By Dickson Mercer
Washington, DC
December 11, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
It only took the Jingle All the Way 10K six years to outgrow its out-and-back course in Washington, DC’s West Potomac Park. This year, with more than 6,000 registered runners, Capital Running Company moved the race downtown to the same venue that hosts its annual St. Patrick’s Day 8K. The new 8K, which starts on Pennsylvania Avenue and, as with Occupy DC, is staged at Freedom Plaza, was held in cold, yet calm conditions that probably seemed perfect to those who braved last year’s cold drizzle.
If you are wondering how a road race typically held on a frigid day has become such a popular race, look no further than the costumes. At the Jingle All the Way 8K, Santa got the top-seeded number and knee-high candy cane socks paired with elf caps were the opposite of an exception. Today’s oddballs were ever-serious front-runners wearing their usual racing kits.
On the other hand, Claire Hallissey, who won today’s race in 29:18 while sporting candy cane socks, antlers, and the race’s complimentary bells in the laces of her racing flats, is only seriously fast.
Hallissey also sported a pink stripe of KT tape on her leg to aid an aching knee that has lately limited her training. Injuries have bothered the 28-year-old Arlington resident and England native all year. And while they did not stop her from running 2:29:27 in October at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon – the time put her 6th overall and made her eligible to run for England in the 2012 Olympics – it has yet to fully heal from the effort.
Treating today’s race like a tempo run, Hallissey ran purely for enjoyment and to give her knee a bit of a test. She won last year’s Jingle All the Way 10K in 35:17.
If all goes according to Hallissey’s hopes, England’s third and final selection for the Olympic Marathon will be her. In the meantime, a good Christmas-themed costume helped her maintain a low-key race day. “It keeps me from going crazy out there,” she said.
Barb Fallon Wallace, 38, of Alexandria was second in 29:50. Nikeya Green, 29, of Centreville, VA was third in 30:21. The top master, Alisa Harvey of Manassas, VA, was fifth overall in 30:52.
Shortly before the 9:00 a.m. start time, race organizers announced that the Metropolitan Police Department had requested a 10 to 15 minute delay. At 9:22, runners cheered when it was announced that the race would start in two minutes.
The delay did not seem to affect Michael Banks, 25, of Washington, DC Early on, the men’s distance coach at Georgetown University ran smoothly with a front pack that included Temesgen Ilanso, 24, of Silver Spring, Brian Flynn, 28, of Bridgewater, VA, Seife Geletu, 29, of Washington, DC, and Esmetu Tilahun, 31, of Washington, DC.
After coasting through 3 miles in around 15:30, Banks gradually picked up the pace, accelerating ahead of Ilanso on the final turn to win by 8 seconds in 24:45. The former all-American at Georgetown focused on triathlons after graduating in 2009. Recently his focus has shifted back to running.
Flynn was third in 25:02. The top master, Kevin Lynch of Chantilly, VA, ran 29:32.
There were plenty of other ways to take home a prize. All it took to be eligible for a random prize – a heart rate monitor, say – was to submit your race number into a random drawing.
Of the 64 teams entered in the team competition, names ranged from the winning Georgetown University Running Club, which took top honors, to Egg Kissers and Grandma Got Run Over … By Us. Georgetown’s co-ed squad averaged 30:22, topping Capital Area Runners’ 13-member average of 31:10.
At the post-race ceremony at Freedom Plaza, some Jingle All the Way teams – some official, some not official – learned that the competition for Best Costume was as tough as any other.
While standing in line for pictures with Santa, Daphne Kiplinger, 26, and David Shepard, 34, both of Washington, DC, and Dave Steadman – all wearing some sort of red and green, Christmas-themed getup – explained that they had tried to put a team together but their friends had bailed at the last moment. As for the stylish green, holly leaf-style sunglasses that made her outfit pop, Kiplinger said she got those in her Christmas stocking last year.
If you have ever wondered what it is like to run in a Santa suit, let Mike McNiff, 23, of Fairfax tell you: “It was a little hot,” he said. His Santa’s Run Deer team included his sister Katie McNiff plus Tiona Bland, Amanda Hamilton, and Kelly Jamieson. The women wore antlers picked up from a dollar store and wrote their deer names on pieces of paper they taped to their backs. Rather than stay around for the best costume content, the group headed off for brunch.
The team who won for best costume did not mention a team name. They did, however, mention a captain: Libby Wile, 29, of Washington, DC. Their group included Ashley Schambach, Amy Levine, Ellen Taverna, and Katie Robbins. Present among them were a present, a nutcracker, and a dreidel.
Moments before all runners dispersed, two toy soldiers (Terri Crutchman and Ginger Kopecky, both of Woodbridge) posed for a photograph with as many Christmas trees (Jessica Connelly and Abigail Op, both of Washington, DC.)
“We wanted something to run in that would look festive for the holidays,” Crutchman said. “What better than toy soldiers to wake us up and run?”
For Connelly and Op, though, costumes are becoming the norm. Op, who has run marathons, recently roped her friend into running her first race on Thanksgiving. For that, they dressed as Pilgrims. For the Hot Chocolate 15K, they went with a 1980s theme.
According to Op, “This is just more fun: being a goofball.”
