THUNDER ROAD RESULTS!!!

Congrats to all those who went down to Charlotte this past Saturday.
In the full marathon Scott Douglas had a PR finishing the race in 2:48:33 and was fourth overall, while Cindy Barbour crossed the tape as the fourth female with a time of 3:15:59 (PR also). Benji Jones was first in his age group with a time of 3:01:57 and Mark Wear came across the finish in 3:19:56.

In the relay we had a relay team to place in the top three in each category.
The all women's team of Jordan McAmmond, Allison Peters, and Jen Goff finished first overall with a time of 3:13:57. Off 'n Running team number 5 (Laura Eynon, Claire Basista, and Marianne McDonnald) finished eighth among the all women's team with a 4:35:52.

Marty Ballew, Mike Basista, and Christie Strupe finished second among the mixed teams with a 3:29:22, while John Dewey, Curtis Swisher, and Dwight Jacobs placed second in the all men division in a 2:37:23.

Off 'n Running team 3 (Jim Camp, John Davidson, Derrick Heard) finished with a 3:18:09. Rodney Kopp, Brett Murphy, and Dennis Duquette came across the finish line in 3:32:30, while Arthur Sterkenburg, Jim Messina, and Abrin (team member for the day) finished in 3:34:12. Bobby Refenattie, Carlos Gutierrez, and Peder Harris crossed the tape in 3:48:05.

Victory Half Marathon

Half Marathon
Nick Liversedge was the overall winner with a time of 1:19:38, while Mary Beth Errington was the overall female winner (1:35:47).

Marianne McDonald crossed the line in 2:32:42 (a one minute PR) and Brian McDonald finished in 2:32:44.

Great job guys and good luck to everyone in the Thunder Road Relay, the Triad Trail Race, and the upcoming Reindeer Romp 5K.

GOBBLER RESULTS!!!

It was a cold morning, but lots of race team members came out for the 7th Annual Greensboro Gobbler at Country Park on Thanksgiving morning.

We had three guys in the top 10 - Tommy Boles was sixth place in 16:50, Joe Sauerbrey was seventh in 17:16, while John Dewey crossed the line in 17:20 (8th place).

Donny Lake was third masters finishing 16th overall in 18:11, while Anne Popek was 2nd overall female (1st Masters) with a great time - 18:23!

Other race team members:

Emily Boles - 18:45

Tom Szott - 19:00

Brian McDonald - 22:05

Bobby Refianti - 23:06

Marty Ballew - 23:20

Alan Trent - 24:13

John Connor - 25:18

Claire Basista - 25:21

Pam Connor - 26:31 (3rd in her age group)

Jim Messina - 29:19 (1st in his age group)

Marianne McDonald - 32:09

Victoria Hessling - 37:46

Race Results

Sorry, I am a week behind - here are results from 11/8 and 11/9

In the Outerbanks Half Marathon Dwight Jacobs finished 19th overall in 1:18:16 (5th Master's finisher).

At the second trail series run at Gibson Park, Chris Foster finished fourth overall in 30:41, while Brian McDonald was ninth overall (second in his age group) with a time of 38:36. Marianne McDonald came across the line in 1:06:12 to finish 5th in her age group.

This past weekend 11/15 and 11/16
At the Richmond Marathon - Laura Eynon came across the line in 4:13:36, while Pamela Connor finished in 4:29:57. John Connor crossed the tape in 4:50:14.

At the San Antonio Marathon - Christie Strupe finished in a great time of 3:51:40 while Marty Ballew ran a 4:02:55.

In local action - Free to Breathe 5K at Grandover Parkway - John Dewey took second place in 17:38, while Allison Peters took the female top honors in a time of 20:04. Mary Beth Errington was third overall female crossing the line in 20:41. Michael Hunt ran with his daughter Rebecca (8 years old) - they finished with a time of 32:35.

Please let me know if I missed anyone from results. Great Job Everyone!

