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03/26/09
CONGRATULATIONS
Gwen Payne from Louisiana for
finished the 50 and DC Marathon
circuit. Gwen finish her Marathon
at the Big Island Marathon in Hilo, HI
on 03/22/09. Gwen
Great job !!!!!
04/07/09
By Michael Zielinski
APRIL'S EARTH DAY HALF MARATHON AND
MINNESOTA'S MARATHONS
The small town of Blue Earth,
Minnesota which has as its
motto, "Earth so rich the city grows,"
also is home to a 60 foot statue of
the Jolly Green Giant. This bit of
trivia is the introduction to Earth
Day and the 10th annual Earth Day Half
Marathon in St. Cloud, Minnesota
scheduled for April 18th. The first
Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970
as an environmental teach-in on
widespread environmental degradation.
Over 20 million people participated
that year, and Earth Day is now
observed each year on April 22nd by
more than 500 million people and
national governments in 175
countries. Up to 5,000 participants
are expected to participate in St.
Cloud's Earth Day Half Marathon along
with the 20 Mile Eco-Challenge, Earth
Day 5K, and Earth Day 1K. All races
will start and finish on the campus of
St. Cloud State University with the
half marathon taking the runners on an
out-and-back tour of the city's
neighborhoods and parks including
crossing the bridge across the
Mississippi River that goes through
the heart of the city. If time
permits, about a half hour away to the
northwest is Sauk Centre, the
birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a
novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize
in Literature. Sauk Centre served as
the inspiration for Gopher Prairie,
the fictional setting of Lewis's 1920
novel Main Street while Charles
Lindbergh from Little Falls, a half
hour to the northeast, also achieved
world fame in 1927 when he flew non-
stop in a single engine plane from New
York to Paris.
Returning to small town Minnesota, the
Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon is
scheduled for May 9th about a half
hour to the northwest of St. Cloud.
Lake Wobegon is a fictional town in
Minnesota, said to have been the
boyhood home of Garrison Keillor. He
reports the "News from Lake Wobegon"
on the radio show A Prairie Home
Companion, a live variety show,
broadcast live every Saturday
afternoon over Minnesota Public Radio
and public radio stations throughout
the U.S. Returning to the marathon,
the event starts at the Holdingford
High School in Holdingford and after
one mile the course is on the scenic
Lake Wobegon Trail until the finish at
the Trail Facility in St. Joseph. The
trail is a ten foot wide asphalt bike
trail on a former railroad track that
opened in 1998. The flat and fast
trail is primarily rural except as it
passes through the four small towns of
Holdingford, Albany, Avon, and St.
Joseph along the route. One runner
commented on the event that could also
apply to Minnesota in that, "This Lake
Wobegon Tail Marathon is one of the
most scenic courses I have seen. From
small towns, to lakes, to farms, to
trees, to streams."
A continuation of this theme is at the
inaugural Stillwater Marathon
scheduled for May 24th at
the "Birthplace of Minnesota" in the
beautiful St. Croix River Valley.
Stillwater is located at the eastern
edge of the Twin Cities metro area
along the St. Croix River at the
Wisconsin border.
During the second half of the 19th
century, lumbering was the predominant
industry in the St. Croix River Valley
and for many years logs were sent down
the St. Croix River on the way to the
sawmill. The easier marathon first
goes south and then north of
Stillwater along or near the St. Croix
National Scenic Riverway prior to
returning to a finish at Lowell Park
in downtown Stillwater.
Ninety miles to the southeast on the
same day, Rochester's Med-City
Marathon is also on the calendar for
May 24th. Rochester became famous
from the Mayo brothers, Dr. Charles
Horace Mayo and Dr. William James
Mayo, who with the help of their
partners, co-founded the Mayo Clinic.
The Med-City Marathon starts to the
west of Rochester in Byron before
heading into Rochester on Country Club
Road. The course then heads through
downtown and onto the bike paths along
the river and through the woods. The
first eight miles are rolling hills
and the rest is mostly flat on the way
to the finish at the Rochester Family
YMCA.
One week later on May 31st, the
inaugural Minneapolis Marathon is
scheduled to start at The Depot, the
renovated Milwaukee Road Depot that
has enhanced the revitalization of the
Minneapolis Riverfront District. The
first six miles are a circular route
that crosses the Mississippi River at
the three mile mark to the north
heading east and then two miles later
to the south heading west on the Stone
Arch Bridge with Nicollet Island, St.
Anthony Falls, and Father Hennepin
Bluffs Park in between and the
University of Minnesota a mile to the
southeast. The final twenty miles are
an out-and-back route that follows a
beautiful course along the west side
of the Mississippi River ten miles
southeast to the Minnesota River
before returning the same way to
downtown Minneapolis with the finish
at Gold Medal Park. Along the way,
Miles 13-18 are near the Minneapolis-
St. Paul Airport, Mile 14 is by
Historic Fort Snelling at the
confluence of the Mississippi and
Minnesota Rivers, and Miles 15-17
circle Snelling Lake with Mile 16 the
turn around area that is also several
miles to the east of Bloomington's
Mall of America. Near Mile 20 is
Minnehaha Creek, a tributary of the
Mississippi River that extends from
Lake Minnetonka 22 miles in the west
with the famous 53 foot Minnehaha
Falls located near the creek's
confluence with the Mississippi by the
entrance to Minnehaha Park.
In the following month, Duluth's 33rd
annual Grandma's Marathon is scheduled
for June 20th; one day before the
first day of summer which also is the
longest day of the year during the
summer solstice. The run which
initially received its name from the
Duluth-based group of famous Grandma's
restaurants has since grown to be the
12th largest U.S. marathon.
Grandma's Marathon is a point-to-point
course beginning just outside of Two
Harbors, Minnesota and is run on
scenic Old Highway 61 along the
beautiful north shore of Lake Superior
on the way to Duluth. The finish is
in Duluth’s Canal Park, near Grandma's
Restaurant, which is next to the
highly visible Aerial Lift Bridge
located at one of the most important
Great Lakes ports where coal, iron
ore, and grain are shipped from the
harbor.
Three weeks later on July 11th, the
Half Voyageur Trail Marathon is on
the calendar for a 6:00 a.m. start
from the Duluth Lake Superior Zoo
parking lot west to Carlton via a
point-to-point trail run over rough
woodland trails. The trail rises
gently but steadily into forest-
covered hills for the first two miles
and provides a spectacular view of
Lake Superior down a ski lift, the
only view of the lake for the entire
race. Along the route there are some
long, very steep rises and descents
which along with Grandma's three weeks
before provide warm-up training runs
for the Full Voyageur 50 Mile Trail
Ultra Marathon that will be run two
weeks later as an out and back race on
the same course.
After all this running, a Minnesota
summer break could include watching
the Minnesota Twins Major League
Baseball team and attending the
Minnesota State Fair between August
27th and Labor Day. This state fair
of agricultural, commercial and
educational exhibits is one of the
nation's best and largest that had
almost 1.7 million visitors last year.
Minnesota is also the "Land of 10,000
Lakes" with the Boundary waters and
Voyageurs National Park in the
northern part of the state.
It is in this area of the Superior
National Forest where the Moose (it
could also be gray wolf or black bear)
Mountain Marathon is on the calendar
for September 12th. The marathon is
on part of the Superior Hiking Trail;
one the country's most scenic
footpaths that follows the rocky
ridges above Lake Superior in
northeastern Minnesota from Two
Harbors to the Canadian border. The
course route is a point-to-point run
starting at the Cramer Road trailhead
on the Superior Hiking Trail and then
goes through Temperance River State
Park before finishing near Caribou
Highlands Lodge in Lutsen. On the
same day, the Superior Trail 50 Mile
Run starts at Finland, MN and the two
day Superior Sawtooth 100 Mile Trail
Run from September 11-12 starts at the
Gooseberry Falls State Park Visitor
Center prior to both finishing in
Lutsen.
September is also the month for the
Walker North Country Marathon that is
located about forty miles from the
source of the Mississippi River in
Lake Itasca. The run starts and ends
at the local high school in the
quaint, lakeside town of Walker along
the borders of Leech Lake (the 3rd
largest lake in Minnesota). After the
runners leave the small town, the
route winds through the beautiful fall
colors of the Chippewa National Forest
along the North Country, Paul Bunyan,
and Heartland trails. Less than five
miles of the marathon course is on
paved road as the runners traverse
lakes, hills and backwoods bridges
along grass trail, paved trail, and
gravel roads at the time of the autumn
equinox.
The following month is the October 4th
Twin Cities Marathon, the annual
marathon in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul
area that has grown to be the 10th
largest in the United States and it is
often dubbed "The Most Beautiful Urban
Marathon in America." The start is in
downtown Minneapolis near the Hubert
H. Humphrey Metrodome which is most
famous as the home of the Minnesota
Vikings National Football League
team. Returning to the run, about
nineteen miles of the course are in
Minneapolis with the final seven in
St. Paul. Along the way, miles three
to four are along the west side of
Lake of the Isles with Cedar Lake just
to the west. The next two miles go
along the west and south side of
larger Lake Calhoun and are followed
with the course route along the north
and east side of Lake Harriet. The
Minnehaha Parkway is reached by mile
eight as the runners head east toward
the Mississippi River. From miles
eleven to fourteen, the marathoners
leave the parkway as they go south,
east, and north along Lake Nokomis
before returning to the parkway with
smaller Lake Hiawatha to the north.
The Minnehaha Parkway from miles
fourteen to fifteen goes through
Minnehaha Park near Minnehaha Falls
prior to reaching the Mississippi
River. The next four miles follow the
west bank of the river to the north
and then the Mississippi River is
crossed on Franklin Avenue into St.
Paul with about two miles south along
the east side of the river. Miles 21-
25 are a gradual uphill from the river
along Grand and Summit Avenues with
the final mile past the Cathedral of
Saint Paul with the finish at the
grounds of the Minnesota State
Capitol. Both of these buildings are
on the U.S. National Register of
Historic Places.