Awards Listing
MALE
1 4910 Michael Banks 25 M WASHINGTON DC 24:45
2 5346 Temesgen Ilanso 24 M SILVER SPRING MD 24:53
3 5202 Brian Flynn 28 M BRIDGEWATER VA 25:02
4 5374 Seife Geletu 29 M WASHINGTON DC 25:42
5 5 Dickson Mercer 30 M WASHINGTON DC 26:18
6 5381 Esmetu Tilahun 31 M WASHINGTON DC 26:37
7 4665 Tom Dichiara 34 M NEW YORK NY 26:46
8 3 Stephan Kolata 30 M WASHINGTON DC 26:56
9 4860 Matthew Thomas 37 M ALEXANDRIA VA 27:20
10 3735 Dan Herman 27 M WASHINGTON DC 27:23
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 01 - 19
1 719 Justin Ahalt 17 M College Park MD 27:54 27:54 5:37
2 2989 Alexander Waldt 18 M Baltimore MD 28:25 28:25 5:43
3 5039 Matt Chung 19 M Bloomfield Hills MI 29:51 29:43 5:59
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 5038 Jordan Megna 21 M Bloomfield Hills MI 29:31 29:23 5:55
2 5213 Alexander Sciacca 20 M Fairfax Station VA 29:38 29:32 5:57
3 5034 Tim Doughtery 20 M Bloomfield Hills MI 30:44 30:35 6:09
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 721 Alec Friedhoff 27 M Washington DC 28:21 28:20 5:42
2 1624 Barry McCarron 29 M Washington DC 28:36 28:35 5:45
3 3644 Sean Wilson 25 M Sterling VA 29:42 29:39 5:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 1497 Kevin Foley 32 M Bethesda MD 28:46 28:45 5:47
2 4044 James Du Vernay 31 M East Rutherford NJ 29:24 29:22 5:55
3 2527 Monte Hawkins 34 M Arlington VA 29:54 29:52 6:01
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 4808 Keith Freeburn 37 M Centreville VA 28:11 28:11 5:41
2 1086 Marc McDonald 38 M Alexandria VA 28:13 28:12 5:41
3 2977 Brian Beary 36 M Washington DC 28:57 28:56 5:50
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 4311 Jose Diaz 40 M Bethesda MD 30:01 29:59 6:02
2 3121 Chris McKee 43 M Vienna VA 30:53 30:51 6:13
3 2118 David Venables 44 M Bethesda MD 31:18 31:12 6:17
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 3115 Kevin Lynch 45 M Chantilly VA 29:32 29:31 5:57
2 2903 George Lane 45 M Ashburn VA 30:22 30:21 6:07
3 3528 Howard Frost 46 M Falls Church VA 30:30 30:28 6:08
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 23 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 M Rockville MD 28:44 28:43 5:47
2 863 Paul Ingholt 51 M Vienna VA 33:12 33:08 6:40
3 5111 Wiliam Coquelin 52 M Alexandria VA 33:53 33:45 6:48
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 3535 Dave Buzzell 57 M Middletown MD 32:36 32:34 6:33
2 1088 Lennie Carter 58 M Washington DC 33:45 33:43 6:47
3 4664 John McMackin 59 M Chevy Chase MD 36:15 35:58 7:15
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 21 Malcolm Senior 60 M New Market MD 32:41 32:39 6:34
2 1012 Robert Taylor 61 M Alexandria VA 37:14 36:59 7:27
3 2121 Charles Divan 61 M Washington DC 39:10 39:07 7:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
1 2731 Jim Noone 67 M Fairfax VA 34:09 34:05 6:52
2 5532 Bob Chase 66 M Falls Church VA 35:58 35:53 7:13
3 5390 John Sullivan 66 M Washington DC 42:56 39:59 8:03
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 25 Gerry Ives 72 M Washington DC 36:25 36:22 7:19
2 28 Chan Robbins 74 M Arlington VA 40:45 40:42 8:12
3 1228 John Gluck 74 M Alexandria VA 41:15 41:10 8:17
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 75 - 79
1 491 Alan Rider 75 M Reston VA 44:29 44:27 8:57
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 80 - 99
1 59 Edward Green 80 M Washington DC 68:54 65:39 13:13
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 3622 Brad Serwer 38 M Bethesda MD 29:22 29:20 5:54
FEMALE
1 2 Claire Hallissey 28 F ARLINGTON VA 29:18
2 9 Barb Fallon Wallace 38 F ALEXANDRIA VA 29:50
3 4577 Nikeya Green 29 F CENTREVILLE VA 30:21
4 6 Kelly Swain 26 F ARLINGTON VA 30:35
5 12 Alisa Harvey 46 F MANASSAS VA 30:52
6 3585 Elizabeth Laseter 23 F WASHINGTON DC 31:03
7 2491 Emily Buzzell 26 F WASHINGTON DC 31:15
8 3760 Mijiko Phelps 41 F OAK HILL VA 31:54
9 625 Cristina Burbach 37 F WASHINGTON DC 31:55
10 5694 Laura Zeilinger 39 F WASHINGTON DC 32:16
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 01 - 19
1 5045 Clare Murphy 18 F Bloomfield Hills MI 32:31 32:23 6:31
2 3310 Katriona McNeill 14 F Chevy Chase MD 36:05 35:53 7:13
3 5042 Elyssa Skeirik 18 F Bloomfield Hills MI 37:29 37:20 7:31
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 2183 Danielle Schaub 24 F Washington DC 37:54 33:17 6:42
2 4033 Monique Girard 21 F Billerica MA 33:33 33:23 6:43
3 324 Jessica Girard 23 F Washington DC 33:38 33:27 6:44
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 1988 Phoebe Markle 27 F Alexandria VA 32:33 32:30 6:33
2 420 Alison Deboer 25 F Arlington VA 33:01 32:58 6:38
3 1698 Caitlin Catella 26 F Washington DC 33:26 33:21 6:43
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 5612 Jen Yip 31 F Washington DC 32:32 32:23 6:31
2 4061 Rebecca Powell 34 F Alexandria VA 34:48 34:42 6:59
3 716 Lindsay Hauer 31 F Washington DC 35:34 35:29 7:09
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 5367 Jen Sober 38 F McHenry MD 32:26 32:25 6:32
2 494 Nancy Eiring 38 F Washington DC 32:46 32:43 6:35
3 4077 Julie Sapper 38 F Rockville MD 34:16 34:12 6:53
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 3946 Samantha Cole 43 F Arlington VA 32:36 32:34 6:33
2 4891 Anne Bliss 44 F Burlington VT 33:04 33:02 6:39
3 3402 Sandrine Falgon 40 F Washington DC 33:19 33:18 6:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 570 Karen Kalber 46 F Crofton MD 36:02 35:41 7:11
2 833 Teresa Lent 49 F Arlington VA 36:12 36:02 7:15
3 2240 Joanna Schmickel 49 F Arlington VA 37:35 37:11 7:29
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 4743 Deedee Loughran 53 F Herndon VA 33:20 33:17 6:42
2 22 Win Persina 51 F Washington DC 34:59 34:56 7:02
3 5151 Linda Rotunno 52 F Washington DC 38:23 38:03 7:40
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 2912 Ofelia Perotti 55 F Alexandria VA 39:11 38:45 7:48
2 733 Merrilee Seidman 57 F Alexandria VA 41:01 41:01 8:15
3 520 Marcy Foster 57 F Reston VA 45:59 41:09 8:17
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 2971 Ginny Hughes 61 F Warrenton VA 38:34 38:33 7:46
2 1786 Jane Sparnon 60 F Arlington VA 42:52 42:38 8:35
3 3974 Mary Fredlake 61 F Washington DC 51:30 45:20 9:08
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
1 5638 Linda Kearney 65 F Oak Hill VA 44:35 42:52 8:38
2 3090 Pat Welch 67 F Vienna VA 49:31 47:47 9:37
3 1581 Nancy Malan 66 F Washington DC 53:44 53:25 10:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 5232 Helenann Phillips 74 F Arlington VA 56:40 53:27 10:46
2 2679 Susan McGregor 70 F Washington DC 77:57 71:45 14:26
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 75 - 79
1 5112 Ann Coquelin 77 F Alexandria VA 61:57 57:31 11:35
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 4033 Monique Girard 21 F Billerica MA 33:33 33:23 6:43
By Dickson Mercer
Washington, DC
November 13, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Frank Devar and Serena Burla each won $500 for winning today’s Veterans Day 10K on a cool, blustery morning in Washington, D.C.’s West Potomac Park. Early on, though, the men’s winner was a tad confused.
“Where are the Ethiopians?” Pacers Racing Team member Bert Rodriguez said to his teammate, Devar, on the starting line of this always competitive race. The question set Devar to wondering: Was the 12th annual Veterans Day 10K – contested on an out-and-back, flat-and-fast course starting on Ohio Drive – not offering its generous 10-deep prize purse?
Event host Capital Running Company, as it turned out, indeed offered its usual prize purse. And for at least one Ethiopian runner, it was a marathon, not a lack of prize money, which kept him off the starting line.
Last year Abiyot Endale won his second straight Veterans Day 10K the day after racing the HCA 8K in Richmond. While Endale was back in Richmond yesterday, this time it was for the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, in which he placed fourth in 2:19:19. That was enough to keep Endale away from attempting a potential three-peat, and the door was thus left open for top locals such as Rodriguez and Devar.
