Arcata to Willow Creek
Run 12/03/16
8:00 am, Sat., Dec. 3,
2016
Directed by “Bill
Daniel” <drd4462@att.net>
Place Name G/age (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 Kenny Pocasangre M26 52:30 1:52:00 2:57:00 3:34:51 5:05:44 6:35:04
2 Mike Wood M57 1:01:18 1:56:30 3:16:00 3:51:30 5:27:00 6:52:11
3 Jeff Faulk M23 1:03:08 1:54:00 3:10:30 3:56:00 5:25:00 7:24:11
4 Caleb Hill M21 1:09:00 2:09:41 3:16:22 4:05:15 5:37:38 7:52:40
5 Bill Estes M56 1:08:19 2:14:25 3:40:29 4:29:12 6:11:43 8:34:43
Arcata to Willow Creek Breakdown
Leg
(1): West end of the Blue Lake off ramp 299 (6.65 miles)
Leg
(2): West end of North Fork Bridge (12.35 miles)
Leg
(3): Lord Ellis Summit (18.75 miles)
Leg
(4): East side of Redwood Creek Bridge (23.35 miles)
Leg
(5): Berry Summit (29.85 miles)
Leg
(6): Willow Creek (39.95 miles)
Supporters:
1 Chelsey
Castiglione, Anthony Leon, Steven Driedger
2 Sierra
Wood
3 Jordan
Montano
4 Jeff Haag, Adam Falk, Meaghan Paulus
5 Tom Estes, Kelly Estes, Blake Estes
The weather gods were smiling down on us as the 44’th
Arcata to Willow Creek race took place on December 3. The sun shone; the
humidity was negligible; and best of all, there was little or no wind. Five
runners towed the starting line and five runners finished. Kenny Pocosangre
led the pack from start to finish, covering the 40 miles in about 6:35 (see
above). Bill
Estes, former Mack High cross country great, brought up the rear,
finishing almost two hours behind Kenny. He came all the way from Chicago to be
with family and run this race. The Club owes a big thanks to Bill for his more
than generous donation of $3,000 to our shoe fund. Unlike past years, the
runners seemed intent on finishing, but not competing with each other. There
were extensive rest stops along the way, that may have
allowed some of the lesser trained runners to finish. Doing the race that way
should be fun, not excruciating. That means if you ever intend to run this
race, even just to finish, you need to be properly trained if you don’t want to
suffer, especially going up to Barry Summit.
Thanks to these five runners for continuing the tradition, keeping this
race the second most venerable continuously operating ultra-marathon in the
United States. Thanks to their support crews (listed above) for putting in the
time and effort to support their heroes. Thanks to Barry Milender who provided support for
the entire race, to Mike and Yoshi who saw the runners off, to Gary and Cindy who combined their search for a Christmas tree to support the
runners, and especially to our timely newsletter
editor for his transport, pictures, and general aid and abetment. If I’ve
left anybody out, please forgive me. Hope to see folks next year for number 45.
-- Bill Daniel