After 26.2 miles, the marathoners can
see on the Capitol's south portico the
Daniel Chester French sculpture that
has four horses, two women and a man
with an appropriate name, The Progress
of the State.
Minnesota's winter marathon is the 5th
annual St. Olaf College Women's Track
& Field Team Zoom! Yah! Yah! Indoor
Marathon scheduled to take place
January 10, 2010 in Northfield. The
marathon will consist of 150 laps on
the upstairs running track with the
runners changing directions every 30
minutes while music is played for the
entire event. There is a lottery for
this marathon and a waiting list due
to limited space. A much bigger crowd
is at the February St. Paul Winter
Carnival; the nation's oldest and
largest winter festival that includes
parades, cultural celebrations,
skiing, toboggans, snow shoeing, a
blanket tossing contest, and push
ball; a game played with giant balls.
The ice and snow sculptures include
the famous ice castle. Further north
on the Canadian border, International
Falls is often listed as the coldest
city in the contiguous United States
and it has as a nickname the "Icebox
of the Nation." Enough about winter,
Spring began on March 20th when the
Sun crossed the Equator in preparation
for the April 9th Passover and the
hope for rebirth to be celebrated on
April 12th for Easter.
04/07/09
By Michael Zielinski
WISCONSIN'S 17 MARATHONS AND BEYOND
FOR 2009 by Michael Zielinski
In 2009, the "Badger State" of
Wisconsin is scheduled to have
seventeen 26.2 mile marathons
throughout "America's Dairyland". The
first of these was the January 17th
InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon at
Milwaukee's Pettit Center next to the
Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in West
Allis. In what was billed as
the "largest indoor marathon in the
world", 69 runners completed the first-
time event by going just over 95 laps
on Wisconsin's largest indoor running
track around the Olympic Ice Oval that
included 381 turns. This winter
marathon was held indoors in a
temperature of 55 degrees steps away
from an ice rink filled with skaters
and hockey games that also is home to
many ice sports and a training site
for U.S. Speedskating. The Pettit
National Ice Center is also the
official home of the Badgerland
Striders, Wisconsin's largest running
club. During this time of year, the
runners take a back seat to the
January 15-18 46th annual World
Championship Snowmobile Derby in
Eagle River and the February 21st 36th
annual American Birkebeiner; North
America's largest cross-country ski
marathon of 53K and 50K between Cable
and downtown Hayward.
As Spring comes to Wisconsin, the
marathons return with three scheduled
April runs. The first is on April 4th
in Waukesha for the Trailbreaker
Marathon that has an out-and-back
course consisting approximately of
four miles on city streets and
sidewalks, 15 miles on improved trails
(including the Glacial Drumlin Trail),
and seven rugged miles on the Ice Age
Trail in the Kettle Moraine State
Forest that includes the turn-around
after climbing the 40' Lapham Peak
Tower to the highest point in Waukesha
County. After the bell is rung, the
descent begins back to the start and
to the next marathon in three weeks
with the Jailbreak Marathon on April
25th at the Waushara County
Fairgrounds in Wautoma. This event is
a fundraiser to support the sheriff's
department's canine program with the
marathon course starting on the
fairgrounds and then following a
clockwise route south of town before a
half mile finish on the fairgrounds
track. Also on April 25th is
Medford's Pine Line Trail Marathon.
The course route begins at the Medford
City Park and the runners then head
north on the Pine Line Trail (named
for both the white pine that was
shipped along the railroad line that
once ran along the trail as well as
for the pine trees that line the trail
today) before turning around at a
halfway point to follow the same route
back to the finish line at the Medford
City Park.
After three scheduled marathons in
April, Wisconsin has seven on the
calendar for May with three for the
first weekend. The first of these on
May 2nd is the inaugural Wisconsin
Marathon in Kenosha with much of the
run along the Lake Michigan
lakefront. The run begins at Harbor
Park before heading north into
downtown Kenosha and then looping
around Simmons Island Park after the
first mile before continuing north
through Carthage College prior to
turning around and heading back the
same way to downtown.
The marathon route then heads south
passing Southport Park and continuing
into the town of Pleasant Prairie to
Prairie Harbor Yacht Club's harbor
with the southern turnaround point
close to the Illinois border before
returning to Harbor Park.
On the next day, May 3rd, Wisconsin
has two more inaugural marathons. The
first is in "Eau Claire," which is
French for "Clear Water." The Eau
Claire Marathon route is clockwise
from Carson Park to about halfway
toward Chippewa Falls along the
beautiful lakes, rivers, and parks of
Eau Claire on the way to the finish at
Carson Park. The other Wisconsin
marathon on the same day is part of
the La Crosse Fitness Festival.
The La Crosse Marathon begins by
Pettibone Park and then crosses over
the Mississippi River into downtown La
Crosse prior to heading south. The
southern leg of the marathon parallels
the Mississippi River and the northern
leg parallels the scenic river
bluffs. From the Myrcik Park halfway
point, the marathon route continues
across the La Crosse River and its
marsh on roadways and bike trails into
the City of Onalaska that has
spectacular views of "God's Country"
from the bluffs. From Onalaska the
course returns across the river marsh
to finish in Myrick Park.
The following weekend on May 9th,
Wisconsin has two more marathons; the
Journeys Marathon in the north woods
of Eagle River and the closer to home
Lake Geneva Marathon. The Journeys
Marathon is a point-to-point run that
begins in Boulder Junction and makes
its way through the forest and lake
country of northern Wisconsin to the
finish south of the bridge after
crossing over the Eagle River into
Riverview Park. In southern
Wisconsin, the Lake Geneva Marathon
starts at Lakefront Bridge in
downtown, Lake Geneva, in front of the
Riviera building. The course then
follows a clockwise, southwesterly
route around the lake's perimeter past
Big Foot State Park before heading
south close to the Illinois border and
then going north and east through the
Villages of Fontana and Williams Bay
with the final miles proceeding east
along the lake on an ancient Indian
trail back to Library Park in Lake
Geneva. In May, it is also possible
to cool off in Lake Geneva, nine miles
long and 170 feet deep, spring fed,
and clear; "one of the Great Blue
Lakes of the World."
Eight days later on May 17th, is the
10th annual Green Bay Marathon. The
run starts near Lambeau Field and then
goes through the west and south sides
of Green Bay before crossing the De
Pere Bridge and then heading six miles
north on the Fox River Trail. The
asphalt trail runs along the river
from De Pere, through Allouez, to
downtown Green Bay before crossing the
Walnut Street bridge. The marathon
then continues through more Green Bay
neighborhoods before returning to
Lambeau Field where the runners get to
enter the storied stadium and "touch
the tundra" as they take a lap around
the field prior to finishing 26.2
miles. Back in the 1960's, the Green
Bay Packers under Coach Vince Lombardi
won five football world championships
for Wisconsin with the trinity mind
set of "God, Family, and the Green Bay
Packers."
Returning to the present, Madison's
Mad City Marathon is scheduled for May
24th in the Wisconsin capital city of
Madison that also is home to the world
class University of Wisconsin. This
year, the marathon begins and ends at
Alliant Energy Center instead of
starting on Capitol Square. The new
course will be run in the reverse
direction from past races with the
route taking runners on a trip through
the Vilas Park area and the UW
Arboretum prior to reaching the
University of Wisconsin campus. The
route then parallels Lake Mendota up
to Maple Bluff before returning near
the State Capitol to the finish at
Alliant Energy Center. The day before
the marathon on all four sides of
Capitol Square is the Dane County
Farmers' Market, the largest producer-
only farmers’ market in the country
(held every Saturday from April 18th
to July 4th and July 18th to November
7th) that is a reminder of Wisconsin's
bountiful agriculture.
On June 6th, Stevens Point has the
Walk Wisconsin Marathon on National
Trails Day. From the National Park
Service out of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, the "American Hiking
Society's signature trail awareness
program, National Trails Day inspires
nearly a million trail enthusiasts at
thousands of events nationwide to
flock to their favorite trails to
discover, learn about and celebrate
trails while participating in
educational exhibits, trail
dedications, gear demonstrations,
instructional workshops and trail work
projects. It also provides an
opportunity to thank the volunteers,
land managing agencies, and outdoor
minded businesses for their support in
developing and maintaining trails.
Trail clubs, outdoor retailers,
federal agencies, municipal parks, and
land trusts come together the first
Saturday of each June to celebrate
trails, recognize volunteers, and
maintain local trails." At the
Stevens Point level, Walk Wisconsin
has a full, half, and quarter marathon
that are all non-competitive and take
place on the beautiful Green Circle
trail system. Participants for each
walk will begin and end their event at
Pfiffner Park along the Wisconsin
River in downtown Stevens Point. The
marathon route will be open for ten
hours as the runners make a semi-
circle south, east, and north of the
start and then return the same way on
a route that crosses the Wisconsin and
Plover Rivers four times each before
returning to Pfiffner Park.
During the warm summer weather months,
one can take a break from the
marathons in Milwaukee, "The City of
Festivals." From June to August,
Milwaukee has Polish Fest, Summerfest,
Festa Italiana, German Fest, African
World, Irish Fest, Mexican Fiesta plus
the Milwaukee Brewer home baseball
games at Miller Park and the annual
Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis.
Other family destinations include the
Wisconsin Dells, Door County, the
Oskosh Air Show, and Hayward's World
Lumberjack Championships. Distinctive
Wisconsin foods include the local
brews, flavored milk, cheese curds,
cream puffs, Racine kringles,
Sheboygan bratwurst, cranberries, wild
rice, fish boils, frozen custard, and
fish fries.
To work off the good life, the Paavo
Nurmi Marathon is scheduled for August
8th on the second Saturday of the
month and it is Wisconsin's oldest
running marathon having taken place
every year since 1969. The marathon
is run from the main street of the
small community of Upson and concludes
several hours later on Silver Street
in Hurley after having run its course
through forests and fields, along
rivers and lakes. This event is named
after Finland's Paavo Nurmi, the
winner of nine Olympic Gold Medals.
