a 9 year old girl from Rapid City that loves running. She placed 2nd last year in the Trail Series in the

He’s had a good run. Gary grew up in Southern Virginia in coal mining country. The stories he tells of his time in Virginia are

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A:  I’m originally from Kranzburg, South Dakota, a small town

Sandy Burns Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A:  I was born in Belle Fourche but grew

Chris Stores Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Born and raised in Chester, MT (Go

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up here in Rapid City. My husband

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up on a farm outside of the

The Clarkson family Trey, Brittany, Sawyer, Lennon and Maddox are a family from Belle Fourche that all enjoy running and have made it a staple

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in Nebraska then moved to Gilbert

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) Krista: I grew up in Rapid.  When I was a

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up on a small farm outside of

Q: How long have you been running and how did you get started? A: I started running when I was in the 7th grade and somehow

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I am originally from near Billings, MT. I went to

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) Chris: I grew up in the Black Hills, have lived

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I grew up in South Dakota in Hot Springs

Hi! My name is Natasha Drahota and I am proud to be the runner spotlight for this month. I was blessed to grow-up in the

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: My wife and I split our time between the

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: I’m from Rapid City. 3 generations. I’m an ER

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) Tami: My name is Tami Petersen, I grew up in Springfield,

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc) A: Hi there, my name is Laren. I have lived in

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) A: I was born and raised in Rapid City. I graduated

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now…etc.) I was born and raised in Rushville, NE moved to

Q. Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now etc…) I do call myself a “runner”, but call my

Q. Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now etc…) I grew up in eastern Montana and moved to

Q. Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now) etc…) Pat grew up in Hill City and Lisa grew

Q. Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now, etc…) A. I grew up in Lakewood, Colorado and moved

Q. Tell me a little bit about yourself. A. I grew up in Sioux Falls and attended college on the east side of the state.

Q. Where are you from originally and what are you doing now? A. I am a farm kid from Iowa. After college I lived in

Q. Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Where you’re from, what you’re doing now, etc…) A. I grew up in Thailand and CA. I

Many runners know Pat and Dennis Lunsford as the owners of The Runner’s Shop, but they have ties to the local running community that go

Q. Where are you from originally and what are you doing now? A. I am from Pierre, SD where I grew up and graduated. I

Q. Where are you from originally and what are you doing now? A. I grew up on the Coteau de Prairie east of Watertown, SD.

I was born and raised in Comfrey, Minnesota, growing up on a dairy farm. I have two degrees in geology from UM-Duluth and Auburn University,