Pigtails Flat Ass 2013

Sean Celli Marathon Winner (Photo by Thomas Wagner)

 

Thanks to all who helped make the 8th Annual Pigtails Flat Ass a success! The weather cooperated, not too cold, not too wet. My volunteers were well seasoned and appreciated by all. Thanks Jerry Thayer (start/finish set up and take down), Jenny Hanna (Mary Richard's daughter), Heidi Perry (soup queen), John Pearch (my right hand man in setting up the un-manned aid station and turn arounds), Jill Hudson (time keeper), Ray Shaw (pig medal guy), Patty Randall Krebsbach (on crutches), and middle aid Betsy Rogers (Thai Butternut squash soup queen), Matt Hagen (multi-purpose man, Tracy Brown (gatekeeper to the marathon or 50K), and Ross Comer (photographer).

 

No course records set this year, but there were lots of milestones. Sean Celli in his first Pigtails took first in the marathon with a 1:01 PR running a time of 3:03:18. Wendy Graves took first honors for women in 3:56:56. She ran much of the race with Mary Richards, who took 1st female in the 50K with a time of 4:48:20 with her dog Emily. She still holds the Masters record for the women's 50K with a 4:28:07 set in 2011. She has also completed all the 50K runs since the beginning and holds that streak with Bruce Hoff. First in the 50K was Seattle Running Club member Brian Maher. He was only 8 minutes shy of the overall course record.

 

Todd McCrory set a 50K PR running in with Mary Richards (4:48:20). Clint Kaku ran his first 50K in a fine time of 4:35:33. It was also the first 50K for Roger Johnson, Matt Morrision, Mike Mutch, and Enoch Young. You can see their times below. Tabatha Collins and Stephanie LaBoo qualified for the Marathon Maniacs with this race. Jose Rodriguez celebrated his 20th marathon. Monte Pascual ran his 50-something marathon or longer distance just in this year. I have lost count. I am sure there were more special stories but can't remember them now.

 

Here are the final results: If you didn't get back to me with errors, sorry, too late!

 

50K
PLACE	First Name	Last Name	Age	TIME	BIB
1	Brian	Maher	M34	3:45:20	162
2	Ather	Haleem	M33	3:47:40	93
3	Matthew	Morrisson	M44	3:48:04	166
4	Robert	Bondurant	M41	4:00:44	75
5	David	Spooner	M45	4:19:41	178
6	Joey	Gutjahr	M43	4:21:50	92
7	Bruce	Hoff	M51	4:30:35	96
8	Jeff	Rankin	M40	4:33:50	171
9	Clinton	Kaku	M52	4:35:33	98
	Bob	Satko	M53	4:35:33	175
11	Enoch	Young	M37	4:37:36	182
12	Todd	McCrory	M46	4:48:20	163
	Mary	Richards	F52	4:48:20	172
14	Michael	Mutch	M44	4:51:51	167
15	Robert	Lopez	M43	4:54:22	160
16	Steve	Walters	M33	4:54:51	181
17	Ben	Russell	M35	4:55:35	174
18	Andrew	Imrie	M39	5:11:02	97
19	April	Graves	F36	5:12:49	91
20	Susie	Ro	F42	5:14:30	173
21	Mike	Mahanay	M58	5:22:20	161
22	Ted	Eckert	M46	5:24:51	90
23	RIchard	Seibert	M49	5:29:05	177
24	Mike	Kuhlmann	M63	5:29:39	120
25	Jim	Varner	M28	5:32:45	179
26	Kimberly	Kuhlmann	F35	5:36:20	116
27	Hideko	Opperman	F45	5:46:30	169
28	Leslie	Miller	F33	5:51:15	164
29	Kristin	Parker	F28	5:58:10	170
30	Tricia	Early	F48	6:28:12	89
	Roger	Johnson	M48	6:28:12	183
32	Christy	Hammond	F37	6:33:17	94
	Steven	Ferry	M43	6:33:17	217
34	Tory	Klementsen	F48	6:37:27	110
35	Mary	Bettelli	F34	6:40:22	55
	CR Men Steve Geertgens 3:37:11 (2012) and Women Megan Hall 4:08:03 (2012)
	CR Masters Men Steve Geertgens 3:37:11 (2012) and Women Mary Hanna 4:28:07 (2011)
26.2
PLACE	First Name	Last Name	AGE	TIME	BIB
1	Sean	Celli	M45	3:03:18	207
2	Cliff	Richards	M52	3:12:58	246
3	BJ	Farish	M40	3:38:24	216
4	Pedro	Infante	M52	3:39:09	229
5	Damon	Storey	M48	3:42:45	254
6	Mark	Casey	M42	3:43:30	206
7	Ryan	Whittier	M29	3:51:01	261
8	Jose	Rodriguez	M28	3:53:34	248
9	Wendy	Graves	F45	3:56:56	222
10	Craig	Soper	M62	3:57:01	253
11	Shawn	Aebi	M43	4:02:37	200
12	Karen	Wang	F41	4:07:27	258
13	Roger	Chou	M43	4:07:34	208
14	Steven	Yee	M54	4:09:28	262
15	Tabatha	Collins	F41	4:17:55	210
16	Ronald	Frederick	M46	4:21:45	218
17	Sabrina	Seher	F33	4:23:27	250
18	Vanessa	Hills	F26	4:23:45	227
19	Bill	Barmore	M61	4:24:59	201
20	Helena	Detmer	F31	4:25:13	212
21	Andy	Fritz	M47	4:27:29	219
22	Eivind	Naess	M43	4:30:29	238
23	Andy	Lin	M31	4:32:04	232
24	Dean	Kayler	M50	4:32:15	99
25	Chris	Berry	M26	4:33:36	202
26	Jacob	Nichols	M46	4:37:21	241
27	Amy	Johnson	F29	4:38:23	230
	Jesse	Rodriguez	F43	4:38:23	247
29	Ashley	West	F27	4:38:38	260
30	Michael	Shiach	M63	4:39:04	252
31	Katrina	Poppe	F32	4:55:11	244
32	David	Stout	M59	4:57:34	255
33	Vivian	Doorn	F47	4:58:24	88
34	Lisa	Morin	F41	5:10:38	165
35	Margaret	Gorog	F53	5:12:42	221
36	Lee	Newbill	M32	5:17:50	240
37	Stan	Nakashima	M62	5:20:35	239
38	Chona	Horton	F49	5:22:02	228
39	Linda	Walter	F62	5:22:50	257
40	Sara	Campbell	F31	5:24:55	205
41	Lisa	Eagle	F33	5:24:56	214
42	Cara	Best	F50	5:27:59	203
	Deborah	Evdemon	F45	5:27:59	215
44	Marie	Zornes	F50	5:28:15	263
46	Georgeta	Gruescu	F43	5:41:37	223
	Monte	Pascual	M53	5:41:37	242
48	Rick	Haase	M68	5:45:00	224
49	Stephanie	LaBoo	F39	5:54:46	231
50	Rose	Coates	F46	5:55:26	209
51	Ric	Hart	M66	6:20:47	226
52	Crystal	Richard	F30	6:26:51	245
53	Rich	Menzel	M70	6:28:12	236
	CR Men Uli Steidl 2:31:26 (2012) and Women Marlene Farrell 3:02:10 (2012)
	CR Men Masters Uli Steidl 2:31:26 (2012) and Women Rikki Bogue 3:45:56 (2011) Please note that Chris Bellevie ran the marathon and his time was 5:38:32. I was not able to figure out how to change it on the blog. It was too complicated. You would think I could just insert it but I had copied and pasted the results and now it is locked in a certain format. His rank in the marathon was 45, M41, bib # 35.



