The first trail run of the year is in the books, and what a run it was. Not only did it snow before the race, it also snowed hard about 30 minutes in and continued until everyone finished and left. Luke Nelson (36:50) showed the best strategy is to run so fast that the snow simply doesn't have time to start before you finish. Few other runners seemed to realize this, and lagged behind. Nick green (38:52) stayed close though and took home second.
Holly Cree (1:08:44) dominated the women's division winning over her nearest competitor by an infinite amount. Funny enough i saw Bridget Marshall running up mink creek road as we were cleaning up the start line. I thought maybe she had decided to run from home to the start line, and was just a tad late. No such luck.
The sport winner was Mark Burnham (42:06) the recreation winner was Stephen Stokes (1:00:00)
Overall the competition was friendly and relaxed. Most folks seemed focused on survival, minimizing the number of falls and drinking cocoa.
IN THE FUTURE ALL RACES WILL START AT 9AM. THE 8AM THING WAS A TYPO.
I was really looking forward to an Andy-Luke showdown but Andy was already obligated elsewhere. Lukes time was only 40 seconds slower than Andy's record last year (35:58) , but Luke stopped to put fallen signs back up for those that followed- so I'm declaring it too close to call. To preview the upcoming races elite showdown.... The canyon run is very similar to the last run and Luke was very close last year. Luke has improved considerably in the last year or two and has run the trail more than a few times. Advantage Luke. And finally- the potato loop follows the 5k nordic race course plus canyon trails. Being a crazy nordic skiier that know every dip and rise intimately- I have to say advantage Andy.
The sport division is interesting. Mark ran well and won by a decent margin but he doesn't realize that John Taberna is a cyborg, and only gets stronger with age. Because of the fact that he can see age 50 from where he's at now, I predict he will come on even stronger and take the series. Overall the average racer age is higher than I would expect for a course of this difficulty but the times are still really fast. Half the field is 44 or older and a few are looking forward to those social security checks in the near future.
The recreation division is very relaxed. Stephen seems committed to pre-running some of the courses and doing well. So despite the fact that he is a lawyer I predict he will take it all. We all know lawyers can't run fast.
full results, Last names are omitted because I am lazy:
Luke 36:50
Nick 38:52
Mark 42:06
John 43:26
Darin 48:22
Jeff 48:25
Robert 51:01
Dave 53:40
Sherwin 53:48
Joe 54:14
Bill 57:33
Alex 58:49
Stephen 1:00:00
Holly 1:08:44
David 1:22:16
Holly Cree (1:08:44) dominated the women's division winning over her nearest competitor by an infinite amount. Funny enough i saw Bridget Marshall running up mink creek road as we were cleaning up the start line. I thought maybe she had decided to run from home to the start line, and was just a tad late. No such luck.
The sport winner was Mark Burnham (42:06) the recreation winner was Stephen Stokes (1:00:00)
Overall the competition was friendly and relaxed. Most folks seemed focused on survival, minimizing the number of falls and drinking cocoa.
IN THE FUTURE ALL RACES WILL START AT 9AM. THE 8AM THING WAS A TYPO.
I was really looking forward to an Andy-Luke showdown but Andy was already obligated elsewhere. Lukes time was only 40 seconds slower than Andy's record last year (35:58) , but Luke stopped to put fallen signs back up for those that followed- so I'm declaring it too close to call. To preview the upcoming races elite showdown.... The canyon run is very similar to the last run and Luke was very close last year. Luke has improved considerably in the last year or two and has run the trail more than a few times. Advantage Luke. And finally- the potato loop follows the 5k nordic race course plus canyon trails. Being a crazy nordic skiier that know every dip and rise intimately- I have to say advantage Andy.
The sport division is interesting. Mark ran well and won by a decent margin but he doesn't realize that John Taberna is a cyborg, and only gets stronger with age. Because of the fact that he can see age 50 from where he's at now, I predict he will come on even stronger and take the series. Overall the average racer age is higher than I would expect for a course of this difficulty but the times are still really fast. Half the field is 44 or older and a few are looking forward to those social security checks in the near future.
The recreation division is very relaxed. Stephen seems committed to pre-running some of the courses and doing well. So despite the fact that he is a lawyer I predict he will take it all. We all know lawyers can't run fast.
full results, Last names are omitted because I am lazy:
Luke 36:50
Nick 38:52
Mark 42:06
John 43:26
Darin 48:22
Jeff 48:25
Robert 51:01
Dave 53:40
Sherwin 53:48
Joe 54:14
Bill 57:33
Alex 58:49
Stephen 1:00:00
Holly 1:08:44
David 1:22:16
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