Queen Ka'ahumanu Triathlon Club Half Marathon

Thirty-nine runners spent last Sunday morning participating in the inaugural Queen Ka'ahumanu Triathlon Club's Half Marathon. The race was planned to offer a fun, free event for people who may be training for the Kona Marathon and wanted a long run supported by several aid stations. The event also attracted runners who will be competing in the Kona Half Marathon, but wanted to test their fitness with an earlier run. Full results are at the bottom of this post.

Big Island Running Company supplied one aid station and Cory Foulk supplied another. The race started and finished in Old Airport Park and ran along Alii Drive, so runners were able to pass by each aid station twice. The weather was perfect for a race. We had one downpour when we were waiting for the event to start, but it passed through in about 5 minutes. After that it was cloudy and nice and cool (for Kona, that is).

Hilo Marathon winner Billy Barnett won the race in a time of 1:23:23. Penn Henderson (below) came in second, followed by Michael Hrynevych and Kevin Murar.

In the women's race, Rani Tanimoto (below, third from left) finished first in a time of 1:33:53. Laurie Beers was second and Cecelia Woodbury was third.

One of the funniest moments of the day came when trying to capture a picture of Jon Kunitake running the race. But he had his drafting skills turned on full gear. He really is in the picture below of Cecilia Woodbury, but if you didn't know he was there, you might miss him. I actually have two or three more pictures just like this. I guess he knew what he was doing, since he pulled ahead of Cecilia at some point to finish a minute or so ahead of her.

Here are additional pictures of some of the runners. More photos are here. One of the things you really notice when looking through the pictures is how many people were out running/walking on Alii Drive, but weren't connected with the race! We love all the activity in Kona!


Congratulations to all finishers! This Saturday is the Cinco de Mayo 5K starting from the Hale Halewai on Alii Drive at 8 a.m. And Sunday is the Scholarship Run 5K in Hilo at 7:30 a.m. Come out and run!

Queenktriclub.net Half Marathon results
May 16, 2010
Old Airport Park

1. Billy Barnett 1:23:23
2. Penn Henderson 1:29:10
3. Michael Hrynevych 1:31:41
4. Kevin Murar 1:32:22
5. Jeremy Moore 1:33:46
6. Rani Tanimoto (F) 1:33:53
7. Todd James 1:36:54
8. Kris Kiser 1:38:15
9. Choy Bacor 1:41:51
10. Wilfredo Duran 1:43:24
11. Jason Nixon 1:44:10
12. Rick Rubio 1:45:17
13. Tennessee Ray 1:46:22
14. Dane Decker 1:46:39
15. Randy Wrighthouse 1:47:37
16. Patrick McLain 1:49:45
17. Doug Henbest 1:50:49
18. Laurie Beers (F) 1:51:29
19. Rob Van Geen 1:54:24
20. Jon Kunitake 1:58:44
21. Jeffrey McDaniel 1:59:05
22. Cecilia Woodbury (F) 2:00:03
23. Jennifer McDaniel (F) 2:00:25
24. Susan Nixon (F) 2:01:43
25. Lisa Bryant (F) 2:02:30
26. Anadi Nedomansky (F) 2:03:07
27. Bill Barto 2:04:06
28. Tasha Starr (F) 2:05:04
29. Carl Rossetti 2:06:31
30. Ron Lake 2:06:32
31. Teri Fong (F) 2:08:27
32. Twila Ashley (F) 2:09:56
33. Lava People 2:11:03
34. Robert Puaokalani 2:11:08
35. Ellie Sumic (F) 2:12:40
36. Vanessa Swanson (F) 2:15:23
37. Toni Reynolds (F) 2:20:20
38. Lana Williams (F) 2:30:13
39. Eve Kuhlmann (F) 2:41:30