OBX & Richmond

We had lots of team members running marathons (and half-) this past weekend.

Highlighting the Richmond races was Sandy Roberts taking 9th in a professional men's field in the 8k, behind NCSU's Ryan Hill, who beat all the pros.

Charles and Ken toured the streets of Richmond running the 35th edition of America's Friendliest Marathon.

And, the following day, a huge group ran the OBX.

Highlighting results for the day was Jim Stephens running a swift 1:21 to win 3rd masters in the OBX half marathon.

Several others ran as included in the below pictures by Wendy:

Pre Race:

 Post Race:

 And, Joey:

City of Oaks Results

Capital RunWalk was represented amazingly at the City of Oaks races on Sunday.  I saw too many singlets and shirts to count, so I know I'm missing a few, but briefly:

Bobby Mack in the lead early, photo by News and Observer.

 Racing up towards the end of the first relay leg, photo by News and Observer.

• Bobby Mack added another USATF State Title to his impressive resume by winning in 1:04:21 (and therefore qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials...hint, hint)
• John Simons finished shortly thereafter in 11th overall with a time of 1:20:08
• In the Marathon Relay, the store sponsored team of speedsters won, in a swift 2:34, while a second team of CRW finished 15th
• Jim Stephens was 7th in the 10k
• Jenna ran the full
• Perry ran the 10k
• Brad paced the half and Charles paced the full

And in marathon news I missed, Dunford Okoth ran both the Chicago and Marine Corps marathons over the last two months finishing in 3:39:45 and 3:49:46!

Race Results

The team had another great weekend of racing with beautiful fall weather setting the backdrop.

I've been able to find, so far:

At the Medoc Trail Races:

• John Adamof, only two weeks after running 100 miles, finished the marathon.
• Charles Akers was 5th in his age group in the 10 miler.

At the Backpack Buddies 10k:

• Robbie Bass finished 4th overall and 1st in his age group.

At the Autism Run 5k:

• Over 1,000 people ran the 5k.

Great job everyone!

Weekend Results

A big shout out to Jack, John and Charles for big numbers at Hinson Lake over the weekend.  John Adomof kept going round and round and ended up with 103.8 miles for fourth place overall!  Jack finish just behind him in 9th place with 100.32 miles.  Charles and I put in some miles, Charles way more than me, I think.  Here's Jack half way, incidentally, with me and my 4-year old in the background walking a lap.

Robbie Bass headed east and raced a 10k in Elizabeth City.  Now healthy and running strong again, Robbie was 5th overall and 1st in his age group.

Near the home of Lebron James, Ronnie broke 4 hours while setting a new marathon PR at the Akron Marathon.  Here he is afterwards!

Great job all!

Women's Distance Festival 5k

Held at Dorthea Dix on Saturday morning, the Capital RunWalk women rocked the WDF5k!

• Kellie Davis was 2nd overall 
• Kelly Becker was 1st in her age group 
• Lisa Howell was 1st in her age group  
• Claudia Mello placed 2nd in her age group  

Great job ladies!

Magnificent Mile

Fantastic showing at the Mag Mile on Sunday by the store racing team.  Bobby Mack and Sandy Roberts represented in black by taking first and second overall.  Bobby, again, the state champion.  Sandy's brother, Logan was 7th overall.  John Simons finished 30th and broke 5:00 as well.

Also showing up in the results are: Brad Smythe at 60th, Jack Smith at 65th, Charles Akers at 71st, Dave Mulley at 80th, Robbie Bass, Jack Bates and Mark Beason on the men's side.

On the women's side, Jennifer Pearsall finished 26th at 6:16, and Dawn White had a great showing to finish in 6:40.

I know there were a lot of Capital RunWalk shirts in the race on Sunday.  If I missed you, please let me know via comment or email.  I'll update with pictures when they're available.  Great job, everyone!

Labor Day 8k

The racing team had a great showing at the Labor Day 8k on Sunday afternoon through downtown Raleigh.  We placed 3 in the top 10 with Jim Stephens leading the charge in 3rd overall.  Charles Akers and Dave Mulley finished 8th and 9th overall.  Great job, guys!