Long Beach Half

It was a beautiful morning to run. 57 at the start. Only about 65 at the finish. Clear blue skies. I am so happy with my time and I am very grateful. I was blessed to be able to hold that pace today. I ran the first 10 miles with a 3.05 marathon pace group. I just hung on for dear life until the marathon and half marathon split at 10 miles. Thanks to all you. I couldn't do it without great training partners! See you out there.

Congratulations Leon - great time of 1:32.

Santa Monica 5000 10K

Leon and Bert ran the Santa Monica 5000 10K. Bert won his age group and Leon got second.

Recent Marathons by Ridge Runners

Congratulations to Thomas for finishing the Lake Tahoe Marathon in a time of 4:12. He placed 62 out of 289 and placing 5 in his age group.

Congratulations to John M. and Dave for finishing the St. George Marathon. John's time was 3:27, but he chickened out on the flash mob before the race!

Boot Camp Challenge at the MCRD in San Diego

Results from Boot Camp Challenge

Brian 19:48 - 1st AG
Andrea - 22:15 - 1st AG
Tim - 22:30 7th AG

Congratulations!

Corrida de Corrales 10K in New Mexico

Congratulations to Andrew who was 2nd overall (41.20) and Ken was 6th overall (44.48) and both 1st in AG.

Bonelli Park Triathlon

Congratulations to the finishers in the Bonelli Park Triathlon!!

San Dimas 5K

Group shot from the San Dimas 5K with lots of winner!

Gaia Dennison 21:04 - 1st Place overall (12 yrs old)

Richard Di Bacco 27:30 - 3rd Place Age Group

Dawn Jackson 24:45 - 3rd Place Age Group

Enrique 21:07 - 1st Place Age Group

Tyler Okamoto 21.44 3rd Place Age Group

Amber Dennison 23.12 1st Place Age Group

San Francisco Marathon

Congratulations to Tyler for finishing the San Francisco Marathon (4:30) and his mom Amity in the Wahine Half Marathon.

Angeles Crest 100

Ken does his first 100 miler (32:20)!

Thank you to Xander and Joe for pacing me.

Shadow of the Giants 50K

Barbara, Veronica, Dawn and Evelyn at the Shadow of the Giants 50K. Congratulations to all of you on your first ultra distance up in Yosemite!!!

Palos Verdes 5K

Owen ran in the Palos Verdes 5K, (during the marathon) on the coast cliffs near Long Beach. It was a drizzley rain day, and a hilly course. He came in at 19:22, 5th OA, and PR. Great time Owen!

"Don't Be a Hater of the Tater" Marathon

Congratulations to all the Glendora Ridge Runners who participated in the SoCal DayBreakers sponsored taterthon. A 27 mile event with lots of elevation gain.

Joe and Xander took 1st and 2nd!
Other runners were Jose, Eric, Ken, Wendy, Tarrah, Amber, Evelyn, Dawn, Veronica, Barbara.

Thank you to the DayBreakers for putting on such a fabulous race.

Monrovia Fountain to the Falls

Andrew finished 2nd overall in the inaugural Monrovia Fountain to the Falls race on Saturday in Monrovia. He had a time of 46:01! A few of us ran it on Thursday and it's a very tough 7 mile course. The first half is "all" up hill and much of it fairly steep.

Andrew 46:01 2nd O.A.!

Ed 59:08

Richard D. 1:11:29

We would have all come in 1st in our age group if they had recognized placement by age groups. It was a great day for a race. And we all enjoyed the Monrovia Fire Department's Pancake Breakfast after the race!

Jester Marathon is a Big Hit!

We all had such a great time this morning. Everyone competed well and there was a great sense of camaraderie with everyone cheering each runner or walker in.

A special thanks to Leon and Sue for organizing this great event, I hope we can do it every year.

Thanks to all who brought food and drinks and helped to set up chairs and EZ-ups. Thanks to Tim and John for noting the times of each competitor on each lap - quite an achievement.

Santa Anita 5K

The weather was great and we had a wonderful time!! There was some pretty good times, and Bert placed in his age group!

Brian - 19:55 - 10th AG
Leon - 20:36 - 9th AG
Bert - 21:32 - 3rd AG
Andrea - 21:36 - 6th AG
Ed - 22:13 - 4th AG
Tyler - 22:43 - 16th AG
Tim - 22:43 - 17th AG
Big Mike - 27:00
Sue - 28:32 - 16th AG
Richard - 28:46 - 6th AG
Ron - 29:59 - 58th AG
Amity - 41:58 - 21st AG

Go Ridgerunners!