Christmas came a few weeks early for many of our YMCARunners at the OUC Half Marathon this weekend. Despite a late race start and warmer than expected temperatures, the OUC Half turned out to be one of the most successful events ever for our club. Scores of old PR's were tossed out like last year's Christmas wrapping, and many of our members brought home plenty of shiny hardware to place under the tree.
It could be the magic of the season, last weekend's binge or the promise of Naughty Nog (1 part Myers, 1 part Bailey's, 1 part Kalua, 3 parts Nog), but this much is certain: SOMETHING pushed the YMCA Runners to a new level. We were helped along by a course that featured fewer kinks and bricks than last year, and OUC avoided the tangled web of gnarled streets around Lake Davis altogether. And let's not forget that the dreaded Duckett Horibilus was nowhere to be found.
The results were spectacular. Pat Marshall led the club with a fourth place overall finish that was two minutes ahead of his 2006 overall winning time. Teresa Calio captured her umpteenth Masters Champion award, Hulya Atli finally broke 1:30 for the women, and David Dix showed he was sub-3 marathon worthy with a 1:26 and change...and all in PR times. The holiday cheer was not limited to the half marathon runners, as Dinah Philips pulled out a PR in the 5k with Carolyn Lyon taking Second Overall for the quick ladies.
Here's the recap (partial...email us if you're not on here or if we're missing a PR):
Half Marathon
Patrick Marshall 1:11:45 4th OVERALL PR!
Teresa Calio 1:30:18 Masters PR!
Aleks Markovic 1:24:27
Tony Stafford 1:26:42 5th AG PR! (Boulder Branch of Club)
Brian Furgala 1:28:34
Paul Lynn 144:15
Carey Rothschild 1:35:00 5th Age Group
Heather Bellardo 1:45:08
Julie Yokum 1:51:07 PR!
Stanley Maina 1:16:52 1st Age Group
JP Royston 1:18:30 2nd Age Group PR!
Jeff Tecau 1:24:31 3rd Age Group
EJ Wunderlich 1:25:27 5th Age Group PR!
Carlos Pereyra 1:26:43
Jason Voskamp 1:29:45 PR!
John Napolitano 1:33:04 PR!
Kevin Radbill 1:34.27 PR!
Hulya Atli 1:29:56 2nd Age Group PR!
Kurt Brewer 1:25:40 3rd Age Group PR!
David Dix 1:26:02 PR!
Tim Perry 1:29:52 PR!
Paul Lopes 1:30:36 PR!
Joel Remigio 1:37:59
Dave Collias 1:45:06 (marathon last weekend!)
Victor Sojos 1:47:39
Mylene Dally 1:48:29 (marathon last weekend!)
Kim Capps 1:48:18
Mike Masur 1:29:48
Greg Brown 1:32:26
Alan Lawson 1:36:33
Julie Lawson 2:36:50 (1st Half Marathon!)
Mark "Boss" Russell 1:48:43
Dina Meng 1:44:09
Brian Furgala 1:28:34
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