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Running Trends and Race Results

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First the running trends:

Here are some interesting statistics about running in the USA.

  • In 2006, over 8.5 million people completed a US Road Running Event, with 38% of those completing a 5K and 4.8% completing a marathon.
  • That is a 5% increase over 2005.
  • The above 8.5 million people competed in almost 15,000 events in 2006 with 50% of those being 5K’s.
  • Over 43,000 participated in the Celestial Seasonings Bolder Boulder 10K, 2006’s largest race, while Indy’s Mini-Marathon placed 7th overall with 27,000 finishers.
  • The half-marathon or 13.1 mile event is the largest growing event in the country. Other growing race distances include the 1 mile, 5 mile, 8K, and 10mile.
  • 53% of runners are male and the average age is 44 years old.
  • In 2006, over $726 million (an increase of 11%) on running clothing and $3 BILLION on running shoes (a slight decline).

Now for the Race Results from August 18.

ICADV Race Away From Domestic Violence 10k was won by Andy Hass of Lizton, IN in 34:17 (5:32) with Cindy Harris of Indianapolis winning the female division in 42:51 (6:55) and placing 21st overall.  In the 5K Stephen Mason of Indianapolis won in 16:56 (5:27) with Jean Lampert of Indianapolis winning the female division in 19:19 (6:13) and placing 10th overall.

5K 4 United Way, in Terre Haute was won by Gary Collins in 16:47 (5:04) with Jessica Crowder winning the female division in 19:22 (6:14) and placing 8th overall.

Friends of Seelyville 5K was won by Patrick Ferro in 19:06 (6:08) and the female division was won by Carla Yerkes in 20:34 (6:37).

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Results from August 8

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Yesterday I wrote about my race at the Pop Weaver 5K, here is a recap of the event and other races from the weekend:

 

The Weaver Popcorn Kernal Klassic was swept by the Gillette family of Niles, MI.  Justin Gillette, 24 won in 15:18 (4:56) and beat local favorite BJ Needler (sadly this bumped Needler back into the age group rankings, giving me a 2nd place). Ron Sharp won the Masters in 16:48 (5:25) and placed 3rd overall.  Melissa Gillette won the female division in an impressive 18:22 (5:55) over a minute ahead of her closest competitor and placed her 13th overall.  The female Masters winner was Katherine Mitchell of Marion in 22:05 (7:07).

The First Lady’s Walk was not a scored event.

The Club Kokomo Age Graded 4 Mile Run was won by Doug Balogh, 55, in 28:34 (his actual 4 mile split was 24:04 [6:01]).  The first place female was Carla Yerkes, 47, won ran 29:54 (her actual 4 mile split was 27:39 [6:55]).  The 5K walk was won by Rick Spencer, 53 in 32:07 (10:20) with the female winner Mary Miller, 47, walking 33:19 (10:43).  If I understand this correctly, they age-graded by making you start after the clock started.  If you were 75+ then you started with the gun, but if you were 17 or 35 then you started 8:15 behind the clock.

The Hagerstown Jubilee 5K results haven’t been posted yet.  But they can be found here.

 

 

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Results from the 4th

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Lots of great competition showed up for the large purses being offered at the ISO Circle the City 10K & 5K.  In the 10K Thomas Chorny (30 from Bloomington, IN) won with a time of 30:55 (4:59) with the top 5 rounding out at 31:40 (5:06).  Second place was from Texas and third came from Illinois.  In the female division Erin Nehus (26 from Gallipolis, OH) won in 35:32 (5:44) with second place running 35:54.  FYI: Bob Bragg won the male masters in 35:06 (5:40).  The 5K had fierce competition with John Parson (25 of Indy) winning in 16:06 and second place finishing in 16:07 Kyle Murray (19 of Morgantown). That’s a 5:12 pace.  First place female Lucie Mays-Sulewski (36 of Westfield) won in 18:15 (5:53). Over 500 participated in this year’s event.

One-hundred and fifteen participants showed up for the Norris Insurance Converse 5K race. BJ Needler of Wabash won in 15:54 (5:07) an impressive 13 second in front of Scott Colford in second place. Annina Gruber ran 21:06 (6:47) to be the first female in this event. Thirty-eight walkers were led by Richard Haynes with a finish of 28:48 (9:16) and first place female Mary Miller who finished 5th overall in 33:04 (10:38). The mile fun run was scored with Jacob Gillem running a 4:02 and Lindsay Holt running a 4:40.  Watch out for the recruiters!

