JULY 2015 - Tamalpa Runners

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A Lump in My Throat
By Kathy Johnson
According to the dictionary, that saying basically means one is choked up
with emotion. I’ve felt just that from the nice things people have said about
the Tamalpa Gazette I’ve produced for the last 8 months.
I have also physically felt a lump in my throat – well, actually, it’s situated on
the front of my neck. Turns out my thyroid has decided to supersize itself
and go a bit wonky, so I’ve had a few tests, pokes and prods and need to
take some time off for surgery. I’m not sure when I’ll be back to the Gazette
but it will carry on as evidenced by this great issue published by Ed Corral
and team! (with assistance from Karen Corral)
Whether I have my lumpy throat or not, I will continue to feel all choked up from the support the running
community has given me through this journey. The day I felt most frightened, I went for a run with friends and felt
100% better afterwards. I discovered that runners will be there for you, through thick and thin. When you PR
and feel like a million bucks, and when you’re vulnerable and afraid. I’ve been all those things these past few
months and have realized that my running friends are actually the best friends a gal could ask for.
The Board would like to welcome new members ~
April, May & June: Sylvia Arellano, Lulu Barron, Maria DeJournette, Julie Garrett, Lesly Higgins, Salim Islam,
Trevor Islam, Jason Koch, Alexandra Larova, Jason Lemberg, Thomas Rosencrantz, Gary Semling, Grant Shapiro,
Ali Thomas, and Sam Thomas.
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President’s Post
By Ed Corral
Tamalpa Proud!
I cannot say enough how proud I am to be the President of Tamalpa Runners. Saturday &
Sunday (6/13 & 6/14) was the 105th Dipsea Race weekend. To see how many Tamalpa
members participated in the race weekend as volunteers and/or race entrants was
incredible, truly wonderful.
The Dipsea Race and Tamalpa Runners share so much history together (albeit relatively
recent history since the Dipsea Race has been around since 1905 and Tamalpa Runners will be celebrating its
40th Anniversary next year).
Many of the Race's champions have been Tamalpans, the Team Trophy has been won many times by Tamalpans,
and it’s always great to see Tamalpa members win the Family Trophy. And, I am loving the competition and new
runners the Pelicans have recently brought on to win the Team Trophy – great competition, great runners.
The Dipsea Race and Tamalpa Runners are definitely two different entities that share a kinship.
Tamalpa Runners had 217 current members racing and many (formally and informally) members volunteering;
some even doing both. So cool!
As the Tamalpa Runners President, and member of the Dipsea Race Committee, I have a unique perspective in
seeing how successful the Dipsea Race organization is in putting on the race, and knowing that the Tamalpa
Runners membership contributes to its success year after year.
Tamalpa Proud!
[Here’s a list of the Official Dipsea Volunteers that
are current Tamalpans: Stephen Allison, Kirby Bartlett,
Darryl Beardall, Bruce Benter, Moriah Buckley, John
Catts, Nancy Clary, Jerry & Kathy Colletto, Ed & Karen
Corral, Shirley Dahl, Bridie Dillon, John Edgcomb,
Duane Franks, Susan Garnett, Tamara Gonzalez,
Melissa Havel, Kelly Hunt-Miceli, Joanne Kambur, Bill
Katz, Kelly Lawson, Ana Levaggi, Bruce Linscott, Horst
& Heidi Meyer, Tom & Lillie O'Reilly, Billie Post, Kurt
Ryan, Jon Schroeder, Anitra Seitamo, Elmo Shropshire,
Howard Solomon, Steve & Karen Stenberg, Craig Stern,
Edda Stickle, Ben Travers, Linn Tyhurst, Walter
Underhill, Andy Valla, Paula Glodowski-Valla, Pam
Wendell, and Ray Wilkes.]
If you would like to officially sign up as a Dipsea
Race Volunteer for next year, go to http://dipseavolunteers.org/public/sign-up/ and sign-up!]
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DIPSEA!
The 105th Running
Photo by Pam Wendell and Elmo Shropshire
Tamalpa Sends Winner to Victory Alley for 18th Consecutive Year
By Tim Amyx
Dipsea photos by Jim Harleen,, Pam Wendelll, and Elmo Shropshire
The uniqueness of the Dipsea race covers a variety of perspectives. One of those is the
historic angle and appreciation for the handicap system. For every person who has
moaned and groaned about the handicap set up, there is another who has benefited and
views it as it is; a special race, with a special & unique way of gauging success. Success
in the form of “how’d you do?”. How you answer the question can be answered in two
ways, and each person judges for themselves as to their success, or lack of. The answer you give could very well be both GOOD and bad….. or, BAD and good…. One can
run the race in 50 minutes, and not finish in the top 10…. One can run the race in 72
minutes, and win the race… which would you prefer? The 200 plus Tamalpans who ran
the 2015 Dipsea can each tell you how they did.
Tamalpa’s’ Brian Pilcher continued the streak of Tamalpans winning the
Dipsea that goes back to 1998. Sal Vasquez was the last non-Tamalpan
to win the Dipsea, in 1997. Since then, 18 years have passed with the
winner always wearing a Tamalpa singlet. Some have even won the
race more than once. (Russ Kiernan, Melody Anne-Schultz, Shirley
Matson, Dianna Fitzpatrick, Jamie Rivers and now Brian Pilcher.)
Brian Pilcher is 58 years old, and by most standards is a world-class
runner in his age group. He makes his home in Marin, runs Mount Tam
frequently. It’s no surprise he has won the race twice, and may win it again. Other 50 something Tamalpan men
have also been in this age group who have won the race, or placed this high, particularly pointing out former winners, Roy Rivers, (continued on next page)
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Tamalpa Sends Winner to Victory Alley for 18th Consecutive Year (continued)
and Russ Kiernan. Alex Varner and Mark McManus are a few years from turning 50,
but they too could one day dominate the 50 something crowd, and finish in 1st.