Devar’s 7th place finish last year came in a personal best of 30:40. This year he took control of the race early to win in a new personal best of 30:23, a per-mile average of 4:53.
Rodriguez, who was 2nd in 30:53, stayed with the eventual winner “until I couldn’t keep up with [him] anymore,” he said laughing.
For Rodriguez, the time was just a second off his personal best, set here last year, in what might also be the 32-year-old Arlington resident’s last local race before he and his wife move to Charlotte, N.C. in February. (He did announce plans to return for April’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Miler.)
Look back at the Veterans Day results for 2005 and you will see that Rodriguez was 10th in 33:01. The next year he was 8thin 32:42. The year after that Rodriguez was training with Pacers and shaping up into a top local runner.
Devar graduated last year from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. The 23-year-old Arlington native is working part time for Pacers while making a go at improving upon college bests of 8:13 for 3,000 and 14:10 for 5,000.
Georgetown Running Company’s Sam Luff, 23, of Rockville was third in 31:00. His teammate, Ryan Witters, 23, of Washington, DC was fourth in 31:17. The master’s crown went to Ray Pugsley, 42, of Potomac Falls, VA. His time of 32:44 put him just outside the top 10 overall.
For the women, this was Burla’s race from the start. Having recently moved to Falls Church from Missouri, the 29-year-old Olympic Trials qualifier took out the opening mile right around 5 minutes en route to a near event record breaking time of 33:04, a per-mile average of 5:19. Svetlana Zakharova set the event standard in 2000 with 32:53.
Burla’s Riadha running club teammate, Kristin Anderson, who was second in 35:04, a time good enough to win some years, admitted that Burla’s quick early pace took her away from her race plan, or at least partially away from it.
Anderson’s plan was to run five seconds off Burla through the mile. Thing was, she was expecting Burla to go through in 5:30.
“I tried to not get overwhelmed by it, just work hard,” Anderson said of her 5:10 opening mile. “I just tried to take a deep breath, and keep working for it. It helped when some guys came around. Actually, I kept picturing every guy was a girl.”
This was the 28-year-old adjunct college professor’s first race since track season, she said. After some time off, Anderson, of Arlington, said she went into a base building phase that has been greatly aided by the arrival of Burla, her new training partner.
Burla, who ran 2:37:06 at the 2010 New York City Marathon, is preparing for January’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. After today’s race she set out for another hour of running, up-tempo, making her unavailable for an interview. Riadha’s Alisa Harvey, 46, of Manassas, VA was the top female master in 38:13.
The third place female, Anna Holt-Gosselin of Georgetown Running Company, knew better than to get mixed up in the early pace set by Burla and Anderson. Still, the 23-year-old Vienna, VA resident said, after clocking 35:39, that she had run her best race this year.
Many of today’s participants ran in honor of men and women serving in the armed forces. Members of a Howard County, MD based group of women who met each through LiveNow Fitness ran in honor of Delma Johnson’s husband, Eric Johnson, who is overseas with the U.S. Army.
Johnson, along with Lesley Smith, Evelyn Cooper, Kendra Booth, Grace Bristol, and Aixa Flanders push each other through boot camp-style workouts during the week, they said. On the weekends, however, they head to the races, where it is every woman for herself.
“We go, ‘Go team!’” explained Johnson. “Then it’s, ‘See you at the finish!’”
The 12th Veterans Day 10K benefited Luke’s Wings. A member of the Wounded Warrior Transportation Assistance Program, Luke’s Wings provides travel planning and complimentary airline tickets to wounded warriors and their families during the service member’s hospitalization and rehabilitation. This enables families to be with their loved ones at such a difficult time.
At the conclusion of the awards ceremony, Linda Duyen Nguyen of Annandale, VA won the grand random prize of a 7-day resort stay for two.
MALE Open
1 48 Frank Devar 23 Alexandria VA 30:23
2 15 Bert Rodriguez 32 Arlington VA 30:53
3 20 Samuel Luff 24 Rockville MD 31:00
4 22 Ryan Witters 23 Washington DC 31:17
5 1854 Tristram Thomas 24 Baltimore MD 31:50
6 28 Ryan Hanson 23 Rockville MD 31:55
7 3 Wilson Komen 33 Washington DC 32:12
8 5 Christopher Sloane 28 Rockville MD 32:15
9 1706 Dennis Wolff 29 Hartford CT 32:17
10 45 Dickson Mercer 30 Washington DC 32:19
MALE Masters
1 13 Ray Pugsley 42 Potomac Falls VA 32:44
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 19
1 John Morgan 18 M ANNAPOLIS MD 33:18 33:18 5:22
2 Alexander Waldt 18 M BALTIMORE MD 34:05 34:05 5:29
3 Noah Howard 16 M WASHINGTON DC 39:50 39:27 6:21
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 Jerry Greenlaw 23 M ALEXANDRIA VA 32:58 32:58 5:19
2 Alexander Wepsala 24 M WASHINGTON DC 36:40 36:39 5:54
3 Cole Ashcraft 20 M WASHINGTON DC 37:17 36:42 5:55
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 Paul Guevara 25 M ALEXANDRIA VA 33:00 33:00 5:19
2 Andrew Ciarfalia 29 M RESTON VA 33:37 33:37 5:25
3 Andy Sovonick 25 M GAITHERSBURG MD 33:45 33:45 5:26
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 Ben Ingram 34 M WINCHESTER VA 34:08 34:08 5:30
2 Steven Staats 33 M WASHINGTON DC 35:29 35:26 5:43
3 Dwayne Bax 30 M WASHINGTON DC 37:17 37:17 6:00
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 David Wertz 35 M ARLINGTON VA 32:38 32:38 5:16
2 Eric Lavigne 35 M PHILADELPHIA PA 32:40 32:40 5:16
3 Marcos Galicia 36 M SILVER SPRING MD 36:10 36:08 5:49
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 Matthew Frank 44 M LOUISVILLE CO 36:42 36:40 5:54
2 Andrew Pugh 42 M WASHINGTON DC 37:28 37:23 6:01
3 Dave Cahill 40 M ARLINGTON VA 37:58 37:55 6:07
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 Derik Thomas 45 M ALEXANDRIA VA 34:53 34:53 5:37
2 Poul Wisborg 48 M WASHINGTON DC 38:35 38:22 6:11
3 Warren Djuric 49 M SPRINGFIELD VA 38:46 38:46 6:15
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 Jean-Christophe Arca 50 M ROCKVILLE MD 35:48 35:48 5:46
2 Kevin Dix 52 M MANASSAS VA 40:00 39:58 6:26
3 Terry Basham 52 M DUMFRIES VA 40:46 40:38 6:33
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 Paul Serra 55 M LUSBY MD 41:28 41:20 6:39
2 Ken Krehbiel 58 M WASHINGTON DC 41:47 41:47 6:44
3 Rod Devar 58 M ALEXANDRIA VA 42:20 42:10 6:48
