Mile 90 Photography

09/10/2026

Runners took on the 🔥 in Columbia, Missouri on Labor Day for the 67th Heart of America Marathon - the oldest continuously running marathon in the United States. John Knepper and Elizabeth Martinko were there to capture the action from start to finish, including all the unique flavors of the 13 aid stations on course. Thanks to the Columbia Track Club, all images are free to download from our website for personal use. ➡️ Link in bio. Please share your favorites and be sure to tag us & Columbia Track Club so we can see which ones you loved!

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09/09/2026

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09/08/2026

Great writeup from the Wichita Eagle's Taylor Eldridge about this weekend's Laps for Love Backyard Ultra!

Inside Wichita’s Laps for Love Backyard Ultra, a last-runner-standing race of extreme heat, sleepless nights and minds searching for reasons not to quit.

09/08/2026

Not a lot to say except: 🔥 100’F, mostly exposed course on an asphalt trail, 4.167-mile loops, 98 runners, 1 left standing. 📸 Kristi was there for the first 50 miles, but Brenyn StVrain went 154 miles, with Brian Walden providing the assist with 150 miles. The 2nd running of the Laps for Love Backyard Ultra in Sedgwick County Park, Wichita, KS was one to remember. Many thanks to Family Promise of Greater Wichita for putting on this event, and to Dynamo Capital for supporting the photography. All images are free to download for personal use - link in comments. Please share and tag us so we can see which ones you loved! ❤️

09/01/2026

From the beginning of Leaky Hourglass Ultra, you’re running out of time. ⌛️ At the 6th edition of this last person standing event on a little stretch of asphalt in Halfway, Missouri, runners lost a minute from the cutoff on each 4.167-mile lap - and by the time temperatures hit the mid 90s, attrition took over. In the end, Carrie Payne Gregoire was the last one still moving after 14 laps / 58.338 miles.

Big thanks to photographer Frank Evans who jumped in for us at the very last minute when “life happened” for the originally scheduled shooter, and all of our usual Mile 90 photographers were already committed to other shoots. He cancelled his birthday weekend to hang out with the Leaky Hourglass crew, and we are grateful for his flexibility! Thank you to RD Gary Shaw for his understanding, as well.

All photos are paid for by the race and are free to download for personal use. Link in bio!

📸 Frank Evans

09/01/2026

Eastern Iowa trail runners closed out August with the first-ever overcast ☁️ ScoCo50. Runners in the 50k, 10-mile, and 5-mile trail races at Scott County Park near Davenport, Iowa usually endure typical late-summer temperatures, but this year the weather gods provided clouds, a little rain, and temps that hovered just under 80°F. Perfect conditions to go all-out and get under the men’s course record time in the 50k (Dan Froeschle, 3:15:04 & Devin Allbaugh, 3:18:46); break the women’s 50k CR (Melissa Taylor, 4:28:03 & Susan Hahn, 4:30:48); shatter the CR in the women’s 10 mile (Gabby Skopec, 1:09:33); and notch a new CR in the women’s 5 mile (Jeanine Link, 39:05). 🔥

Kristi 📸 was on hand to explore the park for the first time, capturing all of the runners’ adventures from start to finish. Images are covered by Sun Trail Running / Joshua Sun and are free to download for personal use. Everything is now live at the link comments. Please share them and be sure to tag us so we can see which ones your loved! ❤️