Running
Brian Gongol


Run Location Date Results Mile Pace Place (Class) Percentile (Class) Place (Men) Notes News Articles
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa July 7, 2001 individual 5k results, team 5k results 7:32 28/74 (M20-24) 0.62 189/672 My first competitive run. 93° and humid. Ames Tribune: "Hundreds of dedicated runners braved the heat and humidity..."
United We Run 5k Johnston, Iowa March 9, 2002 results 7:36 6/19 (M20-24) 0.68 89/303 17° with 50 mph wind gusts. Literally almost impossible to move during some gusts. Des Moines Register: "600 brave winds to run for 9/11 cause"
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa July 13, 2002 results 7:07 37/90 (M20-24) 0.59 164/628 77°
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa July 10, 2004 results 8:11 30/57 (M25-29) 0.47 275/541 84°
Drake Relays 8k Des Moines, Iowa April 30, 2005 results 10:22 Didn't feel like running competitively; stopped to take photos along the route
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa July 9, 2005 results 7:38 17/57 (M25-29) 0.70 183/565 86° Ames Tribune: "Chesang, Weeder-Einsphar Wear 10K Crowns"
Midnight Madness 5K Ames, Iowa July 15, 2006 results 8:57 31/57 (M25-29) 0.46 285/475 95° and humid; didn't stretch in advance
Midnight Madness 5K Ames, Iowa July 7, 2007 results 7:57 20/59 (M25-29) 0.66 254/1119 89° and sunny; 254/1119 is among all finishers; men and women were not separately ranked Ames Tribune: "Race of Firsts"
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa July 12, 2008 results 8:01 25/63 (M25-29) 0.60 267/580 75° and pleasant Ames Tribune: "Hundreds show up for Captain Midnight's 22nd race"
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa July 11, 2009 results 7:56 19/71 (M30-34) 0.73 280/707 Mid-70's, though humid Des Moines Register: "Let the Madness begin"
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa June 9, 2011 38/70 (M30-34) 470/827 Very humid; my first run in more than four weeks
Midnight Madness 5k Ames, Iowa 2012
Mud Run Lincoln, Nebraska 2012