This was another light racing weekend before we get into the busy racing season. Martin Sengo had a big PR in the 5K, and he and Jim Flanigan were both 2nd in their age groups in the Getty Owl 5K and 10K races in Sacramento. Congratulations!

Getty Owl Run/Walk
10K
Jim Flanigan 29th, 2nd, 47:42 – 7:41 pace
5K
Martin Sengo 9th, 2nd, 20:17 – 6:32 pace

Also last weekend: Emmett Rahl - Bandit 50K in Simi Valley  8:34:56 – 90th

Just a couple results to post today. Last weekend, Laurin Beckhusen was first in his age group in the Golden Gate Trail Half Marathon. Jim Flanigan ran a fast trail 5K this weekend. We're still waiting on results from the Folsom South Side Trail Runs (if anyone did those).
Congratulations.

Escape from Folsom 5K Trail run Feb 18

  Jim  Flanigan   0:22:53

Coastal Trail Runs Golden Gate Half Marathon Feb 11
145 Laurin Beckhusen 1 M 60-69 2:49:28 12:56/M

GVH runners did well in Inuyama, Japan on Saturday, placing high overall and in their respective age groups. Four members also partipated in the Valentines Run 4 mile race, the first of many in the Buzz Oates series. Congratulatios!

Inuyama
10k, about 1500 runners
Ollie Ehlinger 34:22, 21 place over, 7 in age group
Craighton Chin, 40:10, 7 in age group
Ellen Howard, 40:35, 7th overall female, 2nd in age group

5k result, about 2500 runners
Lauren James, 23:07, 2nd in age group
Ariel Brown, 22:46, 4th in age group

Valentines Run 4 Miles
Place Name Overall Chip Time Pace
1 Kristen Soloway 38 24:17.7 6:04/M
1 Wendy Pratt 62 25:24.2 6:21/M
10 Jeff Steele 160 30:36.3 7:39/M
7 Mark Helmus 59 25:19.2 6:20/M

This was the first big racing weekend of the year, and GVH started out in force. There were about 60 members participating in either the 5K, 10K, or half marathon, including our pacers. In addition to numerous age group placers, GVH led several events - Matt Wise won the 5K, Matt Young was 3rd and Steve Andrews 5th in the half marathon, Kristy Soloway was second woman in the half marathon. Jen Jackson would have been first woman in the 10K if her ~37:30 was offical, and Wendy Pratt and Nancy Rashid were 2nd and 3rd entered women in the 10K. There were also several PRs, including Matt Young, Greg Loge and Kristy Soloway in the half marathon. Dan Landherr ran his first race (10K) under 40 minutes, Nancy Rashid broke 40 minutes for the first time since baby #3, Djina Ariel ran her first half marathon in a while (on her 50th birthday). Our pacers were right on target, most within 1 minute, and Adam Lundy and Heather Jones within less than 5 seconds, of their times. Also on Saturday, Craighton Chin ran a fast 800 of 2:32 or so at the UCD all-comers track meet(or 1:58, depending on who you believe). Congratulations to everyone.

Please let me know if I missed anyone, and thanks to Kristy Soloway for helping with results.

5K
1 R. Matthew Wise 1/29   30-34   16:09.90 5:13/M
63 Hallie Lassiter 4/31 13-15 22:12.54 7:09/M
261 Manny Carbahal 19/30 50-54 27:53.62 9:00/M

10K (overall place and age group)
10 Eric Russell 4/49  37:22.84 6:02/M
22 Wendy Pratt 1/61   39:38.78 6:24/M
24 Nancy Rashid 2/112   39:48.55 6:25/M
24 Dan Landherr 4/41  39:53.79 6:26/M
87 Stefan Wuertz 9/40  45:28.25 7:20/M
142 Diana Burkart-Waco 6/83  48:20.77 7:48/M
144 Tracy Quan 7/83  48:23.40 7:48/M
156 Ken Giles 14/40  48:52.40 7:53/M
199 Bingbiao Fang 16/41  50:41.13 8:10/M
210 Andrea Kirsch 10/78  50:55.15 8:13/M
405 Ron Gordon 1/3  56:52.07 9:10/M

213 Jean-Marc Leininger 3/21   51:16.15 8:16/M
399 Bruce Fisher  5/15   56:51.92 9:10/M
464 Alejandra Hernandez34/70   59:01.65 9:31/M

