February's Recap - Part 1

Well, that New Year's Resolution of posting more frequently on the blog really went out the window... Since it's been a month since we posted anything, I'm going to try to do some brief recaps of the races that have happened since then, but I'm going to split it up into two posts (Part II is available here).

Peaman's Splish-Splash and Super Bowl Shuffle Biathlon

January's Peaman event was appropriately Super Bowl themed, with a 1/2 mile swim and 3.1 mile run.  Karlyn Pipes swam and ran away with the race, taking the overall title in 35:53. Tony Frost was the first male finisher in 36:47.  Full results from the race are available here. 

Super Bowl Sunday Races

Although Peaman's race was a Super Bowl theme, it was held the week before the actual Big Game.  On Super Bowl Sunday, Team Mango hosted their Springtime Triathlon and Jeff and Dana Strang hosted their annual Super Bowl Sunday Half Marathon and Pickup Runs.

Chris Gregory took the overall win in the 1/2 mile swim, 15 mile bike and 6 mile run of the Springtime Tri with a time of 1:28:57. Big Island Running Company's representative John Ferdico finished in 2:04:23. Full results are available at Team Mango's website.

Meanwhile, I took part in the Strang runs.  The half marathon distance run starts from Kua Bay and runs into town to Yoga Hale.  I did this run last year and it's a great way to run a different route - and they have water along the way! Since I'm not quite up to 13 mile distances yet this year, I opted for the 8 mile run from Kaiminani Drive into town.  Thanks to some great running partners (Chitwin, Ali and Jenny), it was a fun morning, with a faster than anticipated time (1:10).  Thanks to Jeff and Dana for hosting this fun run each year! Results are below:

½ marathon
1:32:00 Bree Wee
1:45:00 Lance Mirchell
1:52:25 Kevin Lannen
1:53:30 Stephen Cosgrove
1:57:00 Scott Jewsbury
1:57:05 Kerstin Busse
2:01:12 Susan Smith Nixon
2:02:00 Jeff Strang
2:12:30 Vegard Fyrileiu
2:31:00 Floyd Rhoades
2:33:00 Betsy Solis
2:34:00 Johno Perea
2:37:00 John Kaiwi
2:47:00 Pete Ballerini
2:55:00 Patty Ferrington on a route of her own

8 miles
1:06:00 Kevin Graham
1:06:00 Rebekah Lussiaa
1:06:00 George Collins
1:10:00 Melissa Braswell
1:10:00 Chitwin Santun
1:11:00 Ali Steiner
1:12:00 Cassidy Landes
1:12:30 Katie Rice
1:13:30 Jenny Payne
1:14:00 Karen Harris
1:17:00 Grete Brantenborg
1:22:00 Esther Lehmann
1:22:00 Terry Field

6.2 miles
:51:00 Chris White
:51:00 Kevin Geiger
:51:00 Charles Hailey
:57:30 Shea Cochran
1:06:00 Jim Tucker
1:10:00 Melissa John
1:12:00 Pay Sackniess
1:12:30 John Mothershead
1:12:30 Leanne Lowden
1:15:00 Ryan Nuckols
1:17:00 Todd Weinmann

4mi (from Across the Ocean)
1:25:00 Stevie Strang
1:25:00 Cindy Schafer
1:25:00 Doris the Dog

Team Mango's Monster and Mini-Monster Triathlons

The following weekend was Team Mango's Monster and Mini-Monster Triathlons.  These have become a really popular event for people who want to train at longer distances. The Mini-Monster covers a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run.  The Monster doubles those distances (covering the same amount of miles on much of the same course as the Ironman triathlon).  And as is typical, there were all kinds of relays, crazy distances and course records.  Full results are available here. 

This year, Sylvia Ravaglia captured the overall Monster distance title with a time of 12:02:10, setting a new course record and women's course record.  Cycle Station's John Howerton took second and first male in 12:21:30. First place in the Mini-Monster went to Cory McCord, racing for Dr. Monica Scheel Dermatology.  Ellyn Brown of Anchorage, Alaska was the first female Mini-Monster finisher.  

I was able to capture some shots of the athletes at the aid station behind Target on the run course, so here are some of those shots.

Shirley Pratt motoring by the aid station.

Linda Hallinger hard at work keeping the athletes hydrated.

Smiling face.

Picture of determination

Thanks to Team Mango and all the volunteers who work so hard to make these training events possible. 

Part II will have updates from last weekend's Valentine's Day races and yesterday's Team Mango triathlon.