June 30th Results (5 to 12 miles)

It didn’t take a pre-holiday weekend to scatter our teammates widely, but it helped. We had runners as far away as Vermont (Rhonda) and Florida (Neal) in this country, and visiting Germany (Rachel W.). I still forecast a turnout of a dozen today, and for once got the count just right.

Thanks to all of you for bearing with my early exit this morning, for breakfast with my grandson. And special thank-you to Marcel for stepping in as drink-giver and results-taker. As always, we appreciate Kelly’s store-opening.

SUNDAY’S MIXED DISTANCES

(with self-reported times but no per-mile paces because distances were approximate; actual turnaround points varied)

Sally – 12M in 1:44:45

Kristin – 6M in 1:04:08

Kay – 12M in 1:44:45

Amy – 10M in 1:51:46

Stephanie – 6M in 1:04:08

Ann – 8M in 1:18:00

Scott – 8M in 1:16:35

Carrie – 10M in 1:51:46

Kate – 5M in 38:11

Norm – 5M in 38:11

Sean – 10M in 1:51:46

Trina – 5M in 52:00

OTHER RECENT RESULTS

(those reported to me)

Kathie – 8M on Wednesday

Rhonda – 5.7M on Sunday in Vermont

Joe – 4M walk on Friday

June 23rd Results (5.3 miles)

With our final target race (Coburg Half) behind us, we’re into interim time before the next round begins (for Cottage Grove Half). I’ll schedule a basic run of about five miles, such as today’s, the next two weekends. Your choice whether to go shorter or longer.

Thanks to Kelly and Lindsey for the store opening today… to Neal for his pacing by bike… and to Laurel and Trey for helping on the course.

SUNDAY’S 5.3 MILES

(with per-mile pace, based on GPS average of 5.29, or other distances as listed; your time and distance might have varied)

Bill – 51:21 (9:42 pace) after 25K race on Sat.

Marcel – ran untimed

Kathie – 5.39M in 59:25 (11:01s)

Kate – about 42:00 (7:56s)

Matt – 2.67M in 27:52 (10:26s)

Rhonda – 59:51 (11:18s) after 13.1M race on Sat.

SUNDAY’S 8.1 MILES

(with per-mile pace, based on GPS 8.14)

Scott – 1:12:58 (8:58s)

Leah – 1:12:58 (8:58s)

OTHER RECENT RESULT

Joe – 3.7-mile walk on Friday at 18:54s

June 22nd Races

Our team has more history at Coburg than any other half-marathon. This stretches back to 2002, across some race name changes and now a date change (from traditional, and traditionally hot, July).

This time we accounted for nearly 10 percent of the field (eight of 90). And two age-group winners (Norm and Everett).

Thanks to Neal for on-course help at Coburg. And to announcer William Wyckoff for singling out each of our finishers.

We also had three runners tackle Mary’s Peak on Saturday, and two waited until evening for the Silvan Ridge 5K.

COBURG HALF-MARATHON RESULTS

(with official times, paces and places)

Kristin – 2:12:42 (10:08 pace) 3^rd in age group

Stephanie – 2:10:17 (9:57s)

Chris – 2:26:18 (11:11s)

Everett – 1:42:38 (7:51s) 1^st in age group

Norm – 1:34:40 (7:14s) 5^th overall, 1^st in age group

Frank – 2:05:11 (9:8s) 2^nd in age group

Trina – 2:26:15 (11:10s)

Rhonda – 2:24:24 (11:02s)

MARY’S PEAK RACES

I believe this is the first time we’ve sent runners to this mountain near Corvallis. And we supplied three of them, including one at the ultra-distance.

Bill – finished 25K

Amy – finished 25K

Sean – finished 50K

SILVAN RIDGE 5K

John and Michele waited until evening for their race.

John -- 29:10 (9:24s) 2nd in age group
Michele -- 44:32 (15:57s)

(Photos: Six of our eight who ran the Summer Half Classic in Coburg. Missing here are the two age-group winners... Going long at Mary's Peak were Bill, Amy and Sean.)