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BRRC members do well at the
North Olympic Discovery Marathon  -
Sequim to Port Angeles
by Joan Pribnow

 
Lori Buratto was the overall female winner with a time of 3:12:06.  Gunhild Swanson was 10th overall woman, 3rd female masters and won her age division with a time of 3:37:04.    Jack Swanson also won his age division.
 
In the half marathon, Carolyn Pope was 9th in her very competitive age group.  Carol Cressey placed third in her group,  and Joan Pribnow, Jean Greene and Mira Anzalone placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively in their (ancient) age group.
 
This was a really great event.  Each finisher was handed a medal and sport drink at the finish, and was then escorted through the post-race activities (chip removal) by a volunteer.  The course was beautiful and well supported.   It was worth the rather long drive. 

Swanson, 60, sets record in 100-mile endurance run
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Becca Noble Wins First Place
at Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
(BRRC sponsored Becca)
XIII PanAmerican Jr Athletics Champs - Single Meet License
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships - 7/29/2005 to 7/31/2005
                            Windsor, Canada

Event 7  Women 800 Meter
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Meet Record: * 2:03.70  7/20/1997   Mairelin Fuentes -MEX, Havana, Cub
   Pan Am Jr: # 2:00.07  7/24/1982   Kim Gallagher - USA, Indianapolis,
    World Jr: ^ 1:57.18  9/8/1993    Yuan Wang - CHN, Beijing
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
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Finals
  1 Noble, Rebekah            87 United States          2:04.07
  2 Magill, Heidi             86 United States          2:04.12
  3 Vidiaud Quebrun, Analia   87 Cuba                   2:06.49
  4 Richards, Jodian          87 Jamaica                2:08.52
  5 Van Buskirk, Kate         87 Canada                 2:08.73
  6 Hunter, Raeleen           87 Canada                 2:09.01
  7 Guevara, Cristina Gpe.    87 Mexico                 2:09.18
  8 McKenzie, Arusha          86 Jamaica                2:11.05

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Don Kardong the recipient of the Fred Lebow Award from the National Distance Running Hall of Fame

John Pierce and Dori Robertson finish Ironman Canada
BIBNUMBER OVRPLACE TOTALTIME LASTNAME FIRSTNAME DIV DIVPLACE
1672             1499           14:09:47      PIERCE      JOHN         M55-59 36/75
2279             648             12:08:49      ROBERTSON DORI      W40-44 23/129

BRRC NEWS

Honolulu Marathon
 The Bloomsday Road Runners Club from Spokane, Washington had a good turnout of 22 members who made the journey to a warmer climate for the running of the 2005 Honolulu Marathon. Twelve members made the early morning marathon run with the others providing support or running the alternate 10K run. The 5 am start was before the Hawaiian sunrise, but was well illuminated with spectacular fireworks. The weather was near perfect for a warm, but not too hot, tropical marathon run.
    This was the first marathon for two of the BRRC members, Susan Jenkins age 27 and Myra Anzalone age 74. There was a wide range of ages for those who made the trip, from Howard Stamp who is 79 to Susan Jenkins who is 27.
    All was not the hard work of running as all of the BRRC members had their fill of the local island cuisine (no poi, thank you) and participated in the many island activities.  We mastered all of the local sports from basking in the warm Hawaiian sun, snorkeling in the clear blue waters, running in the dense foliage of the mountain trails to power shopping in the local malls and shops.
    It was difficult for us to say aloha and leave the warm sun of Oahu to fly back to reality with the freezing cold and snow in Spokane. Until next year, we will only have the memories to keep us warm .

Try mapping your running route

2005 Awards
Female Runner of the year              Kim Price
Male Runner of the Year                  Walter Mueller
Volunteer of the year                       Melinda Hoekema
Business relations of the year          Kurt Kinghorn & Runner's Soul
Most inspirational                            Mira Anzalone
Most Supportive                               Howard Stamp
The Long Road Award                     Joan Pribnow

Female Runner of the year
Kim Price

Male Runner of the Year
Walter Mueller

Bloomsday 2006 Volunteers at the BOB (Bloomsday On Broadway)

Marathon Training Clinic
 Michael Wakabayashi instructs the new marathoners before their first Saturday long run at SFCC.

Dori Robertson's excellent adventure

• Oct. 23 : View a video clip of Dori Robertson 's first Hawaii Iron Man World Championships on Ironman.com and you see her slogging across the rainy finish with a smile on her face.