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 Malcolm Senior 60 M NEW MARKET MD 40:43 40:41 6:33
2 Jim Wright 62 M GAITHERSBURG MD 41:46 41:42 6:43
3 Jay Jacob Wind 61 M ARLINGTON VA 44:17 44:17 7:08
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
1 Jim Noone 67 M FAIRFAX VA 44:59 44:57 7:14
2 Bob Chase 66 M FALLS CHURCH VA 45:29 45:23 7:19
3 John Sullivan 66 M WASHINGTON DC 53:57 52:53 8:31
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 Gerry Ives 72 M WASHINGTON DC 45:56 45:44 7:22
2 Malcolm O'Hagan 71 M CHEVY CHASE MD 48:20 48:12 7:46
3 Chan Robbins 74 M ARLINGTON VA 50:57 50:55 8:12
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 75 - 79
1 Skip Grant 76 M CHEVY CHASE MD 50:06 49:54 8:02
2 Alan Rider 75 M RESTON VA 56:01 55:50 8:59
3 Robert Gurtler 76 M THE PLAINS VA 63:16 63:02 10:09
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 80 - 99
1 George Yannakakis 80 M SPARKS GLENCOE MD 52:49 52:44 8:30
2 Jack McMahon 80 M SILVER SPRING MD 58:26 58:14 9:23
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 1378 Mike Cahill 33 M Washington DC 39:58 39:42 6:24
FEMALE Open
1 1708 Serena Burla 29 Falls Church VA 33:04
2 1709 Kristin Anderson 28 Arlington VA 35:04
3 17 Anna Holt-Gosselin 23 Vienna VA 35:39
4 1704 Jacqui Wentz 23 Baltimore MD 36:07
5 7 Wendi Robinson 24 Washington DC 36:46
6 27 Maura Carroll 22 Washington DC 37:05
7 6 Lisa Thomas 35 Alexandria VA 37:10
8 8 Lindsay Wilkins 33 Arlington VA 37:30
9 19 Susan Hendrick 25 Washington DC 37:34
10 44 Laura O'Hara 31 Alexandria VA 37:42
FEMALE Masters
1 4 Alisa Harvey 46 Manassas VA 38:13
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 01 - 19
1 Maggie Wood 14 F WASHINGTON DC 46:54 46:18 7:27
2 Christina Glasener 16 F WASHINGTON DC 46:36 46:18 7:28
3 Maria Luisa Navarro 19 F BALTIMORE MD 49:58 49:43 8:00
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 20 - 24
1 Samantha Lee 23 F NEW PROVIDENCE NJ 38:51 38:48 6:15
2 Elizabeth Laseter 23 F WASHINGTON DC 39:33 39:27 6:21
3 Heather Jelen 24 F FALLS CHURCH VA 39:36 39:36 6:23
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 25 - 29
1 Erin Swain 29 F ARLINGTON VA 38:31 38:31 6:12
2 Kelly Swain 26 F ARLINGTON VA 38:32 38:32 6:12
3 Ashley Palmer 28 F LYNCHBURG VA 39:25 39:25 6:21
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 30 - 34
1 Christina Vanucci 33 F WESTLAKE OH 39:48 39:35 6:23
2 Jessica McGuire 31 F ARLINGTON VA 41:29 41:25 6:40
3 Ingrid Peterson 33 F WASHINGTON DC 41:50 41:35 6:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 35 - 39
1 Barb Fallon Wallace 37 F ALEXANDRIA VA 37:46 37:46 6:05
2 Jackie Gruendel 36 F CLIFTON VA 38:08 38:08 6:09
3 Kristie Connelly 36 F ALEXANDRIA VA 38:41 38:41 6:14
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 40 - 44
1 Samantha Cole 43 F ARLINGTON VA 39:23 39:23 6:21
2 Lisa Chilcote 41 F N BETHESDA MD 40:02 40:02 6:27
3 Julie King 44 F ALEXANDRIA VA 43:24 43:21 6:59
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 45 - 49
1 Valinda Nwadike 46 F LEONARDTOWN MD 47:08 46:58 7:34
2 Mery-Angela Katson 47 F MCLEAN VA 47:58 47:34 7:40
3 Ellen Willison 45 F STAFFORD VA 47:56 47:47 7:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 50 - 54
1 Patti Galleher 54 F DENVER CO 42:10 42:03 6:46
2 Carole Jones 54 F ASHBURN VA 44:38 44:27 7:10
3 Carla Freyvogel 54 F MCLEAN VA 50:12 50:01 8:03
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 55 - 59
1 Betty Blank 58 F FALLS CHURCH VA 44:59 44:58 7:15
2 Liza Recto 55 F LEXINGTON PARK MD 48:50 48:48 7:52
3 Carol Brockschmidt 55 F WASHINGTON DC 52:20 51:56 8:22
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 60 - 64
1 Ginny Hughes 61 F WARRENTON VA 49:14 49:05 7:54
2 Alice Franks 63 F ROCKVILLE MD 49:42 49:33 7:59
3 Mary Pultz 61 F SPRINGFIELD VA 66:06 64:38 10:24
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 65 - 69
1 Joanne Murphy 66 F BALTIMORE MD 52:50 51:57 8:22
2 Karen Kautz 68 F SILVER SPRING MD 56:24 55:57 9:01
3 Nancy Malan 65 F WASHINGTON DC 68:04 67:43 10:54
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 70 - 74
1 Jamie Wollard 73 F N BETHESDA MD 89:45 87:53 14:09
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME - NET PACE 75 - 79
1 Tami Graf 75 F LUSBY MD 61:47 61:42 9:56
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 1100 Dominique Gale 29 F Chantilly VA 50:57 48:15 7:46
By Dickson Mercer
Alexandria, VA
October 2, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Ten kilometers into last year’s New York City Marathon, Kenyan Moses Kigen Kipkosgei made what proved to be a smart move. He let the lead pack go. “The pace was high, so I set my own,” Kipkosgei recalled today after winning the 2nd annual Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon in 1 hour 2 two minutes 37 seconds.
In New York, the strategy worked, as a game Kipkosgei went on to seize third place. His best ever result, he said. But today, as Kipkosgei passed 10K along the rolling George Washington Memorial Parkway, the 28-year-old professional had the opposite feeling: the pace was too slow. He already had command of the race; still, he pushed.
Kipkosgei’s winning time was a couple minutes slower than his personal best, but it lowered the event record set by Ethiopian Derese Deniboba, who this year finished 2nd though in an even better time of 1:02:56. Kipkosgei said the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon had served as a fine tune-up for his return to New York on November 6. “This year I am in better shape,” said Kipkosgei, who flew in from Eldoret, Kenya on Friday and will return there Monday to put the final touches on his marathon training.
The women’s runaway winner, Bekelech Bedada, (right) arrived in New York from Ethiopia just weeks ago. A member of Ethiopia’s national team, Bedada plans to get a taste for the American road racing scene for a little while longer before returning to Ethiopia to focus on the track, specifically the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Unchallenged, she cruised to the win in 1 hour 12 minutes 44 seconds, besting Gladys Asiba by more than three minutes. “I’m happy,” she said.
Whether it was to prepare for an upcoming 26.2-mile romp through the Big Apple or the month-away Marine Corps Marathon, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon offered runners of all abilities an apt practice venue. Jennifer Yang, 29, of Alexandria, VA, for instance, took advantage of familiar terrain—she does most of her running on the bike paths surrounding the race’s finish—to sneak in her first half marathon before her first attempt at 26.2 at the MCM.
