By James Moreland
Arlington, VA
February 12, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
The largest race series in the area run by Pacers and sponsored by the National Guard got [button-red url=”http://www.swimbikerunphoto.com” target=”_self” position=”left”] Photos [/button-red]underway as runners got literally blown across the starting mats for the third annual Love the Run You’re With 5K. The event started a few yards away from the Pentagon City store, one of six Pacers stores in the area.
The race was again posed to get larger as it started with 1,314 finishers in 2009 and grew to 1,694 last year. Nearly 2,000 runners signed up and with winter being timid this year and giving us the second meager snow storm on Saturday, things looked really good. Then the winds descended from the top of Army-Navy Drive seemingly challenging runners in both directions. The thermometer dipped to one of the lowest of the year, about 21 degrees as the race got underway. At 964, the number of women nearly doubled the 494 men, for a total of 1,458 finishers.
Race announcer Chris Farley, one of the leading participants in last year’s series, noted that the race started with a hill but also ended with a hill. In reality, it started with a steep hill and then charged to the bottom of Army-Navy Drive, nearly a mile. What goes up must come down. Runners girded themselves for the long climb so that they could explode down the final half mile for a powerful finish.
Runners descend the hill in the final half mile.
Ryan Witters had a tenuous thirty-meter lead at mile two. He knew if he could crest the hill still in the lead he could hold off the three-runner pack waiting to pounce right behind him. His time of 15:47 made for the second fastest 5K time in the region so far in 2012 on a course that could not be called fast even on a spring morning. Paul Guevara was next in 15:55. Third place Tripp Suntherland missed 16:00 by a second with fourth place Jerry Greenlaw arriving home in 16:07.
Lauren Woodall was tops for the women in a very nice 19:29. Kelly Devine battled for the runner-up spot in 20:03, just 9 second ahead of Kristin Thomas from Newark, DE. After that, the next four women were close together, all breaking 21:00 minutes.
The race started right near the Champps Restaurant and all the runners had a tag on their bib to get a free drink. Runners praised the blanket instead of the T-shirt as a premium. More than one runner lamented that it would be a lot colder when they took off the blanket to run the race. It sure seems as if everyone stuffed themselves into the restaurant after the race. There were prizes for the top ten male/female finishers in three categories.
- Co-Dependent (registrant is in a relationship)
- Stupid Cupid (registrant is single)
- Love ‘em or Leave ‘em (well . . it is complicated)
Each one of these categories also could be formed into two-person teams.
After that there was cash for the top three overall and three deep in age groups. After a generous four divisions for younger than 19 runners, the awards were presented in ten-year age groups.
There were apples and bananas and lots of Muscle Milk for tired runners but everyone hustled over to Champps to get out of the howling wind and get some hot food. It was a great day of racing and many of the runners dressed up in colorful holiday costumes. The weather may have been the toughest of this mild winter but the runners all seemed to be happy. The people with the toughest job, the course marshals, were very vocal, cheering runners to the finish. They were great!
AWARDS LIST
FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1222 Lauren Woodall 26 WASHINGTON DC 19:28.6 19:28.5
2 1093 Kelly Devine 27 ARLINGTON VA 20:03.0 20:02.7
3 1116 Kristen Thomas 23 NEWARK DE 20:13.8 20:11.4
MALE OVERALL RESULTS
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1981 Ryan Witters 23 WASHINGTON DC 15:45.5 15:45.5
2 1595 Paul Guevara 25 ALEXANDRIA VA 15:54.7 15:54.7
3 1053 Tripp Southerland 27 WASHINGTON DC 15:59.6 15:59.6
AGE-GROUP RESULTS
Love The Run You're With 5K
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 7
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1612 Ella Harrison 5 FALLS CHURCH VA 37:03.3 35:51.8
2 2013 Kasey Birtell 7 FALLS CHURCH VA 50:50.1 49:53.2
