Monday, January 5, 2015

Week of Jan. 3

CONGRATS TO Resolution Run Racers

 

Name
Run Dist
Run Time
Plc
Leah Booth
3.1
0:27:28
1
Hal Tacker
3.1
0:30:42
1
Emerson Booth
3.1
0:31:12
3
Deborah Booth
3.1
0:31:43
1
Stephanie Ganzenhuber
3.1
0:33:43
3
Laurn Langhofer
3.1
0:36:38
4
Anna Soares
3.1
0:37:09
2
Ariel Soares
3.1
0:45:12
4
Mo Bartley
6.2
0:52:17
1
Lance Loveday
6.2
0:50:51
3
Tamara Diederichs
6.2
1:16:44
8
Kim McCool
6.1
1:16:44
13
Bryan Hacker
10
1:12:29
1
Melissa Penwell
10
1:15:17
1
Bailey Shykowski
10
1:15:56
1
Troy Soares
10
1:17:36
2
Karen Nickel
10
1:20:41
2
Robin Soares
10
1:23:56
3
Flor Hodges
10
1:24:42
4
Jason Shykowski
10
1:23:09
5
Gary Carpenter
10
1:26:21
5
Jesse Warda
10
1:37:40
13
Kayden Kelly
10
1:24:29
6
Manouch Shirvanioun
10
1:29:31
8
Randall Harris
10
2:14:50
30
Carolyn Goulding
10
3:05:11
17
Lupita Cox
10
3:05:40
27

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Week of December 6th

CONGRATS TO…

·         CIM Marathon Pacers

o   Jamie Frink & Tim Twietmeyer – 3:35 Pacers – Time: 3:33:34 & 3:34:55…Nailed it!

o   Jim Kepfer – 4:10 Pacer – Time: 4:09:58…Nailed it!

o   Lee McKinley – 3:40 Pacer – Time: 3:39:46…Nailed it!

o   Michael Cook – 3:15 Pacer – Time: 3:14:50…Nailed it!

·         CIM Marathon Racers

o   Bailey Shykowski ran 3:23:26 and was 2nd in her age group!!!  “Bailey finished with a 3:23:26 which put her in 2nd place for 19 and under female, 194th female, and 970th  overall.  She also qualified for Boston.  I’m very proud of her (written by Jason).”

o   Kristen Klink ran 5:19:12.  Way to go!

o   Melissa Penwell ran 3:17:59!  Awesome! “I was happy I went for it and happy with my time. I would have liked to stay at 7:30s at the end, but was happy I was able to push through at almost the same pace and not hit any major walls.”

o   Sandy Baker ran 4:16:32. Way to go!  SANDY ALSO GOT INTO WESTERN STATES THE DAY BEFORE!  “I had a really good race. Stayed with the 4 hr group till the half marathon then decided to back off and enjoy the day. Finished in 4:16 still smiling and savoring my Western States 2015 entry.”

o   Scott Eckardt ran 4:02:22 He felt great until mile 21 where his knee started hurting.  Way to persevere Scott!

o   Troy Outman ran 3:37:21.  His first ½ went great but unfortunately he was drained by the last half due to a cold he got a few days before.  Way to persevere Troy!!  “It wasn't the grand experience I trained for but I found strength beyond myself. Sometimes God doesn't give us what we ask for; sometimes he gives us much more. Yes, I would have loved to have had a fast smooth race, but thankful I have a God that is there to get me through life and running a marathon can be a lot like life...it's not always easy but with God's strength you can keep moving forward.”

·         CIM Marathon Relay Racers

o   Catch Us If You Can – Robin Soares & college roomies/friends – 16th year for team!  - 3:27:15!

o   CIMfast – Stephanie Holloway & Friends – 3:44:39. “The race went well!  I finished the half at 1:52.  They relay exchange at: 1:54.”

o   FCA Endurance – Troy Soares & Karen Nickel – 3rd in Open Coed Relay! – 3:06:44! It was a half marathon PR of 1:36:51 for Karen!

o   First Big Run – Jason Shykowski & Hope - 23rd Open Coed Relay! – 3:37:57. “Hope and my relay team (3 people) finished 3:37:57, 21st coed team, and 113th overall relay team.  It was Hope and Matt’s (a friend from work) first competitive run.  Hope ran around an 8:57 mile and I averaged 7:37.  Hope ran the opening 5.9 miles and I ran the middle 14.5 miles.  We had a great time.”

o   Sovereign Sandals (Great organization that gives to victims of trafficking) – Todd Osterberg, Nick Elcock (Founder of Sovereign Sandals) _ 37th in Coed Open – 3:49:36.


o   Rachel Gunsalus finished 5th in her age group on a very grueling course; “It was beautiful, and brutal!”

·         Western States Lottery Winners.  Congrats!

o   David Carder!

o   Rachel Grimm!

o   Sandy Baker!

o   Did I miss anyone?

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Week of November 29th

CONGRATS TO…

·         MandaRun Half Marathon – Congrats to Carolyn Goulding for gutting out a great effort with minimal training!

·         Turkey Trots!!

o   Auburn Turkey Trot 10K

§  Congrats to Jim Kepfer who was 3rd Overall.  Any other results I can share?


§  Anna and Ariel Soares were 1st and 2nd in the 0-9yr age group!  Great job girls!

§  Robin was the


§  Carmen and Dan Hill finished strong together!


§  Dave Campbell ran the 5K with his 4 year old granddaughter Bella.  Great job Bella!


§  Melissa Penwell was the first woman in the 5K with a time of 19:15!!

o   Did I miss any or anyone?  Please let me know!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Week of November 22nd

CONGRATS TO…

·         Davis Turkey Trot     

o   Dave Campbell most definitely must be the fastest Grandpa in the US!  He ran the 5K pushing his two youngest grandkids in 20:19 and finished 1st in his age group.  Then 5 min after that race, he did the 10K pushing his oldest grandkids and ran 42:42 minutes and was 2nd in his age group!  Who says we have to slow down when we age!

o   Did I miss anyone?

 

·         MandaRun Half Marathon

o   Congrats to Elise Winter for winning the ½ Marathon for ladies…btw, she was 12th overall!  She ran an impressive 1:31:05. 

o   50-59 Men Rocked!

§  Jim Kepfer won!

§  Gary Carpenter finished 3rd!

§  Manouch Shirvanioun was 5th!

o   Greg Winter finished a strong 7th in his age group!

o   Stephanie Holloway was 12th in her age group

o   Did I miss anyone?

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Week of November 15th


CONGRATS TO…

·         Golden Hills Trail Marathon

o   Congrats to Christina Walsh-Curley for finishing 3rd in her age group on a very grueling course!

·         Berkeley Half Marathon

o   Elizabeth Kastura had fun racing with her daughter and friends! 

o   Did anyone else race?

·         World’s Toughest Mudder

o   Congrats to Lesley Hackett for enduring 24 hours of 5 mile loops with extreme obstacles!  She was the 7th woman overall and first in her age group!  Check out the pictures!  Click here.

·         Did anyone race Big Sur Half?

·         Did anyone race the Chimera 100?

 

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

CONGRATS TO…


·         Merrell Down & Dirty Run: Lesley Hackett had a great training day for World’s Toughest Mudder

o   CHECK OUT THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT SHE IS FACING!  CLICK HERE.

·         Two Cities Half Marathon: Karen Nickel was 2nd in her age group and just a few seconds off her PR!

·         Morgan Hill Marathon: Troy Soares was 2nd in his age group!  This was the last leg of his “Ironman”...he did the swim and bike of the cancelled IM Tahoe and now the run is done!