The Dipsea Race Team Trophy was won by The Pelican Inn Runners, who have now
won three out of the last four team trophies. Their team: Matias Saari (2nd place),
Rickey Gates (3rd), Alan Reynolds (7th), Gus Gibbs (8th) and, Alex Varner (9th). The
“SLOWEST” of this group was Alan Reynolds who ran a scratch time of 55 minutes!.
The Pelicans are fast.
Tamalpa’s leading lady, Diana Fitzpatrick entered the race without thinking realistically
of winning for the 3rd year in a row. The “winner’s penalty” minutes (2) were just too
much to overcome, plus it’s tough to run as incredible as she did in
2014. Nevertheless, she did run a fantastic 65 minutes and still easily
won a black shirt and finished in 11th pace. Only one woman
finished higher than Diana, and that was Chris Lundy, who ran the
fastest time of the day for the women (59:22). It’s very likely if Chris
stays healthy and keeps running the Dipsea, that one day she too will
finish in 1st.
Only four women finished this year in the top 35, including
Sissel Bernten-Heber (23rd), which earned them the
prestigious “black shirt.” It was one of the lowest numbers in
recent years. Not far back were other Tamalpa women, some
who have seen the black, and others who are still hopeful that
one day they will finish in the top 35. Some other women who
are Tamalpans or friends of Tamalpans in the top 100 were:
Patricia Shore (43rd), Jennifer Foster (45th), Sarah Tabbutt
(48th), Katie Fast (56th), Elizabeth Shortino (66th), Ashley
th
Sternfels (70 ), Helene Drumm (75th), Sara Gigliotti (77th), Jill Baker (90th),
Laurie Smith (93rd), Karen Simontacchi-Brisson (97th), Angela Strange (98th),
and Gretchen Andrus (99th). Lisa Trustin was just outside the top 100 and finished in 101st place.
To mention just a FEW of the day’s special stories: Former Tamalpa president Brad O’Brien won another black
shirt. He was, for many years, on the cusp and often missed. He now has 3 black shirts…. At 75 years old, former
winner and friend to many-a-Tamalpan, Hans Schmid continues to amaze. He held the lead up to Cardiac, and still
held off everyone else in the field, except for
16 runners. His 17th place finish is one of the
all time great finishes for a Dipsea runner of
his age… Brad Bryon has for years been a
mainstay of the Dipsea and of Tamalpa’s
TCRS races. He won his 20th black shirt this
year. That is phenomenal when you think
how many people have not even RUN 20
Dipsea races… At 58 years of age, Brad still
has a number of good years left to collect
more black shirts…
Congratulations to all Tamalpans who ran or participated as volunteers in the 105th
running of the Dipsea Race. See you all in 2016.
(NOTE: Check out the Dipsea web site (www.dipsea.org). There is a link to a 9-minute
video highlight of this year’s race. Just about every Tamalpan who ran the race can been seen in the video.)
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Above left: Shirley Dahl, Andy Valla, Paula
Valla, Lillie O’Reilly, Melissa Havel, Linn Tyhurst, and Hunter Valla. Not pictured: Lisa
Chiapetta and Brian Schultz
Above right: 2015 Dipsea Hall of Fame Inductee and Dipsea Announcer Barry Spitz and
Kelly Lawson
Left: Jerry Hauke Award Winner Billie Post,
Heidi Meyer, Elmo Shropshire, Bernie Hollander, Horst Meyer, Kathy Colletto, and Ana
Braga-Levaggi
Dipsea Board
Member,
Race
Director
and
Tamalpan
Edda
Stickle
Dipsea Race Committee Chairs (Equipment & Finish
respectively) and Tamalpans Bruce Linscott (also Westerns States Endurance Run Rucky Chucky Aid Station
Director) and Ed Corral (President, Tamalpa Runners)
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2015 Dipsea Race Results: Top 35 and Tamalpa Runners
Place Clock Time
Name
Age
Group / Head
Start
Actual
Time
Place Clock Time
Name
Age
Group / Head
Start
Actual
Time
1
