A Day at the Races Cross Country 5K
Presented by the Loudoun Therapeutic Riding Foundation
By James Moreland
June 7, 2008
Leesburg, VA
For the Washington Running Report
Karl Lang (22) of Oak Hill, VA breaks the tape in a swift
17:26.
Already in the second year, this cult race has a new course. In
fact, Race Director Marianne Jones has already promised that
there will be a new course again next year. "We have plenty of
trails to make different courses." This year started off the
morning with dense fog but by starting time 8:30 a.m. the
record heat wave had already scorched it all away. Still, more
than 150 runners took the opportunity to follow the one
horsepower, hay guzzling lead "vehicle" through the winding
trails of Morven Park. As the race started, 50-54 winner Myron
Kremer exhorted the young studs to catch that leader. "Come on;
let's see you catch that horse." Then under his breath he
muttered, "Nobody's going to catch that horse." Just like Big
Brown toying with the field and aiming for the Triple Crown,
that horse easily headed the field. Before the race started, runners with spikes were warned
to "Step around the ChampionChip Mats." "Just swing your chip
foot over the mats" before charging up the lead hill. One
runner asked plaintively, "Is this the only hill?" Most of the
others just laughed. After cross country is an experience,
racing over hill and dale. Surprisingly, this year's course,
which did include brief parts of last year's course, was more
hilly-friendly. Last year's course was probably a little
short. This year was closer to a real 5K. The times were slower
as the temperature was about 90 degrees at the start. There
were even mile markers but cross country is more about place
and all about fun.
Early on the younger runners dashed up the opening hill and it
was soon clear that course markings would be important. They
were excellent. Runners were told to keep the orange flags to
their left until they began the return trip. After that the red
flags on their left would guide them home. Through most of the
race the snake-like turns gave runners a chance to see those
far ahead and behind them. In the last mile, they met up with
the mile fun runners frolicking in the wounds. Though the
course did cross a couple tiny streams and had some
equestrian "jumps" to traverse, there was always plenty of room
to maneuver. Circling around did make it somewhat hard to tell
which directions we were racing but the course, even with tall
grass in some spots, was pretty fast for cross country. Gratefully, the last quarter mile returned runners downhill and
a gravel road to the final mowed path and the ChampionChip
mats. There were many young ones in the fun run as well. The
trend has become to bring your children to the races, plenty of
fun, camaraderie, with some but not too much competition.
Though cross country is a young runner's sport. Do not try to
tell that to Pat Welch (63) of Vienna, VA (in photo) or Robert
Gurtler (73) of the Plains, VA. They proudly took home some
hardware. Gurtler has already run 44 races so far this year.
Last year's winner Leslie Lyford of Leesburg, VA is just
fourteen. This year she finished third in 25:03. Last year
Mary Kirk Cunningham of Leesburg, VA finished in seventh by a
second. This year she roared by runner-up Tina Genay (in photo)
in the last hundred meters to triumph in 24:37. For the men,
Karl Lang (22) of Oak Hill, VA had an excellent ride, winning
handily in 17:26. Runner-up Dustin Whitlow (22) of Ashburn, VA
held off Justin Fritzius (23) of Purcellville, VA 17:38 to
17:43. Fritzius had won Leesburg's other cross-country race,
the Freeze Your Gizzard Cross Country 5K, last November. After the race there was water for the heated up runners and
bananas. Using the best technology Capital Running Company had
already posted the full results on the web site barely an hour
after the race had started. The awards, 2 deep in 5-year age
groups, were nicely engraved medallions. The ceremony started
promptly an hour after the start of the race. Parking for the
race, which benefits the Loudoun Therapeutic Riding Foundation
was plentiful in the large open field. The race could easily
mange twice as many finishers. Plan to be there for their third
year and another brand new course!
Below the fun race gets underway.
Awards
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 163 Marykirk Cunningham 42 Leesburg VA 24:37 24:35 7:55 MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Age City Gun T Net T Pace
===== ===== ====================== === ===================== ===== ===== =====
1 131 Karl Lang 22 Oak Hill VA 17:26 17:26 5:37 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 151 Leslie Lyford 14 Leesburg VA 25:03 24:58 8:03
2 169 Bailey Rump 11 Leesburg VA 30:22 30:09 9:43 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 156 Thomas Curtin 14 Leesburg VA 21:51 21:49 7:02
2 137 Cameron Knight 11 Leesburg VA 28:49 28:39 9:14 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 69 Alexandra Hambrick 20 Leesburg VA 32:40 32:14 10:23
2 59 Emily Bowman 23 Orange VA 35:55 35:37 11:28 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 9 Dustin Whitlow 22 Ashburn VA 17:38 17:37 5:40
2 111 Justin Fritzius 23 Purcellville VA 17:43 17:43 5:42 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 66 Meredith Mayner 26 Leesburg VA 32:22 31:58 10:18
2 89 Jessie Miskar 28 Potomac Falls VA 32:46 32:40 10:31 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 127 Daniel Bailey 28 Leesburg VA 22:03 22:02 7:06
2 90 Michael Marshall 29 Potomac Falls VA 22:43 22:37 7:17 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 143 Alison Smith 34 Leesburg VA 26:21 26:17 8:28
2 105 Allison Abbe 32 Leesburg VA 29:00 28:42 9:15 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 108 Cory Schreckengost 34 Winchester VA 27:18 27:10 8:45
2 107 Julian Sanchez 30 Rockville MD 27:30 27:27 8:51 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 125 Tina Genay 37 Winchester VA 24:47 24:45 7:58
2 168 Renee Rump 37 Leesburg VA 30:22 30:09 9:43 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 140 Kevin Knight 39 Leesburg VA 20:59 20:58 6:45
2 109 Raymond Lemp 35 Warrenton VA 24:50 24:26 7:52 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 146 Lynn Blycher 44 Leesburg VA 32:15 32:12 10:22
2 147 Juliet Stokes 42 Ashburn VA 33:29 33:24 10:45 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 13 Kevin Lynch 41 Chantilly VA 19:40 19:39 6:20
2 19 Rob Schlegel 40 Clifton VA 23:22 23:21 7:31 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 172 Lisa Forbes 46 Leesburg VA 31:23 31:16 10:04
2 157 Laurie Hurwitz 48 Reston VA 38:09 37:53 12:12 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 142 Jeff Ewing 46 Leesburg VA 24:34 24:31 7:54
2 174 Greg Creech 45 Ashburn VA 31:20 31:01 9:59 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 101 Kathy Lutman 53 Lovettsville VA 33:12 33:09 10:40 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 17 Myron Kremer 51 Winchester VA 23:27 23:26 7:33
2 130 Norm Therrien 50 Ashburn VA 27:40 27:37 8:54 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 10 James Moreland 55 Gaithersburg MD 22:56 22:56 7:23
2 94 Karl-Heinz Overhamm 57 Sterling VA 29:26 29:14 9:25 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 16 Pat Welch 63 Vienna VA 31:03 30:59 9:59 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 149 Doyle Talkington 61 Haymarket VA 29:49 29:46 9:35 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 179 Raeford McKinney 66 Sterling VA 46:17 46:14 14:53 FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99 MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 18 Robert Gurtler 73 The Plains VA 37:06 36:58 11:54 MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 107 Julian Sanchez 30 M Rockville MD 27:30 27:27 8:51 FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 69 Alexandra Hambrick 20 F Leesburg VA 32:40 32:14 10:23
Justin Fritzius (23) of Purcellville, VA is third overall in
17:43.
Full Race Day Results
Race Day Report for 2008
Photo Gallery 2008
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