2013 Issy Alps Turkey Trail Quad

 

My running posse

Anita, Allison (with a sliced thumb), and Jess

 

 

What an amazing weekend! The 1^st annual Trail Quad is in the books. We had amazing weather all weekend despite forecast for heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday. There was no rain whatsoever that fell on my running buddies and me for all the runs. Perfect running weather.

The months leading up to the run had me worried. After a bunch of hot training runs and hot summer races, my body just kinda peetered out. I was having muscle cramps in all of my runs. Finally, about a couple weeks before the quad, my body was mostly recovered and I felt almost back to normal for the four days. That's good because my running partners had me going at a good clip all weekend.

Thanksgiving Day  on Squak was the nicest with sunshine and temps starting in the low 30s and highs in the 40s. My kind of conditions. Jess Mullen and George Orozco met me at 5am so that I could mark the course before other runners came and to be done for Thanksgiving dinner. We missed our rendez-vous with Angel and Tim Mathis, who were about 10 minutes behind.  We were able to finish the first loop in 3:25, which included running in the dark for 2 hours.  It was nice not carrying the spray chalk can for the second loop. It was making a lot of noise as it became emptier from the ball that was bouncing in the can. I said goodbye to Jess, who was headed to Seattle to sweep the Wattle Waddle marathon and George who had to work later that day. I did a quick 3 minute break and headed out again. Jean-Michel Fouard started his 1st loop right before I went out for the second loop. Anita Schiltz joined me for the second loop. I was a little crampy on the really steep climbs but was able to recover with more water. We finished the second loop also in 3:25. Ran into Angel and Tim, who decided to run one loop and then head to Canada. We saw Vivian Doorn on the climb back up East Ridge Trail. She was also going to run only one loop as well. She had volunteered early in the morning at the Wattle Waddle, so could not get out until mid morning and needed to get to her Thanksgiving Dinner. So Jean-Michel and I were the only ones to finish all 28 miles Thursday, which was not enough for an official finish. We had at least 5 starters but not three finishers. This is the rule for races to count towards a Marathon Maniacs finish. In 2014, the requirement will be 15 starters and 10 finishers, which matches the rule for the Marathon World Ranking.  Oh well, it was a nice day out and left me hungry for a big dinner.