It is appropriate that the finishers
of the Paavo Nurmi Marathon feast on
mojakka Finnish stew.
Wisconsin's final summer marathon, the
Saptember 20th Fox Cities Marathon, is
almost on the first day of autumn.
The 26.2 mile route makes its way
through the country's largest paper
producing area beginning in Appleton
and then going through Kimberly,
Little Chute, Kaukauna, Combined
Locks, Darboy, and Menasha before
finishing 26.2 miles later on the
shores of Lake Winnebago at scenic
Riverside Park near downtown Neenah.
The Fox Cities Marathon has been
ranked in the Top 10 by The Ultimate
Guide to Marathons in the categories
of Best Organized, Best Crowd Support,
Fastest Midwest Marathons, and Fastest
Seasonal Marathons. These accolades
could also apply to most of the 16
listed 2009 Wisconsin marathons.
Besides changing leaves and
Octoberfests, Wisconsin in autumn also
has three marathons. Milwaukee's
Lakefront Marathon is the state's
largest with registration already open
for the October 4th event and it once
again is expected to fill to
capacity. The Lakefront Marathon
starts in the far north metro area in
front of Grafton High School. The
point-to-point course then travels
south through rural countryside, quiet
northshore neighborhoods and finishes
along the shores of Lake Michigan just
north of the Milwaukee Art Museum at
Veterans Park. With the Road Runners
Club of America selecting the
Lakefront Marathon as its 2008 Road
Race of the Year from about 15,500
races run in the U.S., perhaps "The
Best Times Really Are in Milwaukee."
The following week on October 10th is
Ashland's WhistleStop Marathon.
This point-to-point course begins two
miles east of Iron River and much of
the run is held on the Tri-County
Corridor, a rail-trail paved with
limestone gravel, on the way to the
finish at Railyard Park in Ashland
near the south shore of Lake
Superior. Along the course route
there are ten re-decked railroad
trestles, wetlands, trout streams,
Chequamegon National Forest woodlands,
and dairy farms. This fall marathon
also has some of the nation's finest
autumn colors.
Wisconsin's last scheduled 2009
marathon is the second annual Rails to
Trails Marathon scheduled for November
1st in Norwalk. The out and back
course on the Elroy-Sparta bike trail
from the Norwalk Village Park features
two trips through the dark 3/4 mile
former railroad tunnel. 2009 appears
to be the year for Wisconsin marathons
because the state has never had so
many in one year.
In the spirit of "Marathon and
Beyond", a listing of Wisconsin's 2009
ultras include the John Dick Memorial
50K (this article is dedicated to the
memory of Walter "Bud" Dick, an
Arlington Cardinal and for many years
a part-time north woods Wisconsin
resident) that was held February 7th
in the Southern Kettle Moraine State
Forest. The next ultra is Madison's
MadCity 50k and 100k scheduled for
April 4th at the University of
Wisconsin Arboretum. Later in the
month on April 25th is the Chippewa
50K at Chippewa County in Northwestern
Wisconsin.
Some of the more popular Wisconsin
ultras for the Arlington Trotters are
at the Southern Kettle Moraine State
Forest for the May 9th Ice Age 50
(mile and km.) and the June 6th Kettle
Moraine 100 (mile and km.) while the
Northern Kettle Moraine has its
Glacial Trail 50 (mile and km.) on
October 2nd. Wisconsin's ultra season
closes with the October 24th Door
County Fall 50 Mile Run starting from
Gills Rock at the northern tip of Door
County and then heading south by
following the scenic western shoreline
of the Door peninsula through Ellison
Bay, Sister Bay, Ephraim, Peninsula
State Park, Fish Creek, and Egg Harbor
on the way to the Sturgeon Bay finish.
Although Madison's Ironman Wisconsin
(Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112 miles, and
then run a 26.2 mile marathon) for
September 13th is sold out, the word
Wisconsin (the name comes from an
American Indian word meaning "meeting
of the waters") can apply to the
gathering of the runners along with
the state song "On Wisconsin" and the
state motto "Forward."
04/13/09
Hello fellow 50 Staters,Maniacs and
Ultrarunners
I think I bit off more than I can
chew as the saying goes. My plan is to
try to run 500 miles in a Ten Day race
and raise $10,000 for Camp Sunshine.
Camp Sunshine is located on Sebago
Lake , Maine and helps seriously ill
children and their families. To learn
more about Camp Sunshine and why I am
doing this race please watch the short
video.
Well the fundraising part is going
slow mostly because of the economy so
I need your help more than ever to
reach my goal. If you can make a
donation it would be greatly
appreciated by me and the kids , some
terminally ill ,who you would be
helping.
As runners you know about enduring
pain. You choose to run and bring on
the pain involved knowing that the
pain will go away . The kids that go
to Camp Sunshine suffer more than most
of us could imagine and for some of
them their pain will never go away.
Donate by the mile to make me try
harder to get to 500 miles or a set
amount. Donations can be made at
www.tendaysforsunshine.org or mailed
to Camp Sunshine , 35 Acadia Road ,
Casco, ME 04015. If you mail a
donation in note that it is for my
fundraiser please. If you are going to
donate by the mile let me know you are
so I will have that much more
motivation, I do not need to know the
amount per mile. If you know of anyone
who might donate please forward this
email.
To watch the video of Camp
Sunshine and me follow directions
below.
Thanks for your help ,
Mike
207-783-3414
04/18/09
Good morning everyone,
We are very pleased to share last
night’s coverage from WCSH – Channel 6
News, the NBS affiliate in Portland,
ME. The segment ran during the 6
o’clock news hour and features Mike
Brooks, Mike Smith as well as footage
from the DVD. The conclusion of the
clip points viewers to the WCSH
website for additional information and
ways to donate. The donation section
on the website might not be
working ,try it later if you want to
donate.
Best,
Diane
Diane Fortier
Senior Account Executive
Matter Communications Newburyport
P: 978-499-9250 x225
C: 917-224-8614
diane@matternow.com
IM: Dianematter
04/21/09
Hi all
I will be starting the Ten Day race
Wednesday so no more annoying emails
from me for awhile.
Blaine Moore has kindly agreed to put
information on his website daily about
how the race is going for me. I will
be in contact with him daily.
Check out www.news.runtowin.com , he
will also have information on how make
a donation and the race website . If
you want send me an email , the info
on that is on the race website.
$7,000 and 500 miles to go,
Mike Brooks
04/21/09
Aloha 50 States & DC 1/2 Marathon
Runners,
I wanted to send you a personal
invitation to join us on the beautiful
island of Hawai`i and run the Kona 1/2
Marathon on June 28, 2009. The Big
Island of Hawai`i is truly a place
unto itself, from the erupting Kilauea
Volcano to deep sea fishing.
Everything is available to you here in
a quiet pristine environment creating
a wonderful vacation experience for
you, your families and friends.
The Kona 1/2 Marathon is relatively
small with 300-400 runners. The race
course along the beautiful Kona Coast
shoreline gives you views of the ocean
and mountains. Great volunteers cheer
you on along the race course and a
friendly family atmosphere awaits you
at the finish line.
The Keauhou Outrigger Beach Resort,
where the start/finish line is, offers
runners a discounted rate of $130 per
night including breakfast - call the
hotel directly for the Runners Rate
808-324-2515
Remember there is a $5 discount on
your entry fee when you mail it in.
For more information regarding the
event please visit our web site:
www.konamarathon.com or email me with
any further questions. I have attached
an application to this email for your
convenience.
Come to the island of Hawai`i and have
a truly memorable race to add to your
collection.
Aloha for now,
Sharron Faff - Race Director
www.konamarathon.com
808-967-8240
raceinfo@konamarathon.com
04/22/09
CONGRATULATIONS
John Moralez from California for
finished the 50 and DC Marathon
circuit. John finish his Marathon at
the St, Louis Marathon in St. Louis,
MO on 04/19/09.
Great job John!!!!!
04/25/09
WENATCHEE MARATHON
April 18, 2009
Running the Wenatchee Marathon in the
city in Washington with the same name
was something that I had wanted to do
since its establishment in 2005. Race
conflicts prevented my running it
until this year when the race date of
Saturday, April 18, 2009, was open. I
looked forward to exploring the paved
trails on both sides of the Columbia
River during the run.
In recent years we’ve been the weekend
guests of our niece and nephew, Andrea
and Kirk Hudson, and their three
children who live in Wenatchee as I
ran the nearby Leavenworth Marathon.
Kirk is a well established
marathoner. He ran his 10th marathon
at the Yakima River Canyon Marathon on
April 4, 2009, and his 11th marathon
at Wenatchee to become a candidate to
join the Marathon Maniacs (MM). In
this marathon the 12 Maniacs
represented 15 % of the field.
Packet pickup the day before the race
was held at Arlberg Sports in downtown
Wenatchee. Timing chips and short
sleeved technical shirts were
available there. Lenore and I renewed
our acquaintanceship with the race
directors who also conduct the
Leavenworth Marathon in the fall.
Near the sport store, the various
events started and finished by the
Performance Arts Plaza on race day.
Early-bird half marathon and marathon
walkers left together at 7:30 a.m.
The half marathon started at 8:00
a.m., while the combined field of 10K,
marathoners and marathon relay runners
left at 8:15 a.m.
The temperature was 40 degrees, and
the sky was clear and calm as we ran
north on Wenatchee Avenue and on
several side streets to the River
Trail. At the 5K mark in a park there
was a turn-back for the runners as we
continued south through attractive
parks and ran two ten-mile loops
counter-clockwise on each side of the
Columbia River. Crossings were made
at a foot bridge and a pedestrian
walkway on a highway bridge.
There was quite a contrast between the
two sides. The south side had three
city parks, and the north side
was “natural” with woods, fields and
sagebrush.
Some spring flowers were noted as I
ran by. Sweet Cherry, white
Juneberry, Golden Currant, blue
Lupine, pink and white Phlox, and
yellow daisy Balsamroot were seen.