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 7
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1613 Rheinhardt Harrison 7 FALLS CHURCH VA 23:28.0 23:24.3
2 1620 Jeffrey Heiges 7 ELLICOTT CITY MD 26:54.9 26:33.9
3 1648 Alex Ihrig 7 ALEXANDRIA VA 32:11.1 32:01.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 8 - 10
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 2136 Seneca Willen 10 FAIRFAX VA 24:32.8 24:11.4
2 1700 Andie Ledoux 8 ARLINGTON VA 29:02.6 28:52.1
3 1545 Kerry Ellis 8 CHEVY CHASE MD 31:27.6 31:09.0
MALE AGE GROUP: 8 - 10
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 5 Blake Deterding 8 ALEXANDRIA VA 27:48.8 27:31.8
2 1443 Mark Berry 10 ALEXANDRIA VA 30:28.2 29:51.1
3 1594 Paine Gronemeyer 10 ARLINGTON VA 30:53.0 30:30.2
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 11 - 14
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1670 Sandy Kendall 14 ANNANDALE VA 23:11.6 23:01.0
2 1708 Gillian Livingston 11 VIENNA VA 24:15.4 23:11.0
3 1656 Jade James 13 OAKTON VA 24:35.1 24:02.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 11 - 14
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1986 Andrew Wright 11 INDIAN HEAD MD 24:11.1 24:09.9
2 876 Sam Phan 11 SILVER SPRING MD 36:07.2 33:08.2
3 1716 William Luongo 14 ODENTON MD 41:49.4 40:15.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 18
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1415 Sarah Angell 15 ARLINGTON VA 21:17.0 21:09.9
2 1852 Sarah Sears 15 ARLINGTON VA 29:31.5 28:47.7
3 1792 Elena Parcell 15 ARLINGTON VA 29:50.9 29:08.6
MALE AGE GROUP: 15 - 18
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1844 Joe Schmitz 16 GETTYSBURG PA 19:50.8 19:50.6
2 1582 William Goins 15 OAKTON VA 23:22.4 23:20.3
3 1898 Ian Tarantin 18 VIENNA VA 28:57.3 28:48.9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 19 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 443 Eileen Foley 22 HERNDON VA 20:39.3 20:35.6
2 1901 Vanessa Taylor 25 20:42.3 20:40.4
3 1120 Veronica Tinney 24 WASHINGTON DC 21:04.1 21:02.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 19 - 29
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1588 Jerry Greenlaw 24 ALEXANDRIA VA 16:06.0 16:06.0
2 1288 Jared Campbell 25 Alexandria VA 16:49.6 16:49.6
3 633 Justin Kirk 26 ARLINGTON VA 16:58.5 16:58.4
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 897 Heather Purcell 35 ARLINGTON VA 20:51.4 20:41.5
2 1261 Annie Grondin 39 ARLINGTON VA 20:48.1 20:48.0
3 271 Colleen Carroll 39 DAVIDSONVILLE MD 21:06.9 21:03.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1558 Sean Fitzwilliam 33 NEW ORLEANS LA 16:35.2 16:31.1
2 926 Phil Reutlinger 33 ALEXANDRIA VA 17:07.0 17:06.9
3 91 Russell Inman 38 BETHESDA MD 19:48.6 19:48.6
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 905 Mary Ransom 43 RICHMOND VA 21:17.9 21:14.7
2 1972 Yuko Whitestone 40 SPRINGFIELD VA 21:40.0 21:35.5
3 1242 Darcy Ytterdahl 42 OAKTON VA 23:30.7 23:18.7
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1114 Derik Thomas 46 ALEXANDRIA VA 17:55.3 17:55.3
2 1265 Dave Cahill 40 ARLINGTON VA 19:31.0 19:25.9
3 755 Chris McKee 43 VIENNA VA 19:27.6 19:26.8
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 519 Michelle Hall 52 LOS ALAMOS NM 24:46.9 24:36.8
2 2018 Wesi Boyer 50 NORFOLK VA 24:49.8 24:43.1
3 1958 Myra Washington 54 MONTGOMERY VILLAGE MD 25:17.5 25:15.5
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1260 Denis Cloutier 50 ARLINGTON VA 18:17.4 18:16.2
2 2047 Kevin Fitzgerald 53 WASHINGTON DC 20:51.2 20:49.9
3 1124 Robert Towne 59 ARLINGTON VA 21:32.9 21:31.0
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1919 Wilma Uribe 62 ALEXANDRIA VA 32:58.6 32:15.5
2 550 Lynda Heran 62 ALEXANDRIA VA 39:26.7 39:11.0
3 1753 Janet Miller 62 MIDDLE RIVER MD 40:09.6 39:21.3
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 1161 Geoffrey Vincent 63 ARLINGTON VA 24:00.8 23:58.1
2 1057 Frank Spicer Jr 60 CLIFTON VA 24:13.8 24:11.0
3 1217 Richard Witte 63 WATERTOWN WI 25:57.8 25:24.1
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 99
Place No. Name Age City St Gun Time Net Time
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1 877 Helenann Phillips 75 ARLINGTON VA 31:32.9 31:21.4
2 1821 Julissa Reyes 88 SILVER SPRING MD 35:54.3 35:27.0
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