West End Run 12/09/12

Sun., December 9, 2012

Directed by Marlene Allen <allens@humboldt1.com>

 

I’m running along West End Road on the 4 mile course. It’s quiet, the sun is bright, but it’s still quite chilly, even at 12:30pm. Everyone is gone, the parking lot at the Fish Hatchery is vacant, the race equipment all stowed away in my Jeep, nothing left on the road but some chalk. I have time to reflect on the morning’s event.

 

I arrived at the Blue Lake Fish Hatchery at 8am, got the tent, tables, cones, clock, and miscellaneous equipment out of the Jeep and drove out to set up the course. Barry Milender had just arrived and began setting up the finish area for me. (Thanks Barry) I wondered how many runners we would have today. My fingers were frozen as I tried to make the chalk arrows by sprinkling the chalk from an old coffee can. No rain or wind, but still, oh, so cold!

 

When I returned, registration was in full swing, thanks to Harry, Sherry, Margaret, and Nancy. Wow, there were more people than I expected – even up a bit from last year’s huge turn out! OK – now I will say it – sorry!! (We ran out of water and gatorade, L next year we will plan for 200 people, and if it rains we’ll see what that does to our numbers).

 

I am happy that this event seems to be growing in numbers – is it the course? Yes, the course is beautiful, especially when the sun is shining. Perhaps it is because it’s just a 2 mile and 4 mile so people can come and run and still have time to get to the rest of the day’s events. (I heard some people went to the pancake breakfast at the grange afterwards). I think the continued popularity is most likely due to the ‘after party’. Thanks to everyone (Margaret, Nancy, Bob, Theresa, myself) who brought snacks and drinks to share at the finish, and for the cakes and cupcakes for our raffle. Whatever the reason, I appreciate everyone who came out to run, and also those that helped (thanks James, Yoon, clean up crew, foodies, - you know who you are – thanks).

 

I also want note two other items: First, I want  to say how proud I am of Terri for coming to the run and making her way through the 4 mile course, walking and wheelchairing the whole way (with help from her wonderful husband Bryan), and showing us all how strong she is! Simply amazing J

 

Second, I appreciate Amy Ziegler’s very sweet interpretation of Mary Scott Kuljian’s ‘finish line dance’. As you all know, Mary, her husband Howard, and son Geddie, drowned at Big Lagoon Thanksgiving weekend. They were on a family outing, daughter Olivia survived. The Kuljian’s did many things as a family, including participating in many of our SRRC events. Last year the Kuljian’s all participated in the 4 mile run at the hatchery, and in her usual form, Mary danced up to the finish line, then shuffled backwards, then danced forward again, then backwards again, laughing the whole time, as if to say to us all “I’m never really finished”. This year, Amy Ziegler did the ‘Mary dance’ as she finished the 4 mile, honoring Mary’s spirit and playfulness. Thank you Amy, even though it made me cry, this is how we want to remember Mary J

-- Marlene Allen

 

