There was a race this summer, on July 14th, that I did and never wrote about- until now.. But this race was one of my favorites as it was different from the rest. Kevin Stankiewicz, the coordinator of the FALSP (Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park) 15k Trail Run and his team put together a great event that might, and I hope it will, grow out to be a much more popular one in the future. The distance was 15k or about 9.3 miles over 3 loops winding on mainly mountain bike/hiking trail around the park's forts (lookouts) and trail system. There was 32 runners who finished but with all the family members around the finish it seemed a lot more.. The early start, heat and challenges a trail will offer didn't deter runners..
Right after the start I took the lead but I meant to run at a conservative pace at least for the first loop. Still, I ended up getting off-course and adding seconds and miles to my total... There were arrows and markings on the course and EVERYONE seemed to find the course but me. I failed to make a sharp right turn onto the narrow single track trail and instead I ran straight down a ridge. While running down I was even telling myself that this is cool, Kevin made this course pretty hard core by making us run on this steep, stairs-like dirt road section. I found myself running into the course again, cutting about 500 meters off the course. Luckily Kevin had suspected that someone might make this mistake and he was waiting on his bike.. He politely asked me to get back where I left off.. So I had to climb back up on the hill that had to be a good 100 meters long and about 30% incline. By then a lot of people had passed that turn so I had to run after the leaders . It wasn't long though until I took the lead again and kept it until the finish. It had gotten really hot by the end of the race that sure made it even more difficult if running on trails 10 miles ain't tough enough.
Good job to all runners who finished it and a big thank you to Kevin who organized the event from start to finish!
Results:
Bib #
|
Age
|
Gender
|
Time
|
First Name
|
Last Name
|
493
|
27
|
M
|
59'05"
|
Daniel
|
Molnar
|
483
|
30
|
M
|
1:09:58
|
Derek
|
Schulte
|
485
|
34
|
M
|
1:11:11
|
Ryan
|
Holen
|
488
|
34
|
M
|
1:16:00
|
Jim
|
Sheldon
|
490
|
32
|
M
|
1:17:30
|
Brian
|
Opp
|
475
|
38
|
M
|
1:19:08
|
Patrick
|
Johnson
|
484
|
30
|
F
|
1:20:48
|
Katie
|
Knoll
|
468
|
47
|
M
|
1:21:03
|
Dave
|
Hagler
|
491
|
34
|
M
|
1:22:46
|
Chase
|
Iron Eyes
|
492
|
60
|
M
|
1:24:24
|
Leon
|
Essler
|
465
|
33
|
F
|
1:25:17
|
Carrie
|
Axt
|
466
|
30
|
M
|
1:25:18
|
David
|
Axt
|
476
|
38
|
F
|
1:25:33
|
Molly
|
Traynor
|
477
|
46
|
F
|
1:26:40
|
Denise
|
Weeks
|
474
|
47
|
M
|
1:26:46
|
Gavin
|
At
|
494
|
25
|
M
|
1:28:14
|
Tim
|
Jahraus
|
482
|
57
|
F
|
1:29:33
|
Judy
|
Myers
|
478
|
41
|
F
|
1:31:09
|
Michelle
|
Reichenberger
|
479
|
34
|
F
|
1:31:52
|
Jocelyn
|
Duffy
|
480
|
35
|
F
|
1:33:20
|
Nicole
|
Hinderer
|
470
|
68
|
M
|
1:35:47
|
Tom
|
Tudor
|
489
|
45
|
F
|
1:36:29
|
Lisa Lee
|
Bjerklie
|
486
|
23
|
F
|
1:38:37
|
Rachel
|
Fearing
|
472
|
56
|
M
|
1:39:49
|
Larry
|
Ressler
|
481
|
44
|
F
|
1:40:11
|
Tania
|
Hellman
|
469
|
48
|
M
|
1:40:13
|
Cameron
|
McCullough
|
471
|
57
|
M
|
1:45:22
|
Tom
|
Swanson
|
467
|
37
|
F
|
1:47:10
|
Jody
|
Olheiser
|
473
|
33
|
F
|
1:49:28
|
Lisa
|
Cagle
|
463
|
31
|
F
|
1:52:37
|
Lisa
|
Kaufman
|
464
|
29
|
F
|
1:52:41
|
Shawna
|
Wing
|
487
|
30
|
M
|
1:58:28
|
T
|
Bailey
|
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