The course was relatively flat with a
few minor hills, mostly on the north
shore and at the access to the bridges.
In the first out-and-back miles it was
possible to see the entire field and
to greet friends. During my 14-16
miles the front runners lapped me, and
I saw the following men and women pass
me: Winner Michael Bergquist, 36,
Medical Lake, 2:51:33, (2) Arthur
Dunn, 48, Tacoma, 3:13:16; (3) Clint
Wright, 39, Seattle, 3:15:42; (1F)
Jodi Brautaset, 33, Mt. Vernon,
3:18:57; (2F) Selina Danko, 40,
Wenatchee, 3:21:23; and (3F) Katherine
Wilson, 20, Eatonville, 3:36:30.
Selina Danko wished me well as she
passed by. MM Gary Otheim had
introduced her to me before the race,
and I congratulated her for her second
place finish at the April 4th Yakima
River Canyon Marathon.
My race went well, just slower than I
wanted it to be. I finished with a
6:16:39, 76th of 78 overall and second
of two in the 75+M Division. Nephew
Kirk Hudson had a good run with a
3:55:45 finish. He waited for me and
walked with me on the footbridge to
the timing mat at the finish line.
Congratulations to Loretta
Johannessen, 23, 5:58:55, for
completing her first marathon and to
Mel Preedy, 76, of Ravensdale who was
the first 75+M with a time of 5:31:31.
Thanks go to the race directors for
putting on a well-organized and
interesting marathon. I hope to
return in future years.
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by
Lenore Dolphin
WENATCHEE MARATHON – Partial
Results……..April 18, 2009
2:51:33 Michael Bergquist, 36,
Medical Lake, FIRST OVERALL, First in
Division
3:13:16 Arthur Dunn, 48, Tacoma,
SECOND OVERALL, 1st
3:15:42 Clint Wright, 39, Seattle,
THIRD OVERALL, 2nd
3:18:57 Jodi Brautaset, 33, Mt.
Vernon, FIRST WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:21:23 Selina Danko, 40, Wenatchee,
SECOND WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:31:22 Narvie Seals, 42, Marathon
Maniac (MM), 1st
3:36:30 Katherine Wilson, 20,
Eatonville, THIRD WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:51:25 Sherry Mahoney, 44, Palm
Desert, CA, MM, 2nd
3:55:45 Kirk Hudson, 41, Wenatchee,
3rd
3:59:38 Jon Mahoney, 57, Palm Desert,
CA, MM, 2nd
4:03:24 Deanna Ashby, 36, MM, 1st
4:06:28 Ron Fowler, 61, Seattle, 2nd
4:07:56 Bill Voiland, 61, Richland,
3rd
4:11:20 Lesa Overfield, 50, MM, 3rd
4:16:29 Jim Kunz, 60, Seattle
4:17:56 Sharon Reese, 45, MM, 3rd
4:22:05 Gary Otheim, 66, East
Wenatchee, MM, 1st
4:32:43 Dennis Spurlock, 46, MM
4:42:49 Pamela Brulotte, 36, MM
4:49:48 Janet Burgess, 48, Renton, MM
5:31:31 Mel Preedy, 76, Ravensdale,
MM, 1st
5:58:55 Loretta Johannessen, 23
6:16:39 Bob Dolphin, 79,
Renton/Yakima, MM, 2nd
04/25/09
YAKIMA RIVER CANYON MARATHON
April 4, 2009
It was reported by Scott Sandsberry of
the Yakima Herald Republic newspaper
that this year’s Yakima River Canyon
Marathon (YRCM) was the “greatest of
them all.” Lenore and I agree
wholeheartedly and appreciate Scott’s
extensive human interest stories
before the marathon and the post race
articles about the winners of the
wheelchair, men’s and women’s races
and the front runners.
Of the many marathons that I run each
year, none approaches this press
coverage in comprehensive and
interesting coverage. I also like the
race results page on which the first
ten men and women plus the wheelchair
athletes were highlighted and the
times and places of all participants
were listed in chronological order.
Kris Holland, photographer of the
Herald Republic, captured the essence
of the marathon in the eight
photographs that accompanied the post-
race article in the Sunday edition of
the newspaper.
At the starting line of the marathon
on Saturday, April 4, 2009, I joined
450 runners, walkers and wheelchair
athletes to listen to the
announcements by Tony Sagare of the
Marathon Committee and the Hard Core
Runners Club, our parent
organization. He introduced Norm
Buckley, a Yakima pastor, who gave the
invocation and Marathon Maniac (MM)
Fenny Roberts, a runner from Salem,
OR, who then sang the national anthem
as she has done for all of our
marathons.
Shortly before 8:00 a.m. the
wheelchair race began, and immediately
afterwards a loud train whistle (from
a semi truck’s cab) started the
marathon participants.
It was a day of sunny, clear
skies…….calm most of the way with
cooling 5-10 mph light winds in the
later miles….. so the running
conditions were ideal. The
temperature was 28 degrees at the
start and rose to the mid 50’s later
in the race. This year’s
early “Daylight Savings Time” probably
contributed to the cool running
conditions.
This is my favorite marathon, and I’ve
enjoyed being a participant in all
NINE of them. The first three miles
of running through a flat agricultural
setting were pleasant, but the 23 mile
river canyon was spectacular as the
scenery changed constantly.
The loss of 300 feet of elevation and
the backsides of several major and
minor hills provided many miles of
easy downgrade running. Perhaps this
accounts for the many personal records
and Boston Qualifiers that were set
here.
A Bald Eagle, Mule Deer, and Bighorn
Sheep were sighted during the race.
By running at the back of the pack, I
settled for sightings of Common
Merganser ducks, Black-billed Magpies,
many Violet-green Swallows and
Sagebrush Buttercups (in Mile 15).
All of these were pleasant to observe
as I ran along.
I enjoyed running with MM Stephen
Hamilton, 66, of Sun River, Oregon, in
miles 7-10 until minor leg cramps
forced me to stop briefly. It was a
treat to walk the last two miles of
the course with our annual U.S. flag
bearer, Jose Nebrida, 67, of Chicago,
Illinois (8:29:37), MM Tim Bruce, 56,
and his daughter, MM Jennifer, 20, of
Sequim (6:29:43). MM Rich Menzel, 66,
of Everett finished in 5:41:47 but
accompanied me in the last two miles
as he has done in previous years.
I completed the marathon with a
6:29:40, 423rd of 443 finishers and
2nd of four in the 75-79M division.
Mel Preedy, 75, of Ravensdale was
first with a 5:45:36; Alan Morton, 78,
from Tywyn Gwynedd, Wales, was third
with a 7:04:51; and Ray Scharenbrock,
75, of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was
fourth with a 7:38:03. All four of us
are Marathon Maniacs.
Jerry Martin, 61, of Spokane, a member
of the 100 Marathon Club North
America, was the winner of the
wheelchair race in a phenomenal time
of 1:46:25 as he broke his own course
record by four minutes in his sixth
YRCM win. In second place was Tim
Clark, 47, of Puyallup whose time of
1:51:46 was only five minutes behind
first place.
This year’s YRCM had the closest
finish of all nine when Joe Darda, 21,
a senior and team runner at the
University of Washington in Seattle,
ran his first marathon in a time of
2:35:12, the third fastest time on the
course!
Two-time winner and Central Washington
University (CWU) student Manuh Santos,
29, of Ellensburg caught up with Joe
in the 13th mile. As Joe then ran two
miles at a 5:40 pace, Manuh
experienced a cramp in his lower
abdomen. Joe pulled away to a 200
yard lead, but Manuh closed the gap
and finished in second place with a
2:35:32, only 20 seconds behind him.
Kevin Blount, 23, a graduate of
Yakima’s Eisenhower High School and a
team runner for CWU, finished third
with a 2:42:44.
Listed among the first nine male
finishers were four friends and fellow
Marathon Maniacs (MM) who ran great
times as follows: 5th overall - Cliff
Richards, 48, Maple Valley, 2:54:10;
7th overall – Tony Phillippi, 47,
Tacoma, 3:00:54; 8th overall – Terry
Sentinella, 44, Anacortes, 3:03:08;
9th overall – Gregg Walchli, 46,
Woodinville, 3:04:55.
For the fourth time MM Mary Hanna, 47,
of Maple Valley was the women’s winner
with a 3:14:59. Her finishing time of
2:58:06 in 2006 set the course record
for women. In this year’s tight race,
Mary ran with Selina Danko, 40, of
Wenatchee, and Amber Green, 23, a
master’s candidate at CWU from Selah.
In the 19th mile she took the lead and
held it to the finish. Selina came in
two minutes later with a 3;16:59, and
Amber placed third with a time of
3:19:13.
A year ago Beth Davenport, 48,
5:01:11, of Santa Fe, New Mexico,
requested bib #100 for our April 4,
2009, YRCM. MM Cyndie Merten, 52,
5:21:54, of Corvallis, Oregon, let us
know that her goal was to reach #100
on the same day. So, her bib number
was 99 in recognition of that many
completed marathons. Then, we
received word that MM Michael Shiach,
58, 4:07:42, had the same goal in
mind, so his race number was his MM
number of 33. David Olsho, 57,
3:50:09 has a separate list for his
ultras and chose our race for his
100th 26.2 mile marathon.
Because of health reasons Dan
Archambeau, 73, of Sebring, Florida,
was told by his doctor that his 200th
marathon should be his last race of
that distance. He decided that
his “farewell” would be at our YRCM,
and we were happy to have him run with
bib #200.
We were honored to have five
participants meet their goals, so we
enlisted some help to make this
weekend extra special for all of
them. Ruth Laughlin, our “flower
lady” from Shoreline, brought a
bouquet of flowers for each one to be
given to them as they finished. Donna
Nettleship (4:09:03), Hard Core
Runners Club member and designer of
our YRCM logo, made a poster for each
one that was presented with the
flowers. Yakima’s Engravings
Unlimited, supplier of our awards,
made #100 and #200 pins and
personalized medallions for all. The
medallions and pins were presented at
the awards ceremony/meal and four new
members were given 100 Marathon Club
North America certificates by Lenore.