2M (*USATF certified) @ 9:40AM

Place  Name            G/Age Time     Bib#

 1 John Milender        M15  11:49    1063

 2 Andrew Jones         M35  13:46    1124

 3 Aaron Hathcock       M16  14:02    1084

 4 Anna Welch           F31  14:06    1130

 5 Rachele Gundlach     F37  14:26    1131

 6 Alicia Smith         F34  14:27    1115

 7 Lanore Bergenske     F55  14:27    1132

 8 Barry Milender       M58  15:14    1064

 9 Jason Kelsey         M10  15:24    1090

10 Rose Tatman          F30  15:42    1066

11 Arthur Barker        M51  15:45    1119

12 Paul Kraus           M52  16:09    1496

13 Nichole McCure       F32  16:13    1067

14 Rick Park            M67  16:32    1093

15 Steve Gough          M39  16:50    1126

16 Heather Archibald    F30  17:16    1087

17 Jason Thompson       M29  17:29    1068

18 Scott Lipiec         M17  17:34    1083

19 Lane Bolton          M08  17:36    1135

20 Rich Baker           M51  17:43    1098

21 Jasper Anonymous     M15  17:46    1092

22 Chris Fusi           M31  18:11    1140

23 Mikayla Minton       F10  18:17    1104

24 Tanya Trump          F43  18:30    1123

25 Tracy Johnson        F40  18:30    1122

26 Jessie Christiansen  F49  18:52    1086

27 Kennedy Minton       F07  19:01    1103

28 Michelle Voyles      F53  19:01    1082

29 Mike Minton          M39  19:02    1233

30 Michael Coonfield    M41  19:04    1121

31 Karen Ayers          F50  19:19    1495

32 Aaron McDonell       M29  19:32    1223

33 Summer Driscoll      F13  19:34    1091

34 Gary Timek           M65  19:46    1125

35 Kathy Strickland     F44  19:52    1085

36 Allison Marsh        F45  20:04    1498

37 Jesse Dodd           M19  20:31    1102

38 Kathleen McCauley    F54  21:56    1088

39 Portia Matheson      F65  21:59    1129

40 Sara Isaacson        F59  22:42    1089

41 Ronda O’Leary        F45  22:48    1497

42 Rachel Minton        F35  23:04    1105

43 Angela Shumard       F08  23:26    1101

44 Everett Marsh        M08  23:32    1499

45 Nathan Glass         M08  24:03    1118

46 Melissa Glass        F39  24:04    1116

47 Mike Glass           M40  24:04    1117

48 Emily Whitmer        F09  24:45    1138

49 Gretchen Whitmer     F35  24:45    1137

50 Hannah Bolton        F10  25:24    1136

51 Erin Bolton          F37  25:33    1133

52 AJ Bolton            M41  25:33    1134

53 Stephanie Wasson     F33  25:44    1112

54 Lulu Marsh           F06  25:57    1500

55 Sequoia Ashby        F06  26:03    1099

56 Jen Campbell         F34  26:11    1111

57 Suzie Nasca          F39  26:30    1114

58 Aidan Johnson        M03  28:26    1127

59 Brett Johnson        M44  28:31    1128

60 Asher Bergel         M06  29:49    1100

61 Simon Callahan       M07  29:50    1095

62 Jessica Callahan     F38  29:51    1094

63 Cathy Deyo           F63  31:04    1065

64 Tara Murfin          F40  31:05    1120

65 Bryson Meyer         M06  31:27    1107

66 Kit Boisvert Meyer   F32  31:28    1106

67 Nicole Wall-Snit     F43  32:40    1113

68 Nella Meyer          F03  38:38    1110

69 Bella Beckert        F18  38:38    1108

70 Drew Meyer           M38  39:00    1109

71 Gwenda Ashburn       F61  39:40    1139

72 Rose Callahan        F03  46:07    1096

73 Josh Callahan        M39  46:07    1097

 