1/2Marathon

3 Matthew Young 2/42 20-24 1:17:25.45 5:55/M
5 Steve Andrews 1/62 25-29 1:17:48.75 5:56/M
22 Mark Drake 1/50 55-59 1:23:28.32 6:22/M
23 Christopher Knight3/62 25-29 1:23:49.00 6:24/M
25 Greg Loge 5/78 30-34 1:25:37.15 6:32/M
26 Kristen Soloway 2/105 35-39 1:25:51.12 6:33/M
38 Eric Nichol 4/81 45-49 1:27:22.93 6:40/M
43 Mark Helmus 2/50 55-59 1:28:30.24 6:45/M
52 Adam Lundy 10/72 40-44 1:29:53.92 6:52/M
68 Choongryoul Sihn10/78 30-34 1:31:37.31 7:00/M
102 Cameron Tully-Smith19/78 30-34 1:35:31.15 7:17/M
122 Kelly Barber 19/72 40-44 1:37:21.83 7:26/M
144 Craighton Chin 8/50 55-59 1:38:44.69 7:32/M
187 Guneet Bajwa 22/81 45-49 1:42:20.44 7:49/M
155 Cristina Ramirez8/68 20-24 1:39:50.48 7:37/M
195 Geri Lake-Bakaar8/68 30-34 1:42:39.49 7:50/M
232 Tara Rogers 12/84 25-29 1:44:13.67 7:57/M
243 Catherine Kemp 10/68 30-34 1:44:45.57 8:00/M
260 Matthew Skonovd 21/64 35-39 1:45:37.45 8:04/M
289 Ben Sacks 32/81 45-49 1:47:16.98 8:11/M
295 Heather Komure-Chan15/92 40-44 1:47:29.22 8:12/M
309 Linda Casillas 9/72 45-49 1:47:57.69 8:14/M
336 Mike Newell 37/81 45-49 1:48:51.66 8:19/M
353 John Burmester 21/62 50-54 1:49:31.31 8:22/M
392 Jeff Steele 24/62 50-54 1:52:20.38 8:35/M
429 Efrem Rensi 28/64 35-39 1:54:12.04 8:43/M
471 Leslie Besseghini6/49 50-54 1:55:52.93 8:51/M
532 Djina Ariel 9/49 50-54 1:57:55.57 9:00/M
557 Steven Lynch 26/50 55-59 1:58:45.66 9:04/M
590 Joann Helmus 14/49 50-54 2:00:38.11 9:13/M
603 Laurin Beckhusen12/27 60-64 2:01:19.22 9:16/M
661 Heather Jones 41/92 40-44 2:05:03.70 9:33/M
673 Ernest Shimizu 66/81 45-49 2:05:34.47 9:35/M
734 Nathanie Lee 52/105 35-39 2:09:02.74 9:51/M
755 Ben McCoy 3/6 70-74 2:10:24.39 9:57/M
xx William Haas 2:09:57.46 (results in wrong place)
770 Steven Shaffer 49/62 50-54 2:11:12.98 10:01/M
810 Martin Sengo 65/78 30-34 2:13:20.47 10:11/M
813 Allison Alcalay 11/28 55-59 2:13:22.17 10:11/M
893 Angela Hart 43/72 45-49 2:19:12.62 10:38/M
995 Renvelyn Grey 4/6 65-69 2:29:45.30 11:26/M
996 Jeff Welsh 46/50 55-59 2:29:44.95 11:26/M
1032 Mary James 58/72 45-49 2:37:08.61 12:00/M

Tiffany Meyer and Kelly McDonald ran the Steep Ravine Trail Runs on Saturday. Tiffany was first in her age group in the 30K, and 20th overall, Kelly was 6th in her age group and 60th overall in the half marathon. Congratulations!

Coastal Trail Runs – Steep Ravine January 28, 2012
Half marathon
60 Kelly McDonald 6  2:43:12 12:27/M

30K
20 Tiffany Meyer 1  3:01:11 10:14/M

In addition, a few runners ran in the last couple weeks.
Cary Craig ran a solid half marathon in Los Angeles,placng 4th in her age group. Emmett Rahl ran the Avalon 50M on Catalina Island in 11:43:24. Congratulations.

(Overall SexPl DivPl)
Cary  Craig   01:44:27  379  74  4 

Weekend race results are back, although racing is fairly limited for a couple more weeks. Way back in late December, Nancy Rashid was 2nd in her age group and 63rd overall in the Bumble Bee 5K in San Diego. This weekend, Heather Komure-Chan was 5th in her age group and 50th overall in the Whole Foods Roseville Half Marathon. Congratulations!

