Subject: Las Trampas 50K Results Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:03:57 -0800 (PST) From: Eric Robinson To: ultra@caligari.dartmouth.edu Sat. Feb 6, 1999 - San Ramon, California With over 20,000 feet of elevation change and several narrow, sketchy trails, this course has proven fairly difficult in the past two years. Things only got harder for the third edition when the rain started getting serious in the mid-morning. The trails metamorphosed through several stages of liquifaction, culminating in what I can only describe as the Carl's Jr of ultra running: if it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face. Then there were the ridgetops, apparently blasted somewhat clean of mud by the fierce winds. On parts of Rocky Ridge, the winds were consistently over 40 mph, with gusts going much higher. Some of the local cattle appeared quite spooked and were bolting for cover, of which there was very little. Despite these factors, a good crowd of 28 showed up to run, aided by the much appreciated volunteer efforts of Jim Winne and Joanne Ross (providers of warm food and drink, among other things). Five runners finished the full 50K. Four earned the title of Master of Time Management. Runners choose their own starting times for the run's two stages; those that finish the first 30K by 12:30pm and another 20K by 4:30pm earn the aforementioned title. Kevin Sawchuk improved his own course record by finishing with an elapsed time of 6:43. Mark Overhoff achieved the best "score"; of the four runners that made both deadlines, he allotted himself the least amount of time by starting the latest. 50K FINISHERS, ELAPSED TIME "SCORE" MASTERS OF TIME ================ ================ MANAGEMENT I II TOTAL I II TOTAL ------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1. Mark Overhoff 4:29 3:38 8:07 4:50 3:41 8:31 2. Clement Choy 4:47 4:04 8:51 5:08 4:10 9:18 3. Chuck Wilson 4:29 4:02 8:31 5:09 4:32 9:41 4. Kevin Sawchuk 3:45! 2:58 6:43! 5:18 5:10 10:28 ! course record 50K FINISHER, ELAPSED TIME MISSED BOTH ================ DEADLINES I II TOTAL ------------------- ---- ---- ---- 5. Eric Robinson 4:24 4:06 8:30 40K FINISHER 6. Ken Gregorich 3:50 5:32 (40K) 30K FINISHERS 7. David Pirogowicz 3:59 3:59 (30K) Mike Topper 3:59 3:59 (30K) 9. Brad Smith 4:02 4:02 (30K) 10. David Williams 4:44 4:44 (30K) 11. Bob Ross 5:45 5:45 (30K) 12. Nels Ruud 5:50 5:50 (30K) 13. Dave Wright 6:02 6:02 (30K) 14. Shirley Church 6:10 6:10 (30K) Jim Magill 6:10 6:10 (30K) OTHER PARTICIPANTS 16. Wally Hesseltine 6:53 (unknown distance) Jeff Reiffers 6:53 (unknown distance) Lee McKinley 6:53 (unknown distance) 19. Erol Ackdoe 2:53 (20K+) 20. Stan Jensen 3:30 (20K+) 21. Matt Becker 2:42 (20K) 22. Sara McKinley 3:08 (20K) Aida Patterson 3:08 (20K) Morgan McKinley (canine) 3:08 (20K) 25. Rob Patterson 3:14 (20K) 26. Todd Phillips 4:29 (20K) 27. Leslie Nacanisi 5:14 (20K) 28. Kirk Boisseree 2:00 (10K+) RAW DATA STAGE I STAGE II ================== =================== START 20K FINISH START 10K FINISH ---------------- ----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- Bob Ross 6:27a 10:00 12:12p Matt Becker 6:39a 9:21 Wally Hesseltine 6:39a ** Jeff Reiffers 6:39a ** Lee McKinley 6:39a ** Stan Jensen 6:45a 9:43* Jim Magill 6:46a 10:50 12:56p Shirley Church 6:46a 10:50 12:56p David Williams 6:50a 9:50 11:34a Nels Ruud 7:06a 10:50 12:56p Leslie Nacanisi 7:06a 12:20 Kevin Sawchuk 7:12a 9:41 10:57a 11:20a 12:51 2:18p David Pirogowicz 7:12a 9:43 11:11a Mike Topper 7:12a 9:43 11:11a Chuck Wilson 7:21a 10:10 11:50a Clement Choy 7:22a 10:31 12:09p 12:20p 4:24p Mark Overhoff 7:40a 10:33 12:09p 12:49p 4:27p Erol Ackdoe 7:40a 10:33 Dave Wright 7:43a 11:15 1:45p Todd Phillips 7:43a 12:12 Sara McKinley 8:06a 11:14 Rob Patterson 8:06a 11:20 Aida Patterson 8:06a 11:14 Morgan McKinley 8:06a 11:14 Eric Robinson 8:10a 10:51 12:34p 12:49p 2:58 4:55p Ken Gregorich 8:25a 10:50 12:15p 1:26p 3:08 Brad Smith 8:42a 11:08 12:44p * continued for another 32 minutes before withdrawing. ** compeleted an unknown distance at 12:52p. Eric Robinson ejr@uclink4.berkeley.edu _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com