2
3
45:56:00 Brian Pilcher
47:54:00 Matias Saari
48:11:00 Rickey Gates
58
44
34
N ( 11 m) 0:56:56
X ( 3 m) 0:50:53
Z ( 1 m) 0:49:10
62
63
56:03:00 Don Lindsey
56:10:00 John Catts
54
61
R ( 8 m) 1:04:03
L ( 13 m) 1:09:09
65
56:18:00 Craig Mead
62
K ( 14 m) 1:10:18
4
5
48:23:00 Chris Lundy
48:38:00 Heath Hibbard
44
62
N ( 11 m) 0:59:23
K ( 14 m) 1:02:37
66
56:26:00 Elizabeth Shortino 51
L ( 13 m) 1:09:25
6
7
8
9
48:51:00
49:23:00
49:33:00
49:36:00
52
T ( 7 m)
51
U ( 6 m)
29 SCR ( 0 m)
29 SCR ( 0 m)
67
70
56:35:00 Josh Hanna
56:50:00 Ashley Sternfels
43
43
X ( 3 m) 0:59:35
P ( 10 m) 1:06:49
90
58:00:00 Jill Baker
Andy Ames
Alan Reynolds
Gus Gibbs
Alex Varner
0:55:50
0:55:23
0:49:33
0:49:36
10
50:10:00 Mark McManus
41
Y ( 2 m) 0:52:10
11
12
50:16:00 Diana Fitzpatrick
50:17:00 Darrin Banks
57
49
J ( 15 m) 1:05:15
V ( 5 m) 0:55:17
13
14
15
50:31:00 Bradford Bryon
50:57:00 Cliff Lentz
51:01:00 Galen Burrell
57
50
35
P ( 10 m) 1:00:30
U ( 6 m) 0:56:56
Z ( 1 m) 0:52:01
16
17
18
19
51:17:00
51:20:00
51:38:00
51:45:00
14
V ( 5 m)
75 AA ( 24 m)
28 SCR ( 0 m)
45
W ( 4 m)
20
51:46:00 Jerry Edelbrock
66
G ( 17 m) 1:08:46
21
51:49:00 Thomas Rosen-
49
V ( 5 m) 0:56:49
22
47
24
51:56:00 Wayne Best
Sissel Berntsen51:57:00
Heber
52:16:00 Bob Murphy
25
26
52:26:00 Bradley O'Brien
52:29:00 Kristen McCarthy
Wyatt Miceli
Hans Schmid
Ryan Matz
John Litzenberg III
0:56:17
1:15:20
0:51:38
0:55:44
46
M ( 12 m) 1:09:59
93 58:09:00 Laurie Smith
101 58:38:00 Lisa Trustin
54
59
J ( 15 m) 1:13:08
E ( 19 m) 1:17:37
106 59:04:00 Geoff Vaughan
50
U ( 6 m) 1:05:03
107 59:07:00 Karen Corral
55
H ( 16 m) 1:15:06
111 59:13:00 Jonathan Bretan
113 59:19:00 Nancy Clary
32
51
Z ( 1 m) 1:00:13
L ( 13 m) 1:12:18
114 59:20:00 Lyle Rumon
12
T ( 7 m) 1:06:20
115 59:21:00 Brendan Donohoe 41
116 59:22:00 Beth Freedman
46
Y ( 2 m) 1:01:20
M ( 12 m) 1:11:21
117 59:23:00 Philip Sanderson
47
119 59:26:00 Bud Parer
52
T ( 7 m) 1:06:25
121 59:31:00 Rob Spinosa
George Dom126 59:41:00
brovski
130 59:47:00 Harrison Hobart
44
X ( 3 m) 1:02:30
62
K ( 14 m) 1:13:40
49
V ( 5 m) 1:04:47
W ( 4 m) 0:55:55
136 59:58:00 Steven Stenberg
54
R ( 8 m) 1:07:57
51
L ( 13 m) 1:04:57
62
K ( 14 m) 1:06:15
137 59:59:00 Brian McCurdy
138 1:00:02 Levi Webb
58
33
N ( 11 m) 1:10:59
Z ( 1 m) 1:01:02
53
41
T ( 7 m) 0:59:26
P ( 10 m) 1:02:29
27
28
52:37:00 Stephen Donahue 37
52:43:00 Thomas Taylor
39
Z ( 1 m) 0:53:36
Y ( 2 m) 0:54:43
29
30
52:48:00 Jared Barrilleaux
52:54:00 Wes Thurman
30 SCR ( 0 m) 0:52:47
43
X ( 3 m) 0:55:54
31
52:57:00 Michael Wolford
57
P ( 10 m) 1:02:57
32
33
34
53:00:00 Roy Kissin
53:01:00 John Hudson
53:04:00 George Torgun
58
52
37
N ( 11 m) 1:04:00
T ( 7 m) 1:00:01
Z ( 1 m) 0:54:03
23
W ( 4 m) 1:03:23
140
1:00:06 Kristin von Eschen 49
L ( 13 m) 1:13:06
154
1:00:36 James Morris
65
H ( 16 m) 1:16:35
156
162
1:00:41 Ralph Gonzales
1:00:58 Jennifer Wallen
51
38
U ( 6 m) 1:06:40
R ( 8 m) 1:08:58
163
1:01:01 Nicholas Wilton
54
R ( 8 m) 1:09:01
170
1:01:07 Laila Rezai
39
R ( 8 m) 1:09:07
176
181
1:01:19 Bruce Benter
1:01:26 John McKlveen
55
38
R ( 8 m) 1:09:19
Y ( 2 m) 1:03:25
184
1:01:42 Eduardo Vazquez
42
X ( 3 m) 1:04:42
188
189
1:01:48 Jim Grant
1:01:53 Dave Covey
46
54
W ( 4 m) 1:05:47
R ( 8 m) 1:09:53
190
36
35
53:05:00 Michael Broom
37
Z ( 1 m) 0:54:05
37
38
39
53:47:00 Greg Nacco
53:54:00 Preston Sitterly
54:02:00 John Lundy
55
67
52
R ( 8 m) 1:01:46
F ( 18 m) 1:11:54
T ( 7 m) 1:01:02
195
1:01:53 Moriah Buckley
Melody-Anne
1:02:22
Schultz
1:02:22 Arthur Beckert
64
R ( 8 m) 1:09:53
AAA ( 25
1:27:21
m)
J ( 15 m) 1:17:22
40
43
54:05:00 Victor Ballesteros
54:20:00 Patricia Shore
45
48
W ( 4 m) 0:58:04
M ( 12 m) 1:06:20
198
1:02:33 Mike Lopez
57
P ( 10 m) 1:12:32
201
1:02:37 Bill Neer
56
Q ( 9 m) 1:11:37
44
54:33:00 Tim Wallen
51
U ( 6 m) 1:00:32
47
55:01:00 Steven Katz
64
J ( 15 m) 1:10:00
206
209
