Here are the posted results: they took off 10 years of my life that was nice of them.
25k Overall Race
Place Bib # First Name Last Name Gender Age HR:MIN:SEC HR:MIN
1 126 Lance Risi M ? 1:46:54 0:50
2 56 Brandon Wolsey M 40 1:55:32 0:51
3 31 Rob Bryant M 35 1:59:50 0:52
4 112 Anne Perry F 36 2:04:57 0:58
5 148 Eugene Allwine M 54 2:14:48 0:57
6 21 Laurie Guevara-Stone F 44 2:18:06 unav
7 95 Daniel Richardson F 56 2:18:40 1:03
8 171 Alison Seppi F 46 2:20:00 1:06
9 58 Robin Schiller M 57 2:23:32 unav
10 144 Jennifer Sparks F 42 2:24:56 unav
11 137 Jason Taylor M 36 2:26:50 1:10
12 98 Rodney Hurst M 31 2:28:41 1:09
13 53 Carrie Marx F 44 2:33:03 unav
14 92 Kris Johnson M 38 2:33:43 1:06
15 127 Roth Nancy F 24 2:35:10 1:13
16 51 Amy Newman F 33 2:36:19 1:07
17 113 Tracy Allred F 42 2:36:46 1:11
18 138 Maggie Smith F 31 2:37:09 1:13
19 134 Jamie Kulju F 29 2:37:16 1:32
20 140 Aimee Maxwell F 30 2:38:08 1:12
21 24 Sarah Lein F 0 2:41:22 1:11
22 105 Tamara Forest F 38 2:41:30 unav
23 78 Dorrell Henderson M 61 2:43:04 unav
24 94 Joani Richardson F 57 2:43:27 1:16
25 122 Sasha Hamel F 25 2:46:26 unav
26 102 Charles Allen M 59 2:47:03 1:20
27 12 Jessica Ieremia F 39 2:52:37 1:24
28 75 Rick Schaefer M 54 2:52:46 1:18
29 164 Debra Scott F 55 2:53:45 1:24
30 109 Dawn Aoki F 53 2:55:01 unav
31 10 Mark Winters M 29 2:57:08 1:14
32 159 Heather Hunt Wood F 30 3:01:37 1:23
33 108 Klea Gallegos F 50 3:01:59 1:19
34 82 Susie Durr F 58 3:02:01 unav
35 79 Mary Henderson F 59 3:02:44 1:20
36 110 Paula Aoki F 54 3:02:51 1:23
37 131 Lucy Eppley F 64 3:05:13 1:20
38 27 Jenny Aldrich F 47 3:13:54 1:27
39 64 Larry Nordell M 60 3:18:23 unav
40 157 Dee Ivie M 52 3:24:44 1:25
41 74 Sandy Nelson F 63 3:26:35 1:32
42 15 Susan Goettlicher F 59 3:26:41 unav
43 71 Alan McMurtrey M 56 3:29:46 1:29
44 67 John Blaylock M 67 3:32:37 1:33
45 66 Ginny Blaylock F 62 3:33:49 1:34
46 72 Phillip Berghauser M 45 3:37:44 1:33
47 142 Scott Tiber M 47 3:48:06 1:50
48 114 Michele Straube F 55 3:55:33 1:49
49 61 Renae Byrd F 48 4:15:18 1:46
50 60 Julie Fuller F 28 4:15:19 1:46
51 117 Eric Goeller M 37 5:56:19 1:13
Renae and I participated in the Goblin Valley Ultra Marathon on 10/24/09. This was our first long race since the Bataan Death March in March 2009. The ultra was 31 miles and we did the 16 mile race.
Of course I started out with a race plan and hoped to run 10 of the 16 miles, but I don't think I've built up my base miles enough and there is something to be said for flat courses. I walked my first mile to get limbered up as it was 43 degrees when we started and it was such a long race I didn't want to injure myself. Renae started out faster than I but was w/i 3/4 of a mile when I started running. Throughout the whole race we were always within eye sight of each other. It didn't take me long to catch up with her and she started running (a sub 11 min mile pace mind you) until we hit the first aide station. I had just hit my groove, but needed to stop to pull off my long sleeve shirt and put it in the drop bag. this was just under 4 miles in so I had run almost 3 miles. I started running again once we left the aide station but needed to pee so pulled off and pee'd. I walked again until I hit mile 5 then started running at this point people were already coming back from the turn around and I was 1 hour 15 min in. I ran until I hit mile 6 which was well into a long up hill jaunt. At this point I walked the up hills and ran the down hills and caught back up with Renae about 1/4 mile from the turn around point at mile 8'ish. At this point we were still under 2 hours (I think 1 hour 56 min) and I felt pretty good. We got to the aide station and I emptied my shoes from little rocky things. I could feel I was working a blister on the bottom of my foot. Renae left the aide station before I did but caught up with her in 1/2 mile and we ran together for about 1 1/2 miles. She had pulled her groin muscle coming down the hill and my foot was really starting to bother me. We walked a little and she moved on ahead. I started running at an Airborne Shuffle pace singing Proud Mary by Tina Turner out loud over and over again because it motivated me and was just the right pace for me to run to. I ran another 3/4 of a mile or so to the last aide station. And started walking. Walked most of the next 2 miles with some half dead zombie run in between as my feet were really hurting (the dreaded mile 12-13). Renae then began walking backwards until I caught up with her because she was afraid that I was just going to pull over and play dead. We walked the last two miles together and I started singing out loud because it was the only thing that would keep my mind off the pain. We arrived at the parking lot in which we started from and they directed us down into the Goblin Valley by following stupid little orange plastic pumpkins which I now hate. I mainly slide down the hill into the valley as it was nearly as steep as Mt. Garfield. Renae kept saying take my picture or that is neat blah blah blah. I was cussing the event coordinator for putting this at the end the big dummies then we had to run (ha ha ha I walked) up a ravine to the other side of the parking lot. About 100 yards from the finish I told Renae to start running and we ran across the finish line together and I nearly collapsed to get off my feet. I feel bad now because I know Renae could have come in at probably 3 hours 45 min and I could have pushed myself a little harder on the asphalt road and came in under 4 hours. But I guess a finish is better than no finish like I did in Bataan. And the time was 2 hours better than the 15 mile Bataan March and an mile longer.
I'll put some pictures in tonight.
