Pfeifer, Medina Tops at Gold Rush 100K
Kirsten Schneider on the way to a 50K win. (Photo courtesy of Gold Rush 100K)
McDonald, Schneider earn Gold Rush 50k victories
By John Schumacher
Paulo Medina and Jen Pfeifer took the long way home to individual titles and Mike McDonald and Kirsten Schneider ran point-to-point for their victories on a pleasant, picturesque Saturday in the second annual Gold Rush 100k/50k.
Orangevale’s Medina won the men’s 100k, completing the course that began and ended in historic Folsom in 10 hours, 6 minutes and 2 seconds. He ran conservatively for most of the course that followed the American River and Folsom Lake into the foothills before catching leader Brian Miller of El Dorado Hills with 12 miles to go and pulling away.
Miller finished second for the second consecutive year, this time in 10:22:56.