For big city marathons, just getting to the start can be a challenge. Gracefully dealing with all the logistical challenges to minimize stress can ultimately make a big difference.
The point-to-point Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon attuned a runner to such an experience. Before 6:00 a.m., runners were arriving in National Harbor, where the race finished and boarding buses bound for Mount Vernon, where the race started. Once the race got going, runners were met by a course that, much like those aforementioned marathons, allows for reasonably fast running … so long as you run smart.
The opening mile featured a big downhill. From there, runners met a mix of subtle climbs and drops. That was until between miles 8 and 9, when they hit a challenging hill on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which returned the runners to Maryland. This hill, however, was really only a prelude to the tough climb still to come as runners rounded National Harbor toward the finish.
“I find this hill … very challenging,” Marirose Jarvis, 37, of Springfield, VA, said while waiting in line for a free massage at the post-race festival. She was shivering a bit, but, like the thousands there—plenty of whom had a complimentary beer and took in a band—did not seemed to be bothered by it.
Three days ago, though, as humidity spiked, Race Director Steve Nearman almost put in an order for a couple tons of ice. Good thing he did not pull the trigger. Rather than heat, runners wound up taking on the first legitimately chilly day of the year. Conditions, all told, were favorably cold and blustery.
The elite field Nearman assembled for today’s race included a mix of top-notch international runners, members of McMillan Elite/Team USA Arizona and top locals such as Michael Wardian, who finished 8th in 1:09.16, and Michelle Miller, who finished 3rd in 1:19:43. She was also the top American female.
Miller’s (left) performance was tops for Georgetown Running Company’s racing team, which also offered guides for the race’s National Industries for the Blind National Half Marathon Championships. The winner of that event, Amy McDonaugh, 34, of Irmo, SD, was also fifth overall among women and second American in 1:24:01.
Rebounding from an injury, Miller ran 1:19:43, a 6:05 pace she said indicates her fitness level is on the right track as she prepares for November’s Philadelphia Marathon. Her plan was to run conservatively the opening 10 miles and then pick up the pace if she felt good, she said. “I’m in better shape than I thought, so that was a great confidence booster.”
Prize money ran five spots deep, with the overall winners pulling in $1,000. American-only prize money went five deep as well, with $800 going to winner. While Wardian picked up the top American-only check in the race’s inaugural running, this year he was fifth in a deeper field.
With the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials just months away, Nearman offered a special incentive of a $1,000 bonus to any runner who dipped under the trials-qualifying standard of 1:05:00. Afterward, Nearman could not have been more pleased: The top four American men in today’s race all qualified for the trials.
The group was led by Jordan Horn, 26, and Danny Mercado, 23. Both train with Team USA Arizona. Both were pleased with their results.
Horn, who was 3rd overall, joined Greg McMillan’s program about four years ago, not long after it was founded. Mercado, however, only joined two months ago, not long after he graduated from the University of Oregon.
Mercado, who was 4th overall and sports a Prefontaine-esque mustache, said he was not initially sure what direction he wanted to go with his running after Oregon. He thought about quitting, he said, but Horn was among McMillan’s athletes who encouraged him not to give up.
Horn, in turn, has been focusing on the mile the last couple of years. While this was Mercado’s first half marathon, it was only Horn’s second. Still, the older runner nonetheless served as a guide of sorts for Mercado, who admitted after the race that, on the starting line, he was nearly overcome with nerves.
“Right before the race I thought I was going to drop out,” he said. “As soon as we started taking off it felt so much better. I got in right behind him and it felt just like practice.”
The two ran together all the way until the bridge, where Horn, who clocked 1:03:53, gapped his buddy on the downhill. Mercado came through in 1:04:03. Though he now has a qualifier, he said he is not quite ready to tackle the marathon. Horn, on the other hand, is all set to debut at the trials.
“It’s a little scary,” he said, “but I’m excited.”
Third place Jordan Horn (10), fifth place Danny Mercado (11), sixth place Bobby Mack (12), and seventh place Ricky Flynn (647).
Top Male Finishers
1. Moses Kigen Kipkosgei, KENYA, 1:02:37 (breaks event record of 1:04:44 set by Derese Deniboba in 2010), $1,300
2. Derese Deniboba, ETHIOPIA, 1:02:56, $800
3. Jordan Horn, Flagstaff, AZ, 1:03:53, $2,350
4. Abiyot Endale, ETHIOPIA, 1:04:01, $500
5. Danny Mercado, Flagstaff, AZ, 1:04:03, $1,900
6. Bobby Mack, Raleigh, NC, 1:04:13, $1,600
7. Ricky Flynn, Lynchburg, VA, 1:04:15, $1,500
8. Michael Wardian, Arlington, VA, 1:09:16, $300
9. Seife Geletu, Washington, DC, 1:10:08
10. David Burnham, Arlington, VA, 1:10:51
Top Masters
1. Patrick Kuhlmann, Arlington, VA, 1:14:14, $200
2. Alex Hetherington, Vienna, VA, 1:17:11, $150
3. Paul Willis, Bronx, NY, 1:19:16, $100
Top PVA
1. Wardian, $300
2. Hetherington, $200
3. Lavar Curley, Washington, DC, $100
Top PVA Masters
1. Hetherington, $250
2. Robert Britain, Wayzata, MN, $150
3. Jack Beach, Nottingham, MD, $100
Top Female Finishers
1. Bekelech Bedada, ETHIOPIA, 1:12:44, $1,300 (breaks course record of 1:13:17 set by Catherine Ndereba in 2010)
2. Gladys Asiba, KENYA, 1:15:57, $500
3. Michelle Miller, Damascus, MD, 1:19:43, $1,050
4. Mekides Bekele, ETHIOPIA, 1:20:04, $200
5. Amy McDonaugh, Irmo, SC, 1:24:01, $600
6. Lisa Cron, Herndon, VA, 1:24:03, $300
7. Michelle Harburg, Washington, DC, 1:26:55, $200
8. Lauren Woodall, Washington, DC, 1:29:37, $100
9. Laura Greeson, Alexandria, VA, 1:30:33, $200
10. Sarah Brown, Arlington, VA, 1:30:45
Top Female Masters
1. Greeson, $200
2. Susan Graham Gray, Greencastle, PA, 1:33:47, $150
3. Gillian Walker, Springfield, VA, 1:35:17, $100
Top PVA
1. Kara Christenson, Alexandria, VA, 1:46:42, $300
2. Valerie Bambha, Alexandria, VA, 1:55:01, $200
3. Jessica Orozco, Arlington, VA, 1:55:29, $100
Top PVA Masters
1. Joann Johnson, Herndon, VA, 2:06:54, $250
NIB Visually-Impaired National Half Marathon Championships
1. Amy McDonaugh, Irmo, SC, 1:24:01
2. Matthew Rodjom, Alexandria, VA, 1:24:23
3. Susan Graham Gray, Greencastle, PA, 1:33:47 (in photo below)
4. David Kosub, Washington, DC, 1:34:37
5. John Morgan, Adelphi, MD, 1:43:16
6. Joseph Aukward, Bethesda, MD, 1:45:33
7. Thomas Panek, McLean, VA, 1:52:14
8. Rodan Hollins, Washington, DC, 2:10:07
9. Tim Paul, Chicago, IL, 2:21:34
10. Cassandra Dozier, Chicago, IL, 2:29:54
11. Doug Powell, Falls Church, VA, 2:33:01
By Dickson Mercer
Fairfax, VA
July 4, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
In the Lea Gallardo photo above, Laura O’Hara powers to the win with top 40-44 winner Matteo Mainetti on her shoulder and racing legend Alisa Harvey a few strides behind.
