Event record holder Belay Kassa Teka of Ethiopia (2:34:58 in 2006) intended to run a half marathon today, but when he realized our only competitive event at Carderock was the marathon … and he was already there with his friend Tamrat Debalke … and Alexandria was 25 miles away, and the time was 6:45 AM -- he realized (as Henry Kissinger said) the absence of alternatives clears the mind beautifully.
And beautiful it was to watch his long flowing running style as he cruised in unchallenged to win in 2:39:27, a dozen minutes ahead of Philippe Rolly of France, second in 2:51:21, with Debalke pulling away from Alex Bollfrass to take third place.
Ann B. Abbott won the women's race, ahead of Laine Hardman and Laura Magdeburger.
The Early Bird (6:00 AM) start, usually small and non-competitive, turned into a big event as runners sought to avoid the heat of the day. Donny Karl Walstrom powered to a 3:25:42 win, and Katheryn Royce Newnum led the women in 4:15:30.
Citizens of 20 states and four countries ran the race, including Dr. Ashis Roy, the marathon man of India, the first from his nation to run 100 marathons, today completing his 102nd, wearing #102.
Also finishing was Dana Casanave, the youngest woman to attempt 52 marathons in 52 weeks, running her 15th marathon in a row, wearing #52.
I loved working with Max McCool, Tory Thoet, Rosemary Hoffman, Julie Wadler of Epiphany Productions, all the volunteers at Alexandria Running Festival (see updated results at www.mc-coop.org/arf) , and
our sparkling staff at the 7th Annual Potomac River Run Marathon, including
o volunteer coordinator Subhash Goel of AIMS India Foundation (who kept me cool all day) and his teammates Aliyar Sahib, Jeyakumar Narayanan, Sada Palanisamy, Thennarasu, and the incredible Udaya Kumar, who helped before and after the race -- and ran it in between;
the teams from
o High Cloud Foundation (Kmi -- who did just about everything on race day, including picking up Einstein Bros. bagels in Springfield, bananas at Whole Foods Arlington, and Mario's pizza -- Yemi Oshodi and the team at Lock 10, Lindsey Bailey, Adriana and Matt Anderson, and many others)
o Association for India's Development (Mayank Pande & Arvind Solanki)
o Thiyagarajan and Thennarasan from 5th Pillar
o Pamela Pine from Stop the Silence
o Kevin Dopart, who biked the course and laid out the mile markers
o Seetharaman Nandyal, Ravi Rajaram, and Anand
o Charlie Goedeke of Clermont Foundation
o Richard Amernick and his team from DC Capital Striders at Lock 7 (run their 8K on May 29 -- see www.dccapitalstriders.com)
o George Buckheit and his team from Capital Area Runners at Lock 5 and the turnaround
o A special thanks to George and Rick who served as guardian angels to six runners who needed rides back to Carderock
Our totally-committed superbly-skilled finish line crew
o Josh Caldwell of Mary Payton's Miracle 5K / 8K on June 19 (seehttp://www.marypaytonsmiracle.com/MarylandRace.asp to sign up)
o Liza Recto (who ran Alexandria Running Festival 5K and then drove to Carderock to help)
o James Scarborough (who ran Alexandria HALF MARATHON! and then came to Carderock)
and our incredibly generous sponsors who have been with us since Year One --
o Bob Sweeney and Greater Washington Sports Alliance (www.gwsportsalliance.com -- the greatest sponsor ever!) -- sign up for the 2011 SunTrust National Marathon at www.nationalmarathon.com when registration opens on July 4!
o Max Lockwood and Georgetown Running Company (www.therunningcompany.net ) -- the best place in DC to buy your shoes
o Nick Ruffin and RBC Wealth Management (703-556-9490)
o Mike Sendar and Big Wheel Bikes (www.bigwheelbikes.com )
o Jim Adams and Falls Road Running Store in Baltimore (410-296-5050, www.baltimorerunning.com )
o Alan Levine and Mario's Pizza (703-524-0800) and Doctor Delivery (www.drdelivery.com)
o Whole Foods, 2700 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201 (703-527-6596) (www.wholefoods.com)
o Cabot Cooperative Creamery (www.cabot.coop)
o Honest Tea (www.honesttea.com)
plus our other sponsors:
o Dogtail Technology Solutions (703-934-4655 x308) -- Fix your computer today! (www.dogtailsolutions.com)
o Hammer Gel & HEED (High Energy Electrolyte Drink) (www.hammernutrition.com)
o Ola Loa (www.drinkyourvitamins.com)
o Pirate's Booty (www.piratesbooty.com -- really tasty popped cereal!)