Bumble Bee 5K – in San Diego December 28, 2011
PLACE O'ALL NAME CHIP TIME PACE
2 63 NANCY RASHID 0:19:36 6:17

Whole Foods Market Roseville Half Marathon January 22, 2012
50 overall Heather Komure-Chan 5th 1:50:39.9 8:27

Also, since there are quite a few new runners, here is some information on race results:
1) If I miss your race and/or result, email and let me know, and I'll post it (the following week if not sooner) email to: wbpratt@aol.com.  I don't miss anyone intentionally.

2) I can't keep track of everyone and every race, especially newer runners and runners not from Davis. If you are new, don't live in Davis, and/or are racing outside the Sacramento area, please let me know (ahead of time if possible) and I'll include your results.

3) If for some reason you don't want me to post your results, let me know.

Thanks, Wendy

The big event this weekend was the GVH party. Thanks to Lilly Hayden for organizing and John Burmester for providing our party venue!

In racing, the club XC National Championships were up in Seattle on Saturday. Three club members/associates participated: Cath Kemp represented GVH, and husband Ben Jarrett ran for West Valley. Jim Flanigan ran for Tamalpa, with his team placing 8th in the men's 60+.

Also old news - but GVH Open Women were third in PAUSATF scoring behind two Impala teams at CIM, with Beth Bourne, Kristy Soloway, and Lauren Newcomb combining to win $135. Congratulations!

USATF Club XC Championships –6K
232  Catherine Kemp   25:00  6:43

155  Ben Jarrett   32:52  5:18

316  James Flanigan   47:08  7:36

CIM was the big event this weekend, and Nathanie's weather dance resulted in a great day for running (if there were other race results, please let me know). Many GVH runners had big PRs, and others were close to PRs, or recent-history PRs. Among the PRs were Matt Young, Mike Park, Steve Andrews, Jason Cavatorta, Kristy Soloway, Lauren Newcomb, Cory Glaeser, and Jim Burmester. Combined, these runners improved their marathon times by well over an hour. Several GVH runners partipated in relays, including Chris Brown, Lisa Wells, and Nathanie Lee. Congratulations to all the CIM runners!

Place Name Div Place Sex Place Pace Net Time
112 Matthew Young 11 of 98 107 of 3271 6:15 2:43:21
130 Park, Michael 12/98 113/3265 6:18 2:44:30
153 Stephen Andrews 38 of 292 123 of 3271 6:23 2:46:51
177 Mark Murray 3 of 503 142 of 3271 6:28 2:49:10
383 Jason Cavatorta75 of 418 289 of 3271 6:55 3:00:54
393 Beth Bourne 19 of 444 97 of 2484 6:56 3:01:28
396 Eric Nichol 28 of 503 299 of 3271 6:57 3:01:41
520 Kristen Soloway 30 of 454 111 of 2484 7:13 3:08:25
536 Greg Loge 106 of 418 422 of 3271 7:15 3:09:09
545 Newcomb, Lauren 28/392 115/2478 7:15 3:09:19
563 Adam Lundy 82 of 603 444 of 3271 7:16 3:09:51
683 John Burmester 31 of 363 544 of 3271 7:28 3:15:03
689 Cory Glaeser 126 of 418 550 of 3271 7:29 3:15:17
828 Ki Lee 80 of 503 664 of 3271 7:42 3:21:04
1074 Joy Hsu 13 of 105 218 of 2484 7:57 3:27:26
1452 Guneet Bajwa 163 of 503 1110 of 3271 8:19 3:37:19
1873 James V Allen 218 of 503 1373 of 3271 8:45 3:48:53
2500 Laurin Beckhusen 40 of 118 1718 of 3271 9:13 3:58:54
3427 Howard Ferris 21 of 57 2203 of 3271 10:09 4:24:15
3789 Martin Sengo 328 of 418 2393 of 3271 10:29 4:32:58
4779 Jeff Welsh 213 of 247 2877 of 3271 11:42 5:02:08
4981 Alejandra Hernandez 292  2013 of 2484 12:04 5:11:06

This was a light weekend for racing. Angie Hart was 5th in her age group at the Run to Feed the Hungry 10K. If others ran the timed portion of the race, please let me know. Also, I missed new runner Matthew Skonovd's Turkey Trot 10K PR last weekend. Congratulations also to the Senior Men for their 3rd place at PAUSATF XC and 5th overall. The Open Women faced stiff competition at the Championships, placing 8th, and reportedly 5th overall behind a 3-team tie for 2nd.

Turkey Trot 10K
14 Matthew Skonovd 199 47:54.04 7:44/M