Master’s Race 10K

11:00 am, Sat. Apr. 22, 2017

Directed by “Bob Thompson”

 

      Saturday was Earth Day and in Humboldt County it was a beautiful day for our annual Clam Beach Master’s 10K Run. Jurgen Giessel and Myrna Weburg lead off this year’s group of forty and over runners followed little by little by the younger and younger ones. This is an age adjusted race with the older runners getting a time advantage at the start. The last runners started 17 minutes after the first.

      In the men’s race John Zinselmeir dominated yet again to take home his 20th Master’s title with no end in sight! It was a close race for second & third with Paul Kinsey coming in about a minute ahead of Alan Grau. They will both find their names enshrined on the prestigious Hobart Brown trophy for the first time.

      In the women’s race the trophy has found a new home after spending the last seven years with either Lanore Bergenske or Laura McNulty. Tami Beall has completed the progression from 3rd two years ago to 2nd last year and now 1st this year with the best time of the day OVERALL and the potential to win for many years to come!!

      Kathleen Brubaker and Marlene Allen fought it out for 2nd and 3rd and will be on the trophy this year!

      Thanks to everyone who helped out this year. President Timek stopped by to bless the race but had to get to his weekend Whitehouse for much needed relaxation. Once again Paul took care of the permits and road signs. Thanks to Marlene for helping out when registration got crazy. Gayle was out at the turnaround with water and encouragement for the runners, and this year’s food and beverage hostess was Lavender who did a great job! Thanks!! As usual, thanks to Yoon for photos, results, and personally testing all the postrace snacks to make sure they hadn’t been tempered with by North Korean Madman Kim Jong Un!!

      The Master’s Race is always two weeks before the Avenue. See you next year. – Bob T.

 

Overall                        Race     Real     Place

Place Name               G/age Time     Time     at 5K

 1 John Zinselmeir        M69  0:50:15  42:45    1

 2*Tami Beall             F49  0:53:37  41:07    2

 3 Paul Kinsey            M61  0:57:46  46:16    3

 4 Alan Grau              M63  0:58:40  48:10    5

 5 Richard Engel          M53  0:59:30  45:00    10

 6 Jeff Haag              M57  1:00:05  46:55    16

 7 Bill Bustin            M59  1:00:23  47:53    9

 8 Joe Vogelpohl          M49  1:00:31  44:41    15

 9 Richard Roybal         M40  1:02:02  44:42    18

10*Kathleen Brubaker      F52  1:02:47  51:47    8

11*Marlene Allen          F61  1:03:30  57:20    4

12 Tom Martin             M70  1:04:10  57:20    6

13 Rachele Gundlach       F42  1:04:14  49:24    19

14 Sadie Alves            F41  1:06:01  50:51    22

15 Ellie Bustin           F60  1:06:47  59:57    12

16 Bryan Lanning          M43  1:07:44  50:54    25

17 Elizabeth Cox          F48  1:08:18  55:28    20

18 Ken Young              M75  1:09:04  1:05:34  13

19 Debbie Stamper         F63  1:10:02  1:05:12  7

20 Asriel Aquart          M43  1:10:39  53:49    26

21 Kathy Miller           F49  1:11:10  58:40    24

22 Thomas Bernota         M57  1:11:18  58:08    27

23 Dan Lipiec             M61  1:11:24  59:54    23

24 MJ Lathan              F59  1:11:52  1:04:22  14

25 Paul Johnson           M53  1:14:50  1:00:20  28

26 Donna Ayres            F69  1:16:35  1:15:45  11

27 Jurgen Giessel         M80  1:18:55  1:18:55  17

28 Mary Ann McCulloch     F61  1:19:29  1:13:19  21

29 Marcile Raney          F56  1:26:00  1:17:00  30

30 Kristin Pitsenbarger   F53  1:28:57  1:18:27  31

31 Gwenda Ashburn         F65  1:32:14  1:18:44  32

32 Myrna Weburg           F78  1:33:57  1:33:57  29

 * Rick Vance             M46  participated