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Power of Sportsmanship

Talk about a roller coaster ride. Nicole Cochran, of Tacoma Washington, won the 3200 meter run before being DQ’ed. Then in a somewhat emotional moment following the official awards ceremony, fellow competitors traded off the medals, giving Cochran the first place medal. To top it all off 10 days later, she was officially reinstated as the winner!

Confused? Yea re-read all that, or here is the blurp from the Tri-City Herald

Cochran, you might recall, is the Bellarmine Prep senior who apparently won the race after surging past leader Sandra Martinez of Davis with about 550 meters to go in the race — only to have been judged to have run on the inside lane line for at least three consecutive strides, an infraction that led to her disqualification.

After her coaches appealed the decision (denied, of course — otherwise, that’d be the end of the story), Shadle Park’s Andrea Nelson walked off the awards podium after receiving the first-place medal and immediately draped it around Cochran’s neck, saying, “You’re the state champion.”

The rest of the medal-winners then gathered around Cochran and had a medal exchange, with each handing their medal to the person who finished one spot ahead of her — for instance, Redmond’s Sarah Lord handed the second-place medal to Nelson and was given the third-place medal by teammate Devin McMahon, who got the fourth-place medal from Gig Harbor’s Kate Stuart, and so on down the line …

The original story even made ESPN headlines, but was pretty much the same story.

Subsequent reviews of a flotrack video showed that it wasn’t actually Cochran who should have been DQ’ed but a teammate. She was eventually reinstated as the official winner by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

It is great that she can officially call herself the state champion. But it is quite impressive that athletes at that level can be so self-less and have such a high level of sportsmanship. They should be applauded for their actions.

HT

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Indianapolis ends in a Tie

After slogging it out for 13.1 miles two Kenyans tied for the win at the 31st Annual Indianapolis Mini Marathon. After reviewing both still pictures and video, race officials declared Kenyans Lamech Mokono and Valentine Orare winners and awarded them both the 1st place prize money. The pair came in first, in a time of 1:02:53, out of 35,000 entrants. (Indy Star article)

I’m having trouble finding a way to get a full list of results to see how many actually finished and if there is anybody from Minnesota who finished.

I know a lot of my friends from Anderson ran the race because it is part of the Anderson Road Runner’s Road Race Series. This is the first time since 2005 that I haven’t run the race so it is a little weird to be reporting on it. I’ve enjoyed running it and being able to run on the Brickyard but have never performed well there! Here is a race review from blogging buddy Joe.

Let’s hope that the Indy 500 race doesn’t end in a tie in a few weeks!

Updated 5-5

Organizers announced today that there were 30,225 finishers, the most in the 32-year history of the nation’s largest 13.1-mile race.

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Best of 2007: Personal Race Performance

As 2007 quickly comes to a close here’s a look at some of the Best of 2007.

Here are 3 of my best race performances in 2007. What was your best race this year?

1. Buzzards Roost 10K I ran 42:22 which left me very confident for later races and was only 54 seconds off my 10K PR. This was a 6:49 pace.
2. Ovarian 4Mi Run I ran a 25:43 which I was very excited about. This was a 6:25 pace.
3. DINO Series - Fort Harrison 15K I ran a 1:07:32 with an all out sprint finish I was very pleased with this 5 minute PR and a tough course. This was a 7:14 pace.

After the Buzzards Roost race I felt confident that I would run some excellent 10K’s later in the year and this was a fairly tough course, so I was very pleased with my race.

The Ovarian 4 Mile run was definitely my fastest performance of the year, I ran a solid race throughout the 4 miles and felt like everything came together perfectly.

The DINO races are all tough and I was super-excited to have ran a 5 minute PR on a mostly hilly course. I was still reaping the benefits of my taper and feel that overall it was a good performance.

Honorable Mention would be the Mid-South Half-Marathon, which I ran a little slower than I wanted but felt that overall it was a good race.

Weekend Workout Summary

Friday - I was at the gym riding one of the bicycles, I put in one hour of easy riding and rode about 16.5 miles. My gym has several styles of bikes, one has the big fan wheel, another is a “real” machine bike with a seat and a back rest - more of a recumbent bike, and the last is a machine with a normal style seat. I think either of the two machines provide a good workout but I personally prefer the normal style because it is more realistic.

Sunday - I ran for the first time since Thanksgiving. We had gotten several inches of snow and a layer of ice. I decided to go ahead and run a loop at Mounds State Park with Brian. It was a pretty tough workout, some of the trails hadn’t been touched and it was beautiful, if not disorienting. We also saw a nice fat deer and lots of deer tracks. It was a good run, but very tough and we both could feel the extra work required due to the snow. My foot felt fine and still feels good so far!

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Race Results from Thanksgiving and beyond!

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are getting back into the routine of your life! Welcome to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season!

Four Mile Foot Fest was won by Nick Polk, 23 of Indianapolis, in 19:59 (5:00) almost 3 minutes ahead of second place.  Nicole Gliem, 22 of Beech Grove, won the female division in 23:44 (5:56) about 10 seconds ahead of second place and 5th overall. 172 finished this event.

Drumstick Dash was won by Jeff Powers, 23 of Bloomington, in 21:40 (4:49) about 15 seconds ahead of second place.   Maddie  McKeever, 20 of Littleton, CO, won the female division in 25:12 (5:36) about 10 seconds ahead of second place and 23rd overall. 2,524 finished the 4.5 mile course (they don’t count the 2.6 mile course finishers).

Christmas in the Park (Brazil) was won by Zach Whitkanack in 17:05 (5:29) about 40 seconds ahead of second place.  Janelle Ralph won the female division in 20:08 (6:28) about a minute ahead of second place and 6th overall. 45 finished this event!

Pictures from Tuxbro and the Drumstick Dash.