Runners in this region say the best way to prepare mentally for a summer race is to expect the absolute worst. In that event, more than 1,500 runners who participated in Capital Running Company’s inaugural Let Freedom Run 5K only had to deal with conditions that were roughly par for a rolling course: Independence Day morning offered overcast skies, temperatures below 80 degrees, and a humidity level which – around here, anyway – would only qualify for the not-so-bad category.
Wearing the No. 1 race bib, Aaron Church, 35, of South Riding, VA set the early pace from the start in Fairfax Corner Shopping Center in Fairfax, VA. The Potomac River Running racing team member proceeded to race head to head with Jordan McDougal, brother of former NCAA champ Josh McDougal, for most of the opening mile. (Although the race itself was new, the roller coaster ride-like course was familiar to those who had run the annual Goblin Gallop.)
By 2K, McDougal, 24, (left) had established a narrow gap he would more or less hold the rest of the way. He won the race in 15:46, with Church only 11 seconds back. Bennett Stackhouse, 27, of Arlington, VA took 3rd in 16:19.
McDougal graduated from Liberty in 2008 and now works for The Running Store in Gainesville, VA. For Let Freedom Run, the store put together a seven-person team that also included McDougal’s wife, Leah.
“You can never be disappointed with a win,” said McDougal, who only recently resumed full-time training following a break from an ultra-filled spring season. He won the 50-miler at the North Face Endurance Challenge in Bear Mountain, NY in May and was second to Matt Woods of Falls Church, VA at June’s 50-mile North Face Endurance Challenge Mid-Atlantic Regional in Washington, DC.
The women’s race was a close one, too. The winner, Laura O’Hara, 31, of Alexandria, VA was running with a pack of men in the final mile when she heard someone cheer for the well-known – not to mention speedy – Alisa Harvey, 45, of Manassas, VA.
“I tried to get on my horse and hold her off,” O’Hara said.
O’Hara won in 18:23. Harvey, the clear-cut taker of the female masters’ crown, clocked 18:29. Jacqueline Gruendel, 36, of Clifton, VA claimed third in 18:44. In photo left, she leads top 45-49 finisher Matt Anderson to the finish.
The Let Freedom Run 5K was O’Hara’s third 5K of the summer and she admitted afterward that she was hoping to run closer to 18 minutes. Still, all things considered, coming as it did at the end of a long holiday weekend, O’Hara said she was happy to pick up the win. Her husband, Dave O’Hara, 35, (below) was fourth overall in 16:44.
Chuck Moeser, 59, of Sterling, VA took the masters title in 17:42, a time that also put him seventh overall.
Numerous runners celebrated the July 4 race – a sendoff to barbecues, parties and fireworks – with red, white, and blue racing uniforms, American flag bandanas, and all sorts of patriotic headbands.
In fact, for some veteran runners, July 4 is the one day they break out what might very well be the finest in old school-meets-patriotic running shorts their collections have to offer.
Racing two weeks shy of his 80th birthday, Larry Dickerson of Burke, VA (325th, 29:13) broke out red, white, and blue shorts he only wears once a year. A runner of nearly 50 years, Dickerson recalled that he got the shorts “somewhere along the line” while a member of Lockheed Martin’s corporate team.
John Carmichael, 49, of South Riding, VA (76th, 22:21) recalled that he picked up his own pair of red, white, and blue racing shorts sometime in the late 1980s. At Let Freedom Run, Carmichael raced alongside numerous friends as well as family, including his 21-year-old nephew, Dave Carmichael of Grantham, NH.
Dave Carmichael was in town to celebrate his grandmother’s 80th birthday, he said. He ran his first race, a marathon, in January.
“I’m passing on the family torch,” said John Carmichael, who was passed by his nephew with two turns to go. “He’s now the best runner in the family.”
Regarding best-runner-in-the-family status, with Dennis and Kathleen Hogan, both 57, the race is still too close to call. The Annandale, VA couple finished their third 5K together today in about 36 minutes. Since mutually deciding to become more active, the Hogans have been entering 5Ks while training together four or five mornings per week.
Perhaps it was the race’s first-timers division that attracted so many new runners. Among them was Eric Korn, 33, who finished his first 5K in 36:41. “Three months ago I could barely run 60 seconds,” he said.
The Harrisonburg, VA resident ran the race with his father, Bill Korn, 66, of Fairfax. His dad, Korn said, ran marathons in 28 states, his 50-state goal eventually disrupted by hip issues. Korn, who got started with a “Couch to 5K” plan, now dreams of picking up the quest where his father left off.
This was the first race in the Capital Running Race Series, which will culminate with the Veterans Day 10K on November 13 and the Jingle All the Way 10K on December 11. Participants can accumulate points for top 10 overall finishes and for placing in the top ten for three masters age group categories, 40-99 – master, 50-99 – grandmaster, & 60-99 – senior. Runners gain additional premium points by finishing in the top ten of division younger than their own.
Combining all three races the awards will go five deep in the open and three deep in the three age groups.
Sponsors for the Let Freedom Run 5K included Mission Springs, a local water company that produces biodegradable bottles; Uncle Julio’s Mexican restaurant, which awarded all racers a $10 gift certificate for race day; Crunch Fitness; Giant; Fairfax Corner, and California Pizza Kitchen.
