Thanksgiving Weekend Wrap-Up

There was so much going on over the Thanksgiving weekend that it was hard to keep track of it all. We've tried to compile the highlights and results here for you. We are so thankful for all the great opportunities we have on this island to be active and that so many people came out and took advantage of them!

9th Annual Wobble Gobble

We really enjoy the chance to offer this run on Walua Trail on Thanksgiving morning. This year over 280 people showed up to run either the 6.4 mile, 3.5 mile or 1 mile distance. But the most impressive thing is that they also brought with them 373 pounds of canned goods for the Hawaii Island Food Basket - over 200 pounds more than last year!

Results from the race are available here and more photos are available here.  Here are a couple of our favorites, though:

Hats courtesy of Debbie Braswell

Modeling the winners' hats

Keiki enjoying the run

In the 6.4 mile run, Garrett Prinslow took 1st place in 38:28.  For the ladies it was Rani Henderson taking first place (while pushing her son Cole in a stroller) in 44:18. In the 3.5 mile distance, Brooke Myers once again ran away from the field, finishing first overall for the second year in a row with a time of 23:26 and breaking her own course record in the process. Christopher "Atlas" Smith was second overall and the first male in 24:37.  Finally, for the 1-milers, Lawrence Barrett came in with a screaming time of 5:59 and Kristina Hamilton finished in 8:07 to win for the ladies.

The Wobble Gobble would not be possible without the help of our volunteers, who we are extremely appreciative of: Rich, Jolene and Ryan Mears provided the post-race refreshments; Larry and Laura Kniffin served as traffic control and aid station support; Kyra and Richard Bronson set up an aid station in front of their house; Jolene and Jacob Head and family also set up an aid station in front of their Keauhou Veterinary Clinic; Cary Aurand helped with signouts; Ali Steiner, Kimberly Madsen and John Ferdico assisted with course set-up; Chico helped pass out popsicle sticks and take pictures; Jennifer Stike's sons helped pass out medals to the keiki; and Leonard Torricer provided ice and pre and post-race support. Thanks again to all who came out and participated or volunteered!

6th Annual (Tri)ptophan Turkey Day Triathlon

For the 6th year in a row, Kym and Kris Kiser and their daughters hosted a triathlon on Thanksgiving morning down at the Kailua Pier. 100 people made it out there to race a 1/3 mile swim, 16 mile bike and 2 mile run. Coming in first was Tommy Vonach with a time of 58:26 and Jeni Winegarner was the women's champ in 1:04:48.

Tommy Vonach Photo courtesy of Kiser Motorcycles

Jeni Winegarner Photo courtesy of Kiser Motorcycles

Full results from the race are available here. Thanks to the Kisers for taking the time out of their Thanksgiving Day to host this race!

Post Pigout Peamania

If either of those events weren't enough to work off your turkey, Peaman hosted the Post Pigout Peamania at the Kailua Pier on Sunday morning.  This race was aptly named, as there was definitely mania!  Peaticipants swam 1/4 mile and then ran a 2-mile loop before coming back and doing it all over again. Of course, as with any Peaman race, there were many variations - a shorter Peawee course which could be completed once or twice, relays, swimmers that didn't run and runners that didn't swim!

For some reason, the results didn't appear in the online version of West Hawaii Today, but a picture of the paper results are below (pull out your magnifying glasses)!

Tommy Vonach outran Luis De La Torre on the last run loop to take first place overall in 37:23.  Rani Henderson was first for the ladies in 44:26.  Jim McCleery and his wife, Big Island Running Company employee Maggie, took first place in the full course relay in 46:17, while Becky and David Aegler took first place in the Peawee relay with a time of 29:14.  The Peawee results encompass people who did anything less than the full distance, so includes people who did one loop of the long course or two loops of the short course or anything else.

Ultraman

The Peaman race was missing some of its best volunteers on Sunday - Dene Sturm and Doug Henbest.  That's because Dene was off conquering the longest endurance event on the island and Doug was part of her crew.  The Ultraman World Championships started on Friday morning with a 6.2 mile swim from Kailua Pier to Keauhou Bay.  Immediately after finishing that swim, participants hopped on their bikes for the 90 mile climb to Volcano.  After spending the night in Volcano, on Saturday they rode from Volcano all the way to Hawi (approximately 170 miles).  One more night's sleep and then it was time for the run from Hawi into Kona on Sunday - a double marathon or 52.4 miles.

