CIM 2005 A Big Success
The 23rd annual California International Marathon produced slow times up front with the winners crossing in 2:18 and 2:37, but the competition level was high with the lead changing over the last 500 meters for the women and in the last 3 miles for the men. Gabe Jennings back to Sacramento after his second place finish in the Run To Feed The Hungry had to settle again for a second place payday as his long breakaway effort eroded by mile 23. Gabe hung on for a 2:19 finish, which is still not too shabby for one’s “first marathon.”
For the Chips, the Western States team of Mark Lantz and his pacer there Mark Murray were out front for the whole race with Mr. Murray leading Senor Lantz right up to about 100 meters from the finish line. The final order was Lantz then Murray with one second between them and Mark L. turning about a FIVE MINUTE PR to be first Chip across the line. Under 3 hours also was Ed Randolph (2:55, mega PR), Erik Skaden, Jen Pfiefer (3rd in her division) and Jenny Hitchings (3rd in her division and a BIG PR, 10 minutes?), and Dennis Early.
Winning her division with her best marathon time in the last 2-3 years was Chris Iwahashi with a “chip time” of 3:11:48. Pam Goodley had a great finish at 3:33 (PR) and Beth Ware arrived just a bit over 3:42?. Getting her BOSTON QUALIFIER was Cynci Calvin, and keeping their CIM strings intact were Dennis Zilaff, Steve Polansky, Ernie Takahashi and Mike Sullivan.
Another impressive debut was Eileen Yamada at 4:06, but there were MANY other impressive stories of success on a day when the winds were quiet and the skies sunny.
And there were other marathons all over the world on Sunday including Las Vegas with fast times and similarly highly competitive fields. WOW !
Plus many Chips participated via the RELAY option including the team of Luis Alvarez, Virginia Hawes , Mike Grassinger, and Larry White.
Buffalo Bash a GREAT PARTY…
Following in the tradition of holding the club’s annual award and social event the evening of the CIM, CSUS hosted this year’s gala. With wonderful food, and the spirited commentary of MC Mike Grassinger, the program went along most smoothly and all awards were completed and the clean-up done by 9 p.m. Thanks again to our support from Ruedi Egger, the annual party was enjoyed by all.
COMING THIS WEEKEND: Christmas Relays, 4 person teams
The Xmas Relays are one of the really fun events of the Northern California running schedule and they complete the PA-USATF team scoring season. Teams are ideally age and gender based in the typical age groups, and each runner does one loop of Lake Merced (4:46 miles) in the SF area. It is a beautiful course, and it is rolling with all pavement. Linda Hall is helping to coordinate teams, and individuals can participate on mixed gender and mixed age group teams, but those simply cannot count for PA-scoring ! Contact LINDA HALL.
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