Congratulations to all!!!
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO:
(1) MM Doug MacLean, 56, and his
son MM Hunter MacLean, 26, of Mercer
Island who arrived at SeaTac Airport
from a two-week business trip at 8:00
p.m. on Friday night, came to the race
and placed second and third in their
age groups with times of 3:22:48 and
3:24:15. Doug is the owner of Talking
Rain that provides the water and Power
Ade for the marathon.
(2) MM Christina Bruce, 17, of
Sequim who made this race her first
Boston Qualifier. With a time of
3:24:54 she placed first in the 19 and
under women’s division, 5th woman and
39th participant overall. She holds
the record for being the youngest
woman to have finished the YRCM when
she ran her first marathon here at the
age of 14.
(3) MM Claude Hicks, 49, of Fort
Worth, Texas, who ran his fifth
consecutive YRCM and had his fastest
time by two minutes with a 3:50:25.
He and his wife Debie Johnson (the Bus
Lady) come early every year to
volunteer!
(4) Keith Wood, 80, of Sultan for
establishing a new course record by
almost three hours!!! His 4:18:36 was
a Boston Qualifier with 41 minutes to
spare. Surely, this transplant from
Australia must be one of the fastest
80 year old runners in the country.
His age graded time was 2:41:15.
(5) Preciliano Martinez, 17, and
Ivan Zaragoza, 17, of Toppenish for
completing their high school “marathon
project” by running their first
marathon in 4:32:05 and 4:32:19.
(6) Bruce Stobie, 46, of Maple
Valley, a blind runner and his sister
Melissa Dunning, 43, of Silverdale,
his “sighted guide,” for completing
the marathon in 4:49:24. Bruce hadn’t
run a marathon since 1990, so this was
quite a challenge and accomplishment.
His brother-in-law Ed Dunning, 59, of
Silverdale ran the race in 5:00:12.
(7) MM Don “The Rev” Kienz, 53, of
Exton, Pennsylvania, for giving a
humorous and inspirational
presentation on Friday night and then
running the marathon the next day in a
time of 4:54:15.
(8) Phil Brown, 65, of Yakima,
three-time finisher of the Ironman
Triathlon World Championships on the
big island of Hawaii in the 1990’s
made a training comeback that was very
successful. He finished the YRCM in a
time of 5:44:47.
(9) MM Steve Hamling, 40, of
Auburn was hit by a car as he was
riding his motorcycle last December
and is recovering from a broken back.
To keep his string of completing all
YRCM’s going, he walked 26.2 miles in
a time of 7:07:42!!! We still have 25
marathoners who have completed all
NINE of our races.
(10) Our good friend MM Ray
Scharenbrock, 75, of South Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, had a challenge to get to
our race this year, and we’re so glad
that he made it! He finished marathon
#623 in a time of 7:38:03. He is one
of the leading megamarathoners in
North America. He has completed NINE
circuits of running a marathon in all
50 states and DC (more than anyone
else) and will complete #10 this year.
The Marathon Maniacs Club was welcomed
for their second Yakima reunion. Over
120 Maniacs from the U.S., Canada and
Wales registered to run, and most of
them attended the club meeting on
Friday afternoon, April 3, 2009. They
had special seating at the meals and
enjoyed the presentation to a “full
house” by Maniac #48, Don “The Rev”
Kienz.
In addition to the YRCM medals at the
finish line the next day, beautiful
Marathon Maniac medals were given to
all members. At the awards
ceremony/meal the three Maniac
founders (Steve Yee, Chris Warren &
Tony Phillippi) announced the new
inductions into the Marathon Maniac
Hall of Fame and presented awards to
Mel Preedy, Van Phan and Bob (and
Lenore) Dolphin. What an honor!!
We look forward to seeing a lot of
Maniacs at our 10th YRCM anniversary
race on March 27, 2010, and we’re glad
that “The Rev” has consented to be our
guest speaker again.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
(1) Paul Taylor, 39, of Yakima who
ran his first marathon (4:15:38)
carrying the American flag and a
beautiful rose that he gave to the
race director (Lenore) at the finish
line. It was the highlight of her
weekend!
(2) Mike Hendricks, 54, YRCM
registrar from Yakima (5:41:15), who
carried the blackberry that belonged
to Denise Kliskey, 38, Auburn
(5:24:38). At the finish line she let
Lenore know that she had lost her
blackberry between Miles 12 and 17. A
short time later Mike appeared at the
finish line holding the blackberry
that he had carried from Mile 14!
(3) Rosie Rifa, our next door
neighbor in Yakima, who sang the
blessing song at the awards
ceremony/meal and to honor our
Canadian friends, she sang their
beautiful national anthem, “O Canada.”
(4) Our supporters from afar:
Denny Brooks, webmaster from Lacey;
Marty Wanless, Sportsmarketer from
Vancouver, BC; Martin Rudow, editor of
Northwest Runner Magazine from Whidbey
Island; John Elliott from New York
City (marathonguide.com); Greg Price,
Seattle (Outdoors Northwest); Jeff
Stensland/Tara Edmonds & family, from
Mt. Vernon (in charge of drop bags);
Steve Christofferson, Bellingham, &
Dave Rubert, Winlock….photographers;
Ruth & Roelif Laughlin, from Shoreline
(flowers); Debie Johnson/Claude Hicks,
Fort Worth, Texas (set-up/take-down,
merchandise sales, bus lady etc.);
Lois Brown, Sebring, Florida (roving
aid on course); Bonni Brooks, Seattle
(timing & results); Don “The Rev” and
Pam Kienz, Exton, Pennsylvania
(speaker etc.); Jose Nebrida, Chicago,
Illinois (introduction of guest
speaker); Fenny Roberts, Salem, Oregon
(national anthem etc.); MM Jeff & Kim
Raber, West Chester, Ohio (set-up,
take-down etc.); Wherever needed: MM
Tony Phillippi, Tacoma; MM Jim Scheer,
Vancouver, WA; MM Rich Menzel,
Everett; Ron Fowler, Seattle, Bill
Voiland, Richland
(5) The YRCM committee, the
sponsors, the volunteers, the
participants and all who helped make
the Yakima River Canyon Marathon #9
the “greatest of them all.”
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by
Lenore Dolphin
05/10/09
TACOMA CITY MARATHON
May 3, 2009
Usually, I have to run a marathon and
finish it to receive an award. At the
Tacoma City Marathon at Tacoma,
Washington, on Sunday, May 3, 2009,
the best recognition possible came
before the start of the race.
Tony Phillippi, the race director and
a Marathon Maniac Founder, invited
Lenore and me to accompany the
Marathon Maniac Pacers and him to the
starting line. We rode with them in a
stretch limousine from the race
headquarters Murano Hotel to the
starting line where the marathon
announcer introduced Tony, the Dolphin
Marathon Team and the pacers to the
marathoners who were gathered for the
7:00 a.m. start of the event. For the
most part, the pacers were running
friends. They and Tony all have
impressive, personal running histories.
After some announcements were made, a
nice rendition of the National Anthem
was sung by Heather Ruiz before the
start of the marathon. I said goodbye
to Lenore and joined the back of the
pack.
The previous day while volunteering at
packet pickup at the nearby Greater
Tacoma Convention and Trade Center,
the sciatica nerve problem in my left
leg suggested that I might be a
spectator on race day. However, the
next morning I felt better and was
able to be a participant after all.
Saturday’s heavy rains had passed
through the area, and all of us
benefited from the sunny, calm weather
with temperatures that didn’t exceed
60 degrees.
On the downgrade of the first mile I
kept up with the back of the pack.
However, on the upgrade of the second
mile I dropped back to become the last
one on the course and soon saw no
other runners.
The half marathon started at 7:30
a.m., and in my sixth mile this field
began to overtake me. I had a lot of
company for three miles, going in both
directions, until I reached Mile 9,
their turnaround point. In the
solitude that followed I enjoyed
looking at Commencement Bay, Maury and
Vashon Islands and other landmarks of
Puget Sound.
After I climbed the steep slope above
the Ruston Tunnel, I came to the first
of two Interurban Running
Club’s “Blues Brothers” aid stations.
I enjoyed running through Point
Defiance Park with its natural wooded
splendor and visiting with friends at
the second “Blues Brothers” aid
station. The course then took me on
suburban roads and trails near the
Tacoma Narrows Bridge and Highway 16.
When I crossed the finish line near
the Convention Center, three walkers
who had taken an early start were
still on the course. My time of
6:49:14 put me in 272nd place out of
275 finishers and second 75-79M.
Marathon Maniac (MM) Mel Preedy was
first in this division with a time of
5:57:21.
For the third consecutive year of this
three year old marathon, Michael
Lynes, 42, of Tacoma was the winner.
His time of 2:40:15 gave him another
win to keep his record perfect.
Hunter MacLean, 26, of Mercer Island
came in second with a sub three hour
2:59:39. In third place was Ryan
McKnight, 36, with a 3:09:24.
MM Shawna Wilskey, 37, of Burlington
was the women’s winner in a time of
3:11:03. In 2008 she won the
Bellingham Bay Marathon, and earlier
this year she was the winner of the
Carlsbad Marathon. The second place
woman was MM Merita Trohimovich, 42,
of Gig Harbor in 3:16:09. MM Ginger
Gruber, 39, of Port Orchard was third
with a time of 3:21:01.
After the race, Lenore and I met three
women from the East Coast who had an
interesting story to tell. As friends
who live in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and Virginia, their
goal is to complete a marathon in all
50 States. They get together as often
as possible and had come to Tacoma for
their “Washington” state. Donna
Bednar, 49, is from Old Lyme, CT, and
has finished marathons in three
states. Karen Axelrod, 51,
Northhampton, MA, has completed 13
states, and Laura Sprung, 56, from
Crozel, VA, has a total of 17.
