Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Ahhhh, retirement!

 
 
 
 
Congratulations to Bruce Hoff for completing ten consecutive 50K runs! He was the only person to stay healthy enough to run all the years I directed this race. And for that, he got a spiffy jacket! I just happened to get one for myself to celebrate 10 memorable years of putting on this race. Also, before the race, Bruce decked out in all the Pigtails gear: beanie, headband, gloves, arm warmers (can't see), wind pants, and visor. Of course other gear from my other races include a Craft jacket, robe, fleece pullover, and bandana.
 
As many of you know, putting on this race was a lot of hard work for me. I had to sacrifice free time that I have very little of. Holding a full time job in a very busy orthopedic practice, taking call frequently, working sometimes 18 hour days, it was easy to dread the time I had to put into organizing this run with no help until race day when my volunteers would help me shine. I lose a whole weekend every year just before Christmas, so I'm happy to get it back from now on.  So sorry if these results come with a delay. I know many of you understand.
 
I could not have put on this race year after year without my incredible volunteers. Many of you who have run it have helped as well and I much appreciate it. I have to give special credit to those who return year after year to help:
 
Matt Hagen, Betsy Rogers, and Tracy Brown. These three have manned the main aid station at the crossroads year after year and I am indebted to them. This year, I really didn't have to do anything and that took a load off. Betsy's Thai Butternut soup became a fixture, and this year, it was spicier than ever. Yum!
 
Jill Hudson, Heidi Perry, John Pearch, and Ray Shaw. These are my finish line experts. Ray was my finisher medals handler, Jill my timer, and Heidi and John my chefs. They got help this year from Leslie Miller who did an amazing job with the quesadillas.
 
Jerry Thayer has loaned me his equipment nearly all the years, coming early to set up and returning to help tear things down. His neighbor Todd McCrory has helped him many years too as well as running the race.
 
In the last two years, Christy Hammond's family has come out and provided an additional aid station. This year, they took over the mile 11/16 aid station, which again was a huge help. I would often have to come and take that aid station down after all the runners were done and we had packed up the finish line. This would often be in the dark, by myself in the pouring rain. It was really nice to have them there and I didn't have to do that this year.
 
Thanks this year to George Orozco and Kris Kissel for helping with parking this year.
 
And thank you to you runners for donating food and money to the Maple Valley Food Bank. We loaded up boxes of food and I was able to write them a check for $200.
 
Congratulations to all the winners. No course record was broken this year, but seemed like everyone was just out to have fun. Below is a picture of Sean Celli, who won the marathon this year. He took 1st 2 years ago, 2nd last year, and clinched the win this year. Not bad!
 
 
PIGTAILS FLAT ASS, DECEMBER 19, 2015
 

50K
Place
First Name
Last Name
Age
     Time
1
Dane
Rauschenberg
39M
3:55:16
2
Alex
Swenson
51M
4:06:24
3
David
Spooner
47M
4:13:58
4
Steve
Walters
35M
4:27:28
5
Scott
Sebelsky
54M
4:28:43
6
Clinton
Kaku
54M
4:29:18
7
Mark
Dahlby
52M
4:46:47
8
Bruce
Hoff
53M
4:52:49
9
Rich
White
35M
4:55:30
10
Rob
Lowry
47M
5:18:49
11
Susie
Ro
44F
5:20:48
12
Patrick
Grengs
?M
5:20:49
13
Mike
Mahanay
60M
5:40:38
14
Christy
Hammond
39F
5:41:59
15
Mary
Bettelli
36F
5:42:05
16
Aaron
Grigsby
25M
5:45:43
17
Felicia
Penton
48F
5:45:52
18
Alecia
Smith
43F
5:50:17
19
Jeffrey
Koger
48M
5:50:55
20
Vivian
Doorn
49F
5:52:02
21
Melissa
Lashua
38F
5:58:30
 
 
 
 
 
22
Kelley Wiley
Lane
34F
6:37:00
23
Monte
Pascual
55M
6:57:20

 

 

MARATHON
Place
First Name
Last Name
Age
     Time
1
Sean
Celli
47M
3:10:18
2
Robert
Bondurant
43M
3:24:16
3
Kyle
McCoy
36M
3:31:57
4
Shawn
Aebi
53M
3:43:50
5
Rikki
Bogue
52F
3:48:42
Roger
Chou
45M
3:48:42
7
Allison
Warner
38F
3:52:29
8
Iliana
Sach
37F
3:53:30
9
BJ
Farish
42M
3:56:00
10
April
Choi
32F
4:10:19
11
Lisa
Blauvelt
?F
4:16:15
12
Dean
Kayler
52M
4:16:56
13
Andy
Fritz
49M
4:19:55
14
Wendy
Graves
47F
4:21:50
15
Anne
Johnson
51F
4:26:02
16
Patti
Krebsbach
53F
4:28:19
Steven
Yee
56M
4:28:19
18
Christy
Shelton
45F
4:33:54
19
Ronald
Frederick
48M
4:39:31
20
Ted
Eckert
48M
4:41:15
21
Clare
Nance
51F
4:43:36
22
Bobbie
Howard
48F
4:43:59
23
Rufus
Park
61M
4:48:44
24
Nicole
Johnson
42F
4:49:00
25
Caren
Adams
69F
4:53:03
26
Ana
Camier
42F
4:56:08
27
Marilyn
Olson
56F
5:04:14
28
Stacy
Clark
34F
5:04:47
29
Amy
Roddy
33F
5:07:49
Stephen
Roddy
39M
5:07:49
31
Lisa
Eagle
35F
5:08:08
32
Cheri
Pompeo
63F
5:14:50
33
Max
Welker
73M
5:19:10
34
John
Vinson
44M
5:19:55
35
Georgia
Bunko
49F
5:20:10
Jenny
Appel
42F
5:20:10
37
Heidi
Cardoza
47F
5:21:29
38
Marilou
Doerflinger
54F
5:23:42
Cat
Schwartz
55F
5:23:42
40
Becci
Walkling
44F
5:24:30
41
Tara
Simpson
48F
5:24:34
42
Kandi
Lowry
46F
5:26:58
43
Stephanie
Puckett
40F
5:27:13
Nikki
Todd
48F
5:27:13
45
Joshua
Bergseng
31M
5:27:59
46
Shannon
Mitchel
47F
5:33:12
47
Georgeta
Gruescu
43F
5:40:38
48
Eric
Gaston
46M
5:41:20
Robert
Stretz
47M
5:41:20
50
Margaret
Gorog
55F
5:53:25
51
Deborah
Evdemon
47F
6:02:02
Marie
Zornes
52F
6:02:02
53
Laura
Comer
51F
6:10:54
54
Betsy
Rogers
52F
6:16:13
 
Kimberly
Kuhlmann
37F
6:16:13
         56
Jane
Herzog
52F
6:55:03
                            Rick                  Haase              70M        6:55:03
 

Let me know if there are any errors.

Looks like this race will continue. I have had a couple offers. Maybe I will be running next to you next year!

Good luck in the future to you all! See you on the trails!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for hosting this race all these years. I am grateful that I got the chance to complete my first 50k! I appreciate the tremendous amount of effort that you put into making the event happen. Thank you for posting results.

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  2. Thank you so much for this race. My first marathon since Boston 2007 and I loved it from start to finish! My pigtails visor came with me to visit family in Florida and I'm loving it too ;) hope to see you on the trails enjoy RD retirement! Lisa blauvelt

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