o Salonpas (www.salonpas.com)
o Spira Footwear -- the shoes that led the 2008 Boston Marathon (www.spirafootwear.com)
o Sub4 Sportswear -- Made in the USA | Call 760-994-6684, e-mail CustSvc@sub4usa.com, or click www.sub4usa.com and use coupon code PRRM for 30% off your purchases
See you at our next race!
Thank you, Jay Jacob Wind
7th Annual Potomac River Run Marathon Carderock Recreation Area MD Sunday, May 2, 2010 Bib ## Name G Age City State Time M F Award --- -- -------------------------- - --- ---------------- ------ - - -------- 254 1 Belay Kassa Teka M 28 New York NY 2:39:27 1 M 1 1180 2 Philippe Rolly M 37 McLean VA 2:51:21 2 M 2 1271 3 Tamrat Debalke M 40 Washington DC 3:01:15 3 M 3 59 4 Alex Bollfrass M 26 Washington DC 3:02:09 4 M20-29 1 1158 5 Maurice Pointer M 54 Baltimore MD 3:05:45 5 M50-59 1 63 6 Dmitry Bondarchuk M 25 Bethesda MD 3:10:04 6 M20-29 2 1245 7 Hugh Toland M 29 Fairfax VA 3:11:56 7 M20-29 3 57 8 Jonathan Nikolai Betanoff M 30 Miami FL 3:16:48 8 M30-39 1 214 9 Anthony T. Felitte M 47 Delmar NY 3:19:18 9 M40-49 1 1264 10 Daniel Henry Zielaski M 26 Washington DC 3:26:20 10 1172 11 Jeffrey Radgowski M 41 Washington DC 3:30:47 11 M40-49 2 5 12 Ann B. Abbott F 31 Annandale VA 3:33:59 1 F 1 1275 13 Marcos Antonio Rodriguez M 34 College Park MD 3:38:14 12 M30-39 2 1152 14 Erik Pena M 35 New York NY 3:44:07 13 M30-39 3 112 15 Jaime Castro M 19 Morehead City NC 3:44:14 14 M19&under 1 1265 16 Jason Duelge M 41 Rockville MD 3:45:27 15 M40-49 3 291 17 Laine Hardman F 40 Alexandria VA 3:47:22 2 F 2 853 18 Laura Magdeburger F 42 Lusby MD 3:49:07 3 F 3 1151 19 Bill Pelton M 32 Washington DC 3:54:42 16 162 20 Michael William Creadon M 42 Arlington VA 3:55:33 17 1243 21 James Thoburn M 21 Vienna VA 3:56:19 18 3:36:19 Net time, started 20 minutes late 1140 22 Andrea Emshoff Nelson F 31 Arlington VA 3:56:31 4 F30-39 1 1115 23 Willie Lee Mitchell M 43 Washington DC 3:58:36 19 405 24 Kenneth A. Kent M 58 McLean VA 3:59:19 20 M50-59 2 1153 25 Adam Pivetta M 31 Alexandria VA 4:03:24 21 238 26 Jason Gartsu M 39 Washington DC 4:09:03 22 1194 27 Roger Seeholzer M 54 College Park MD 4:10:55 23 M50-59 3 298 28 Keith Harvey M 61 Edgewater MD 4:11:16 24 M60-69 1 322 29 James Hoffmann M 42 Severna Park MD 4:12:56 25 1253 30 Natalie Gwen Wagner F 25 Washington DC 4:13:18 5 F20-29 1 222 31 Roberto Adrian Fierro M 27 Washington DC 4:13:19 26 895 32 Jimmy Mauger M 31 Fairfax VA 4:13:58 27 556 33 Mark Stephen Littrell M 46 Gaithersburg MD 4:14:42 28 451 34 Udaya Kumar M 35 Manassas VA 4:14:57 29 1258 35 Howard Nial White M 49 Washington DC 4:15:56 30 172 36 Leonard Patrick DiGiulian M 23 Pasadena MD 4:17:00 31 1273 37 Tom Natoli M 55 Alexandria VA 4:17:26 32 1239 38 William Catlett Solley M 33 