From the limousine ride before the
start to “making it to the finish
line” it had been a good day for me.
The race was well-organized, scenic
and challenging. Thanks go to race
directors Tony Phillippi and Paul
Morrison, their committee and the
volunteers for conducting a quality
event. I look forward to running the
Tacoma City Marathon in 2010 when it
will be a Marathon Maniac Reunion race.
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by
Lenore Dolphin
PARTIAL RESULTS – TACOMA CITY
MARATHON, May 3, 2009
2:40:15 Michael Lynes, 42, OVERALL
WINNER, 1st in Age Group
2:59:39 Hunter MacLean, 26, SECOND
OVERALL, 1st
3:09:24 Ryan McKnight, 36, THIRD
OVERALL, 1st
3:09:52 Cliff Richards, 48, MM, 1st
3:11:03 Shawna Wilskey, 37, OVERALL
WOMEN’S WINNER, MM, 1st
3:14:01 Ruben Contreras, 54, MM, 1st
3:16:09 Merita Trohimovich, 42,
SECOND WOMAN OVERALL, MM, 1st
3:19:20 Terry Sentinella, 44, MM, 2nd
3:21:01 Ginger Gruber, 39, THIRD
WOMAN OVERALL, MM, 2nd
3:21:38 Bryan Robertson, 33, MM, 1st
3:21:50 Mary Hanna, 47, MM, 1st
3:23:33 Bob Martin, 52, MM, 2nd
3:27:25 Gregg Walchli, 42, MM
3:28:11 Bob O’Brien, 51, MM
3:29:48 David Spooner, 40, MM
3:32:24 Phil Kriss, 49, MM
3:33:49 Robert Lopez, 42, MM
4:34:44 Marilou Russell, 47, MM, 2nd
3:40:53 Robert Britain, 51, MM
3:42:12 Ashley Kuhlmann, 23, MM, 2nd
3:43:49 May Cheng, 44, MM, 2nd
3:44:29 Guy Yogi, 55, MM, 2nd
3:44:29 Steve Supkoff, 43, MM
3:44:42 Robert Jacobsen, 51, MM
3:45:36 Richard Cockrell, 44, MM
3:47:13 Narvie Seals, 42, MM
3:48:31 Jerry Thayer, 54, MM
3:49:44 Kurt Lauer, 47, MM
3:54:00 Arthur Martineau, 41, MM
3:54:05 Craig Hanela, 34, MM
3:55:31 Gary Marr, 57, MM 3rd
3:58:52 Randen Richards, 30, MM
3:58:52 Andy Fritz, 42, MM
3:59:42 Scott Krell, 48, MM
4:00:10 Bruce Quam, 54, MM
4:02:02 Matt Hagen, 38, MM
4:03:35 Herb Allen, 66, MM, 1st
4:03:35 Lesa Overfield, 50, MM, 1st
4:04:01 Valerie Beyer, 46, MM
4:06:04 Ken Briggs, 57, MM
4:10:14 Cat Schwartz, 34, MM, 3rd
4:10:16 Thomas Gibson, 42, MM
4:10:36 Deanna Ashby, 37, MM
4:13:26 Eric Barnes, 52, MM
4:14:23 Yanghae Yoon, 46
4:15:08 Rikki Bogue, 45, MM
4:23:17 Jim Kunz, 60, 2nd
4:23:17 Ron Fowler, 61, 3rd
4:24:39 Steve White, 55, MM
4:26:54 Mari Petersen, 46, MM
4:26:56 Bonni Brooks, 45, MM
4:31:26 Gary Otheim, 66, MM, 2nd
4:34:16 David Hamilton, 55, MM
4:38:38 Jae-Byung Jung, 38, MM
4:41:21 Michelle Barnes, 51, MM
4:41:37 Rick Haase, 63, MM
4:41:49 Betsy Rogers, 45, MM
4:42:05 Spencer Albin, 51, MM
4:42:32 Marie Zornes, 45, MM
4:43:49 Susie Ro, 38, MM
4:44:42 Marilyn Pyke, 47, MM
4:48:44 Mike Kuhlmann, 58, MM
4:49:12 Corrine Austerman, 46, MM
4:50:16 Amanda Preble, 45, MM
4:51:26 Steve Yee, 49, MM
4:51:35 Brian Starkey, 43, MM
4:51:51 Tory Klementsen, 44, MM
4:54:49 Jennifer Bruce, 20 MM
4:58:17 Linda McIntyre, 51, MM
4:58:17 Ben Light, 55, MM
4:58:51 Jessica Bienvenue, 30, MM
4:58:51 Mike Pruyne, 40, MM
5:00:19 Ray Shaw, 51, MM
5:01:10 Linda Walter, 57, MM
5:15:11 Jim Boyd, 66, MM, 3rd
5:22:37 Stacy Otter, 32, MM
5:22:38 Diana Robinson, 42, MM
5:26:23 Bret Bellevue, 50, MM
5:27:55 Donna Bednar, 49
5:30:02 Kimberly Kuhlmann, 30, MM
5:38:27 Jenny Appel, 35, MM
5:38:28 Jessica Williams, 31, MM
5:39:19 Tim Bruce, 56, MM
5:42:32 Jane Herzog, 46, MM
5:49:12 Dawn Bellevue, 49
5:50:59 Marci Martin, 44, MM
5:57:21 Mel Preedy, 76, MM, 1st
6:33:02 Laura Sprung, 45
6:33:02 Karen Axelrod, 51
6:49:14 Bob Dolphin, 79, MM, 2nd
05/25/09
CAPITAL CITY MARATHON
May 17, 2009
The fifteen minutes leading up to the
7:00 a.m. start by Sylvester Park in
downtown Olympia is always an exciting
time. It’s a time to greet and talk
with many running friends who run the
Capital City Marathon most years.
This year Jim Thatcher, Ron Fowler and
I represented the “Capital City
Marathon Survivors Club.” We ran our
first marathon there in 1985, and ran
our “silver anniversary” race on
Sunday, May 17, 2009.
Our “adopted grandson,” Michael
Dutton, was there to keep his 16 year
string going. He ran his first
marathon at Olympia in 1994 and is now
a 100 Marathon Club North America
member. Michael ran with me in the
first mile, and I enjoyed his company
while running on city streets and near
the Puget Sound waterfront.
Jim Boyd ran the Watershed Preserve 12
Hour Ultramarathon the day before and
had come to Olympia for a “weekend
double.” We ran together in the
second and third miles by the East Bay
of Budd Inlet where we had great views
of reflections on the calm water. As
we ran by Priest Point Park forest, we
saw a large native Western Rhododenron
with profuse rose-colored flowers in
full bloom.
Later, as I ran alone on the broad
peninsula northeast of Olympia, the
terrain was flat to rolling to hilly
through forest and fields. Cultivated
rhododendrons with a variety of colors
were prevalent near the scattered
houses along the way.
The sky was clear, and the temperature
ranged from 50 degrees at the start to
the mid 70’s in the early afternoon.
It was a good day for running.
Being in the back of the pack is
something that I’ve gotten used to,
but there was a variation in this race
that was new to me. After the first
four miles, every runner or walker who
passed me or whom I followed or passed
was someone I’ve know for more than 15-
20 years. Some of them were
Bernadette Langdon (who walks faster
than many of us run), Mel Preedy, Jim
Thatcher and Yau-Ming Chien.
Lenore had been in Yakima Regional
Hospital on May 14th for her 6th
angiogram and missed her first Capital
City Marathon in 17 years. She’s
doing okay…..but I missed her welcome
hug after I crossed the finish line in
6:12:29. I was 324th of 328 overall
and 3rd of 4 in the 70+ Male Division.
The race was won for the fourth
consecutive year by Jesse Stevick, 27,
an Olympia High School science
teacher. In second place was Douglas
Babbitt, 45, of Tacoma with a
2:50:25. Bob Brennand, 47, of Olympia
was third with a time of 2:51:44.
Annie Thiessen, 38, a Marathon Maniac
(MM) of Tacoma and frequent race
winner, was the overall winner for the
women with a sub-three-hour race of
2:58:21. Unrike Krotscheck, 33, of
Olympia finished in second place with
a 3:08:43. In third place was Bonnie
McReynolds, 45, also of Olympia with a
3:09:34.
At my end of the age spectrum, MM Paul
Fouch, 74, of Klamath Falls, Oregon,
placed first in the 70+ Male Group
with a 5:20:13. MM Mel Preedy, 76, of
Ravensdale ran a 6:08:21 for second
place. I came in third and was
followed by Rich Stablein, 72, of
Olympia.
The race was well organized and had
many well-stocked aid stations that
were manned by friendly volunteers.
The course was adequately marked and
had volunteers and police officers
directing traffic and guiding runners
to the proper course turns.
A running jacket was a good substitute
for T-shirts this year. Disposable
timing chips allowed for finish line
research data for the runners, and
results cards were presented to the
finishers. That was a nice feature,
but I would like to have received a
finishers medal. I hope they’ll have
medals for the finishers when I return
in 2010 for my 26th consecutive
Capital City Marathon.
