By James Moreland
Leesburg, VA
January 1, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
Truth be told, of all the races held on the turn-of-the-year weekend, this one offers the most adventure. Through the years, the wacky weather has been anything from a warm but heavy rain to a blistering cold wind chill where hiding on the down side of one of its many hills is actually a plus. Or perhaps we could have a storm of the century as we did at the start of 2010 where no one even dreamed of trying to leave the house. The voting is in and this year’s sunny, windless day with close to sixty degrees of warmth has been chosen for the race’s official weather.
December had been mild but when the sun continued to shine on the New Year many people still had time to head down to Ida Lee Park and sign up for the 10K that started at 10:40 or the 4K fun run that started twenty minutes before that. The 4K was an untimed event but when the race announcer started the event, about 400 happy people bounded down and across the opening field. Most of them looked as if they were going for a fast time. As is custom when the 10K starts, runners will begin meeting returning 4K runners near the bottom of the ¼ mile hill. This year the start was rushed so we could get going before the 4K winner (and he did receive an award) crossed the starting line.
Runners were advised that the course was still a little damp and with the warmer weather the way would be soggy. The course, however, was very solid . . . for a cross country course. After bounding down the hill runners briefly take a road toward the first of many hills. The tree-lined country road is just dirt but the footing was not bad. Just before the second mile runners crisscross between the farm buildings at the crest of the hill. From there, runners snake down the long hill to the bottom of the course. Then, joy of joys, they added gravel to the paved roads and the climb back up to mile four was made without ever looking up. The crews at the water stops cheered us on, perhaps amazed that we made it to the top. The day was so wonderful. Many of the runners come year after year, not for fast times but to enjoy a fun course to start the year.
Course record holder Abiyot Endale (32:24 – 2011) which he pilfered from runner-up Aaron Church who produced the event’s fourth fastest time (33:05 – 2011), were absent. Matt Maline (above) had been third in a swift 33:55. This year, with no one to chase and a light challenge behind him, he coasted to victory in 35:02. William Bylund finished the final climb a little more than a minute later in 36:27. Matt Woods produced the third place time in 36:54. Most runners are at least two minutes slower than on a road 10K.
Kevin Lynch (left) was top master last year in 39:01. This year he aged up to the 45-49 division and won again, this time in 39:36. Grandmaster Bruce Halpin, 55, ran 41:50 last year which would have been nifty this year as William Clem, 52, was tenth overall in 41:52. Alas, he ran 42:02. Still, with generous five year age groups both runners went home with first place awards.
Malcolm Senior, 61, proudly set the event age group record with 42:42 last year. This year he again coasted to victory by a mile.
Bill Stahr, 51, ran five races for the holiday weekend for 146 races in 2011 and three already for the New Year.
For more than a year Bill Joyce, 67, has been not been racing. He comes out to the races looking on longingly. Today he renewed his racing with a very solid 49:23. He modestly started 16 seconds behind the leaders. When told, “He’s back!” he demurred with, “Well, not yet.” Later that evening I spoke with Ronnie Wong, 65, and advised him that he would be looking over his shoulder very soon. He had already seen the results as well as the last two 5Ks run by Jason Page, 66, another returning champion. Last year John Elliott, 73, was disappointed by his 50:34 even though it was an event record. This is not a fast course. Doug Morris, 73, (below) was not far behind in 52:30. This year Morris rambled home in 52:23 but his net time was 51:04.Doug, you are an elite runner who belongs at the front of the starting line.
Many racers ran more than one race on this weekend, perhaps it is easier when the races start later in the day. Six of the top ten women were forty or older. Heather Schaffer, 40, of Potomac falls, VA (left) led the way in 44:26. Young Zanny Ludtke, 18, was next in 45:45, followed quickly by four runners from Leesburg. Mandana Mortazavi, 48, took third place with a gun time of 46:38. She had the closet time toward a new age group record. (46:30).Mandana, you must also start closer to the front (net time of 46:32). After all you did when you were fourth overall at the Running in Hope 10K just the day before in 43:05.