 

I had trouble finding results again this week so these were all I could find.  If you know of other results let me know! 

 

 

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Results Round-up and Upcoming Races

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Had a great vacation, ran some nice trails at the Indiana Dunes Lakeshore National Park. They would have been even better had the stinging bugs not tried to carry me away!

Results from July 28, 2007

Midnight 5K Run was won by Aaron Crague in 14:52 (4:47) Adriane Wunderlich won the female division in 19:15 (6:11). About 275 participants finished the 5K. The accompanying 1 mile run was won be Eric Anderson in 6:31 with Monica Larson following close behind at 6:33. Fifty-five kids participated in this event!

Bret Neylon’s Race to Recovery was won by John Poray of Indianapolis in 15:14 (4:55) followed closely behind by Dylan Sorensen in 15:16 (4:56). Jessica Gall of Bloomington won the female division in 17:01 (5:30). Four-hundred and fifty participants from around the state completed this benefit run.

POG 8K was won by Kyle Murray (19) of Morgantown in 28:23 (5:43) and female winner Heather Willams (32) from New York City ran 33:36 (6:46). The 8K distance is just under 5 miles. This race was also age graded, which makes Rena Brown (69) of Greenwood the overall winner, her actual time was 45:18, but with the age grade it became 30:14. Doug Balogh (55) of Carmel won with an actual time of 30:59, but a graded time of 26:00. (I don’t know that much about age grading, but the results sheet shows the factors used to determine times). Two-hundred and thirty-seven participants finished this race.

Call Me Al 5K was won by Tyler McCreary of Bloomington in 16:38 (5:21) and Deborah Glick of Zionsville won the female division in 20:25 (6:34). One-hundred and seventy one participants finished this race.

Races for August 4, 2007

Perrysville Lions Club 5K begins at 8am in Perrysville and includes a free breakfast!

Norris Insurance 5K (pdf) in Converse begins at 8am. Starts in front of the First Farmers Bank downtown. This is the 4th race in the Norris Insurance race series.

Circle the City 10K and 5K begins at 8am and 8:20 respectively. There is a $400 cash prize for overall winners and $100 for Masters as well as gift certificates for age groupers. Registration on both Friday and Saturday for this event benefiting the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and managed by Ken Long & Associates.

Olympic Dream 5K Run at Centerville High School begins at 8:30.

5K Summer Fun Run for the Terre Haute Parks Dept begins at 8am. It begins at the Torner Center in Terre Haute.

11th Annual Heather Hills FunFest 5K begins at 9am at Heather Hills Baptist Church in Indy. It is described as flat and fast and is USATF certified. This race is being directed by DINO’s Brian Holzhausen.

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Results Roundup from July 21

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Here is what I’ve been able to find:

Panther Prowl 4Mi Run/5K Walk was won by Ryan Perry in 17:09 (4:17) and Katie Hollingsworth was the first female in 20:37 (5:09) in 25th place overall.  Eighty-seven ran the 4Mi and 21 did the 5K Walk.  Greg Callahan won the walk in 31:10 (10:01) and Mary Miller won the female division and 3rd overall in 33:22 (10:44).

 

Pound the Pavement 5K was won by 26 year-old Mark Rook in 15:24 (4:57) with the top 4 finishing within 9 seconds of him.  Sean Hudson and Brock Hagerman ran 15:27 with 1 hundredth of a second separating them, while Cole Hardacre came in 4th in 15:33.  Other local high school names jump out such as a Chris Jones of Highland running a 17:02 and Mason Webb a 17:40.  Gary Romesser was there and got 8th overall in 17:29.  Gwen Kemple won the women’s division in 18:38 (5:59). There was 273 participants in this second year event.

 

The Runner’s Forum 42K Relay was won by the Athletic Annex team who completed this marathon relay in 2:10:23 (4:59 average pace) for this 13 lap event.  The Charlie’s Angels was the first female team with an overall time of 2:24:52 (5:33). 

 

Red Eye Relay results are posted yet but will be here.  This was the hundred mile overnight relay in Bloomington.

 

Congratulations to everyone who competed this weekend.  What did you think of the race you ran?  Let us know.

 

 

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