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by
Lenore Dolphin
PARTIAL RACE RESULTS – CAPITAL CITY
MARATHON, May 17, 2009
2:40:09 Jesse Stevick, 27, Olympia,
OVERALL WINNER, First in Age Group
2:50:25 Douglas Babbitt, 45, Tacoma,
SECOND OVERALL, 1st
2:51:43 Bob Brennand, 47, Olympia,
THIRD OVERALL, 2nd
2:58:21 Annie Thiessen, 38, Tacoma,
OVERALL WOMEN’S WINNER, MM, 1st
3:00:38 Gregg Walchli, 47,
Woodinville, MM
3:07:35 Tony Phillippi, 47, Tacoma, MM
3:08:43 Unrike Krotscheck, 33,
Olympia, SECOND WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:09:34 Bonnie McReynolds, 45,
Olympia, THIRD WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:24:49 Bob Hearn, 43, Vancouver, BC,
MM
3:32:13 Bob Martin, 52, Hoquiam, MM
3:37:32 Richard Cockrell, 44, Sumner,
MM
3:39:59 Pete Nicholson, 49,
Vancouver, WA, MM
3:43:20 Laurie Dent, 37, Orting, MM
3:43:20 Ginger Gruber, 39, Port
Orchard, MM
3:44:04 Steve Wisner, 51, Galveston,
TX, MM
3:45:30 Ashley Kuhlmann, 23,
Lakewood, MM, 2nd
3:47:59 Christel Elliott, 30, Tacoma,
MM
3:51:48 David Jones, 63, Seattle, MM,
3rd
3:52:57 Al Harman, 47, West
Vancouver, BC, MM
3:54:44 Bill Barmore, 57, Gig Harbor,
MM
3:56:11 Faye Britt, 34, Everett, MM
3:56:30 Herb Allen, 66, MM, 1st
4:04:28 Gary Marr, 57, Snohomish, MM
4:09:19 Maniac 200, 46, Puyallup, MM
4:13:31 Steve White, 55, Seattle, MM
4:13:59 Marilou Russell, 47, Olympia,
MM
4:20:14 Betsy Rogers, 45, Seattle, MM
4:20:44 Jim Scheer, 67, Vancouver,
WA, MM, 3rd
4:22:10 Ron Fowler, 61, Seattle
4:22:11 Jim Kunz, 60, Seattle
4:24:52 Leslie Miller, 29, Seattle, MM
4:30:53 Unha Lee, 59, Olympia, 1st
4:31:23 Marie Zornes, 45, Gig Harbor,
MM
4:34:12 Mike Kuhlmann, 59, Lakewood,
MM
4:35:33 Michael Dutton, 39,
Marysville, MM
4:36:22 Bonni Brooks, 45, Seattle, MM
4:54:32 Andy Fritz, 42, Olympia, MM
4:54:33 Jody Fritz, 43, Olympia, MM
5:01:33 Ed Hansen, 62, Stayton, OR
5:08:16 Brian Starkey, 43, Edgewood,
MM
5:10:45 Tory Klementsen, 44, Bothell,
MM
5:12:20 Jessica Bienvenue, 30, Lake
Forest Park, MM
5:12:51 Mike Pruyne, 40, Oak Harbor,
MM
5:20:19 Paul Fouch, 74, Klamath
Falls, OR, MM, 1st
5:23:26 Jim Boyd, 66, Seattle, MM
5:55:45 Bernadette Langdon, 55,
Portland, OR, 3rd
6:08:21 Mel Preedy, 76, Ravensdale,
MM, 2nd
6:12:29 Bob Dolphin, 79,
Renton/Yakima, MM, 3rd
6:21:28 Jim Thatcher, 60, Olympia
6:23:12 Yau-Ming Chien, 66, Bellevue
6:27:32 Rich Stablein, 72, Olympia
6:33:25 Debra Hager, 50, Spokane
05/28/09
CALL OF THE WILD MARATHON
May 23, 2009
The inaugural Call of the Wild
Marathon was offered by Marathon
Maniac Adrian Call on Saturday, May
23, 2009. I was pleased to run the
marathon with 22 others in addition to
the three who ran a 50K, 20
participants who did a half marathon
and one who ran a 20 Miler.
The race was similar to Adrian’s First
Call to Run Marathon on January 1,
2009. My report on that marathon is
available on www.marathonmaniacs.com
at “Team Dolphin.”
At 6:00 a.m. on May 23rd there were
nine of us who took an early start at
the Bothell Landing Park from an area
that served as the start/finish line,
a mid-race aid station and post-race
breakfast bar.
Within a minute of the start we
crossed an attractive arched
footbridge over the Sammamish River to
its south bank. As the bridge trail
reached the Sammamish River Trail, we
turned right and ran north on the
paved trail. Initially, we ran in
riverside woods going downstream in a
westerly direction, and then we
crossed a footbridge to the north
riverside. As the route became the
Burke-Gilman Trail, we ran through a
tunnel under a road and then by a golf
course and suburban housing on our way
to the town of Kenmore.
The trail through Kenmore is an
engineering marvel as it keeps trail
users segregated from vehicles in a
populated area. This is accomplished
by two cross-street underpasses and
concrete barricades by Bothell Way, a
busy six-lane highway.
Soon after leaving Kenmore the trail
ran by the small lakeside park, Tracey
Owen Station, with a striking view of
Lake Washington. Continuing on the
Burke-Gilman Trail, we turned back at
four miles to give us a total of eight
miles by the time we reached Bothell
Landing again to log in and replenish
our water bottles.
As we left The Landing this time, we
turned left onto the Sammamish River
Trail and went upstream for less than
a mile to a footbridge crossing to the
east side of the river. We stayed on
this side for the next seven miles to
Redmond. Along the way we ran under
the I-405 overhead cloverleaf, near
the city of Woodinville, the Red Hook
Brewery and St. Michelle and Columbia
wineries, Sixty Acres Park and the
city of Redmond. There we crossed to
the west bank trail for a ¼ mile. At
Mile 17+ in the race we turned back at
the highway 520 elevated bridge. Four
street underpasses and several
footbridges protected the trail users
from vehicular traffic between Bothell
and Redmond.
The race went well. There was good
weather with clear skies. The
temperature was about 50 degrees at
the 6:00 a.m. start and 70 degrees at
the finish. A cooling, light breeze
in the last miles was a welcome relief.
At first, I walked the few hills on
the course, then midway into the race
I took short walks for respite and
finally had to walk the last 10K
briskly to the finish.
On the course I appreciated the
foresight of the farmers of yesteryear
who planted the Lombardy Poplar
windbreaks. The shade they cast was a
relief on this grassy, open trail.
A covey of Canada Geese was
interesting. Apparently, there were
four mated pairs that had 20+ goslings
of various sizes. They walked between
the paved trail on grass by the river
bank and ignored the bikers, runners
and walkers going by.
The many bikers who passed said
nothing, or warned “on your left,” or
said something encouraging. The one
who said, “Hi, Bob, you’re looking
good” surprised me. I had no idea who
it was until he came by later and
slowed down to visit. It was Paul
Emmet, 63, of Redmond, an “Evil
Triplet” marathoner. He’s training
for STP (Seattle to Portland), the
long-distance bicycle tour, 100 mile
century races and shorter races. He
hopes to get back to marathoning again
in the fall of this year and run
another Yakima River Canyon Marathon
on March 27, 2010.
I finished my marathon at Bothell
Landing with a time of 6:07:39. I
enjoyed the pancake breakfast and
talking to the many runners and
volunteers who were still in the
area. Jim Boyd, Rich Menzel, Ray Shaw
and I (all Marathon Maniacs) compared
marathon itineraries to determine when
our paths would cross again.
Congratulations to Flo and Bruce Lind
for running their first marathon.
They were already talking about
becoming Marathon Maniacs!!
A treat for me was to run the legs
from Redmond to Kenmore. In years
past I had run that 13 mile stretch as
part of the Falls to Gasworks
ultramarathon and the Seattle Marathon
course that pre-dated the current
course. It was nice to re-visit a
course that I ran years ago.
I had a good time, and I’m looking
forward to running the First Call to
Run Marathon on New Year’s Day 2010.
Many thanks to race director Adrian
Call, his wife Marty and the
volunteers who put on this well-
organized marathon, 50K and half
marathon.
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by
Lenore Dolphin
CALL OF THE WILD MARATHON RESULTS –
May 23, 2009
3:31:49 Scott Sebelsky
3:31:55 Ryan McKnight, Marathon
Maniac (MM)
3:48:23 Paul David
3:54:15 Bruce Lind, 1st Marathon
4:07:24 Jae Jung, MM
4:10:31 Rob Hester, MM
4:10:31 Patty McKerney
4:25:54 Jeff Loen, MM
4:29:53 Adrian Call, MM
4:36:38 Linda Barton, MM
4:36:38 Valerie Beyer, MM
4:40:33 Flo Lind, 1st Marathon
4:40:33 Marie Zornes, MM
4:42:50 Jim Boyd, MM
4:43:48 Ron Foss
4:46:24 Jill Hudson, MM
4:46:30 Linda Walter, MM
5:03:20 Jessica Bienvenue, MM
5:19:11 Tory Klementsen, MM
5:23:33 Ray Shaw, MM
5:28:48 Mare Pyke, MM
5:46:43 Rich Menzel, MM
6:07:39 Bob Dolphin, MM
CALL OF THE WILD 50K – May 23, 2009
4:55:06 Robert Lopez, MM
5:20:33 Dean Kayler, MM
5:47:21 Nancy Nash, 1st Ultra
CALL OF THE WILD HALF MARATHON – May
23, 2009
1:53:11 Janice Cullen
1:53:11 Michelle Cunningham, MM
1:57:49 Chandra Higgins
2:01:43 Karen Williams
2:03:30 Becky Ransom
2:03:46 Heather George
2:13:10 Catrena Sullivan
2:13:13 Chrissie O’Brien
2:13:14 Kris Solem
2:14:11 Tamie Rogers
2:24:20 Robin Loen
2:27:58 Cathy Ochler
2:29:13 Megan Reuther
2:31:19 Sarah Lucas
2:44:34 Gloria Hiroshima
2:54:35 Judd Williams
2:54:40 Shirley Monson
2:54:40 Larry Monson
3:10:40 Peter Storti
3:46:54 Trista Allen
CALL OF THE WILD 20 MILER – May 23,
2009
3:57:47 Starria Johnson
06/01/09
CONGRATULATIONS
Fiona Wright from Florida for
finished the 50 and DC Marathon
circuit. Fiona finish her Marathon
at the Vermont City Marathon in
Burlington, VT on 05/24/09.
Great job Fiona!!!!!