Karen Young, 43, also had five races for the weekend for 144 races for 2011. She raced her 49th 10K in the morning of the 31st. Sunday morning she proudly announced, “I got my Blank last night.” The Blank is an award given to runners in the 50 Plus club who race 50 or more races in a single distance. Naturally she started the year up again with a 10K in the morning followed by a 5K in the afternoon on Sunday. “Toward the end I looked up ahead of me and saw a lot of people walking. I didn’t think I was going that slow,” said Young after the race. Young is often a Ranked Runner.
Jacqui Hanson, 41, also needed to start closer to the front. She finished top in her division with 46:41 but started twenty seconds behind the leaders. Tenth place Carole Jones, 54 (below), was top grandmaster in 48:37. Next year when she turns fifty-five she might just speed past the event record of 50:23 set by Heather Sanders in 2011.
At the awards ceremony, 75-year-old Patricia Cuff was tops in her division. The awards were announced old to young. When we got to the 45-49 age group, there was another Patricia Cuff (junior?). Yes, she was the daughter. Running is for families. Ecris Williams, 71, did not make the race for the first time in the 14 runnings of the event. She still hold records in three divisions.
Before and after the race Dave Berry, who travels up from South Carolina each year, was entertaining the crowd with his music, much of it from the sixties and seventies. The youngsters enjoyed his oldest song, the Hokey Pokey.
The joy of this event is that when you finish there are rows of chairs in a heated auditorium with indoor plumbing. There was plenty of bottled water and lots of hot coffee and cocoa. Bagels with cream cheese as well as bananas are laudable runners’ foods. Even better was the scores and scores of fresh baked giant cookies from Vie de France.
Always your fastest race of the year and for most the best.
Awards Listing - Men
MALE
Place Num Name Ag City Finish
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1 483 Matt Maline 28 Oak Hill VA 35:02
2 347 William Bylund 27 Great Falls VA 36:27
3 367 Matt Woods 32 Falls Church VA 36:54
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 268 Steven Kool 17 Vienna VA 40:56
2 398 Devon Kirk 16 Purcellville VA 43:13
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 382 Andrew Knotts 20 Martinsburg WV 37:42
2 414 Andrew Castles 20 Gainesville VA 47:19
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 58 Eric Hammesfahr 26 Leesburg VA 47:10
2 356 John Heydon 26 Frederick MD 47:46
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 68 Adam Borbidge 33 South Riding VA 38:40
2 281 Nate Verwys 34 Fairfax VA 43:07
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 442 Aaron Holley 36 Washington DC 38:42
2 464 Marty Newhouse 39 Falls Church VA 44:25
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 44 Kenneth Shapiro 42 Frederick MD 39:55
2 379 Lawrence Kusko 42 Stephen's City VA 42:49
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 421 Kevin Lynch 45 Chantilly VA 39:36
2 304 James Darling 47 Falls Church VA 42:54
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 28 William Clem 52 Bethesda MD 41:51
2 334 James Dunn 51 Leesburg VA 44:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 428 Bruce Halpin 55 Ashburn VA 42:00
2 297 Richard Morgan 59 Silver Spring MD 43:31
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 88 Malcolm Senior 61 New Market MD 44:24
2 232 Richard Cleland 62 Leesburg VA 51:34
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 377 Bill Joyce 67 Herndon VA 49:07
2 303 Jack Tozier 69 Arlington VA 55:03
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 83 Douglas Morris 73 Delaplane VA 51:04
2 49 Louis Garczynski 71 Sterling VA 63:12
MALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 198 Chris Stotler 44 Leesburg VA 43:16
MALE ROTARIAN RESIDENT
1 472 Thomas Dunlap 39 Round Hill VA 51:19
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 217 Jarrod Dungan 31 M Leesburg VA 44:35
Awards Listing - Women
FEMALE
Place Num Name Ag City Finish
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1 369 Heather Schaffer 40 Potomac Falls VA 44:26
