Houston Marathon

Michael completed the Houston Marathon with a fine time of 3:35 which included hitting the wall and walking some. Good going Mike!

Cheryl ranks 41st in 100-Mile Top Women Finishers 2008

Congratulations to Cheryl who is ranked 41st among all 100 mile women runners in 2008. Even more impressive is that she is 2nd in her age group.

http://www.ultrarunning.com/ultra/reference/finishers/100mile-top-women-finishe.shtml

Turkey Tri

Congratulations to Erick who completed the San Dimas Turkey Tri in a time of 2 hours 4 seconds. He ran the running portion significantly faster this year compared to last year since joining our club.

La Canada 5k

Bert gets 2nd place(21:30 AG) on a hilly La Canada 5K. Well done Bert!

Santa Monica Mountains 30K

Congratulations go to Wendy! She ran the Santa Monica Mountains 30K trail race yesterday, with a great finishing time of 3 hrs 37 mins. She was hoping to break 4 hours, and did it in style. There were 3 significant climbs in the race. The end of the race called for about a 2+ or so miles of generous and well deserved downhill. Wendy began picking off the other runners and I estimate we passed at least 8 to 10 in this time (several of them men, actually most of them men). She finished incredibly strong and we woulda caught two additional female runners if we woulda had about another quarter mile.

Rincon 20 club gets 3 new members

The Rincon 20 miler is one of the more difficult GRR training runs. The elevation net gain is at least 5000 feet and the GPS comes in at 6226 feet. The first 10 miles is a difficult uphill with a 1 mile down hill break at around mile 5. The last few miles of the down hill is in open sun and usually hot.

See http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7151995.

Congratulations to Wendy, Linda and Mike for joining the Rincon 20 club. Other members are Ken, Leon, Xander, Eric and Paul. Thanks to Leon and Paul for driving us back and providing some extra water and energy drinks.

Mission Inn 5K

Bert placed 1st (AG) at the Mission Inn 5K at Riverside for the second year in a row. Nice going!

Cancer Challenge 5K

Bert came in 1st in his AG at the Cancer Challenge 5K in Westwood with a time of 20:40. Go Bert!

Iron Mountain Adventure Run

Xander, Eric and Ken ran, climbed, slid and hiked to the top of Iron Mountain. The 14 mile trail is deceptively difficult and should be done in cool weather with lots of water. It was a little like doing Garcia Trail about 7 times with steeper slopes, loose rock, and cactus in hot weather. More photos are posted in the photo section.

Long Beach Marathon

Linda finished with a new PR of 3:45:50 (Boston Qualifier) and 4th in her age group out of 80 runners. She beat her PR by 22 minutes.

Senior Olympics

Bert got the gold in the 800 meters and silver in the 1500 at the Senior Olympics at UNLV. He will be going to the nationals in August. Good going Bert!

St. George Marathon

Despite the rain and head winds, the ridgerunners ran some great times this weekend with a lot of Boston Qualifiers.

Paul - 3:54:05 (BQ)
Ken - 3:34:55 (BQ)
Leon - 3:15:26 (BQ)
Fasteddie - 3:37:15 (BQ)
DaveP - 4:41:28

San Dimas 5K

9/27/08: The Glendora Ridge Runners took San Dimas by storm.

5 team members placed in their age groups (AG):

1st AG Leon Laub 19.19
3rd AG Mike Cormier 21.59
1st AG, 2nd Overall! Linda 22.57
1st AG Sarah Barron 23.20
1st AG Wendy Barth 25.13

Nick and Nancy (2nd AG) came up from Placentia and Sue and Paul ran, but did not race.

Lois from Classic Coffee served tons of coffee and all had fun!

Other news:

Congrats to Xander who took third overall in the Aqua Run -1/2 mile swim and 3 mile run for a good cause (fight against human trafficking).

Preview of San Dimas 5K

The Glendora Ridge Runners will host a preview of the San Dimas 5K race course on Wednesday, September 24th, at 6.00 PM. The actual race is Saturday, September 27th. We will meet in front of the San Dimas Civic Center located at 201 E. Bonita Ave, San Dimas. Robert Bush, a fellow Ridge Runner, will share with those interested his race strategies and course information and how he has been able to win this race three times! Beginners will run the course once (3.1 miles) and the intermediate and advanced groups will run the course twice with some pick up and tempos thrown in. All runners are welcome to join in. Pizza and cold beverages will be available after (7.00 PM) at the Pizza Place, located at 170 E. Bonita Ave.

Bulldog 25K/50K

Congratulations to Wendy for completing the tough Bulldog 25K/50K Trail Run at Malibu Creek State Park. She ran the 25k (14.9 miles) with a time of 3:11:29 with 4000 ft of elevation gain. Since running with the ridge runners, her pace has improved by over a minute. She is also a two-time Badwater staffer.