Brown Bear Bash and Sunny Sprint

In addition to the Volcano Rain Forest Runs on Saturday, there was also a Peaman event in Kona on Sunday. The Brown Bear Bash and Sunny Sprint was a relatively short 1/3 mile swim, followed by a 3.1 mile run.  A few people including Jason, John Ferdico, Ali Steiner, and Jason Shepard completed both a race on Saturday and the Peaman race on Sunday.  Unfortunately I had to do the timing for the Peaman race otherwise I would have done both as well - I love the ones that have a short swim!

Also, since I was timing and Jason was completing his first Peaman race, we didn't get any pictures.  But thanks to Kawika Singson who got some great water and finish line shots! 

The turnaround buoy. Photo by Kawika Singson

Kristina Sawaya saying hello. Photo by Kawika Singson

Congestion on the turn. Photo by Kawika Singson

Gabriella Hurtado from under the water! Photo by Kawika Singson

As I mentioned above, this race was Jason's first attempt at a Peaman swim/run event.  He's been working on his swim as a way to cross train lately and is definitely improving.  Of course, this event was also Luis De La Torre's return to Peaman races after a long layoff and he crushed the course, taking first place in a time of 24:55.  Marius Acker was second in 25:01 and Vaclav Seifert was third in 27:50.  Jason finished in fourth in 29:09, putting together a 19 minute 5k after his swim. Chris Prater was about thirty seconds behind Jason, followed only 3 seconds later by Mike DeCarli.

Jason at the finish. Photo by Kawika Singson

Chris Prater. Photo by Kawika Singson

Mike DeCarli. Photo by Kawika Singson

First place for the ladies was Rebecca McKee in 30:33. Alexandra Herd was second in 32:27.  Third place was essentially a tie with (mother and daughter?) Tessa and April Peerless crossing the line hand in hand in 34:51.

Winona Chen Photo by Kawika Singson

Cecilia Woodbury Photo by Kawika Singson

The team of Mike DeCarli and Doug Leopold took first place for the relays in 29:59.  Orestes Barrios was first place in the adult "run only" event with a time of 23:00.  In the peawee race, Kaiden Leito took first place in 11:30 after coming back from his summer away.

Full results from the race are available here.

After the race, prizes were raffled off, kids won toys, and the Perpetual Pea was passed along.  This month's recipients were the DeCarli family who make it to nearly every race with the whole family participating in one way or another - whether competing, volunteering, cheering or taking photos.  

Congratulations DeCarlis! Photo by Kawika Singson

The next couple of weeks are a little quieter with no races going on in Kona.  If you're looking for a different type of workout activity up north, though, check out the Pololu Challenge this Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. Details are below.