Friday for Rattlesnake was overcast but dry on the trails. Ran the entire run with Jess Mullen, Allison Moore, and Anita Schiltz. Only had to mark the 6 mile out and back. We got lost in the dark getting to the John Wayne trail! The out and back on Rattlesnake was a lot of fun. Saw lots of faces out there doing the whole thing. Shawn Leonard ran 50 miles to celebrate his 50th birthday. He started around midnight I think and did the first 24 miles on the rails to trails, went home for a break, then went out and did my run. His total time was 11 hours. Nice work Shawn! He wanted to be done in time to watch the Apple Cup. Hope you were a Huskies fan Shawn. We blasted the last 4 miles down from East Peak near the end of the run and ran into a lot of hikers going up to the ledge. Not many ventured beyond that. Some even had an umbrella! We only got wet in the heavy mist at the end of the run getting changed. The sprint to the end was probably just a bit too much. Was worried that I "blew my wad" on that one.

Saturday for Tiger was dry and overcast. There was a nice breeze. Ran the first loop (17 miles) with Jess, Allison, and Anita and the second loop (11.5) with Jess and Allison. I marked all the turns with white spray chalk. The climb up Section line told me that I did blow my wad on Friday. It took us just under 5 hours to finish that first loop, which had 5500' of gain. As we were finishing the second loop, saw Jean-Michel drive up the road. He had missed a turn and ended up calling his girlfriend to pick him up at the trailhead off Hwy 18. But this one counted since 5 did start and 3 finished.

Sunday  on Cougar, I ran with Jess, Allison, and Anita for the first loop (marking with flour) and Anita decided she had four solid days of running and called it good. Continued with Jess and Allison for the second loop. The weather was forecasted to be 100% chance of rain. It did not materialize. There was a sustained 15-20 mph wind with gusts over 30, which felt nice. Temps were in the 50s, so the wind helped cool us off.  I was totally overdressed. It had rained the previous night and the trails were muddy on Cougar. The second loop was kind of a sprint. I started out fast and Jess and Anita were able to match and continue the pace. I was completely spent by the end.  We finished the second loop in 3:11, faster than on our training run of one loop. Jean-Michel finished this one too, so another official finish.

I hope more people will come out and run next year and that we will have as good of weather. Here are the results:

 

Thursday 11/28/13 Squak Mountain 28 miles 7800’ gain: (8 starters, 2 finishers)

Two loops 28 miles                             One loop 14 miles

Jean-Michel Fouard 6:16                   Angel Mathis 3:15

Van Phan 6:53                                    Tim Mathis 3:15

                                                            Jess Mullen 3:25

                                                            George Orozco 3:25

                                                            Anita Schiltz 3:25

                                                            Ali Livengood 3:28

                                                            Vivian Doorn 3:49

Friday 11/29/13 Rattlesnake Ridge +6 mile out and back=26.5 miles 6200’ gain: (11 starters, 11 finishers)

Jean-Michel Fouard 5:41

Ian Goepferd 5:56

Van Phan 6:13

Jess Mullen 6:13

Allison Moore 6:13

Anita Schiltz 6:13

Trevor Griffith 6:48

Kathleen Leonard 6:51

Vivian Doorn 7:09

Shawn Leonord 7:29

Chris Bellevie 8:46 (Chris was doing the road Quad races Wattle Waddle, Ghost of Seattle, and Seattle Marathon but chose this one for his Friday run)

Saturday 11/30/13 Tiger Mountain 28.5 miles 8200’ gain (Loop 1: 17 miles 5500’ gain, Loop 2: 11.5 miles, 2700’ gain): (5 starter, 3 finishers)

Both loops 28.5 miles                         Partial finish

Van Phan 7:58                                     Jean-Michel Fouard 21.5 miles 6:35

Jess Mullen 7:58                                 Anita Schiltz 17 miles 4:57

Allison Moore 7:58

Sunday 12/1/13 Cougar Mountain 28 miles 6000’ gain: (6 starters, 4 finishers)

Two loops 28 miles                             One loop 14 miles

Jean-Michel Fouard 6:44                    Anita Schiltz 3:37

Van Phan 6:57                                     Ali Livengood 3:46

Jess Mullen 6:57

Allison Moore 6:57

Quest for the Quad Finishers 110.8 miles 28,200’ gain:

Van Phan 28hr1 min (6:53, 6:13, 7:58, 6:57)

Triple Threat Finishers

Squak, Rattlesnake, Cougar 82.3 miles 20,000’ gain:

Jean-Michel Fouard 18hr41min (6:16, 5:41, 6:44)

Rattlesnake, Tiger, Cougar 83.0 miles 20, 400’ gain:

Jess Mullen and Allison Moore 21hr8min (6:13, 7:58, 6:57)

Double Trouble Finishers:

None

Single Turkey Finishers:

Rattlesnake 26.5 miles 6200’ gain: Anita Schiltz 6hr13min

Other:

Jess actually did 3 ½ days (one loop Squak and full runs the rest of the weekend) which brings her total to 97.0 miles and 24, 200' plus the 10 miles of sweeping at the Waddle Wattle=107 miles.

 

Jean-Michel ran 103.8 miles and 24,000' if you count the miles he was on Tiger.

 

Anita's total for the weekend was 71.5 miles and 18,500' gain.

 

Thanks everyone! See you next year!