Dene Sturm and crew at the finish. Photo by Christine DeCarli

In addition to Dene (who finished with a total time of 33:34:34), other local athletes to complete the race this year were Jason Nixon in 32:18:00 and Laurie Beers in 34:15:33.  Congratulations to them and all the other Ultraman finishers. Full results from the race are available here.

7th Annual Wobble & Gobble

We finally woke up from the food coma that was yesterday afternoon to post some pictures and results from the Wobble & Gobble!  Thank you to everyone who came out and participated in the race yesterday and donated canned goods to the Hawaii Island Food Basket.  We collected a bunch of food and will make sure to post the final total when we calculate it.

Food collection

Also, huge mahalos to our volunteers who helped out yesterday, especially Jolene, Rich and Ryan Mears and their whole ohana.  They provided the post-race refreshments, helped with the kids' medals and pretty much were rock stars during the whole race and for an hour afterwards.

Post-race spread

Some other special volunteers to thank were Ryan and Erica Speegle (who flew in from Alabama just to help at the Wobble & Gobble), Eddie O, Rose, Edward, Katrina and Skye (who helped out with the pre-race set up, food collection and photography - until my camera ran out of batteries), Linda Goeth (who bypassed her run so she could help out), Adrienne Pipes (who I never actually saw, but who guarded the Sunset intersection and didn't let any gobblers become roadkill), Papa Pea (who came through on my last-minute plea for a water cooler) and everyone else who pitched in during the morning.

Linda and Erica at the finish line

This race just keeps growing! This year we were up 60 gobblers from last year, with 285 participants running one of the three distances on Walua Trail (1-mile, 3.5 mile and 6.4 mile). Thank you to the Walua Trail residents who put up with the intrusion on Thanksgiving morning. So many families came out to start their Thanksgiving Day together and the number of kids was also impressive!  Here's a group of keiki before the start:

Jason started the race off with some announcements and then everyone gathered at the start.

 And they were off:

 Some of the first finishers:

Jon Kunitake

Silas Wiley

And ... then the camera died.  Sorry about that everyone else!  In the 1-mile run, Toby Olney broke his own course record with a 5:39 mile.  He was followed in second by Jon Kunitake.  In third was Silas Wiley with a time of 7:23, also breaking his keiki course record that he set last year. For the ladies, Jackie Payne finished first in 8:16, followed by Naomi Heuer (8:23) and Julia Smith (8:25).

In the 3.5 mile run, Cody Thompson raced to first with a time of 21:06, followed by Blake Hill in 23:54 and Christopher Smith in 24:39.  Belinda Herd took first for the women with a time of 27:27.

For the 6.4 mile distance, Jon Jokiel surged ahead with a time of 42:18, followed by Allin Franco in 45:21 and Dan Gampon in 45:51.  Maggie Newman took the four-legged crown with a speedy time of 48:24.  Zoe Sims' 54:24 took first place, with Dar Kmeat in second at 55:04 and Megan Livingston in third with a time of 56:55.

Full results are below and are also available at bigislandrunningcompany.com. Thank you again to everyone who helped make this another great event. We truly appreciate all the support we receive from the community and are happy to be a part of it!

 