Awards Listing (No Duplicate Prizes)
ChronoTrack Timing and Scoring
by Capital Running Company
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 1015 Laura O'Hara 31 Alexandria VA 18:23 18:22 5:55
2 2 Alisa Harvey 45 Manassas VA 18:29 18:28 5:57
3 885 Jacqueline Gruendel 36 Clifton VA 18:44 18:43 6:02
4 1033 Kaitlin Sheedy 28 Washington DC 19:08 19:04 6:09
5 1248 Ashley Kollme 28 Washington DC 19:16 19:14 6:12
6 485 Morgan Price 17 Gainesville VA 19:51 19:49 6:23
7 384 Jennifer Chapman 26 Centreville VA 19:54 19:53 6:24
8 1021 Jessie Hartman 20 Centreville VA 20:16 20:15 6:32
9 856 Kate Weaver 27 Alexandria VA 20:20 20:18 6:32
10 1229 Dorothy Beal 29 South Riding VA 20:28 20:27 6:35
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 236 Jordan McDougal 24 Culpeper VA 15:46 15:46 5:05
2 1 Aaron Church 35 South Riding VA 15:57 15:57 5:08
3 325 Bennett Stackhouse 27 Arlington VA 16:19 16:18 5:15
4 1016 David O'Hara 35 Alexandria VA 16:44 16:44 5:24
5 371 Rob Bell 22 Gainesville VA 16:58 16:58 5:28
6 639 Jeff Poindexter 21 Dumfries VA 17:29 17:29 5:38
7 11 Chuck Moeser 59 Sterling VA 17:42 17:42 5:42
8 572 Frank Spicer III 19 Clifton VA 17:53 17:53 5:46
9 298 Keith Freeburn 37 Centreville VA 17:55 17:55 5:46
10 3 Eric Makovsky 38 Washington DC 17:59 17:58 5:47
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 575 Hayley Djuric 17 Montgomery AL 22:50 22:27 7:14
2 380 Margaret Schroeder 15 Palm Beach FL 24:01 23:15 7:29
3 239 Theresa Tweedie 19 Woodbridge VA 24:08 23:50 7:41
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 1235 Alex Kerr 17 Ashburn VA 18:11 18:10 5:51
2 1190 Malik Wheeler 17 Decatur GA 18:33 18:30 5:58
3 1328 Matthew Thatcher 16 Manassas VA 18:57 18:57 6:06
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 205 Hannah Roller 24 Vienna VA 21:49 21:44 7:00
2 1022 Stephanie Gresalfi 23 Arlington VA 22:07 21:52 7:03
3 969 Susanne Shannon 24 Arlington VA 22:37 21:59 7:05
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 43 Nathaniel Altom 22 Eau Claire WI 20:16 20:14 6:31
2 1111 Danny Phillips 21 Chantilly VA 22:06 21:50 7:02
3 867 David Carmichael 21 Grantham NH 22:52 22:21 7:12
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 935 Melissa Wisner 28 Washington DC 21:38 21:23 6:53
2 1023 Maria Solomon 27 Cordova TN 21:47 21:32 6:56
3 646 Lauren Shaub 27 Arlington VA 22:07 22:01 7:05
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 413 Adam Roggia 26 Stafford VA 19:04 19:03 6:08
2 385 Jarrell Warthen 28 Ashburn VA 19:15 19:14 6:12
3 1172 Nhan Bui 25 Springfield VA 20:08 20:03 6:28
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 113 Shauna Hanley 30 Falls Church VA 20:55 20:47 6:42
2 965 Carol Mattos 30 Raeford NC 22:39 22:29 7:15
3 702 Amy Mark 31 Waldorf MD 22:38 22:29 7:15
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 35 Ellins Thomas 30 Gainesville VA 18:21 18:20 5:54
2 892 Luke Ryan 33 Oakton VA 19:07 18:57 6:06
3 1058 Jesse Izdepski 32 Mandeville LA 19:38 19:38 6:19
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 312 Cathy Ross 39 Burke VA 20:37 20:30 6:36
2 696 Cristina Burbach 37 Washington DC 20:48 20:44 6:41
3 594 Michelle Andrew 39 Topeka KS 21:20 21:18 6:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 997 Christopher Carney 37 Falls Church VA 18:20 18:19 5:54
2 934 Eugene Huang 35 Chicago IL 19:49 19:46 6:22
3 662 Keith Nelson 36 Reston VA 20:13 20:07 6:29
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1178 Carmen Chireix 41 Oakton VA 21:43 21:38 6:58
2 70 Cheryl Young 41 Reston VA 22:04 21:59 7:05
3 226 Charmaine Reed 41 Springfield VA 23:01 22:57 7:23
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1218 Mateo Mainetti 41 Fairfax VA 18:26 18:25 5:56
2 110 Dennis Billings 42 Woodbridge VA 18:32 18:28 5:57
3 689 Brandon Hirsch 41 Rockville MD 18:57 18:54 6:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 1054 Brenda MacKintosh 45 Springfield VA 22:36 22:28 7:14
2 1337 Annie Downer 46 Herndon VA 23:29 22:57 7:24
3 498 Ellen Willison 45 Stafford VA 24:08 24:03 7:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 1250 Matt Anderson 45 Fairfax VA 18:49 18:49 6:04
2 1228 Eugene Holmes 46 Arlington VA 19:06 19:02 6:08
3 577 Warren Djuric 49 Montgomery AL 19:11 19:10 6:10
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 743 Tamara Smith 53 Falls Church VA 26:28 26:15 8:27
2 109 Becky Moor 51 Alexandria VA 28:11 27:17 8:47
3 223 Kate Alleman 50 Springfield VA 28:49 27:26 8:50
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 15 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 Rockville MD 18:04 18:04 5:49
2 1181 Bob Briggs 54 Springfield VA 18:19 18:17 5:53
3 417 Tom Moriarty 51 Vienna VA 18:53 18:52 6:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 1233 Kathy Manzo 56 Casanova VA 25:46 25:12 8:07
2 1065 Dianne Beville 55 Oak Hill VA 27:20 26:23 8:30
3 704 Barbara Schmidt 57 Clifton VA 28:34 27:49 8:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 571 Frank Spicer 59 Clifton VA 22:22 22:20 7:12
2 1273 Dan Garner 56 Falls Church VA 23:41 23:33 7:35
3 1092 Bill Bristow 58 Burke VA 24:41 24:37 7:56
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 1081 Judy Snellgrove 64 Manassas VA 32:15 31:14 10:03
2 287 Janice Cooper 64 Annandale VA 36:56 36:05 11:37
3 813 Kathryn Fanelli 61 Annandale VA 36:49 36:28 11:44
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 13 Richard Adams Jr. 60 Herndon VA 19:56 19:56 6:25
2 14 Malcolm Senior 60 New Market MD 20:27 20:22 6:34
3 705 Donald Hodgen 61 Arlington VA 23:13 23:10 7:28
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 251 Mary Wallace 65 Reston VA 45:57 44:25 14:18
2 544 Victoria Parra 65 Falls Church VA 59:48 58:37 18:52
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 335 Jim Noone 67 Fairfax VA 22:05 22:02 7:06
2 681 Mike Golash 68 Washington DC 23:48 23:42 7:38
3 154 Tommy McVean 66 Naples FL 28:22 28:15 9:06
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 804 Ann Feder 71 Oakton VA 61:09 59:09 19:03
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 759 John Gluck 73 Alexandria VA 25:59 25:54 8:21
2 1070 Bob Spiller 71 Fairfax VA 41:02 40:21 13:00
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 1341 Ruthie Fulton 77 Washington DC 50:52 49:36 15:58
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 1213 Maynard Weyers 75 Alexandria VA 27:33 27:31 8:52
2 16 Alan Rider 75 Reston VA 28:03 27:59 9:01
3 12 Larry Dickerson 79 Burke VA 29:24 29:13 9:25
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 591 Barbara Carmichael 80 South Riding VA 51:14 49:58 16:05
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 51 Dixon Hemphill 86 Fairfax Station VA 48:37 48:30 15:37
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 1190 Malik Wheeler 17 M Decatur GA 18:33 18:30 5:58
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 113 Shauna Hanley 30 F Falls Church VA 20:55 20:47 6:42
The center plaza with its water park is already known as a family spot. More than 200 fun runners in this first year race amde that even more so.
The top two teams also won awards.