1:02:46 Ron Smith
1:02:53 Fred Huxham
62
52
K ( 14 m) 1:16:45
T ( 7 m) 1:09:52
50
55:24:00 Mark Helmus
61
L ( 13 m) 1:08:24
53
55:31:00 John Lawson
20 SCR ( 0 m) 0:55:31
211
217
1:02:58 Zevan Solomon
1:03:06 Gayle Shimokaji
15
58
W ( 4 m) 1:06:58
F ( 18 m) 1:21:06
194
73
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2015 Dipsea Race Results: Top 35 and Tamalpa Runners (continued)
Place Clock Time
Name
Age Group / Head
247
256
260
Florencia GasconAmyx
1:04:00 Peter Badertscher
1:04:08 Phil Oreste
1:04:12 Michael Locati
265
1:04:21 Bridie Dillon
70
269
1:04:26 Spencer Smead
16
276
1:04:36 Jerry Colletto
74
281
1:04:43 P. Russ Kiernan
77
286
295
308
310
316
322
327
329
1:04:53
1:05:00
1:05:18
1:05:23
1:05:32
1:05:43
1:05:49
1:05:50
50
51
48
65
44
60
41
52
331
1:05:52
338
351
356
1:05:54
1:06:10
1:06:13
364
1:06:24
374
1:06:36
384
1:06:43
393
1:06:56
396
1:06:58
404
1:07:05
405
407
434
438
439
445
446
448
451
453
457
461
462
464
466
469
471
473
1:07:07
1:07:13
1:07:44
1:07:50
1:07:50
1:07:56
1:07:58
1:07:59
1:08:04
1:08:09
1:08:17
1:08:23
1:08:23
1:08:24
1:08:30
1:08:38
1:08:51
1:08:53
233
1:03:31
Bradley Fenner
John Clark
Michelle Wilcox
James Flanigan
Cory Hannaford
Tim Aregger
Kathleen Helmer
Stephen Tracy
Anderson von Eschen
Michael Kloepfer
Annika Levaggi
Duncan Seay
Jonathan de St
Paer
Oscar NesbittSchnadt
Michael Christy
Dimitrios
Sklavopoulos
Lizzy LabeeuwAnderson
Christina TrofferLachman
Belinda Wood
Timothy Fitzpatrick
Bill Talmage
Cheri Nielsen
Scott Schneider
Julian Youngblood
Tim McCarthy
Scott Morgan
Sage Mace
Matt Kennedy
Ken Taylor
Juliet Oreste
Katie Fitzpatrick
Vicki DeMenno
Mary Vidovich
Jeffrey Alpert
Sarah Nesbitt
Lisa Hilbert
Actual
Place Clock Time
1:29:35
477
488
489
490
491
492
493
521
525
1:29:43
527
1:10:52
1:11:00
1:17:18
1:21:23
1:08:31
1:17:42
1:15:48
1:12:49
50
L ( 13 m) 1:16:30
51
48
63
U ( 6 m)
V ( 5 m)
J ( 15 m)
AAA ( 25
m)
X ( 3 m)
AAA ( 25
m)
AAA ( 25
m)
U ( 6 m)
U ( 6 m)
M ( 12 m)
H ( 16 m)
X ( 3 m)
M ( 12 m)
P ( 10 m)
T ( 7 m)
1:09:59
1:09:07
1:19:12
1:29:20
1:07:25
19
R ( 8 m) 1:13:51
61
16
48
L ( 13 m) 1:18:54
Q ( 9 m) 1:15:09
V ( 5 m) 1:11:12
531
532
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
545
546
41
Y ( 2 m) 1:08:24
551
10
N ( 11 m) 1:17:36
52
T ( 7 m) 1:13:43
70
C ( 21 m) 1:27:56
15
P ( 10 m) 1:16:57
56
G ( 17 m) 1:24:04
46
54
70
41
47
56
54
44
15
42
35
15
22
54
51
52
48
53
M ( 12 m)
R ( 8 m)
C ( 21 m)
P ( 10 m)
W ( 4 m)
Q ( 9 m)
R ( 8 m)
X ( 3 m)
P ( 10 m)
X ( 3 m)
Z ( 1 m)
P ( 10 m)
R ( 8 m)
J ( 15 m)
L ( 13 m)
T ( 7 m)
M ( 12 m)
J ( 15 m)
1:19:06
1:15:12
1:28:43
1:17:49
1:11:50
1:16:56
1:15:57
1:10:58
1:18:03
1:11:08
1:09:16
1:18:22
1:16:23
1:23:24
1:21:30
1:15:37
1:20:51
1:23:52
552
555
565
566
567
568
569
570
603
612
613
664
665
669
679
692
693
694
695
696
697
1:09:03
1:09:23
1:09:29
1:09:35
1:09:36
1:09:38
1:09:39
1:10:44
1:11:16
Name
Dave Hannaford
Hazel Wood
Garrett Lawton
Bruce Raabe
Markus Kraemling
Joseph Brody
Matthew Hannigan
Andrew Kallet
Isabella Amyx
Age
Group / Head
Start
Actual
Time
64
J ( 15 m) 1:24:02
64
A ( 23 m) 1:32:22
28 SCR ( 0 m) 1:09:28
49
V ( 5 m) 1:14:35
44
X ( 3 m) 1:12:35
34
Z ( 1 m) 1:10:37
49
V ( 5 m) 1:14:38
59
N ( 11 m) 1:21:44
17
Q ( 9 m) 1:20:15
AAA ( 25
1:11:21 Edda Stickle
73
1:36:20
m)
1:11:44 Julia Mace
18
Q ( 9 m) 1:20:43
1:11:53 Eric Spector
68
E ( 19 m) 1:30:52
1:11:59 Charles Savage
67
F ( 18 m) 1:29:59
1:12:00 Christopher Golec 49
V ( 5 m) 1:16:59
1:12:02 Dario Valeriano
45
W ( 4 m) 1:16:01
1:12:11 Robert Epstein
53
T ( 7 m) 1:19:10
1:12:17 Curtis Robinson
50
U ( 6 m) 1:18:16
1:12:26 John Miekley
55
R ( 8 m) 1:20:26
1:12:37 Brenna Hyland
20
R ( 8 m) 1:20:37
1:12:38 Brian Stillman
54
R ( 8 m) 1:20:38
1:13:06 Robert Knox
69
D ( 20 m) 1:33:05
1:13:13 Carson Forter
29 SCR ( 0 m) 1:13:13
Lawrence Boeck
1:13:25
58
N ( 11 m) 1:24:25
Jr.