It was fun, said the Mead girls cross country and track coach.

Robertson, competed in the second-largest age group division of the race, men and women combined (last weekend) and placed 30th among women ages 45-49.

She timed 12 hours, 51, minutes, 19 seconds and was 1,324 overall among the 1,787 who qualified. Robertson, the subject of my Prep Page column in The Spokesman-Review last Thursday, said she had a slower-than-expected 2.4 mile swim.

"The biggest thing was my goggles leaked and I couldn't see," she said. Her tongue was swollen and lumpy from the salt water. As a result, she soloed during the rainy 112-mile bicycle ride and figures there were only 100 or so competitors behind her.

But a 4:01:13 marathon, ninth best in her age and gender group, enabled her to make up ground even though standing water from a rainstorm at times covered her ankles.

"It wasn't what I envisioned Hawaii being," Robertson said. "But to be there where it all started was very cool."

Breaking News from Kona, HI
NAME Dori Robertson
BIB NUMBER 745
AGE 45
PROFESSION Teacher
STATE/COUNTRY Chattaroy WA USA /
SWIM BIKE RUN OVERALL POSITION
1:35:54 7:01:13 4:01:13 12:51:19 1324



RACE LEG DISTANCE PACE POSITION
TOTAL SWIM 2.4 mi. (1:35:54) 2:31/100m 1505


FIRST BIKE SEGMENT 5 mi. (2:00:54) 15.60 mph
SECOND BIKE SEGMENT 28 mi. (3:33:50) 14.85 mph
THIRD BIKE SEGMENT 59 mi. (5:33:12) 15.58 mph
FOURTH BIKE SEGMENT 88 mi. (7:19:15) 16.41 mph
FINAL BIKE SEGMENT 112 mi. (8:42:53) 17.22 mph
TOTAL BIKE 112 mi. (7:01:13) 15.95 mph 1528


FIRST RUN SEGMENT 5.2 mi. (9:34:26) 8:31/mile
SECOND RUN SEGMENT 17.6 mi. (11:30:37) 9:22/mile
RUN FINISH 26.2 mi. (12:51:19) 9:23/mile
TOTAL RUN 26.2 mi. (4:01:13) 9:12/mile 1324

TRANSITION TIME
T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE 5:46
T2: BIKE-TO-RUN 7:13

PENALTY TIME
TOTAL PENALTIES --:--
Breaking News from Kona, HI
Our final finisher from Spokane, WA...

RACETIME: 17:00

Sister Madonna Buder. She made the midnight cut off by less than a minute.

She is the oldest woman to ever finish an Ironman -- every time she finishes she resets that record.

Could there be a more appropriate way to end our day?

Dori Robertson in
Ford Ironman World Championships 2006
 See her results and finish!
(Click on icon)

This month's Oreo award goes to:
Dori Robertson for being named the GSL Girls All City Track Coach.

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Senator Marr is presented the prestigious Oreo Award
at the Davenport Hotel

The BRRC Holiday Party was a big success. Pictures are coming soon!
(Joan Pribnow was Santa's elf, Ken Briggs played the bagpipes, the Sweet Adeline's Quartet performed, and Steve Heaps was a great Santa!)
(Click here for pictures)

Thanks to everyone who pitched in so generously to get the running shirt quilt made for Jack and Gunhild!

Hi everybody,

What can I say? Jack is a well-loved local running icon. The word got out to our local Spokesman Review newspaper, and they decided to do a video story on him. In the past they have done stories on us as a running couple, and they thought it would be inspiring. Check out the attached link, and you be the judge.
There will also be a story in print on Thursday in the Valley Voice section of the Spokesman Review.

Jack Swanson
A great runner, a good friend, a good husband, a good father, and an all around great guy!
We'll miss you Jack!

(Click picture for a tribute to Jack)

BRRC
Awards
2008
 (Click on picture)

Erik Anderson, the SCC track coach who died in a tragic accident.

BRRC Scholarships
The 2009 BRRC scholarship winners were Sara Stenersen, Alia Sledge, and Steven Kutsch. The three winners attend Mead High School.

Lets Climb a Mountain Results

Celebrate Jack Swanson
Run 2009
(click here)

Glenn Tanner's Moose encounter
...you must read this one!
(click on picture)

BRRC Holiday Gift Exchange
(Click on picture to see Von Klohe's video)

Festival of Miles 2010 Results