Race Results from Nov 17 and an Upcoming Race!

Race on November 24th

Christmas in the Park (Brazil) begins at 10am at Forest Park in Brazil, IN.

Race Results from Nov 17

Turkey Chase 7K was won by Jeremiah Vaughan, 18, in 23:56 (5:30) about 5 minutes ahead of second place.  Pam Mertz won the female division in 28:57 about a minute ahead of second place and 33rd overall.  171 completed this 4.35 mile race.

DINO Series Race #7 15K was won by Zach Eichel of Indianapolis in 55:45 (5:58) about 30 seconds ahead of second place.  Tracy Cahee, of West Lafayette, won the female division in 1:05:31 (7:01) about 3 minutes ahead of second place (who accidentally started 2 minutes late) and placed 24th overall. 164 finished the 15K event.  5K was won by Lance Nelson, of Indianapolis in 16:48 (5:24) about a minute ahead of second place.  Logan Campbell of Greenwood won the female division in 22:13 (7:09) 3 and 4 seconds ahead of second and third places and 36th overall. 164 finished the 5K event.

Vincennes Family YMCA Trotting Turkeys 5K was won by Scott Mullins in 16:23 (5:16) about a minute ahead of second place. It looks like Emily Brown won the female division in 23:19 (7:30) about 20 seconds ahead of second place and 17th overall. 101 completed this event.

Yesterday’s Run

I did an easy 5 miles yesterday at Mounds State Park with Brian.  I was still tight from Saturday and the ball of my foot is still hurting.  We ran it in 40:46, but it felt harder than that pace warranted.

Race Results from November 10

Here are the results from this past weekend.  Let us know if you competed, how you did, and what you thought of the race in the comments section.

Forest Park Step N’ Stride 10K & 5K Bob Bragg, 42 of Noblesville, won the 10K in 35:15 (5:41) about 20 seconds ahead of second place.  Camille Herron, 25 of Lafayette, won the female division in 36:49 (5:56) almost 4 minutes ahead of second place and 5th overall.   188 finished the 10K. Jesse Davis, 25 of Indianapolis, won the 5K event in 15:18 (4:56) about 1:20 ahead of second place.  Laura Farley, 23 of Indianapolis, won the female division in 17:40 (5:42) about 3 minutes ahead of second place and 6th overall.  169 finished the 5K.  Lisa Jones won the 5K Walk in 33:18 (10:45) and Max Shellenbarger the men’s in 38:19 (12:22). 58 finished the walk.

Club Kokomo Road Runners 4 Mile Run/5K Walk was won by William Irvin in 24:36 (6:09) about 10 seconds ahead of second place.  Michelle Hollingsworth won the female division in 29:45 (7:26) about 30 seconds ahead of second place and 15th overall. 48 completed the 4 Mile run.  Jerry Lambert won the 3 Mile walk in 34:36 (11:32) with Amanda Pena winning the female division in 36:29 (12:09).  14 completed the 3 Mile walk.

Indiana Fall Classic 10K was won by Scott Mullins, 33, in 33:27 (5:22) about 30 seconds ahead of second place.  Janelle Ralph, 25, won the female division in 40:40 (6:32) about 3 minutes ahead of second place and 15th overall.  80 completed this 10K event.

Jordan’s Journey 5K Run, Walk & Roll was won by Andy Wilson in 15:35 (5:00) about 30 seconds ahead of second place.  Shannon Hendrix-Buxton won the female division in 18:20 (5:54) almost 3 minutes ahead of second place and 10th overall.  123 completed the 5K event.

Yesterday’s Run

I did an easy lap around the wet leaf covered trail at Shadyside Park in Anderson. The trail was fairly empty with temperatures around 52 with some strong winds.  I picked it up for the final 1/4 mile and completed the 2.64 lap in 18:42.  I finished the workout with a couple of accelerations.  I have some slight pain in the ball of my left foot.

Race Results from November 3

Here are the results from races over the weekend.  Let us know if you raced, how you did, and what you thought about the event.

Jump the Gun 4 Miler was won by Scott Overall, 24 of Bloomington in 18:37 (4:39) about 14 seconds ahead of second place.  The female winner was Nicole Gliem, 22 of Beech Grove, in 22:11 (5:32) about 15 seconds ahead of second place and 16th overall. 301 finished this event.

Outback Scramble was won by Micah Aldrich, 18 of Indianapolis, in 29:18 (6:58) about 1:30 ahead of second place.  Tracy Cahee of West Lafayette won the female division in 37:49 (9:00) about 3 minutes ahead of second place and 20th overall.  This 4.2 Wacky XC course must have been pretty tough.  Alexander Elston brought 39lbs of food to donate! 258 completed this event.

Health & Kinesology 5K was won by Dave Nordhielm in 18:03 (5:48) about 16 seconds ahead of second place. The female winner was Andrea Blocher in 18:23 (5:55) about 1:30 ahead of second place and 3rd overall. 126 finished this event.

Run the Mounds 5 Miler was won by Mark Courtad in 28:28 (5:41) about 20 seconds ahead of second place.  Rachel Young won the female division in 34:56 (6:59) about 1 minute ahead of second place and 29th overall. 274 finished the run.  The 5K walk was won by Rick Spencer in 32:29 (10:27) about 6 seconds ahead of second place.  The female winner was Mary Miller in 34:28 (11:05) about 5 minutes ahead of second place and third overall.  59 completed the walk.

Spirit Run 5K was won by Troy Davis, 29 of Greenfield, in 16:01 (5:09) about 45 seconds ahead of second place.  Deborah Glick, 37 of Westfield, won the female division in 19:43 (6:20) about 30 seconds ahead of second place and 12th overall.  221 finished this event.

Congratulations to everyone who competed!