1:13:30 Michael Sweeney 60
M ( 12 m) 1:25:30
1:13:43 Todd Stevenot
52
T ( 7 m) 1:20:43
1:14:42 Joann Helmus
57
G ( 17 m) 1:31:42
1:14:45 Steven Patt
66
G ( 17 m) 1:31:45
1:14:52 Dennis Charlton
59
N ( 11 m) 1:25:52
1:14:53 Sarah Hyche
44
N ( 11 m) 1:25:53
1:14:55 Thuy Luu
40
Q ( 9 m) 1:23:55
AAA ( 25
1:14:56 Janet Furman
68
1:39:55
m)
1:24:24 Gregory King
31
Z ( 1 m) 0:58:23
AAA ( 25
1:25:23 Eve Pell
78
1:50:22
m)
AAA ( 25
1:25:46 Roger Gordon
78
1:50:45
m)
1:32:11 Summer Solomon 12
M ( 12 m) 1:17:10
1:32:13 Willem Van Dam
52
T ( 7 m) 1:12:13
Duncan Labeeuw1:32:45
13
U ( 6 m) 1:11:44
Anderson
T.J. Campbell Lu1:33:34
54
J ( 15 m) 1:21:33
cas
1:33:53 Stephen Gray
57
P ( 10 m) 1:16:53
1:34:02 Lulu Barron
13
N ( 11 m) 1:18:02
1:34:05 Jonathan Adams
31
Z ( 1 m) 1:08:05
1:34:08 Tom Hockin
41
Y ( 2 m) 1:09:07
1:34:09 Brian Daly
42
X ( 3 m) 1:10:08
1:34:10 Julie O'Melveny
55
H ( 16 m) 1:23:09
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2015 Dipsea Race Results: Top 35 and Tamalpa Runners (continued)
Place Clock Time
Name
Age
Group / Head
Start
Actual
Time
698
699
700
702
723
724
731
734
1:34:12
1:34:14
1:34:15
1:34:19
1:35:37
1:35:39
1:36:02
1:36:11
Duncan Walsh
Michael Grady
Brian Hill
Nakia Baird
Ziggy Nacco
Daniel Lee
Diane Prater
Bob Cowdrey
15
32
47
40
10
37
52
70
W ( 4 m)
Z ( 1 m)
W ( 4 m)
Y ( 2 m)
N ( 11 m)
Z ( 1 m)
K ( 14 m)
C ( 21 m)
737
1:36:24 Darryl Beardall
78
AAA ( 25 2:01:23
744
748
790
798
811
830
837
876
909
937
942
962
966
967
975
987
1001
1006
1007
1008
1:37:00
1:37:05
1:39:14
1:39:36
1:39:53
1:40:45
1:40:56
1:42:18
1:43:59
1:44:59
1:45:07
1:45:37
1:45:59
1:46:02
1:46:09
1:46:29
1:47:18
1:47:40
1:47:42
1:47:42
32
34
57
10
61
32
53
58
62
49
8
10
56
40
48
47
57
66
43
24
Z ( 1 m)
Z ( 1 m)
P ( 10 m)
N ( 11 m)
L ( 13 m)
Z ( 1 m)
T ( 7 m)
N ( 11 m)
K ( 14 m)
V ( 5 m)
A ( 23 m)
H ( 16 m)
Q ( 9 m)
Y ( 2 m)
M ( 12 m)
W ( 4 m)
G ( 17 m)
G ( 17 m)
X ( 3 m)
R ( 8 m)
Omi Bangdel
John Pfeister
Tom Oprendek
Trevor Islam
John Blecka
Angel Gutierrez
Todd Mikolajczyk
Andy Mathieson
Joaquin Fritz
Jochen Diener
Olivia Skiles
Isabella Gonzales
Tim Amyx
Jon-Paul Momsen
Julie Garrett
Bill Reilly
Karen Jaber
Mike Webb
Todd Spaletto
Holly Martin
1:11:12
1:08:13
1:11:14
1:09:19
1:19:37
1:09:38
1:23:01
1:30:11
1:11:00
1:11:05
1:22:14
1:23:36
1:25:52
1:14:45
1:20:55
1:26:18
1:30:58
1:22:59
1:41:06
1:34:36
1:27:59
1:21:01
1:31:08
1:23:29
1:37:18
1:37:39
1:23:42
1:28:42
Place Clock Time
Name
Age
1242 2:01:13 Ann Charlton
56
1275 2:05:29 Chloe Skiles
7
1297 2:08:00 Keith Buckley
1298 2:08:00 Matisse Buckley
48
8
1009 1:47:46 Carolyn (Lyn)
40
Q ( 9 m) 1:29:45
1311 2:09:19 Dominic Spinetta
77
1010
1033
1037
1071
1120
1122
1129
1154
1178
1185
21
R ( 8 m) 1:28:47
48 M ( 12 m) 1:33:49
46 M ( 12 m) 1:33:51
73 AA ( 24 m) 1:47:10
56
Q ( 9 m) 1:34:40
59
N ( 11 m) 1:36:50
47 M ( 12 m) 1:38:25
14
V ( 5 m) 1:32:49
32
R ( 8 m) 1:37:04
49
L ( 13 m) 1:42:46
1313 2:09:29 Robert Alexander
1337 2:13:15 Samantha Jaber
1338 2:13:16 Steve Jaber
62
16
63
1349 2:14:47 Mervin Giacomini
79
1369 2:18:06 Anitra Seitamo
71
1374 2:19:27 River Underhill
1375 2:19:27 Walter Underhill
10
67
1385 2:24:23 Ray Wilkes
79
10
1387 2:25:03 Mark Miller
63
1:47:47
1:48:49
1:48:52
1:50:10
1:52:40
1:52:50
1:53:25
1:54:49
1:56:04
1:56:46
Nicole Amyx
Kathleen Stranton
Sarah Chao
Erland Jensen
Mark Moore
Gary Lucas
Beth Gonzales
Sidney Leipsic
Allyson Locati
Sarah Leipsic
1187 1:57:00 Christopher
1188 1:57:01 Eric Multhaup
N ( 11 m) 1:41:00
68
E ( 19 m) 1:49:01
1390 2:26:42 Alan Weber
77
1190 1:57:03 David Pinto
64
1227 2:00:01 Rainbow Underhill 42
1232 2:00:15 Judi Shaffer
55
J ( 15 m) 1:45:03
P ( 10 m) 1:43:01
H ( 16 m) 1:49:15
1406 2:34:43 Frederick Flowers
80
1417 2:54:05 Angela Giacomini
52
Group / Head
Start
G ( 17 m)
AAA ( 25
m)
V ( 5 m)
H ( 16 m)
AAA ( 25
m)
K ( 14 m)
Q ( 9 m)
J ( 15 m)
AAA ( 25
m)
AAA ( 25
m)
H ( 16 m)
F ( 18 m)
AAA ( 25
m)
Actual
Time
1:51:13
2:03:29
1:46:00
1:57:00
2:07:19
1:56:29
1:55:14
2:01:15
2:12:47
2:16:05
2:08:26
2:37:27
2:22:22
J ( 15 m) 2:40:02
AAA ( 25
2:24:41
m)
AAA ( 25
2:32:42
m)
K ( 14 m) 2:41:05
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‘Thank you!” to Arch Rival for supporting the MMDR races and
Tamalpa Runners throughout the year
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2015 Marin Memorial Day Races
Men’s winner Phillip Reid & Women’s Winner Alycia Cridebring
(In center back—Race Director Dave Ripp discussing race with Lead Bicyclist Kees Tuinzing)
2015 MMDR: The Race Directors Review
By Dave Ripp
Photos by Pam Wendell and Elmo Shropshire
With the exception of my once again ordering too many medium and large shirts and not enough small and xsmall -- What’s up with all the tiny runners? Are runners shrinking? Everyone trying to be like Hans (Schmid)?
