For most Minnesotans, winter means subzero temperatures, slippery roads, snowy trails and limited daylight. Dick Daymont refers to it as marathon season.He created and now runs the Zoom! Yah! Yah! each January, which he believes is the oldest indoor marathon in the country. Runners can escape the cold, the snow and the dark, and run 26.2 miles in a climate-controlled, well-lighted space-with more than 600 aid stations along the route. You just have to run 150 laps on a 282-meter indoor track at St. Olaf College.Yes, its a lot of turns, Daymont says. But you change direction every 30 minutes. And you have a personal volunteer to keep track of your laps. All you have to do is run.Related story from Competitor.com: Running advice from coldest places in U.S.The Zoom! Yah! Yah! Is just one of a number of indoor marathons that bring runners inside during the winter to get their racing in while the outdoors are inhospitable to running. To call it a trend would probably go too far-these races tend to draw dozens of people and are only held in colder climates between November and March.Outdoor marathons get tens of thousands of people, says Scott Sutter, who organizes the Arena Attack at the XL Energy Center in Hartford, Conn. On the other hand, far fewer run an indoor marathon every year.Daymont says he came up with the idea for his indoor marathon over two or three beers. The 67-year-old teacher, who has run more than 100 marathons, was talking with friends about creating a fundraiser for St. Olafs track team, which his wife coached.Click here to read the full story from Competitor.com. Paul Coffey Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Ken Hodge Jersey . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. https://www.cheapbruins.com/1792m-david-backes-jersey-bruins.html . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. Anton Blidh Jersey . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Brad Marchand Jersey . Argentina winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi scored, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting up both despite having a poor game by his high standards. Forward Eduardo gave Ajaccio the lead in the sixth minute after being set up by right winger Benjamin Andre, and the Corsican side looked comfortable in the first half, with the lively Johan Cavalli causing problems with his probing runs from midfield. (STATS) -- Grambling State offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Eric Dooley was named the FCS assistant coach of the year by the American Football Coaches Association on Wednesday.The award, first presented in 1997, honors assistant coaches who excel in community service, commitment to the student-athlete, on-field coaching success and AFCA professional organization involvement.Dooley is in his 22nd year coaching college football, including the last three on coach Broderick Fobbs staff at Grambling State. The Tigers (9-1) have the top-ranked offense in the Southwestern Athletic Association as they head into the conference championship game against Alcorn State on Saturday.An active member of the AFCA, Dooley has volunteered his time at every coaching stop, including servving as a mentor for the Alma J.dddddddddddd Brown Boy Scouts, working with high risk students in after school or summer programs, visiting retirement homes and volunteering with the Salvation Army Christmas Drive, Girl Scouts of Baton Rouge, Southern University November Turkey Drive, FCA/CCA field days and various Reading Literacy Fay programs.The other finalists for the FCS award were Randy Hedberg of North Dakota State, Tim Plough of Northern Arizona and Brian Rock of Holy Cross.Winners also were selected on the FBS, Division II, Division and NAIA levels. All of the winners will be feted at the AFCA Honors Luncheon on Jan. 9 in Nashville, Tennessee. ' ' '