6.4 Mile Run
Records
Men	Jesse Thomas	36:05 (2009)
Women	Erica Braswell	40:58 (2009)
1	Jon Jokiel	0:42:18
2	Allin Franco	0:45:21
3	Dan Gampon	0:45:51
4	Brad Parker	0:46:32
5	John Hagerty	0:47:01
6	Daniel Hodel	0:47:49
7	Maggie Newman (dog)	0:48:24
8	Robin Arellano	0:49:47
9	Zach Wigzell	0:50:23
10	Chico Orestes	0:50:48
11	Luke Roberts	0:53:11
12	Mark Curry	0:53:24
13	Zoe Sims (1st Female)	0:54:24
14	Neil Sims	0:54:25
15	Bailey Byrne	0:54:57
16	Dar Kmeat	0:55:04
17	Christian Hamilton	0:56:02
18	Raul Ramirez	0:56:10
19	Dick Campbell	0:56:26
20	Megan Livingston	0:56:55
21	Randy Wrighthouse	0:57:35
22	Jeff Curran	0:58:18
23	Greg Pinn	0:58:18
24	Lawrence Barrett	0:59:26
25	Chuck Wigzell	0:59:31
26	Brian Shiroma	1:00:53
27	Silvia Duncan	1:01:10
28	Sam Newman	1:01:13
29	Steve Gould	1:01:15
30	Steve Sheffield	1:01:54
31	Jodi Pinn	1:02:43
32	Abby Holden	1:04:11
33	Ryan Sass	1:07:50
34	Matt Sutherland	1:09:44
35	Allyson Prater	1:10:55
36	Koa Texeira	1:11:48
37	Helen Frederickson	1:12:32
38	Rammell Transfiguracion	1:12:41
39	Aidan Soderstrom	1:12:47
40	Joe Loschiavo	1:13:18
41	Lava People One	1:14:15
42	Irene Transfiguracion	1:14:40
43	Nicky Leong	1:15:30
44	Lily Tabbada	1:16:47
45	Jack Averill	1:18:19
46	Kyla Rowe	1:19:58
47	Rachel Rowe	1:19:58
48	Chaice Soderstrom	1:21:16
49	Russell Transfiguracion	1:21:21
50	Brad Transfiguracion	1:21:22
51	Daniel Texeira	1:25:24
52	Jeff Glass	1:26:01
53	Keala Texeira	1:27:38
54	Sanya Texeira	1:27:39
55	Heidi Simanjuntak	1:29:20
56	Krista Montgomery	1:29:21
57	Renate Weinhold	1:32:45
58	Gilagan	1:33:15
59	James Texeira	1:34:52
60	Joyce Transfiguracion	1:39:05
61	Clarissa Stevenson	1:43:09
62	Terry Stevenson	1:43:10
63	Claudia Edwards	1:43:27
64	Dick Wolf	1:43:28
65	Jennifer Wohlmuth	1:57:51
3.5 Mile Run
Records
Men	Peter Oien	20:12 (2006)
Women	Brooke Myers	25:50 (2007)
1	Cody Thompson	0:21:06
2	Blake Hill	0:23:54
3	Christopher Smith	0:24:39
4	Darrin Fossum	0:25:57
5	Brian Graff	0:26:09
6	Mark Daniel	0:27:16
7	Belinda Herd (1st Female)	0:27:27
8	Eddie Herd	0:27:30
9	Paul Weinfurter	0:27:45
10	Adrian Jones	0:28:01
11	Chanda Zavodny	0:28:04
12	Unknown Gobbler	0:28:25
13	Koren Kobayashi	0:28:49
14	Neil Johnson	0:29:04
15	Nathan Maracle	0:29:48
16	Seth Beach	0:30:10
17	Keith Adkin	0:30:23
18	Enjolique Hughes (bike)	0:30:53
19	Jenna Howery (bike)	0:31:05
20	Duke Becker	0:31:34
21	Danny Becker	0:31:38
22	Jeannette Vidgen	0:31:46
23	Rani Tanimoto	0:32:01
24	Tim Wiley	0:32:05
25	Karen Hale	0:32:10
26	Dylan and Peter Hale	0:32:11
27	Jenny Payne	0:32:28
28	Charlie Towse	0:32:38
29	Unknown Gobbler	0:32:53
30	Anna Johnson	0:32:54
31	LaVerne and Brandon Curry	0:33:14
32	Jason Zuker	0:33:23
33	Cody Adams	0:33:37
34	Shelby (dog)	0:33:49
35	Paul Weinfurter	0:33:51
36	Sidney Vermeulen	0:34:05