-- after 38 years we seem to be getting this MMDR thing down. Once again everything went very smoothly, we
had good numbers, up a bit from last year, lots of kids in the track races, and, except for some small, annoyed
runners wearing tent-sized shirts, lots of smiling faces.
On the racing front it’s good to know that nice folks do occasionally finish
first, and that’s exactly what happened this year. As always there were lots
of great performances, but the two racing highlights had to be Phil Reid’s
amazing 5th 10K win, in 30:07, and Jan Frisby’s pending American 70-74
10K record of 40:14! The best part of this for me is that they are both great
guys and neither is coached by Alberto Salazar. And I had the pleasure of
presenting Jan, who hails from Colorado, a bonus award of $250 for breaking
one of our crazy-fast 10K age-group records. It says something about the
quality of runners who have raced our 10K over the years that it practically
takes an American record to break one of our age-group records.
The 10K winner on the female side was Alycia Cridebring in a fast 34:28.
(Alycia subsequently ran a 4:19 1500m at the prestigious Portland Track
Festival on June 13th.) In the 5K, Kyle Ravera was first male, in 16:19, and
Elizabeth Hadley lead the women with a 20:55 time.
Notable Tamalpan performances included: Beth Freedman, 3rd 45-49 10K in
39:55; Kathy Johnson, 1st 50-59 5K in 21:03; Melody-Anne Schultz, 1st 7079 5K in 27:29; Alan Reynolds, 2nd 50-54 10K in 35:46; (continued next
page)
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2015 MMDR: The Race Directors Review (continued)
Brian Pilcher, 1st 55-59 10K in 34:14; Jim Myers, 2nd 65-69 10K in 46:20; Len Goldman, 2nd 70-74 10K in 42:16;
Hans Schmid, 1st 75-79 10K in 44:46; Phil Phythian, 1st 80+ 10K in 78:33; Mike Holland, 1st 60-69 5K in 20:16;
and Bernie Hollander, 2nd 70-79 5K in 33:54.
Maybe the most enthusiastic runners this year were a group of a dozen or so girls from Roosevelt Middle School, a
‘high-needs’ school in Oakland. Their girls-only running club, Girls Run Roosevelt (http://www.gofundme.com/
quy26c), was founded this year with the aim
of teaching girls to find their strength through
running. They were all very excited to make
the trip across the Bay to their first real race.
Although initially most of the girls planned to
run the 5K all eventually ended up doing the
10K. As their coach said, “None of the girls
were satisfied with the 5K once they knew
some of their friends were running the 10K.”
With that type of thinking we’ll probably next
see their team at our Headlands 50K.
The Don Ritchie 5K is a fundraiser for pancreatic cancer research at the UCSF Pancreas Center. This year donations to the
Center from Tamalpa and individual runners,
volunteers, and friends of Don totalled over $3600, which means that we have helped raise nearly $32,000 for the
UCSF Center since we started the Don Ritchie 5k six years ago. The MMDR was featured on the back cover of
Spring/Summer 2015 edition of the Pancreas Center News, along with a picture of Don’s granddaughter, Violet,
running the 5K in 2013.
Our volunteers are simply the best. I hear this from runners every year and it is the reason that many have told me
that the MMDR is their favorite race. We have over 50 monitors out on the course, many like Tim and Diana
Fitzpatrick, Brad and Karen Bryon, Russ and Marilyn Kiernan, Tim Amyx and Florencia Gascon-Amyx, Rob
Flatland, Dave Covey, and Dick Cordone, to name just a few, are out there every year. Problems with frustrated
drivers are probably inevitable, but having such experienced people at the same locations year after year greatly
mitigates any difficulties.
(continued next page)
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2015 MMDR: The Race Directors Review (continued)
Lillie O’Reilly could write The Book on race day registration. Probably wouldn’t make a bestseller list, but
would definitely be authoritative because no race has a more efficient registration area than the MMDR. Volunteers like Mark Miller, Jay Wigger, Hazel Wood, Jo Anne
Kamber, Judi Shaffer, Susan Garnett, Ray Wilkes, Heidi and
Horst Meyer, Anne Hardham, Bridie Dillon, and others generously donate their time year after year to help make this
happen.