Falls Church VA 4:18:52 33 213 39 Miriam Cecilia Feild F 21 Lutherville MD 4:19:20 6 F20-29 2 539 40 Sarah Leimer F 37 Stoughton WI 4:19:41 7 F30-39 2 1237 41 Michele Smith-Harden F 46 Norfolk VA 4:19:52 8 F40-49 1 1203 42 Richard J. Shoaff M 37 Williamsburg VA 4:19:55 34 386 43 Sara Kline Mitenbuler F 30 Washington DC 4:21:57 9 F30-39 3 1247 44 Lisa Totten F 44 Warrenton VA 4:22:21 10 F40-49 2 299 45 Douglas L. Hazelgrove M 34 Centreville VA 4:22:31 35 66 46 Jennifer Anne Boutselis F 29 Alexandria VA 4:23:51 11 F20-29 3 311 47 Chris Higginbotham M 41 Alexandria VA 4:23:53 36 335 48 Joseph J. Hutson M 49 Gainesville VA 4:26:07 37 802 49 Heather L. MacMahon F 30 Warrenton VA 4:26:13 12 1274 50 Chrissy Frederick Provett F 34 Charlotte NC 4:30:59 13 225 51 Aaron Nolan Fletcher M 38 Baltimore MD 4:31:21 38 268 52 Emmy Griffin F 23 Chapel Hill NC 4:33:08 14 1154 53 Megan Pivetta F 28 Alexandria VA 4:33:51 15 101 54 Katherine M. Buchanan F 44 Alexandria VA 4:34:03 16 F40-49 3 227 55 Roberto Antonio Galindo M 27 Annandale VA 4:34:57 39 877 56 Nemanja Markovic M 18 Morehead City NC 4:35:11 40 M19&under 2 256 57 Francesca Gorgone F 41 Vienna VA 4:36:15 17 290 58 Kathleen Karnei Hammett F 38 Hollywood MD 4:36:28 18 1139 59 Amritha Nayak F 28 McLean VA 4:37:25 19 252 60 Glenn William Darrow Golding M 48 Gaithersburg MD 4:39:08 41 171 61 Nicole Davol F 27 Arlington VA 4:40:56 20 220 62 Nicholas Fellers M 31 Columbus OH 4:41:19 42 215 63 Mary Elizabeth Felitte F 48 Delmar NY 4:42:35 21 1257 64 Dave Weiss M 61 Corning NY 4:51:11 43 M60-69 2 339 65 Susan Jennings F 48 Bluemont VA 4:53:49 22 1252 66 Didier Vergamini M 50 Herndon VA 4:53:53 44 358 67 J. Julio M 30 Fairfax VA 5:02:14 45 4:37:14 Net time, started 25 minutes late 269 68 Larry E. Grossman M 53 McGaheysville VA 5:02:18 46 348 69 Nicole Johnson F 28 Jacksonville Beach FL 5:03:17 23 201 70 Jamie Elizabeth Eckert F 25 Washington DC 5:06:07 24 975 71 Anne M. McMahon F 50 McGaheysville VA 5:06:12 25 F50-59 1 324 72 MB Holmes F 46 Mays Landing NJ 5:06:14 26 1263 73 Charles Emerson Woodward M 61 Rockingham NC 5:08:24 47 M60-69 3 1238 74 Marvin Solberg M 49 Edgewater MD 5:10:38 48 1149 75 Christopher S. Oliver M 35 Falls Church VA 5:11:13 49 212 76 Cynthia L. Evans F 54 Randallstown MD 5:11:23 27 F50-59 2 262 77 Gilbert Gray M 48 Greenbelt MD 5:13:17 50 407 78 Linda Khoy F 27 Annandale VA 5:19:50 28 143 79 Leonard Clark M 52 Oak Hill VA 5:28:12 51 874 80 Ryan Manning M 25 Round Hill VA 5:28:17 52 996 81 Steve L. Metcalf M 57 Pisgah Forest NC 5:29:26 53 1143 82 Christine Nuyen F 40 Potomac MD 5:34:11 29 714 83 Joseph Lovinsky M 46 Arlington VA 5:47:49 54 337 84 Hiroshi Isahashi M 56 Fairfax VA 6:02:05 55 52 85 Dana Casanave F 29 Leesburg VA 6:03:21 30