2 184 Zanny Ludtke 18 Round Hill VA 45:45
3 327 Mandana Mortazavi 48 Leesburg VA 46:38
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 01 - 19
1 251 Catherine Gorick 18 Broadlands VA 52:43
2 123 Shannon McClellan 17 Boonsboro MD 57:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 56 Erika Hansen 20 Oakton VA 48:27
2 393 Julia Crowley 20 Waterford VA 53:11
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 183 Cassie Ludtke 27 Round Hill VA 55:45
2 432 Tara Larrick 27 Stephen's City VA 59:10
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 438 Sharon Logue 33 Leesburg VA 46:47
2 489 Kathryn Dunn 31 Purcellville VA 47:46
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 308 Tiffany Graham 36 Reston VA 49:01
2 203 Alison Smith 37 Leesburg VA 49:58
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 325 Jacqui Hanson 41 Leesburg VA 46:21
2 392 Lydia Pelliccia 44 Washington DC 47:24
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 31 Tonya Stotler 45 Leesburg VA 46:52
2 279 Patricia Cuff 47 Alexandria VA 48:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 201 Carole Jones 54 Ashburn VA 48:31
2 364 Kelly Pickard 52 Oyster Bay NY 50:44
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 95 Peggy Davis 59 Vienna VA 55:28
2 299 Maria Nusbaum 59 Reston VA 58:37
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 162 Freyda Greenberg 62 Falls Church VA 60:07
2 239 Patricia Danielle-Kay 60 Reston VA 64:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 234 Pat Welch 67 Vienna VA 62:37
2 418 Punkin Lee 65 Middleburg VA 66:50
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 291 Patricia Cuff 75 Montgomery Vill MD 76:29
FEMALE LEESBURG RESIDENT
1 325 Jacqui Hanson 41 Leesburg VA 46:21
FEMALE ROTARIAN RESIDENT
1 403 Sharen Gromly 58 Winchester VA 80:30
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 176 Linda Reynolds 49 F Leesburg VA 62:34
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 James Moreland
Reston, VA
October 8, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Running is a sport for the young and even more so the young at heart. Running in races has increased every year in the last decade. With the economic down turn in the last few years, runners are coming out in even greater numbers. The annual Great Pumpkin 5K was blessed with a picture perfect autumn day and brought out big time racing numbers. Waiting for the race to start, one runner asked another if she was going to race with her. “Oh no, I don’t really run. I just came out for the fun.” The reply was, “Well next year, I will run with you.” The oldest runner of the race was Larry Dickerson, 80. He was wearing a bright yellow pair of running shoes that enviously caught the eye of one of the youngsters. Dickerson always near the top of the rankings, smiled and said, “I’ll will them to you.”
Colorful costumes were on display. One runner at the front of the pack was painted like a Halloween skeleton. Further back in the pack a woman was decked out in a full Batman costume. The Oktoberfest celebration at the Reston Town Center was set for the whole weekend with the race as a centerpiece. This year the late summer rains did a number on the pumpkin crop, so we missed out on a giant pumpkin like the half ton monster at the 2009 event. Still, there was lots of smaller pumpkin, often with faces designed on them.
Top ranked Henry Wigglesworth, 54, had scouted the course and found it to his liking. He was looking for another sub 17:00 minute race. A number of the older runners such as Jean Christophe Arcaz, 50, and Steve Robinson, 56, (coming back from a year layoff), were looking for some competition to spur on the fast times on a perfect racing morn. The first two, Wigglesworth (17:15) and Arcaz (17:44), both finished in the top eight overall. Arcaz noted that the top three just disappeared. He knew he would have to work hard to catch Wigglesworth. Wigglesworth noted after the race that he would have preferred Arcaz up on his shoulder pushing him to a faster time. He had been really impressed by Arcaz’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (He had been first in 58:48). “Sub 60:00 is pretty good!” he exclaimed.
