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| CLUB ED HOLIDAY PARTY & AWARDS TOO! |
A special thanks to Juan Fabian for an amazing (and delicious) Club Ed Cake!
In addition to secrets revealed about some of your teammates (who knew we had an Olympic torchbearer, a Hoola-Hoop champion, and an Elvis karaoke singer among us?) and a lot of good food, wine, beer and brownies consumed, several runners were also singled out for their 2011 achievements:
Sharon Lotesto, for her amazing comeback from hip replacement surgery (seemingly nothing deters this competitor);
Cherryl Rose, for the year’s gutsiest performance at the Kona Ironman (it may have taken longer than she wanted to finish, but nothing could prevent her from finishing);
Rich Gust, for being our most dependable USATF team racer (Top 5 team scorer in all USATF Road Races, from The Road Mile to the LA Marathon);
Jon Megeff, for the most impressive year in men’s racing (a new PR in almost every race distance),
Sabina Helton, for the most impressive year in women’s racing (a 14 MINUTE half marathon PR, and a 1 MINUTE mile PR);
Jim Newman, for the most races run (and showing the team colors everywhere);
Jeff Cohn & Will Longyear, for being our very own “Pied Pipers” (talking us into the Catalina 50 and the Dana Point 10K…thanks a lot, guys!)
Will Weston, for the most miles raced (…no, I don’t know how many, but I am pretty sure it was the most);
Sue Reinhardt and Pat Wickens, for being our most inspirational runners (talent is not limited by age, as these amazing athletes continue to demonstrate).
Congratulations to all for a great year; let’s do more and better in 2012!
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Humid & Fast, the 18th Village Runner 5K Airs It Out on the Riviera See Rich Gust's Race Photo's on Facebook |
David Cardona, fresh off a recent tear at the State JC championships, was first to finish in 15:19 (4:57 pace), and Alison Kielty (formerly Torrance High and ASU) took the Women’s crown in 17:17 (5:35 pace). The Club Ed contingent was large (37+ runners), competitive (28 Top Ten age group finishers), and successful (no injuries, I hope!).
The Club men’s contingent was led by Mike Sevier (4th overall, 16:06, 5:12 pace), showing he is fast becoming a serious runner. Our talented and speedy women were led in by Nathalie Higley (27th OA, 17:47, 5:44 pace), as she works her way back into the local competitive racing scene.
Assorted race highlights: lots of Club Ed racing jerseys in the race (nice to see them out there!); a steady stream of Club Ed racers in the pack (another great motivator to work up through the pack); an aggressive Nathalie Higley, holding her ground as she was cut off in the first turn; encouraging words along the route by Club Ed teammates (both on the sidelines and in the racepack); Tamar doing the GI Joe Pushup Challenge (you go girl!); a competitive return for former El Camino runner Juan Fabian, in his new Club Ed singlet; Kristin Cooley jogging through the 5K, recovering from her 2nd consecutive Comrades’ Marathon in South Africa (8:47, run in the uphill direction this year!); Sharon Lotesto trying to give Coach Ed a post-race fruit roll-up treat, because she didn’t want to eat the extra 50 calories; a pack of Club Ed runners on a cool-down loop of the course post-race(nice!).