7th Annual Potomac River Run Marathon Early Bird Start (6:00 AM) Carderock Recreation Area MD 30 Sunday, May 2, 2010 Bib ## Name G Age City State Time M F Award --- -- -------------------------- - --- ---------------- ------ - - -------- 1256 1 Donny Karl Walstrom M 45 Chisago City MN 3:25:42 1 M 1 1254 2 Blake Walker M 25 Charlottesville VA 3:36:09 2 M 2 294 3 Jeffrey Hart M 46 Eau Claire WI 3:48:54 3 M 3 1262 4 Jeffrey Keith Windland M 44 Ashburn VA 4:02:53 4 M40-49 1 1122 5 Stan Mullins M 45 Athens GA 4:02:56 5 M40-49 2 30 6 Joseph Brunelli Battista M 38 Manassas VA 4:05:58 6 M30-39 1 448 7 Daniel Krieger M 25 Fairfax Station VA 4:08:11 7 M20-29 1 1155 8 David Plummer M 26 Everett MA 4:14:31 8 M20-29 2 1200 9 William Lee Sherman M 50 Ft Walton Beach FL 4:15:20 9 M50-59 1 1142 10 Katheryn Royce Newnum F 31 Fredericksburg VA 4:15:30 1 F 1 433 11 Katie Steffen Kolakowski F 30 Fredericksburg VA 4:23:49 2 F 2 798 12 Alex Lowe F 26 Washington DC 4:27:56 3 F 3 442 13 Nicole Elizabeth Kramer F 30 Arlington VA 4:29:12 4 F30-39 1 6 14 Kristen Aquilino F 23 Oakton VA 4:31:13 5 F20-29 1 1121 15 Ryn Morrison F 45 South Boston VA 4:35:14 6 F40-49 1 992 16 Jan E. Merna F 50 Fairfax VA 4:36:27 7 F50-59 1 998 17 Terry Michel F 51 McLean VA 4:37:27 8 F50-59 2 47 18 Stephen Benvin M 29 Phoenix AZ 4:37:54 10 M20-29 3 229 19 Kyle M. Galle M 21 Charlottesville VA 4:39:06 11 971 20 Laura McLay F 31 Mechanicsville VA 4:40:42 9 F30-39 2 1248 21 David Turner M 45 McLean VA 4:42:08 12 M40-49 3 127 22 Anne Deford Clark F 39 Cary NC 4:42:18 10 F30-39 3 879 23 Tammy Jeanne Massie F 38 Gaithersburg MD 4:44:49 11 1259 24 Mary Willard F 45 Broadlands VA 4:46:54 12 F40-49 2 374 25 David Karp M 52 Bennett CO 4:46:56 13 M50-59 2 154 26 Neisa Condemaita F 35 Washington DC 4:47:59 13 153 27 Thomas Coady M 47 Haines City FL 4:49:37 14 588 28 Donald P. Loren M 58 Alexandria VA 4:53:49 15 M50-59 3 1269 29 Amanda Boston F 30 Alexandria VA 4:55:27 14 1276 30 Elizabeth J. Row F 55 Arlington VA 4:56:08 15 F50-59 3 1267 31 Peter David Pourzand M 36 Reston VA 4:58:30 16 M30-39 2 313 32 Frank F. Hill M 66 Roanoke VA 5:04:17 17 M60-69 1 1255 33 David Wallis M 37 Greensboro NC 5:06:04 18 M30-39 3 1260 34 Carolee Williamson F 33 Washington DC 5:07:39 16 107 35 Janet McPhee Carter F 26 Chevy Chase MD 5:10:34 17 F20-29 2 297 36 Joseph W. Hart M 51 O'Fallon IL 5:13:33 19 1249 37 Vicky Vadlamani F 25 Washington DC 5:15:22 18 F20-29 3 7 38 Andrew Arbuckle M 35 Washington DC 5:17:15 20 274 39 Anne Marie Gwynn F 60 McLean VA 5:19:35 19 F60-69 1 77 40 Garret Brown M 27 Alexandria VA 5:24:51 21 1173 41 Scott Francis Reckefus M 27 Manassas VA 5:31:04 22 1150 42 Stephanie Ouding F 38 Yorktown VA 5:31:55 20 223 43 Brandon Fisher M 29 Arlington