Co-ed Team Results - Open Coed (score 4 by net time)
(at least one man and one woman)
1. 69:32 TRS Racing Team (17:23)
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1 15:46 Jordan McDougal M
2 16:58 Rob Bell M
3 18:20 Ellins Thomas M
4 18:28 Alisa Harvey F
5 (21:46) Aaron Kapaldo M
6 (22:27) Leah McDougal F
7 (22:34) Solamite Santos F
2. 72:33 Capital Area Runners (18:09)
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1 16:18 Bennett Stackhouse M
2 18:19 Christopher Carney M
3 18:52 George Buckheit M
4 19:04 Kaitlin Sheedy F
3. 76:11 Rogue Racers (19:03)
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1 17:29 Jeff Poindexter M
2 17:55 Keith Freeburn M
3 19:03 Adam Roggia M
4 21:44 Hannah Roller F
4. 77:25 Team Scubner (19:22)
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1 15:57 Aaron Church M
2 19:14 Jarrell Warthen M
3 19:53 Jennifer Chapman F
4 22:21 David Carmichael M
5 (22:44) John Carmichael M
6 (23:15) Margaret Schroeder F
7 (29:50) Mary Carmichael F
8 (30:25) Anna Schroeder F
9 (33:25) Donnie Carmichael M
10 (42:22) Mark Schroeder M
5. 92:17 team spicer (23:05)
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1 17:53 Frank Spicer III M
2 22:20 Frank Spicer M
3 25:37 Edward Horkan M
4 26:27 Mary Spicer F
6. 104:10 Team Hungover (26:03)
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1 23:45 Michael Campbell M
2 24:55 Kendall Scott M
3 27:23 Stephen Pierce M
4 28:07 Casey Custer F
5 (31:24) Melissa Kirby F
6 (34:55) Ryan Proppe M
7. 127:04 Neuronators (31:46)
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1 25:49 Franz Hamilton M
2 32:59 Stephanie Schoenberger F
3 34:08 Gretchen Knaack F
4 34:08 Sarah Choi F
8. 127:39 SBA OIG (31:55)
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1 27:18 Travis Farris M
2 28:22 Sydney Manning F
3 31:49 Jack Manning M
4 40:10 Dana Manning F
9. 134:30 Valdez (33:38)
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1 31:28 Marta Depaz F
2 34:19 Abraham Valdez M
3 34:19 Jose Depaz M
4 34:24 Jose Valdez M
10. 135:30 Runners for Forrest (33:53)
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1 29:25 Kasey Crowe F
2 30:02 Andy Monaco M
3 35:28 Vanessa Hatcher F
4 40:35 Gavin Forrest M
11. 157:45 Deadman (39:27)
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1 38:53 Ann Deadman F
2 38:54 Isabelle Deadman F
3 39:59 Madeleine Deadman F
4 39:59 Hal Deadman M
12. 169:32 Texas (42:23)
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1 41:04 Reagan Belvin M
2 41:05 Elena Jamison F
3 41:12 Ninfa Guerrero F
4 46:11 Lauren Belvin F
5 (46:15) Ryan Belvin M
6 (46:16) Stephanie Belvin F
Editor’s note: These are outtakes from our profile of Christo Landry that appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of RunWashington.
On choosing golf over cross country as a high school freshman: “It was my grandpa. I just played golf with him whenever I saw him growing up. I still have fun playing when it’s warm outside. I’m not necessarily very good, but I’m also not a complete disaster on the course.”
On Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s success in ‘mental sports’: In football “my first year we were playing Centerville for our homecoming and we had signs that said we will not lose … by more than 50. We lost 49-0. The score of all score of all three games – varsity, JV, freshman – was 106-0. Needless to say, that wasn’t our strong spot, neither was basketball.”
On injury troubles that weren’t always because of running: Like the time at the College of William and Mary that he lost control of his bike while riding to class. “Rather than bail out into some bushes … I ended up smashing my knee into the building and bruising a nerve.” Landry missed nine weeks.
On what it meant, in 2006, to have an A team finish 8th at NCAAs and a B team win the IC4A Championship in cross country. “Oh, man, there were some parties when we got back.”
On not partying: “I was really boring in college. I didn’t drink until I was 21. It was just kind of a personal thing – it’s like, let see if you can do that. Then, after I turned 21, I was always injured, so it’s like, I’m not going to drink because that’s going to slow down my recovery. So I never really went out and partied. And as far as the team as a whole, we didn’t really drink much during the season, because we wanted to be good. Now, granted, the two weeks we had off after the season, I’m not sure if some people were sober at all during that time. So that was always fun to watch.”
On his “vice”: “I’d say my biggest vice was just staying up too late – maybe staying up until 12, 1 a.m. in the morning. Granted, I didn’t have class until noon, so I didn’t have to get up until 11, so I’d get my 10 hours, just not at the right time for your body to recover optimally. It’s still my biggest problem: just making sure I consistently get to bed early. So now I am trying to make sure I get to bed by 10, which I’ll slip up on one or two days a week.
On his first year as a professional running: In March, 2011, Landry ran 14:20 in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays (he ran faster as a college freshman). At Mt. Sac he ran 14:10. “So I go to Payton Jordan at Stanford, I’m running the 10k, and going there I’m like, ‘Well, shoot, I’ve done this for almost a year now post-collegiately. If I don’t race something decent here, alright, I’m done. I no longer have it.’ And I got in that race and ended up splitting 14:20 for my first 5k and 14:10 for my second 10K, running 28:30 in my first 10k. And I’m like, ‘Alright, ok, we’re good; we can keep going at that point.’”
On discovering the roads a month later: Landry entered the 8k national championships in Carmel, Ind., winning $2,000 for 4th place. “I didn’t know any better. I just drove down there, booked my own hotel, just drove over to the start of the race at the beginning. I didn’t know anything about them putting you up, race hotels, anything about that.” At Peachtree the next month Landry’s room was comped. “The race hotel is the Ritz. Compared to me booking a $40 a night hotel, it’s like, ‘I don’t know what most road races are like, but I do know which end of the scale I want to be on.'”
On gradual success on the roads: “I started those [national championship] races and I was finishing in the four to eighth range – and you know, gradually every year I have worked my way up.”
On long long runs: “When you get used to running 2:20 in training, when you move up to the marathon, if you want your body to adjust, naturally you have to run further.” Prior to the Chicago Marathon last year, Landry did a three-hour run on a six-mile stretch of road, covering 32 miles. “I felt fantastic after that long run. I mean, I probably ate a whole bag of tortilla chips afterward – get some salt back in my body. … But I felt great.”
On his Olympic dream: In 2008, Landry, still in college, and hurt at the time, watched the U.S. Olympic track trials in Eugene. “I made a promise to myself I would be participating in the next one, and sure enough I was. I managed to get myself tripped and fall flat on my face in the 10k; not the best way to run that. The television cut out beforehand, so everyone just saw the bad time and the bad place. There I made the promise to myself I will make the Olympic team next time it comes around.”
On his plan to make the 2016 Olympic team: “Well, hopefully I’ll have two shots at that, and need only one.” This spring he’ll focus on getting an A standard qualifying time for 10,000 meters. In August, Landry will transition to training for the marathon trials. This way, if he doesn’t qualify in the marathon, “then I have a shot to come back and prepare for the 10k trials. And if I have the A standard out of the way, I don’t have to peak at Payton Jordan to get the standard there and then compete at the trials as well, which is very difficult.”