Third grandmaster Peter Cini (18:58) speculated that Arcaz was better the longer the race. Both he and Wigglesworth discussed where the best (fastest) 5Ks might be found. Late October offered one of the best choices at the Valvoline Instant Oil Change Goblin Gallop 5k & 1k Fun Run in Fairfax, VA at the end of the month. Robinson was so eager to be back on the circuit that he ran out quickly with the top dogs. After the race he was ecstatic. “I was hoping to break 21:00 and I almost broke 20:00,” he said with a wide grin of his new 55-59 event record in 20:05. Amazingly, after Wigglesworth’s 17:15 record, the next two fastest grandmaster age groups were set in the first year (2009) by Jason Page, 64, (19:27) and Bill Joyce, 65, (19:58). The master record was set by open class runner Ray Pugsley in 15:28.
The first year was Steve Magness upset reigning rankings champion Steve Crane by fifty meters in 15:05. The next year the course changed a bit and the top two runners dipped under 15:00 with third place Frank DeVar just missing in 15:03. This year the clear favorite was Abiyot Endale (left). In the spring he upped his game racing three of the fastest 10Ks in the region, finishing in the top three every time. His slaying of the field at the Pike’s Peek 10K in 28:19 gave a strong hint that Gurmessa Megeressa’s event record of 14:51 would soon be history. Today three more age groups would break 15:00 minutes. Looking relaxed, Endale always seems to be toying with the competition, winning easily in 14:25. Second place Girma Desta at thirty-five is still racing in excellent form for a marvelous 44:44. DeVar was again third but this time it was also the third fastest event time in 14:48.
There was cash for the top three overall but for some reason they decided not to pass out age group prizes on race day. Endale (89.5%) led five runners with age graded performances higher than 87%. Dee Nelson, 68, was third overall at 88:1% with her 24:45 finish.
In the women’s race Kayley Byrne, 23, took over early and won in a sparkling 19:05. The next two places were decided later in the race. Runner-up Karina Lubell posted a 19:44 with Tiffany Hevner not far behind in 19:56. Of the first dozen runners these two, at 31, were the only ones older than thirty. Last week at the McLean 5k Jen Norris (right) was fourth overall and top master. (The overall winner was Win Persian, 51,). That course was a similar rolling course with turns but it featured some misty showers that turned torrential for those who lingered on the course. Today Norris plowed ahead for the top masters spot in 22:20. Not far behind her were the top two grandmasters. Sushila Nanda, 50, ran a very credible 22:33 for the event record. She also stopped about every half mile with leg cramps. She started up again as some of the slower runners caught up. After the raced she was thanking them for helping to pace her. “I saw one woman who I thought might be in my age group and I wanted to beat her.” That runner was 55-year-old Elizabeth Baumgarten who just missed catching her in 22:37. That gave her the second highest age graded rating for the women at a national class 79.9%.
Female runners comprised 59% of the field. With all the racing competition of forty races a weekend and the massive Army 10 miler on tap tomorrow, the numbers were less than might have been expected for this wonderful race. Still, there were 1100 timed finishers, plus untimed runners as well. The kids’ race consisted of hundreds of little ones divided by age with four different colors of bibs.
Many volunteers worked long and hard to make this event work. Race morning started at 3:00 a.m. to get everything in place for the runners. At packet pickup whole families came out to help deliver the goods to the racers. On Friday, the Chen family had three young boys about 6 to 11 years old. They quickly took over the jobs with alacrity. Mom was able to just watch most of the time. The youngest made sure everyone got an Anthem bag while the oldest diligently marked off bibs before dispensing with the shirts. They really went to town when they got the chance to stuff the bag with race fliers, the more the merrier. Once a packet of fliers was finished they reached for more, exulting when more were provided. After the pick-up closed for the evening, we surprised them with an early Halloween, a bag of chocolate candies. It is a safe bet they will be back net year.
