Wendy does her first 100 miler!

After many years of wanting to do the big one,  Wendy did her first 100 miler at the San Diego 100 in 25 hours, 48 minutes.  What a great time!  Congratulations Wendy!!!  Xander ran part of the course as a pacer to help out.  Congratulations to Todd who also ran the race and helped train Wendy.

San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon

Congratulations to Kristen (4:51) who ran the San Diego Marathon and Patia who did the Half Marathon (1:55)!  Patia did the Mt. Wilson trail run the week before with Dawn.

Beaumont 10K

Congratulations to Andrea and Brian for competing in the Beaumont 10K on Saturday. Andrea got 2nd female finisher with a time of 49:41 11th overall and I got 43:55 7th overall.

Running the Ridge by Veronica

Jester Marathon Relays

Carol, Joe and Leon drove down to Temecula and joined Steve and the Temecula Trotters in the Jester Marathon Relay. The Ridge Runners were well represented. Joe and Carol won the event with a 2.57 marathon (Joe 20/Carol 6). Leon, Steve and Dan took 2nd with a 3.11 (Leon 12/Steve 10/Dan 4).

The hosts, Eric and Noni (ultra running legends) were great. The format was really fun. It consisted of a 2 mile loop. The only rule is that a team member must run at least 2 laps (4 miles total). The rest is up to you. The 26 miles can then be broken up however a team wants (as you can see from our two examples). It was low key and non-competitive, but a ton of fun.

We will try to do one of these locally so the Ridge Runners can experience this fun format.

San Bernadino Mud Run

Andrea and Brian did the San Bernardino Mud run 5k last saturday and did really well. Andrea was the first female to finish the race and got 21st overall (31:55).  Brian finished 9th overall and first in his age group (29:53).   It was a good warm up run for Camp Pendleton Mud Run next month.

Grand Canyon R2R2R

Xander, Joe, Ulrich and Ken completed the rim to rim to rim run at the Grand Canyon.  The run started at the South rim at the Bright Angel trail at 4:30 in the morning and 32 degrees at the top.  We crossed the Colorado river and went up the North Kaibab trail up to the North rim.  We returned back to the Colorado river with the temperature around 90 degrees at the bottom.  We got back in the evening to the South Rim up the South Kaibab trail.  The run was about 46 miles and took about 16-17 hours.

Pride of the Foothills 5K

We had the overall male (Joe 16:18) and female (Marianne 21:10) winners!!!

We had at least 34 runners compete earning 19 awards and at least 13 personal bests. Congrats to all!

Name        Time    Place               Personal Best!
Joe           16.18  1st Overall!
Andrew    19.40  Yes!
Ken          19.45  1st Age Group  Yes!
Leon         19.52  2nd Age Group
Scot          19.58  3rd Age Group Yes!
Enrique      20.08                           Yes!
Tim S.       20.46  3rd Age Group
Wolf          21.02                           Yes!
Marianne   21.10  1st Overall!
Bert           21.16 1st Age Group
Tim G.       21.47
Ed             22.00                           Yes!
Amber       22.12  1st Age Group
Wendy      22.32  1st Age Group   Yes!
Alison        22.44  2nd Age Group  Yes!
Carol         22.45  1st Age Group
Sarah         22.58 2nd Age Group
Sarah B.    23.10 1st Age Group
Stephanie   23.37 3rd Age Group
Patia          23.43  3rd Age Group
Mariela      24.04  2nd Age Group
Dawn        24.08
Erick         24.50
Paul          25.51 2nd Age Group
Valerie      26.32                           Yes!
Thomas    26.29
Alejandra  26.35                          Yes!
Kim         26.45Yes!
Richard    26.59 2nd Age Group  Yes!
Sue          27.10 2nd Age Group
Ron         27.20
Kristen    29.58
Veronica 30.11
Victor     30.17                            Yes!

Congratulations to Chris for running his first 50K!

PCTR 50k was awesome!! Alot of diifficult hills, so I had to walk a good portion, but the view from the top made it well worth while. Could see the ocean on one side and endless stretches of mountains on the other. Two thigh deep river crossings made for a fun twist as well (I guess you call it fun) I highly recomend this race. Finished in 6:12. My first ultra and I have to say I'm hooked!

Santa Anita Derby Day 5K

Brian 19.47 PR
Scott 20.04 PR
Enrique 21.26 7th AG
Leon 21.37 8th AG
Andrea 22.10 4th AG, 15th OA
Stephanie 23.56 7th AG
Sue 28.32
Ron: 28.34 (Sue's brother).


There were many great battles. Brian didn't catch Scott until the 2nd mile. Enrique caught Leon at mile 2 and Sue didn't pass her brother until she was on the track!  Good job Ridge Runners!

Running In the Snow

Xander enjoying running in the snow!

Laughlin Half Marathon and 5K

Sue and Leon ran a race in Laughlin, Nevada along the Colorado River. Leon ran a 1.35 half marathon (7.15 pace) for his comeback from injury race and got 4th overall.  Sue ran the 5K and got 4th in her age group.  Good going both of you!

Old Goat 50 Mile Trail Race

Big congratulations to Wendy, Todd and Andrew of the SoCal DayBreakers for completing the Old Goat 50.  It is located in the Trabuco region of the Cleveland National Forest and is one of the hardest 50 milers in the country with 13,000 feet of elevation gain.  Henry was a volunteer for the race.  This was a major step for Wendy in her pursuit to do her first 100 mile race.  She did the race in 11:20, a very good time.

Congratulations LA Marathon Runners

Joe 2.56 BQ
Ken 3.28 BQ
Eric Guzman 3.38
Adrian 3.59
Jose coming off of injury 3.59
Tyler 4.08 debut
Leon pacing Tyler
Patia 4.23 PR
Ed 4.33
Dawn 4.33
Erick 4.48 debut
Veronica 5.23 PR
Barbara 5.30
Richard 5.37
Valerie 5.51 debut

Camp Pendleton Devil Dog Duathlon

This was a 5k run - 30k ride - 5k run in the Mountain bile class


Brian Faber - 2nd place group - 1:42:49
Andrea Almquist - 1st place group - 1:53:43

Good going in placing in a hard and competive race!