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What happens in Vegas, stays in … Mammoth.
The Mammoth Track Club came up the big winner on Sunday in Las Vegas, where Mammothite Josh Cox won the Rock’n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon, while Mammoth TC runners also captured the men’s half marathon and the women’s half marathon.
There were 28,000 runners. Ours came up first and best.
By
George Shirk - Mammoth Times Senior Writer
Jack Copeland knows about warm-up runs. So does John Armstrong.
For 10 years Copeland was the director of the Mammoth Mountain Ski School before moving to the fourth floor as an executive. Armstrong was director of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Team, and holds a certificate from the École Du Ski Francais – about as high ranking as any ski school in the world.
“Warm-up runs are very important for getting the blood going and for the connective tissues in your body,” Copeland said.
“You have to learn about the day,” Armstrong said.