Special thanks, as always, goes to our volunteer captains:
Lillie, Ken Grebenstein, Ana Levaggi, Kathy Herzog, Ed and
Karen Corral, Earl Downing, Frank Ruona, and Joaquin Fritz.
In addition to her cleanup duties Karen also took on the roll of
check-in coordinator this year. Ken stepped up to assume
the critical role of course captain and somehow achieved the
impossible -- he and his course monitors managed to get all
the runners through the construction zone detour on Magnolia Ave. without my hearing a single complaint from a runner.
And we all know how whiny runners can be... Unbelievable!
For this remarkable achievement Ken receives the coveted
MVV award for this year (Most Valuable Volunteer). For the
record, Pam Wendell was MVV runner up this year for all the
hours she spent on her race photos, meticulously selecting
only the most fetching shots of all of us (or the least disturbing in some cases…). If you haven’t already done so, please
check out Pam’s photos, which are free for download on the
MMDR website at www.marinraces.com or on Facebook.
Special thanks also to Kees Tuinzing, Dave Pinto, Jim Morris, Jason Jacobson, Mary and Mark Churchill,
Kevin Runon, Mark Stevens, Pam Wendell, Janet Bowman, Bill Katz, Shirley Dahl, Liz
Shortino, and Art Marthinsen, for the long hours they put in this year and every year. And thank you very
much to the many volunteers that I have neglected to mention for donating their time and talents to make
MMDR a safe, well organized, and fun event again this year. Our volunteers are what make our event special.
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By Tim and Diana Fitzpatrick
Tamalpan Dave Mackey, a former course record holder of the Tamalpa Headlands 50K and current course
record holder of both the Quad Dipsea and the Miwok 100K, was involved in a serious trail running accident
on May 23rd. Dave was running one of his usual weekend runs up Bear Peak near Boulder, Colorado
when his foot slipped on a rock. To stop his fall, he grabbed onto the rock which broke loose and tumbled
down the slope with him. The rock, which was estimated to weigh three hundred pounds, ended up on his
lower leg where he was pinned until hikers heard him calling for help. There was an extensive rescue operation to get him safely down the mountain that lasted over four hours and involved over two dozen paramedics and others.
Dave spent three weeks in the hospital and has undergone seven surgeries so far with more to come. He is
now back at his home in Boulder with his wife, Ellen, and their two kids Ava (7) and Connor (5). Dave feels
mostly grateful to be home and to have gotten the support and love of his family and so many friends
throughout this ordeal. To help him and his family with the many medical and other expenses they will incur that won’t be covered by insurance, Dave’s friends have set up an online donation at You Care/Dave
Mackey. Any support is greatly appreciated. Dave is a physicians assistant but it will be awhile before he
will be able to return to work. Dave is an amazing person and ambassador to our sport and a great friend to
so many Tamalpans.
http://www.youcaring.com/dave-mackey-372113
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Volunteers Needed
This year’s Tamalpa Headlands 50K
is the USATF Trail 50K Championship race. The race will be on Saturday, August 29th, 2015. The race directors, Tim and Diana Fitzpatrick,
are looking for aid station volunteers, sweeps, course monitors, set
up and clean up crew, parking, and
help at the finish line. Please come
out and help Tamalpa put on this nationally recognized event on August
29th. Contact Diana Fitzpatrick at
dianafitz11@gmail.com to volunteer.
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2015 PA Ultra Running Grand Prix Schedule
DATE EVENT/DISTANCE
LOCATION
Jul. 18 Tahoe Rim Trail 100M*
Spooner Lk SP
Aug. 8 Skyline 50K
Castro Valley
SUR
trail
trail
Aug. 29 Tamalpa Headlands 50K* (USATF Muir Beach
National Championship)
[runners must be USATF members
to qualify for prize purse]
trail
Sept. 12 PCTR Headlands 100M
Rodeo Beach
trail
Oct. 10 Dick Collins Firetrails 50M
Castro Valley
trail
Nov. 7 Rio Del Lago 100M**
- Email bill.dodson@yahoo.com
for coupon code
Beal’s Point
trail
PTS RACE DIRECTOR/INFO
3.3 George Ruiz - trt-rd@att.net
www.tahoemtnmilers.org
1 Adam Ray - skyline50k@gmail.com
www.skyline50k.com
1 Tim & Diana Fitzpatrick rd@headlands50k.com
www.headlands50k.com
3.3 John Brooks events@pctrailruns.com
www.pctrailruns.com
1.6 Julie Fingar Julie@norcalultras.com
916/765-6021
www.firetrails50.com
3.3 Julie Fingar Julie@norcalultras.com
916/765-6021 http://
www.rio100mile.com
* no entry discount for defending Grand Prix champions
** $25 entry discount for defending GP champions
Tamalpa June Track Meet, Tuesday, June 30, 2015- 6:30 PM. San Rafael High School Track, 185 Mission Avenue, San Rafael, California 94901 Warm-ups start at 6PM, First event, the One Mile, starts at 6:30 PM. Free to all
participants, but you must sign a waiver. Race Schedule- 1 Mile; the 400M; the 800M; the 200M; the 100M, and
the 2-Mile & 5K. Contact-Frank Ruona, fdruona@comcast.net, (415) 760-8992. Volunteers are needed and will be
welcomed.
