While her time at the Nike Women’s Half Marathon isn’t likely to get her an entry to the 2016 Olympic Trials, it was nice to see that Roseville native Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Summer Sanders has taken up running.
Watch out ladies!
The Bee’s Bill Lindelof has the story.
The internet and email was burning up today as the New York Times ran a story about runner Christian Hesch admitting to using performance enhancing drugs.
Then came the Runners World Newswire story that was a considerably more critical and provided a little more background information.
Christian Hesch could best be described as a dominate local runner, living in Southern California, so why is this important to us in Sacramento?
If you’re a competitive racer, even an age-grouper, the odds are good he has cheated you personally. I looked him up in Zinsli’s database and found Hesch has regularly competed in local and regional Pacific Association USATF races.
You still have a chance to get in!
The California International Marathon–known lovingly here as CIM–met its apparently semi-official cap of 8,000 runners in August.
But for those of you speedy enough to meet the CIM’s time standards – five minutes slower than the Boston Marathon age-group qualifying times – you can still register until October 15th. See the website for details.
Can you run a qualifying marathon this weekend?
You do know that registration for the Boston Marathon opened yesterday, right?
The question on everyone’s mind is “will the new qualifying standards slow down the process?”
Due to growing demand, they phased in a rolling registration process for the 2012 race, and then tightened the qualifying standards by five minutes for the 2013 race.
The new standards still aren’t as tight as they were back in the glory days of American running, but it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
I fell in love with the Race for the Arts 5K when it was run downtown from Crocker Park and along the Sacramento River, on a Friday evening in late summer.
Over time, originally because of construction issues, the race was moved to Land Park–but still run in the evening.
Now, it’s just another Saturday morning 5K in Land Park, but still a good time and still a local favorite. The course is flat and shaded. There is plenty of grass to set up a team tent or run your kids around on after the event.
In today’s race, local speedster Kevin Pool ran alone for the win in 15:13. Following him in for 2nd and 3rd were Hector Miranda in 15:52, and Camron Shahmirzadi in 16:15.
I hope you got in!
The California International Marathon announced today that they have reached their 8,000 runner registration cap.
Last year, the race filled in October, so it looks like there is increasing demand for this popular race.
Fortunately for you fence-sitters, there are still a couple of ways to sneak into the event. (Not including actually sneaking in.)
If you are somewhat speedy, there is a guaranteed entry program for folks who meet the CIM Guaranteed Entry Standards–which are five minutes slower than the relevant Boston Marathon qualifying times.
You’ve got to plan ahead–Waaaay ahead!
Today’s lunchtime run was easily the hottest run of the year and the crisp training days of autumn still seem like an impossible dream.
With that in mind, it is difficult to come to terms with the fact I need to be deciding, right now, whether or not to register for a December marathon.
Difficult or not, that is what we are faced with as the folks at the California International Marathon are reporting they are about 90% full, as of today.
The CIM continues to fill way faster than last year! Marathoners entered as of 8/9/2012 = 7,026; marathon entry limit = 8,000. Although the entry fee increase deadline was a reason, we had more than 800 people enter last week alone! Daily entries continue to be higher than last year… so… dare we say, “Do the math.”? We will say, “Enter sooner than later to avoid disappointment!”
I know we were all focused on the women’s Olympic Marathon and Saturday’s phenomenal 10,000 meters (Rupp!!), but there were some local people actually out there running their own races this weekend.
If you wanted to run with (or without) your dog, the Kaleo 5K looks like the place to have been. Michael Carlone took the overall win in 18:36. Jamie Styles and Justin Flowers rounded out the top three men in 19:01 and 20:07, respectively.
The top woman was Kristi Capello, in 20:29. Following her in for second and third were Katie Madaus and Christina Applegate in 21:46 and 21:50.
There is no word in how the dogs finished. Complete results are here.
Barbara Miller shows winning form at last month's Zoo Zoom. (SRN Photo)
Each Memorial Day, Land Park is abuzz with with runners for the popular, age-graded, No Excuses 5Km. There are the usual suspects up at the front of the pack (Styczynski, Schenck, Fadling, Myers, Cruz, etc.), but the real stars of this race are a few minutes back.
The age grading format gives those runners who are precocious or durable a chance to shine.
A couple of years ago, the official race shirt had a list of popular excuses on its back. One of those excuses was “I’m not Barbara Miller.”
Good luck to everyone running the Boston Marathon, tomorrow!
It looks like it may be warm (80+) so maybe leave the gloves at home and try to drink a little more fluids than you’ve been needing on your 42 degree (Fahrenheit) training runs.
The Boston Athletic Association is so concerned about the heat, they have issued an advisory, saying:
We are now making the recommendation that if you are not highly fit or if you have any underlying medical conditions (for example-cardiac disease, pulmonary disease or any of a number of medical problems), you should NOT run this race.