Complete race results at Resultsbyprimetime.com, but here are some of the 2100+ finishers (apologies to any I missed):
4. Mike Sevier, 16:06; 19. Humberto Sanchez, 17:20; 23. Rich Gust, 17:37; 25. Mike Cortez, 17:45; 27. Nathalie Higley, 17:47; 30. Mike Soto, 17:51; 31. Rick Dodson, 17:53; 37. Juan Fabian, 18:07; 41. James Reinhardt, 18:16; 43. Alison Atkinson, 18:30; 46. Mark Shalvarjian, 18:37; 54. Will Longyear, 18:55; 57. Emily Anderson, 19:00; 62. Juan Reque, 19:09; 63. Debbie Richardson, 19:12; 65. Bryan Johnston, 19:17; 67. Mark Silva, 19:24; 76. Ed Avol, 19:35; 80. Mike Dean, 19:41; 84. Marcio Kleemann, 19:47; 86. Kevin Sullivan, 19:49; 88. Tamar Gamliel, 19:58; 92. Chuck Kaminski, 20:12; 104. Del Carneiro, 20:33; 114. Jim O’Brien, 20:44; 120. Kevin Elliott, 20:50; 121. Diane Silva, 20:52; 126. Jim Newman, 20:59; 138. Jim Morehart, 21:14; 312. Julia Fretschl, 23:40; 335. Barb Frank, 23:58; 421. Steve Weber, 25:09; 581. Sue Reinhardt, 27:04; 803. Monyean Acuna, 29:11; 1151. Kristin Cooley, 32:41; 1153. Corrine Schratz, 32:41; 1488. Hampo Zadoyan, 37:11
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| Mark Shalvarjian & Humberto Sanchez (Pace Crew) & Rich Gust (Super Man) |
He's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and can leap marathons in a single stride. His name is Super Rich! He may be 51 years old but that doesn't stop the oldest man from Club Ed running away with the LA Marathon title. It was a great day for many other Club Ed runners list below and especially Jeff Bryant and Will Longyear who both set new personal records in the "monsoonathan".
The marathon morning started out looking very ominous with a 100% chance of rain forecasted. However, the running gods spared the racers until about 5 miles into the race and the downpour began. Along with the rain came a nice tailwind that pushed the runners for about 18 miles of the race. It was a strong enough tailwind that the lead runner was on 2:04 World Record pace through about 20 miles. The runners who were capable of powering through the quad pain induced by rain soaked running shoes and the rolling hills passed many people fading in the last 10K.
The end of the race also had its fare share of drama trying to relocate runners at the finish who were trying to sty warm. Massage tables were crowded with runners trying to stay warm under blankets while hotel lobbies and busses housed the overflow of runners trying to prevent hypothermia. Rich on the other hand decided that Bloomingdales (handbags) was the warmest place in Santa Monica. Ask Rich and he can fill you in on the rest of the story.
Here are the Club Ed results below and we will update USATF as soon as they become available.
The marathon morning started out looking very ominous with a 100% chance of rain forecasted. However, the running gods spared the racers until about 5 miles into the race and the downpour began. Along with the rain came a nice tailwind that pushed the runners for about 18 miles of the race. It was a strong enough tailwind that the lead runner was on 2:04 World Record pace through about 20 miles. The runners who were capable of powering through the quad pain induced by rain soaked running shoes and the rolling hills passed many people fading in the last 10K.
The end of the race also had its fare share of drama trying to relocate runners at the finish who were trying to sty warm. Massage tables were crowded with runners trying to stay warm under blankets while hotel lobbies and busses housed the overflow of runners trying to prevent hypothermia. Rich on the other hand decided that Bloomingdales (handbags) was the warmest place in Santa Monica. Ask Rich and he can fill you in on the rest of the story.
Here are the Club Ed results below and we will update USATF as soon as they become available.
Club Ed LA Marathon Unofficial Results
Rich Gust 2:50
Jeff Bryant 2:56 (PR)
Will Longyear 2:58 (PR)
Bryan Johnston 3:07
Alison Atkinson 3:09
Annie Seawright 3:11Jake Courtney 3:15
Kristin Cooley 3:17Stephanie Norberg 3:27
John Poirier 3:48
Mike Delgado 3:40Kevin Elliott 4:07
Trish Riley 4:23
Barb Frank 5:00
Steve Weber 6:07
See more race photos from the race thanks to Debbie Richardson who came out to support.
See more race photos from the race thanks to Debbie Richardson who came out to support.
Alison Atkinson, Jake Courtney, Barb Brown Frank, Jon Megeff, Ed Avol, Nathalie Higley, Rich Gust, Jim Newman, Levi Shaw