More Scott Bauhs stuff here, as Gary Towne just called in to tell us of Bauhs’ victory in the USATF Club Cross Country Championship in Spokane, Wash. Bauhs won despite nasty weather conditions and his shoe coming untied in the first half-mile, Towne said. Bauhs called Towne following the race to update Towne.

“It was funny, because he stopped to tie it but his hands were so frozen that he couldn’t. He had to just go,” Towne said. “He was saying that the whole race he could feel it getting looser and looser and thought it was going to come off.

“Normally in that situation, most guys just decide to lose the shoes, but because of the wet and the cold, he couldn’t. He said he couldn’t figure out what was keeping it on. Well, he had half-inch spikes on, and he’d stepped on his lace. It kind of inadvertently kept his shoe tight enough by impaling the lace.”

Bauhs sent Towne a phone photo of the carnage:

There's a more "complete" version in tomorrow's E-R, though to be honest the only thing you'll find there that you won't here is the time. And since you're here, I might as well tell you. It was 30 minutes, 47 seconds.