4M (*USATF certified) @ 10:15AM

Place  Name            G/Age Time     Bib#

 1 Jason Lewis          M27  22:01    1267

 2 Alex Dodd            M30  22:07    1230

 3 Brandon Kelsey       M14  23:08    1224

 4 Reed Richard         M44  23:10    1225

 5 Megan Rolland        F24  23:38    1254

 6 Andrew Jones         M35  24:52    1294

 7 Morgin Coonfield     F15  24:54    1244

 8 Steve Gough          M39  25:32    1297

 9 Jameson Henkle       M27  26:35    1253

10 John Koski           M46  27:09    1240

11 Paul Kraus           M52  28:18    1205

12 Jeff Haag            M53  28:22    1265

13 Mike Mulderig        M60  28:26    1260

14 Melanie Richard      F41  28:42    1215

15 Yoshi Uemura         M58  28:56    1295

16 James Defenbaugh     M41  29:22    1273

17 Steph Schmidt        F22  29:27    1237

18 Laura Chapman        F50  29:35    1243

19 Lanore Bergenske     F55  30:05    1300

20 Bob Thompson         M62  30:11    1212

21 Sarah Hallowell      F41  30:49    1290

22 Mike Bonham          M22  30:51    1279

23 Michael LeGrand      M54  30:51    1279

24 Phil Lescano         M58  30:59    1213

25 Rachele Gundlach     F37  31:06    1299

26 Johnathon Desoto     M27  31:08    1238

27 Robert Hillyer       M22  31:09    1289

28 Mary Wells           F58  31:12    1264

29 Matt Salmon          M23  31:23    1251

30 Alicia Smith         F34  31:44    1142

31 Grace Driscoll       F34  32:05    1226

32 Bob Chapman          M54  32:15    1242

33 Brian Ferguson       M59  32:15    1234

34 Trevor Estlow        M41  32:27    1274

35 Bruce McLean         M61  32:32    1257

36 Annette Perdue       F34  32:33    1255

37 Arthur Barker        M51  32:36    1250

38 Robert Ayers         M55  33:24    1203

39 Mike Minton          M39  33:32    1233

40 Chris Hamer          F56  33:56    1235

41 Cindi Kiehn-Mola     F40  33:59    1302

42 Jamie Willburn       F36  34:22    1278

43 Tom Martin           M65  34:26    1296

44 Caroline Carson      F50  34:59    1275

45 Dan Lipiec           M56  35:12    1206

46 Kate Weaver          F32  35:15    1236

47 John Carson          M54  35:24    1276

48 Tracy Johnson        F40  35:31    1239

49 Karen Kidwell        F28  35:31    1266

50 Tanya Trump          F43  35:31    1241

51 Jessie Christiansen  F49  36:20    1207

52 Aaron McDonell       M29  36:21    1223

53 Cassie Keigan        F26  36:23    1282

54 Jessica Malone       F26  36:23    1283

55 Chris Fusi           M31  36:49    1268

56 Heather Archibald    F30  36:51    1210

57 Ellen McLaughlin     F41  38:14    1270

58 Danielle Durbin      F22  38:20    1218

59 Dawn Durbin          F48  38:20    1217

60 Amy Ziegler          F47  38:25    1259

61 Alicia Launius       F08  38:31    1285

62 Harry Kavich         M58  38:34    1269

63 Gary Timek           M65  38:35    1248

64 Sarah Kingstrom      F33  38:44    1281

65 Carolyn Boley        F32  38:44    1256

66 Berit Meyer          F55  39:34    1249

67 Portia Matheson      F65  39:41    1252

68 Nicole Ross          F28  39:49    1303

69 Karen Ayers          F50  40:08    1204

70 Kathy Strickland     F44  40:08    1208

71 Jorie Brundy         F59  40:12    1288

72 Dana Hunt            F59  40:12    1287

73 Nancy Hall           F57  40:14    1209

74 Sam Sonntag          F57  40:14    1271

75 Yolynn St. John      F41  40:45    1219

76 Donna Ayres          F65  41:25    1258

77 Evelyn Nishinaka     F31  41:54    1280

78 Kim Bergel           F46  42:53    1227

79 Deb Laraby           F56  43:01    1201

80 Tim Gulley           M51  43:05    1272

81 Ron Ross             M71  43:49    1291

82 Diqui Lapenta        F47  44:14    1301

83 Sara Anderson        F32  46:12    1232

84 Sherry Myers         F56  46:24    1277

85 Duane Isaacson       M58  47:47    1214

86 Meredith Launius     F31  49:12    1284

87 Terri Vroman Little  F50  51:49    1220

88 Bryan Little         M49  51:54    1221

89 Anna Welch           F31  53:57    1245

90 Mj Goble             F48  53:58    1246

91 Teneal Launius       F19  55:53    1286

92 Lynn Lawrence        F79  56:17    1298

93 John Norberg         M86  59:24    1211

94 Bill Laraby          M70  59:33    1202

95 Wanda Little         F09  65:02    1222

96 Campbell Ashby       F11  65:03    1228

97 Reesa Bergel         F09  69:23    1229

98 Jo Mulderig          F59  71:02    1261

99 Penny Holt           F63  71:02    1292

100 Ed Saunders         M58  71:02    1293

101 Gayle Patrice       F57  72:56    1216

102 Theresa Burger      F78  75:42    1263

103 Bob Burger          M81  75:42    1262