CONGRATS WEEKEND RACERS!!

There were some big races this weekend!
Steve Cowie ran the City of Oakes marathon in Raleigh finishing 8th place with a time of 2:37:11 - Great Run!!!

Jen Gapin ran the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday with an impressive 3:08:10 to finish 113 of all women and 40th in her age group. There were 37,000 runners!!

In some local action at the 25th Annual Mercy Five Miler in Winston-Salem, Cindy Barbour and Amy Mercer showed up and kicked butt!! Cindy was second female in 32:13 and 9th overall, while Amy was third female (10th overall) coming through the finish in 32:42. Great job ladies!!

Good luck to those racing in the Outer Banks full and half marathon this coming weekend!

HAPPY HALLOWEENIE!!!

We hope everyone had a great time on the Halloween run. Thanks to Steve Brown for using Laura's camera to take some pictures.

10/25/08 - Weekend Results

With half and full marathons approching, not many team members showed up to the races this past weekend. Here are results that I found - if I left someone off, just let me know.

Boo Bash 5K
Allison Peters finished fourth overall (2nd female) in 20:27.

Boo Bash 10K
In the men's race there was a showdown between Dwight Jacobs, John Dewey, and Donny Lake. Dewey won the title in 36:50, while Dwight came in second (37:16) and Donny crossed the line in third place with a time of 38:11.

Rural Hall Area Business Association (RHABA) 10K
Tommy Boles took the prize in 35:04.

Triangle Monster Mash 5K
Benji Jones crossed the line in first with a time of 16:37.

Great job to those who raced and good luck for those who are hitting the pavement this weekend!

THUNDER ROAD RELAY

It's relay time again!!! We would like to take as many teams as possible this year. If you are unfamiliar with the Thunder Road Relay - it is a three person relay with the first leg running a half marathon, second leg runs a 5K and third leg runs 10 miles.

Saturday, December 13th at 8am in Charlotte.

Email emily@offnrunningsports.com if you are interested in participating.

Happy Running!!

CannonBall Results!!!

Congrats to all those who came out and ran in the 5K or half marathon last Saturday!

Jim Messina won his age group in the 5K (28:35) while Mike's daughter, Claire, won her age group in 25:24.

In the half marathon on the girls side Jordan was 37th overall and won her age group in 1:35:09. Tessa finished with a great time of 1:48:09 and placed third in her age group, while Christie came through in a 1:50:32 to place fifth in her age group. Even though she was a little bruised from a fall at Salem Lake, Pam Connor finished fifth in her age group with a 2:04:11. Marianne came through the finish with a great time of 2:33:44 (a 16 minute PR!!!), while Vickie (in her first half) crossed the line in 2:47:36 and had fun the whole way!!

In the guys race, Tom Szott placed sixth in his age group with a 1:30:11, while Dennis finished in 1:33:49. Glenn crossed the line in 1:34:23 to place second in his age group. Brian McDonald came through the finish fourth in his age group with a 1:39:55, while Mike ran a 1:42:35 to place third in his age group. Marty crossed the line in 1:46:50, a bandit was spotted that finished in 1:49:24, John Connor crossed in 1:56:42, and Alan in 2:03:24, while Bobby Refinati placed second in his age group with a 1:56:04.

Great job everyone!!! Just let me know if I missed anyone.

Uniforms

We are going to order some warm up pants to go with our team jackets. Please let me know what size pant you would like so I can put in an order ASAP. They are Brooks Podium black pants and they run big.

emily@offnrunningsports.com

Update Team Member Information

I want to make sure we have updated info on team members. Please email me your email address, phone number, singlet size, pant size, shoe size, birthday, and favorite shoe. I have talked with several of you on Thursday night so if you have already given me this information, thanks!

emily@offnrunningsports.com

Hello Team Members

I am starting this Blog so there is a central place we can all check to see what is going on with the Off 'n Running Race Team.