PA Grand Prix Racing for 2015 continues on 6/27/15, 7/4/15 & 8/22/15- Tamalpa team racing on the PAUSATF
Road Racing, Cross Country & Ultra Grand Prix Circuits started on 2/7/15 and continues until 12/19/15. Tamalpa
makes an effort to field scoring teams in these races whenever possible. The next Ultra Grand Prix race of 2015 is
the Western States 100M on 6/27/15 and the next Road Racing Grand Prix race for 2015 will be the Freedom Fest
5K on 7/4/15. The first Cross Country Grand Prix race will be the will be the Santa Cruz XC on August 22, 2015
and the second race will be the Empire Open in Santa Rosa on 8/29/15. The subsequent race on the Ultra Grand
Prix will be the Tahoe Rim Trail 100M on 7/18/15 and the subsequent race on the Road Racing Grand Prix will be
the Miracle Mile on 7/12/15. We had a Good Racing Season in 2014, let’s do it again in 2015. We need to do our
best to have Tamalpa Scoring teams at all of these races! In order to score for your Tamalpa racing team, you
need to have a 2015 USATF card. You can check at http://www.pausatf.org/data/members.php?club=100 to see if
your USATF card is current. If you do not have a current USATF card sign up for your 2015 USATF card at http://
www.pausatf.org/data/PAAppOnline.html. Make sure you list Tamalpa, Club #100 as your Club. It is easy to miss
the Club designation when you sign up for your USATF card. Look for the Club Designation on the RIGHT side of
the screen Make sure you have your 2015 USATF card and get out and race for your Tamalpa racing team. Make
sure you wear a Tamalpa uniform top in all PA races.
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2015 PA/USATF ROAD RACE GRAND PRIX SCHEDULE
Date
Race
Location
Points
Scoring Team
Divisions Scoring
Series
7/4/2015
Freedom Fest 5K
Morgan Hill
1
All
Yes
Short
San Rafael
Weott
1
1.5
All
All
Yes
Yes
Short
Long
11/8/2015 Clarksburg Country Run Half Marathon Clarksburg
1.5
All
Yes
Long
12/6/2015 California International MarathonÂ
12/19/2015 Christmas Relays
2
1
All
All
Yes
Only
Long
None
7/12/2015 Miracle Mile
10/18/2015 Humboldt Redwoods Half Marathon
Sacramento
San Francisco
2015 PA Cross Country Schedule
2015 TCRS Schedule
TCRS Date
Day
Time
Sat
8/22
Santa Cruz
Sat
8/29
Santa Rosa - Empire
Sun 9/13
Golden Gate Park
Sat
Garin Park
9/26
Sat 10/03
Presidio
Sat 10/10
Folsom - Willow Hills
Sat 10/24
Martinez - Aggies Shoreline
Sun 11/01
China Camp - Tamalpa Challenge
Sat 11/15
Sacramento - Ancil Hoffman Park
Sun 11/22
Golden Gate Park Championship
Location
6:30 PM McInnis Park Golf/Run
Length
Race Information
6
17-Jul
Friday
3.3 miles
Show Race Details
7
16-Aug
Sun
9:00A
Hamilton Marsh
4 miles
Show Race Details
8
20-Sep
Sun
9:00A
TBD
No race details yet.
9
18-Oct
Sun
9:00A
King Mountain
No race details yet.
10
8-Nov
Sun
9:00A
Redwood High
No race details yet.
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DIRECTORY
Committees
 Membership: Lillie O’Reilly, membership@tamalparunners.org
 Communications: Kathy Johnson,
kathy@consortpartners.com
 Clothing: Liz Shortino eshortino@comcast.net and Kathleen
Helmer krhelmer@sbcglobal.net
 TCRS: Phil Oreste, tcrs@tamalparunners.org
 TCRS Results: Tom O’Reilly, o_reilly@sbcglobal.net
 Track Meets: Frank Ruona, fdruona@comcast.net
 San Rafael Track Workout (Tuesday): Frank Ruona,
fdruona@comcast.net
 Novato Track Workout (Saturday): Ed Corral,
president@tamalparunners.org
 Kentfield Track Workout (Thursday): Kees Tuinzing,
coachkeest@yahoo.com
 USATF: Frank Ruona, fdruona@comcast.net
Racing Teams
 Overall Captain: Frank Ruona, fdruona@comcast.net
 Women’s Open: Justine Owen, justineosaur@gmail.com and
Michelle Spinosa mmspinosa@gmail.com
 Women’s Masters: Patti Shore, patriciadianeshore@gmail.com and Beth Freedman, cuddfree@pacbell.net
 Women’s Seniors: Liz Shortino eshortino@comcast.net and
Sue Kreusch eshortino@comcast.net
 Women’s Super Seniors: Shirley Dahl, shirldahl@gmail.com
 Women’s Veterans: Susan Garnett, ssgarnett@msn.com
 Men’s Open & Master’s: Vacant
 Men’s Seniors: Alan Reynolds tidalyoga@gmail.com and Tim Wallen
djtw2000@yahoo.com
 Men’s Super Seniors: Frank Ruona, fdruona@comcast.net
 Men’s Veterans: Hans Schmid, schmidhans@att.net
 Ultra Runners: Florencia Amyx, gasconflorencia@gmail.com, John Catts
johncatts@earthlink.net, Tim Fitzpatrick,
fitzpa@comcast.net
 Cross country: Frank Ruona,
fdruona@comcast.net
Please renew before your membership expires,
we’d like you to stay with us!
Membership expirations in July: Marx Cazenave,
Kristi Evans, Colin Gardiner, Justinia Gardiner, Tom
Guldman, Don Lindsey, John Lundy, Jim Myers,
Jack O'Neill, Jennifer O'Reilly, Elizabeth O'Reilly,
Spencer O'Reilly, Eve Pell, Kevin Skiles, Matt
Spinetta, Michelle Spinosa, Rob Spinosa, Christina
Troffer Lachman, Andie von Eschen, Kristin von Eschen, Jay Wigger, James Williams, Hazel Wood,
Jeff Dean, Sean Crawford, Jon Schroeder, Olivia
Skiles, Chloe Skiles, Matt Susko, Rory Bosio, and
Clarissa Bush.
First Class Mail
U.S. Postage Paid
Novato, CA
Permit No. 94
PO Box 4132
San Rafael, CA
94913
Mark Your Calendar
Next TCRS:
Friday, July 17th,
McInnis Park
Golf & Run Duathlon
Golf @ 4PM
Run @ 6:30PM
Dinner to follow
San Rafael, CA