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Run for the Door 5K Race Report
By James Moreland
Sterling, VA
September 19, 2010
For the Washington Running Report
The Run for the Door has had some really fast runners in its first two years. After looking around the field young JJ Lapointe, 15, did not see anybody so special. So when after the long pause and the bellowed G-O word he bolted from the gate for a quick lead. A more sanguine runner, Jean Christophe Arcaz (left), who will turn fifty in January, decided to let him go. After the race, which he won handily in 17:42, he agreed, "Yes, he started out too quick." Lapointe gave up the lead before the mile but to his credit, he held on to second place with a solid and for him Ranked runner time of 18:21.
Third place went to a man who has been racing for more than 45 years. He was winning trophies at races that would someday be part of the yet to be formed DC Roadrunners Club. Jason Page, 65, of Hamilton, VA (below) always starts out quickly but he knows how to pace as well. After the race, he said, "I knew the race distance was accurate because all my miles were 6:20." In the first mile he watched as runners in front of him could not hold their pace and he moved forward. At the end of the race he noted, "I thought I was fourth but third is even better." And indeed it was. Does he not know that the overall spots are supposed to be for the younger runners?
Persons (left) finished with 7:02 pace. Leonard was close behind in 22:03. Ten seconds later Crsytal Zancig, 28, grabbed the third spot. Masters runner Karen Young has already run more than a hundred races so far this year and it virtually certain to have them be at least 50 5Ks. She gunned after Kimberly Barnes on the final corner, coming up four seconds short in 22:36 to take the top masters spot.
If you only spot Bob Gurtler, 75, of the Plains, VA at only one race during any given weekend, it just means you did not try. Gurtler already had his 50 5Ks and more than a hundred race finishes. He also ran the Run! Geek! Run! 8K Saturday and the later that afternoon ran "just a little race" another 5K.
After the race, there was lots of food and drink. The drinks, Gatorade and bottled water, were well iced. The day was barely still summer but cold drinks are great after any race. Sure there were bananas and bagels but we earned some of those donuts as well. The awards went three deep in ten years age groups wish is nice for a race this size. Parking was very plentiful and the race course is just off the main drag, Leesburg Pike. There is plenty of room for this race to grow. The course was well-marked and the marshals fully prepared to direct the runners on a course that seems to loop around a bit but is really very easy to follow.
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Time
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1 168 Kristy Persons 35 Potomac Falls VA 21:50
2 144 Stefanie Leonard 20 Oak Hill VA 22:03
3 138 Crystal Zancig 28 Great Falls VA 22:13
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Time
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1 141 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 49 Rockville MD 17:42
2 148 Jj Lapointe 15 Arlington VA 18:21
3 151 Jason Page 65 Hamilton VA 19:29
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 131 Pamela Gellene 17 Ashburn VA 25:30 25:30 8:13
2 149 Lesley Reed 16 Leesburg VA 25:35 25:32 8:14
3 53 Libby O'Connell 13 Sterling VA 25:41 25:39 8:16
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 19
1 123 Kurt Stegmeier 18 South Riding VA 20:31 20:31 6:37
2 161 Philip Wykowski 15 Manassas VA 21:21 21:19 6:52
3 92 Christian Noonan 15 Potomac Falls VA 22:46 22:45 7:20
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 29
1 173 Kristina Torpey 27 Oak Hill VA 23:47 23:37 7:36
2 49 Ashley Rickman 27 Arlington VA 27:39 27:15 8:46
3 36 Janna Callahan 28 Herndon VA 27:25 27:19 8:48
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 29
1 95 Jonathan Welch 28 Alexandria VA 21:15 21:15 6:51
2 106 Ryan Koppel 25 Potomac Falls VA 21:36 21:35 6:57
3 145 Scott Maxfield 20 Oak Hill VA 22:02 22:01 7:06
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 39
1 126 Kimberly Barnes 30 Leesburg VA 22:32 22:32 7:16
2 120 Julieanne Miller 38 Leesburg VA 22:57 22:54 7:23
3 137 Cori Zancig 31 Great Falls VA 25:35 25:23 8:10
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 39
1 172 Mark Fox 36 Potomac Falls VA 19:56 19:55 6:25
2 78 Israel Parra 36 Centreville VA 23:48 23:46 7:39
3 11 Mike Swierczek 31 Sterling VA 26:04 25:58 8:22
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 49
1 158 Karen Young 42 Boyds MD 22:36 22:35 7:16
2 171 Kathy Frantzen 45 Ashburn VA 23:54 23:53 7:42
3 58 Cathie Shapiro 43 Potomac Falls VA 25:51 25:46 8:18
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 49
1 71 Andrew Street 46 Great Falls VA 19:44 19:40 6:20
2 116 Tom Howard 40 Arlington VA 20:09 20:08 6:29
3 134 Chris Gellene 48 Ashburn VA 21:15 21:15 6:51
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 59
1 21 Heather Ketron 51 Leesburg VA 28:38 28:29 9:10
2 162 Debbie Wykowski 53 Manassas VA 28:59 28:57 9:19
3 128 Lystra Blake 55 Falls Church ` 29:29 29:26 9:29
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 59
1 114 David Pinnick 53 Manassas VA 20:04 20:04 6:28
2 174 James Moreland 58 Gaithersburg MD 21:26 21:26 6:54
3 127 Michael Sundel 50 Falls Church VA 22:04 22:01 7:05
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 69
1 34 Cathy Cox 63 Fairfax VA 34:15 34:05 10:59
2 57 Susan Loizou 62 Sterling VA 42:18 42:06 13:33
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 69
1 67 Larry Evans 64 Reston VA 26:30 26:23 8:30
2 142 Robert Mrak 65 Springfield VA 31:00 30:53 9:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 99
1 28 Robert Gurtler 75 The Plains VA 31:32 31:26 10:07
2 103 Jim Hufford 76 Reston VA 36:22 36:17 11:41
MALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 50 Mark Rickman 30 M Arlington VA 26:43 26:18 8:28
FEMALE FIRST TIME RACER: NET TIME - NET PACE 1 - 99
1 118 Elizabeth Greenidge 38 F Sterling VA 27:29 27:26 8:50