06/08/09
CONGRATULATIONS
Denis McCarthy from Missouri for
finished the 50 and DC Marathon
circuit. Denis finish his Marathon at
the Deadwood-Mickelson Trail Marathon
in Deadwood, SD on 06/07/09.
Great job Denis!!!!!
06/23/09
Pacers Needed for the Marathon and
Half
The IMT Des Moines Marathon needs
experienced distance runners that want
to give back to the sport by serving
as Van Meter Industrial, Inc. Pace
Team Leaders for the Marathon and Half
on October 18, 2009.
Marathon pace team goals will be
spaced every 10 minutes from 3:00 to
4:00 hours and every 15 minutes from
4:00 to 5:30 hours. Half-marathon
pace team goals will be every 10
minutes from 1:30 to 2:30 hours. Many
of the 2008 pace team leaders are back
for 2009, but as always there are
several positions to fill for each
event. Tara Thomas is returning for
her sixth year as Pace Team
Coordinator for the IMT Des Moines
Marathon.
Qualifications:
• Have run four or more
marathons at 15 to 30 minutes better
than the time that you plan to pace,
• or, have run three or more
half-marathons at 5 to 10 minutes
better than the plan you plan to pace.
• Able to maintain a steady pace
with respect to the terrain for the
entire distance.
• Willing to act as a "moving
coach" by creating a team atmosphere
and offering encouragement and advice
throughout the race.
Responsibilities:
• Commit to maintain your pace
and finish with a chip time between
your goal time and 2 minutes ahead of
your goal time (1 minute for the Half).
• Carry a lightweight sign
displaying your goal time during the
entire race.
• Wear a bright yellow
(marathon) or red (half-marathon)
singlet that has a bib displaying your
goal time on the back.
• Take a two hour shift at the
Pace Team booth at the Wellmark Blue
Cross & Blue Shield Sports and Fitness
Expo on Friday or Saturday of race
weekend,
• Prepare a handout to be given
to interested runners who stop by the
booth at the Expo (marathon Pacers
only). Examples from previous pace
leaders will be provided to help you
prepare your handout.
Rewards:
• Waived race entry fee to the
2009 IMT Des Moines Marathon.
• Pace Team singlet bearing the
IMT Des Moines Marathon and Van Meter
Industrial, Inc. logos.
• Complimentary pasta party
admission.
• Special gift chosen especially
for the Pace Team Leaders.
• Lots of fun, memories, and a
great way to make a new friend or two.
If you are interested in serving as a
Pace Team Leader, please contact Tara
Thomas at davetara1118@msn.com or 515-
251-3756. You may also visit the IMT
Des Moines Marathon website at
www.desmoinemarathon.com.
NOTE: Pacers are not eligible to win
prize money or age division awards.
06/28/09
NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON
June 7, 2009
The North Olympic Discovery Marathon
was held on Sunday, June 7, 2009.
This point-to-point race started at
8:00 a.m. at Carrie Blake Park in
Sequim, Washington, and ended near the
Red Lion Hotel Race Headquarters in
Port Angeles. The race course
followed the Discovery Trail through
field and forest and, for the most
part, was on a paved, rails-to trail
roadbed. Of the 352 finishers, there
were 42 marathon walkers who left the
park at the 6:00 a.m. early start.
Our Renton neighbors Dick and Shirley
Ziehe were first-time “buddies” with
Lenore at the finish line. Prior to
their volunteering, Dick drove Lenore
and me to the community meeting hall
at the Carrie Blake Park where we
visited with many running friends
before the start of the race. I
said “goodbye” to Lenore and left with
the other 350+ runners.
At the end of the first mile I looked
back and saw only three people behind
me. In the third and fifth mile two
of them passed me. By the time I
stopped to visit with Lenore and Dick
in downtown Sequim in the seventh
mile, a married couple on sweep
bicycles rode up and told me that I
was the last runner. When I asked
about the third runner behind me, I
was told that he was a relay runner
who had finished his leg.
Not liking to be dead last in a race
and holding up the finish line
volunteers, I chased after the last
person to pass me, keeping him in
view. I didn’t catch him until the
last 10K, but I gained on a woman
participant who ran/walked near my
pace. In the 11th mile, I approached
and passed a young man who was walking
to a seven hour finish. From then on,
as I moved up somewhat in the field, I
didn’t have to be concerned about
sweep bikes and delaying the race
closure.
On the course it was good to visit
with Carolyn Price, 60, of
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and friends
Ultra Al Miller, Jr., 55 of Deer
Island, Oregon, and Marathon Maniac
(MM) Tim Bruce, 56, of Sequim.
Congratulations to Stephanie Dietlen,
31, and Leonard Dietlin, 36, of
Stanwood whom I met in mid-course as
they were running their first marathon.
It’s always nice to leave the forest
at Mile 22 and follow the trail along
the Strait to the Port Angeles
finish. I held a 16 minute walking
pace and finished with a time of
6:07:57, 315th of 352 overall and
second in the 75-79M division. Lenore
was waiting for me with a hug and a
finisher’s medal!
The race was won by Ian Fraser, 35, of
Port Townsend who had a one mile lead
at his 2:36:02 finish. Aaron Ladd,
26, of Seattle ran a 2:42:18 for
second place and finished only seven
seconds ahead of Jeff Hashimoto, 38,
of Ellensburg who ran a 2:42:25.
The women’s race was won by Margreet
Dietz, 38, of Squamish, British
Columbia, who ran alone to win in
3:10:39. MM Ginger Gruber, 39, of
Port Orchard came in second with a
3:23:20, and Sarah West, 33, of
Portland, Oregon, had a 3:26:06 for
third place.
MM Terry Sentinella, 45, of Anacortes
ran his first marathon at the
inaugural North Olympic Discovery
Marathon on June 16, 2003, and
returned this year to complete
Marathon #100. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You’re the newest member of the 100
Marathon Club North America.
Thanks go to race directors Larry and
Michelle Little, the race committee
and all of the volunteers for putting
on a fine marathon and other events
during the weekend. I look forward to
returning next year to be the first 80
year old runner in the marathon.
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by
Lenore Dolphin
PARTIAL RESULTS – NORTH OLYMPIC
DISCOVERY MARATHON, 6/7/2009
2:36:02 Ian Fraser, 35, Port
Townsend, FIRST OVERALL, FIRST IN AGE
DIVISION
2:42:18 Aaron Ladd, 26, Seattle,
SECOND OVERALL, 1st
2:42:25 Jeff Hashimoto, 38,
Ellensburg, THIRD OVERALL, 2nd
3:04:21 Chris Warren, 41, Renton,
Marathon Maniac (MM), 2nd
3:10:39 Margreet Dietz, 38, Squamish,
BC, FIRST WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:17:52 Bob Hearn, 43, Vancouver, BC,
MM, 3rd
3:17:55 Terry Sentinella, 45,
Anacortes, MM,
3:23:20 Ginger Gruber, 39, Port
Orchard, MM, SECOND WOMAN OVERALL, 2nd
3:26:06 Sarah West, 33, Portland, OR,
THIRD WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:29:43 Bob O’Brien, 51, Vancouver,
WA, MM
3:34:32 Bob Martin, 52, Hoquiam, MM
3:35:48 Steve Supkoff, 43, North
Bend, MM
3:40:13 Christina Bruce, 17, Sequim,
MM, 1st
3:41:38 Matt Hagen, 38, Seattle, MM
3:45:11 Janet Green, 55, Courtenay,
BC, 1st
3:49:02 Michael Rasmussen, 51,
Bremerton, MM
3:51:19 Mike Mahanay, 53, Seattle, MM
3:52:18 David Jones, 63, Seattle, MM,
2nd
3:53:49 Andy Fritz, 42, Olympia, MM
3:55:23 Michelle Barnes, 43, Seattle,
MM, 3rd
3:58:04 Robert Jacobsen, 51, Mount
Vernon, MM
3:59:44 Steve Yee, 49, Renton, MM
4:00:43 Mike Warren, 51, Tacoma, MM
4:02:52 Lesa Overfield, 50, Puyallup,
MM
4:03:53 Herb Allen, 66, Bainbridge
Island, MM, 1st
4:07:38 Ron Fowler, 61, Seattle
4:12:18 Karen Wiggins, 50, Bremerton,
MM
4:14:29 Kevin Brosi, 54, Flower
Mound, TX, MM
4:15:31 Greg Rose, 46, Orting, MM
4:22:05 Gary Otheim, 66, East
Wentachee, MM 3rd
4:26:59 Marilou Russell, 47, Olympia,
MM
4:28:57 Unha Lee, 59, Olympia, 3rd
4:29:05 Bill Powers, 66, Bremerton, MM
4:30:13 Janice Moyer, 52, Wellpinit,
MM
4:45:59 Betsy Rogers, 45, Seattle, MM
4:50:00 Richard Vogt, 64, Elmwood, NE,
MM
4:51:16 Susan Glesne, 47, Mt. Vernon,
MM
4:54:09 Alan Nabors, 57, Port
Orchard, MM
5:01:35 Paul Gentry, 50, Belfair, MM
5:37:42 Chuck Milliman, 76, Sequim,
1st
5:39:58 Abigail Parolise, 29, Las
Vegas, NV
5:56:18 Ultra Al Miller, Jr., 55,
Deer Island, OR
5:57:56 Brad Dodson, 23, Redmond
6:01:10 Caroline Price, 60,
Hopkinsville, KY, 2nd
6:02:49 Tim Bruce, 56, Sequim, MM
6:07:57 Bob Dolphin, 79,
Renton/Yakima, MM, 2nd
6:08:01 Cal Evans, 53, Buckley
6:09:06 Stephanie Dietlin, 31,
Stanwood
6:09:06 Leonard Dietlin, 36, Stanwood
6:19:40 Jack Hines, 72, Portland, 1st
6:26:00 Doug Mowbray, 40, Lake Tapps
6:30:44 Jeffrey Hedrick, 35, Kent
7:02:02 Terry Stormer, 38, Oak Harbor
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