Brea 8K Classic

Master's Team: 1st Place Masters Division!

John 32.40 7th AG
Ken 32.41 8th AG
Leon 33.44 13th AG
Enrique 35.07 18th AG
Bert 35.37 4th AG (Awards were 5 deep!)
Sue 48.49

Open Team: 6th Overall. Just 1 minute out of 3rd!

Joe 27.18 18th OA, 1st AG
Erick 30.57 8th AG
Jose 31.59 9th AG
Brian 33.26 12th AG
Mike 35.50
Andrea 37.36 14th AG
Barbara 49.50
Veronica 50.07



We had a great time at the Brea 8K today. It was 34 degrees when we parked! The race was incredibly competitive and fast. Our teams ran really well.  Congratulations to all.

Palm Springs Half and Ventura Half

Palm Springs results:

Sue 28:29 ( 5K)
Leon 1:33:24 (Half Marathon) - 4th in age group
Bert 1:4014 (Half Marathon) - 1st in age group

Those were great times guys. Good job everyone.

Congrats go to John Martens for a great finish in the Ventura Half Marathon today - John powered through to finish in 1:32:50.

Surf City Half Marathon

Surf City Half Results: Owen 1.29 PR, Steve A. 1.37, Tyler 1.44, Richard Di Bacco 2.18 PR and at the Rose Bowl Half Ed at 1.51 for 2nd Place in his age group. Congratulations to all.

Houston Marathon

Congratulations to Big Mike for completing the Houston Marathon in 3:50 under not so good weather conditions. It was a bit warm 60 degrees at 6 AM and it was very humid and windy. Normally its in the low 40s at start time. Mike ran with the 3.30 pace group up to mile 16 until he started cramping in the hamstrings. He ran/walked the last 10 miles and finished the race.

Glendora Ridge Runners: Fun, Friendly, and (Sometimes) Fast

Glendora Ridge Runners running club provides a fun, comfortable atmosphere for runners of all abilities. Thank you to Hollie Reina for writing an article on the Glendora Ridge Runners. See the glendora.patch.com.

Pomona Half Marathon

Congratulations to Tyler and Thomas for running the Pomona Holiday 1/2 this morning.
Tyler 1:45:13
Thomas 1:46:17

Big Sur Half Marathon

Congratulations to Leon for running the Big Sur Half on Monterey Bay. He hasn't been training that hard coming off an injury and still ran a 1:24 (6th in AG).

Saddleback Marathon

A trail marathon!! Wendy did it in 4:24 good for 4th woman. The course had 5100 feet of elevation gain. Funny thing is her first marathon was Surf city in 2007 and her time was......4:24!! Wendy is finally getting better at those hills.

Long Beach Marathon Celebration

Marathon:
Brian 3.40.36 PR
Andrea 3.42.37 Debut
Tim 4.21.03 Debut
Mary 4.54

Half Marathon:
Enrique 1:31:57

...Congratulations to everybody.

Rebecca at the Twin Cities Marathon

Just wanted to share that running with you, and especially the the track workouts/hill work really helped me prepare for Twin Cities Marathon. But one thing I did lack, was working on tempo runs. I had a great first half, but I started getting knee pain about mile 16/17. I had to walk most of the last miles. I started off too fast, and felt great, not realizing I was going to pay for it later. So lessons learned. Other than that, Twin Cities is very beautiful course to run on. Weather was great (high of 75 at the end), but you do get a lot of shade and cool breezes. There is steady incline after mile 19 to the finish. Everything is well organized, and bus transportation was provided to start line from St. Paul. Free breakfast too on race morning if you stay at Embassy Suites in St. Paul.

Here are a couple of pictures to share. I would definitely recommend this race. Maybe not a PR race, but definitely is one of the most beautiful urban runs. Congratulations Rebecca!!!

Azusa 5K

Azusa 5K Results: Eric (Covina Coach) 17.57, 4ht OA, 1st AG; Enrique 20.01 9th OA, 1st AG, Bert 20.50 1st AG; Tim 21.29 3rd AG; Tyler 21.30 4th AG; Sue 29.04 1st AG. Congrats to all.

Jose sets a Wow PR at the St. George Marathon

The weather was hot this year at St. George. We had a great time and a number of PRs were set. Congratulations to all the Ridgerunners who parcipated in this race.

Jose 2:57 (Wow PR, BQ)
Ken 3:22 (PR, BQ)
Dawn 4:10 (PR)
Dave 4:27
Patia 5:00 (rough last week but hanging tough through 17 miles in the heat and finished)
Eddie came in under 6 as planned with that new knee.

Enrique at the San Dimas 5K

The San Dimas 5K this morning was a blast and I came in second in my age group. My run time was 20:50 and a little bit better than last year's 21:10. Small improvement but every little bit helps... Tyler also took home some hardware but can't remember if it was 1st or 2nd in his age group. Sammy was also there and also took home a medal in his age group. It was funny because he was running 50 yards in front of me but I could not catch him, even in the downhill home stretch.

Sarah 23:15
Wolf 20:31

Wendy's Report on the Chimera 100K

I don't know if anyone remembers but last year in December I did a race called Chimera 100k and it rained so hard that the race was canceled in the middle. I was doing really good, and was so sad we all had to stop. I got 37 miles that day in rain and hail! It was crazy! Well I came back this year! The race was moved to Sept to avoid the rain thing. I was happy to be back to finish my race:) The course was changed some and I planned to run hard this time. I ran HARD, it was great for the first 36 miles!!!! Then I went up Silverado trail at 2pm in the heat and got cramps and dehydrated, at the aid station I was told to sit down and drink, I had to stay awhile. I finally begged them to leave as I was a girl comming up the trail and at the time was in 2nd place!!! Well somehow I pulled it together and stayed ahead of her!!!!

I came in 2nd woman in 16:24 and 6th person overall. I am so excited! I have been working hard at the track to get faster on the flats and downs!! Thanks to Brian and Andrea for helping guide me:)

Cheryl runs AC 100

Check out Cheryl's report on the AC100. Awesome job Cheryl!!!