37	Elizabeth Roman	0:34:13
38	James Beach and Meli (dog)	0:34:16
39	Marianne Starr	0:34:28
40	Jonathan Kutsunai	0:34:38
41	Nolan Chock	0:34:49
42	Skye Ombac	0:34:53
43	Edward Ombac	0:34:53
44	Kainoa Doctor	0:34:55
45	Cindy Wild	0:34:57
46	Raka Barrett	0:34:59
47	Danny Keahey	0:35:10
48	Lori Oka	0:35:18
49	Alex Leonard	0:35:20
50	Faith Yamakawa	0:35:23
51	Lauren Mabuni	0:35:30
52	Robert Newman	0:35:31
53	Lauren's Dad	0:35:41
54	Kei Takeda	0:35:55
55	Soren Petersen and William	0:36:00
56	Winter Dee Malaqui	0:36:08
57	Shelley Doctor	0:36:10
58	Mindy Fosum	0:36:43
59	Nori Becker	0:37:02
60	Jen McCord	0:37:06
61	Jaylynn Travis	0:37:07
62	Unknown Gobbler	0:37:18
63	Beverly Wigzell	0:37:21
64	Brandi Burgo	0:37:28
65	Lynn Howery	0:37:33
66	Charlie Young	0:37:38
67	Gwen Edwards	0:37:52
68	Keawe Strance	0:37:57
69	Zachary Vermeulen	0:37:59
70	Christina Large	0:38:42
71	Alyssa Jeremiah	0:39:02
72	Susan Brown	0:39:02
73	Lois Geddes	0:39:05
74	Patty Henderson & Tasha (dog)	0:39:06
75	Karen Wrighthouse	0:39:08
76	Unknown Gobbler	0:39:25
77	Becky Prater	0:39:26
78	Sharon Dual	0:39:29
79	Barb Young	0:39:39
80	Mark Bonke	0:40:01
81	Andrew Dunn	0:40:07
82	John Briggs	0:40:14
83	Drew Basque	0:40:28
84	Bodhi Olson	0:40:34
85	Rick Vidgen	0:40:47
86	Paloma Vidgen	0:40:48
87	Connie Baer	0:41:28
88	Sam Baer	0:41:29
89	Jessica Picasso	0:41:39
90	Elizabeth Motley	0:41:39
91	Papa Pea	0:41:54
92	Casey Tanimoto	0:42:07
93	Mike Panza	0:42:31
94	Unknown Gobbler	0:43:08
95	Maggie Leite	0:43:39
96	Emma McGrath	0:43:45
97	Matt McGrath	0:43:51
98	Maggie Foley	0:43:58
99	Gary Kiernan	0:44:04
100	Brian Soares	0:45:05
101	Lisa Osmanian	0:46:05
102	Jessica Soderstrom	0:46:13
103	Abbie Jeremiah	0:46:23
104	Nick Kittleman	0:47:24
105	Erin Kittleman	0:47:27
106	Mary Park	0:47:37
107	Unknown Gobbler	0:47:49
108	Jake Basque	0:47:58
109	Betsy	0:47:59
110	Natalia Mastarscusa	0:48:15
111	Unknown Gobbler	0:48:34
112	Unknown Gobbler	0:48:36
113	Kunzang Yuthok	0:49:24
114	Kelsie Wehren	0:49:39
115	Dominique Leite	0:49:41
116	Laura Kniffin	0:49:42
117	Unknown Gobbler	0:49:42
118	Andrea Cobb	0:49:50
119	Jason Heady	0:49:50
120	Simone White	0:49:56
121	Stacey Soares	0:51:42
122	Shelly Texeira	0:52:09
123	Linda Kiernan	0:52:13
124	Nicole Petersen	0:52:23
125	Diane Averill	0:52:50
126	Bill Hall	0:52:51
127	Jim Slipp	0:52:52
128	Roseanne Osmanian	0:53:18
129	Luci Leonard	0:54:30
130	Jeannie Kutsunai	0:55:32
131	Zac Panza	0:59:11
132	Eileen Panza	0:59:13
133	Quentin Ikeno	1:01:54
134	Scotty Hull	1:02:22
135	Val Sandall	1:02:24
136	Doug Sandall	1:02:25
137	Susie Glass	1:02:30
138	Rosemarie O'Connor	1:02:31
139	Cynthia Sheffield	1:02:35
140	Unknown Gobbler	1:03:25
141	Unknown Gobbler	1:03:25
142	Unknown Gobbler	1:05:38
143	Unknown Gobbler	1:05:39
144	Chelsea Kay-Wong	1:15:34
