At the 3M River City Run in Decatur, Alabama, Candace Jacobs set a personal best for 10km enroute to a 5th place overall finish and top female despite unseasonably warm temperatures for early April. Caitlin Morris was 2nd female overall in 39:54. Donald Bowman outlasted the other men's masters with a 35:56 and finish 2nd overall. David O'Keefe set a personal best and rounded out the podium in 3rd place with a time of 35:59.9.
2 Donald Bowman - 35:56.8 5:47/M
3 David O'Keefe - 35:59.9 5:48/M
4 Eric Charette - 36:39.5 5:54/M
5 Candance Jacobs - 36:53.4 5:56/M
8 Greg Reynolds - 37:53.8 6:06/M
9 Sean Allan - 38:06.6 6:08/M
10 Marty Clarke - 38:25.3 6:11/M
14 Jon Elmore - 39:37.4 6:23/M
15 Caitlin Morris - 39:54.0 6:26/M
16 Eric Fritz - 40:00.3 6:26/M
19 Timothy Pitt - 40:51.1 6:35/M
22 Randy McFarland - 42:24.9 6:50/M
27 David Rawlings - 44:34.3 7:11/M
42 Lisa Rawlings - 47:41.4 7:41/M
Erik Debolt ran strong at the GO! St. Louis Half Marathon on Sunday. Amongst some great talent and over 11,500 runners, he posted a 1:25:54 finishing time, earning him 42nd place overall. In the full marathon, Katie Maehlmann posted a 3:35:43 which was a great time in the Sunday heat, earning her 27th female of 1,904 finishers.
Former team member and long time Huntsville resident (now living in Cincinnati) David Riddle ran the MadCity 100km on Saturday and placed 2nd overall with a time of 6:59:12, which should earn David a place on the world 100km championship team, representing the United States when this event is held in the Netherlands this fall. Amazingly, this was David's first 100km! Be sure to check in with his blog for a post race recap. http://riddleruns.blogspot.com/ According to RealEndurance.com, this was the 184th fastest 100km time, ever.