Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Pikes Peak Marathon & Half-Marathon


Jeff Johnson and Rick Aster ran the Pikes Peak marathon and half-mary on the weekend of 8/15-16. This is a brutal course by reputation, which the following description adds to:

Elevation gain (start to summit) is 7,815' (2,382 meters); the start is at 6,300' (1,920m) and the summit is 14,115' (4,302m). The Ascent finish/Marathon turnaround is at approximately 14,050'. The Ascent (and ascent leg of the Marathon) has very few stretches which are not going uphill with the average percent grade being 11%.
Rick did the whole shebang and finished 12/81 in his age group with a total time of 5:49 (3:41 up and 2:08 down). Jeff ran the half-marathon which meant his ascent time of 3:14 garnered a 95th place amongst the men - good enough for 20/200 in his age group. Well done guys!



Monday, August 3, 2009

2009 Chile Harvest Triathlon Complete

Another year, another 350+ participants happy! August 1st was a beautiful day for racing and thanks to all of our volunteers and sponsors we put on a great race with Paul Ward and Kristen Moriarity as our two overall winners.

The results are now up, at CCR Timing, so take some time and stroll through the list linked below. You will see a lot of SSRers there, including many who placed or won their age groups!