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 467 Kayley Byrne 23 Oak Hill VA 19:05 19:03 6:08
2 1221 Karina Lubell 31 Washington DC 19:44 19:44 6:22
3 846 Tiffany Hevner 31 Columbia MD 19:56 19:56 6:25
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 3 Abiyot Endale 26 Bronx NY 14:25 14:25 4:39
2 2 Girma Desta 35 Washington DC 14:44 14:44 4:45
3 1 Joseph Devar 23 Washington DC 14:48 14:47 4:46
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 12
1 1135 Emily Landeryou 12 Reston VA 22:22 22:16 7:10
2 613 Kate Brunotts 11 Ashburn VA 25:22 25:21 8:10
3 1134 Sophia Landeryou 9 Reston VA 25:55 25:47 8:18
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 12
1 669 Ian Whitfield 9 Potomac Falls VA 20:42 20:42 6:40
2 660 Joshua Kay 11 Leesburg VA 23:08 22:46 7:20
3 1217 Owen Walker 12 Reston VA 24:13 24:13 7:48
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 13 - 15
1 1177 Mary Pollin 14 Burke VA 22:07 21:58 7:04
2 1157 Morgan Witcock 13 Herndon VA 22:26 22:26 7:14
3 938 Kacey Hirshfeld 15 Reston VA 24:07 24:03 7:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 13 - 15
1 719 Lewis Millholland 15 Falls Church VA 17:50 17:50 5:45
2 1191 Mikey Peterson 14 21:32 21:27 6:54
3 1218 Eli Lifland 13 Fairfax VA 22:30 22:10 7:08
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 16 - 19
1 780 Erin Geraghty 19 Woodbridge VA 20:50 20:50 6:43
2 1210 Gabrielle Merritt 16 Elon NC 21:55 21:55 7:04
3 483 Lisa Bell 18 Vienna VA 24:38 24:35 7:55
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 16 - 19
1 1184 Chris Zapple 19 Falls Church VA 18:02 18:02 5:49
2 1208 Zachary Dailey 16 Great Falls VA 18:20 18:18 5:54
3 1068 John Tiernan 16 Reston VA 20:12 20:02 6:27
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 1183 Natalie Anble 22 Fairfax VA 20:29 20:29 6:36
2 482 Julie Bell 21 Vienna VA 20:53 20:50 6:43
3 504 Amara Lewis 23 Alexandria VA 21:00 20:54 6:44
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 873 James McLaughlin 23 Herndon VA 20:11 20:06 6:29
2 1058 Nate Perry 23 Herndon VA 20:12 20:07 6:29
3 1250 Benjamin Burnheimer 24 Ashburn VA 20:58 20:57 6:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 785 Stephanie Manchin 27 Arlington VA 22:10 21:26 6:54
2 763 Melanie Clairy 29 Reston VA 22:14 21:39 6:58
3 841 Jayme Dorsett 25 Reston VA 23:37 23:07 7:27
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 65 Charlie Ban 29 McLean VA 16:15 16:15 5:14
2 939 Andrew Ciarfalia 28 Reston VA 16:55 16:55 5:27
3 424 Sean McLaughlin 25 Centreville VA 17:28 17:28 5:38
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 708 Dana Drever 34 Ashburn VA 23:56 23:23 7:32
2 862 Karen Preston 34 Ashburn VA 24:59 24:35 7:55
3 681 Jessica Sartorius 34 Vienna VA 25:52 25:52 8:20
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 311 Dan Petouvis 33 Fairfax VA 18:10 18:09 5:51
2 684 Titus Mott 34 Reston VA 19:44 19:41 6:20
3 1027 Auberde Merilan 31 Reston VA 20:35 20:30 6:36
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 1067 Paula Knepper 38 Reston VA 23:02 23:00 7:24
2 1003 Tia Roy 36 Ashburn VA 23:34 23:25 7:33
3 692 Holly Khatchadurian 37 Reston VA 24:03 23:55 7:42