VA 5:34:07 23 117 44 Lu Charboneau F 55 North Potomac MD 5:34:10 21 1236 45 Laura Katherine Smith F 28 Washington DC 5:34:29 22 1163 46 Mark Polanski M 28 Gaithersburg MD 5:35:09 24 139 47 Douglas Clark M 38 Cary NC 5:36:22 25 216 48 Samantha M. Felitte F 21 Delmar NY 5:42:36 23 328 49 Christine M. Horne F 27 West Chester PA 5:44:52 24 106 50 David Buffaloe M 38 Springfield VA 5:50:07 26 1170 51 Amanda J. Preble F 46 Centreville VA 5:51:05 25 F40-49 3 82 52 Marina Brown F 44 Herndon VA 5:54:14 26 75 53 Sarah Britz F 27 Laurel MD 5:54:58 27 200 54 Carrie Drummond F 36 Alexandria VA 5:56:26 28 1144 55 Betty O'Dea F 57 St. Louis MO 5:58:00 29 1126 56 Charles J. Muskin M 61 Annapolis MD 6:04:38 27 M60-69 2 1129 57 William Myers M 60 Gambrills MD 6:04:42 28 M60-69 3 1164 58 Kelsey A. Powell F 20 Williamsburg VA 6:07:43 30 304 59 Don Higdon M 68 Severna Park MD 6:11:38 29 507 60 Alexis Layne F 27 Falls Church VA 6:18:29 31 361 61 Gina Junio F 27 Arlington VA 6:18:30 32 102 62 Ashis Roy M 77 New Delhi INDIA 6:37:45 30 M70-79 1 535 63 Leanne Layne F 58 Springfield VA 6:47:50 33 567 64 Lauren C. Lobrano F 33 Alexandria VA 6:47:55 34 542 65 Andrew Lepper M 33 Wake Forest NC 7:03:24 31 211 66 Lynda Entwistle F 51 Lexington NC 7:33:33 35 43 67 Michelle Holden Bentzen F 30 Arlington VA 7:47:05 36 1242 68 Megan R. Tataje F 38 Manassas VA 7:47:07 37
Potomac River Run Half Marathon (6:00 AM start) Carderock Recreation Area MD Sunday, May 2, 2010 Bib ## Name G Age City State Time M F --- -- ------------------------- - --- ---------------- ------ - - 237 1 Rachel Gart F 25 Fairfax Station VA 1:57:00 1 266 2 Julie Greear F 23 Dumfries VA 2:00:50 2 334 3 Elizabeth L. Humphrey F 46 Arlington VA 2:07:05 3 73 4 Robert Douglas Brittain M 52 Wayzata MN 2:08:09 1 364 5 Martie Murphy Kane F 47 Holyoke MA 2:20:22 4 264 6 Chris W. Greear F 44 Dumfries VA 2:21:54 5 960 7 Jason McCaul M 28 Ellicott City MD 2:43:37 2 17 8 Carlos Bachrach M 49 Potomac MD 2:43:39 3 1250 9 Miguel Valero M 46 Potomac MD 2:50:14 4 13 10 Ben Bachrach M 47 Bethesda MD 2:58:18 5 1272 11 David Hayes Harrell M 67 Chevy Chase MD 2:59:37 6 446 12 Thomas Martin Kratzke M 56 Oak Hill VA 3:13:22 7 350 13 Bradford Jordan M 35 Alexandria VA 3:15:58 8 182 14 Missy DiGiulian F 56 Pasadena MD 3:17:11 6 854 15 Kelly Marie Mahoney F 21 Flourtown PA 3:26:27 7 226 16 Elenora Fontaine F 22 Washington DC 3:27:30 8 1277 17 Mike Davis M 40 Alexandria VA 3:46:02 9
Potomac River Run Half Marathon (7:00 AM start) Carderock Recreation Area MD Sunday, May 2, 2010 Bib ## Name G Age City State Time M F --- -- -------------------------- - --- ---------------- ------ - - 981 1 Remus Medley M 40 Baltimore MD 1:28:40 1 1261 2 Alfonza Willis M 38 Fort Belvoir VA 1:30:53 2