Since I don't have any photos of the Spring Celebration 5k, I thought I'd share this one taken from the
top of Hawksbill Mountain yesterday afternoon (More photos follow results)
The 2nd running of the Ashe County Spring Celebration 5k was Saturday, May 22 at Family Central in Jefferson, NC. The day was perfectly spring: 65 degrees and drizzling on and off during the registration and run time.
The male and female overall winners (Glenn Bailey and Lisa Freeman) received a gift certificate for a pair of Montrail shoes and medals. Age group winners received medals. Door prizes were generous and an abundance of snacks provided.
1. Glenn Bailey 21:03 M 16
2. Ed Barron 23:01 M 513. Kevin Tedder 23:04 M 37
4. Aaron Cronk 23:04 M 17
5. Sonny Thomas 23:06 M 16
6. Matthew Osborne 23:09 M 14
7. Allen Call 23:28 M 30
8. Hal Monsees 23:35 M 53
9. Logan Freeman 23:50 M 50
10. Jeff Lee 24:05 M 38
11. Lisa Freeman 24:10 F 38
12. Lisa Howell 24:18 F 51
13. Bob Richardson 24:23 M 48
14. Dustin Gunderson 24:43 M 32
15. Erin Keenan 25:04 F 18
16. Lynde Ring 25:04 F 16
17. Shane Greene 25:34 M 43
18. Andrew Tedder 25:58 M 12
19. Chelsea Eller 27:08 F 15
20. Jim Snyder 27:21 M 63
21. Michael Childers 27:55 M 31
22. Lizzie Hanes 28:08 F 17
23. Amber Hare 28:13 F 15
24. Lisa Patel 28:16 F 24
25. MacKinsey Johnson 28:17 F 16
26. Greg Cox 28:20 M 26
27. Roger Blevins 28:23 M 45
28. Kimmie Ring 28:27 F 16
29. Sam Hartsoe 28:37 M 45
30. Joel Weaver 28:52 M 55
31. Mandy Davis 28:59 F 25
32. Mary Beth Knight-Greene 29:03 F 30
33. Leah Hodgson 29:05 F 16
34. Holly Stephens 31:58 F 18
35. Brandon Tedder 32:54 M 7
36. Johnny Sturgill 33:02 M 32
37. Autumn Huffman 33:33 F 17
38. Lori Tedder 34:55 F 36
39. Kelly McNeil 35:13 F 38
40. Joe Fan 38:04 M 43
41. Lori Korevec 38:04 F 27
42. Lindsay Addison 41:36 F 24
43. Tammy Painter 51:47 F 48
44. Darryl Giles (sweep) 51:47 M
Thank you to all the runners and volunteers for coming out and celebrating fitness in Ashe County!
Looking south into Linville Gorge
Facing Northwest up towards Linville Falls
As you can gather one of my workouts this past weekend included Linville Gorge. A magificiant day for a 4 hour run up Table Rock, Hawksbill and around parts of the east gorge. Monday comes way too fast!
Steep trail to and from Hawsbill
2 comments:
Sounds like you had a good day for the 5k. I am sure they appreciate all of your help. Appears to have been a good crowd with a large amount of post-race food. I have a feeling that this past weekend helped out with your trail legs coming back around!
Annette,
I think I might have told you that in 1986 I took a 9-day Outward Bound course for educators that started and ended near Table Rock. We spent our first night up there and then hiked down into the gorge (with 50 lb packs, of course). We followed the trail along the river and hiked into the Ampitheater (eventually with the help of the leaders as we couldn't follow a map and compass to save our lives). I remember climbing to our campsite in the dark and seeing critters eyes staring back at us. The next evening we hiked through the night to our van which took us to the Nantahala OC for the white water portion of the trip. Looking back, I know it planted a seed that later bloomed into my desire to run long distances. A lot of personal growth was done on that trip. Nowadays when people tell me they are thinking of going on a NOLS or OB trip, I tell them to train for a 100 miler. It's cheaper and you get the same ass kick! :-)
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