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 1196 Joshua Doan 37 Arlington VA 18:37 18:36 5:59
2 748 Glen Case 36 Ashburn VA 18:52 18:51 6:04
3 107 Michael Rohlf 36 Washington DC 19:25 19:25 6:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 824 Jen Norris 40 McLean VA 22:20 22:14 7:10
2 1141 Jill Jaggard 43 Great Falls VA 23:42 23:42 7:38
3 184 Terry Short 40 Reston VA 25:04 24:22 7:51
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1147 Tom Powers 43 Chevy Chase MD 19:11 19:10 6:10
2 1143 Shawn Flaherty 40 Herndon VA 19:54 19:54 6:25
3 1109 Matt Tourville 40 Alexandria VA 21:35 21:35 6:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 937 Diana Hirshfeld 45 Reston VA 24:08 24:04 7:45
2 776 Chana Richitt 47 Manassas VA 25:30 24:05 7:46
3 1146 Suzanne Powers 45 Reston VA 25:04 24:43 7:57
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 818 Robert Sichau 47 Alexandria VA 20:15 20:09 6:30
2 1105 Thomas Marks 45 Ashburn VA 20:31 20:31 6:36
3 1046 Robert Barlow 45 Reston VA 21:02 21:02 6:47
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 1043 Sushila Nanda 50 Arlington VA 22:33 22:33 7:16
2 886 Carla Freyvogel 54 McLean VA 23:59 23:58 7:43
3 419 Daniela Micsan 52 Reston VA 26:03 25:59 8:22
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 1004 Henry Wigglesworth 53 Washington DC 17:15 17:15 5:34
2 1170 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 Rockville MD 17:44 17:44 5:43
3 1187 Peter Cini 53 Fairfax VA 18:58 18:58 6:07
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 396 Elizabeth Baumgarten 55 Stone Ridge VA 22:37 22:35 7:16
2 990 Cindy Beyer 55 Reston VA 24:59 24:49 7:59
3 553 Peggy Corley 55 Fairmont WV 25:01 25:01 8:04
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 1207 Steve Robinson 56 Oak Hill VA 20:05 20:05 6:28
2 1239 Kenyon Erickson 57 Vienna VA 20:31 20:29 6:36
3 1169 Rod Devan 58 Alexandria VA 20:50 20:47 6:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 1055 Catherine Kemper 60 Des Moines IA 28:59 28:53 9:18
2 403 Jane Blong 61 Potomac MD 34:49 34:45 11:11
3 147 Linda Echard 60 Reston VA 36:22 35:40 11:29
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 1059 Jack Kehoe 63 Burke VA 25:08 25:05 8:05
2 550 Ting-Yi Oei 62 Reston VA 27:42 26:25 8:30
3 831 Jack Harvey 60 Centreville VA 26:53 26:45 8:37
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 1220 Dee Nelson 68 Gaithersburg MD 24:45 24:45 7:58
2 1112 Rebecca Brown 67 McLean VA 36:06 34:38 11:09
3 1037 Feryal Barakat 67 Rockville MD 57:45 56:32 18:12
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 509 Fred Kohut 66 Cold Spring NY 32:51 32:11 10:22
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 1128 Abigail Edwards 71 Reston VA 40:34 39:09 12:36
2 1251 Yuidgard Deitrich 70 Washington DC 43:52 41:43 13:26
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 676 John Gluck 74 Alexandria VA 25:04 24:58 8:02
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 246 An Duong 75 Centreville VA 32:18 30:59 9:59
2 592 Bendy Viragh 77 Washington DC 32:38 32:30 10:28
3 976 Dick Coogan 79 McLean VA 38:27 38:01 12:14
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 408 Larry Dickerson 80 Burke VA 28:43 28:36 9:13