145	Lucas Kay-Wong	1:15:35
146	Unknown Gobbler	1:15:44
147	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:17
148	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:27
149	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:33
150	Alexander Kay-Wong	1:16:35
151	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:35
152	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:38
153	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:38
154	Unknown Gobbler	1:16:38
155	Clara Kelly	1:17:01
156	Ishael Hills	1:17:02
1 Mile Run
Records
Men	Toby Olney	5:39 (2011)
Women	Janet Higa-Miller	7:05 (2005)
Keiki Boy	Silas Wiley	7:23 (2011)
Keiki Girl	Madison Hauanio	7:42 (2007)
1	Toby Olney	05:39.8
2	Jon Kunitake	07:03.8
3	Silas Wiley	07:23.4
4	Timmy Catanzaro	07:55.6
5	Kysaiah Self	08:02.9
6	Jackie Payne (1st Female)	08:16.3
7	Michael Catanzaro	08:21.0
8	Joe Catanzaro	08:22.4
9	Naomi Heuer	08:23.6
10	Julia Smith	08:25.4
11	Jack Jeremiah	08:59.4
12	Tayvhe-Lei Kaupu-Galon	09:05.5
13	Justyn Toyama	09:23.5
14	Nicholas White	09:25.6
15	Michelle Heuer	09:45.6
16	Alauna Thompson	09:53.9
17	Amber thompson	09:54.3
18	Kumi Smith	10:01.1
19	Samuel Smith	10:02.9
20	Hadley Beach	10:09.8
21	Kaye Levine	10:25.3
22	Nolan Pries	10:27.3
23	Makena Becker	10:29.1
24	Heather Pries	10:30.1
25	Dena Beach	10:41.5
26	Honey Kaupu	10:51.1
27	Katie Payne	10:56.8
28	Max Olney	11:13.8
29	Sienna Levine	11:27.8
30	Shiloh Pintor	11:30.2
31	Nophia Pintor	11:57.8
32	Paulina Castillo	12:11.6
33	Dominique Castillo	12:13.1
34	Kea Pintor	12:51.5
35	Malia Galon	12:55.9
36	Alaia Leighland	13:24.6
37	Evan Curry	13:56.3
38	Shauna Johnson	14:55.6
39	Joshua Johnson	14:55.9
40	Lava People Two	15:09.2
41	Jillian Withrow	15:16.0
42	Jen Withrow	15:16.4
43	Kamaehu Gaspar	16:22.1
44	Ron Peppler	16:25.1
45	Tomi Pepplar	16:55.9
46	Rose Lorica-Ombac	17:13.1
47	Adelene Jones	17:23.5
48	Reece Thompson	17:24.1
49	Ted Jones	17:25.3
50	Kimmy Parker	17:42.4
51	Cris Scoufos	17:42.8
52	Demetria Scoufos	17:43.3
53	Rosalisha Barrett	17:57.3
54	Michael Graff	18:03.5
55	Kenichi Furuto	18:27.4
56	Ryan Mears	18:27.9
57	Rich Mears	18:28.4
58	Lynne Nicola	18:29.2
59	Joel Furuto	18:30.2
60	Mika Furuto	18:32.3
61	Janice Furuto	18:33.3
62	Jenna Catanzaro	19:04.5
63	Beth Catanzaro	19:30.2
64	Kai Johnson	22:30.9
65	Anna Catanzaro	22:46.6
66	Derek Berges	33:59.9
67	Nick Mastarscusa	47:29.9

2010 Wobble Gobble Results

Thanks to everyone who came out and participated in the 6th Annual Wobble Gobble Run/Walk. We had about 225 finishers and filled up my truck with donations for the food bank! The results from this morning are available here as a pdf and here as an Excel file. Congratulations to all on starting your Thanksgiving off in a fun, healthy way. Happy Thanksgiving to all!