Hilo Bay 5K/10K Results and Upcoming East Side Events

This past Sunday, the east side of the Big Island also had a great running event - the Big Island Road Runners' Hilo Bay 5k and 10k.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to make it over for this run, but the Big Island Road Runners sent us some photos and the results.  More photos are available here.

Keith Marrack starts the runners

5K Winner Chris Mosch

Big Island Road Runners

Showing off her award certificate

The prizes included gift certificates and coffee.

Big Island Road Runners Hilo Bay 5k Run September 11, 2011 Coconut Island, Hilo, 7:30am
					Pace
Plc	Name	Div		Time	(min/mi)
1	Christopher Mosch	≤19		17:17	5:34
2	Nick Muragin	40-49		18:34	5:58
3	Todd Marohnic	50-59		19:07	6:09
4	Steve Pavao	50-59		20:05	6:28
5	James Imai	20-29		20:28	6:35
6	Clint Anderson	30-39		21:04	6:46
7	Dyson Sato	≤19		21:25	6:53
8	John Hylas	50-59		23:12	7:28
9	DJ Blinn	60-69		23:30	7:34
10	Garret Uyeda	30-39		23:51	7:40
11	Brithany Ariga	≤19	F	24:15	7:48
12	Ronnie Flower	≤19		24:27	7:52
13	Don Zimbeck	≥70		24:50	7:59
14	Rudy Arzaga	30-39		25:15	8:07
15	Bryan Gorges	20-29		25:41	8:16
16	Edgar Tuliao	40-49		25:54	8:20
17	Tim Christopher	40-49		26:00	8:22
18	Cody Tehero	20-29		26:04	8:23
19	Mary Jane Tominaga	30-39	F	26:11	8:25
20	Josen Ho	20-29		26:12	8:25
21	Molly Mair Yates	30-39	F	26:23	8:29
22	Wayne Subica	40-49		26:29	8:31
23	Charles Keane	50-59		26:46	8:37
24	Jack Russell Brauher	50-59		28:00	9:00
25	Thalei Kamalani-Manpathoum	≤19	F	28:06	9:02
26	Firmin Tehero	50-59		28:15	9:05
27	Patrick Donovan	60-69		28:16	9:05
28	Harvey Nakasone	50-59		28:23	9:08
29	Zachary Tomlinson	20-29		28:35	9:11
30	Jaclyn Moore	30-39	F	28:47	9:16
31	Dennis Nagai	40-49		29:11	9:23
32	Tatia-Jenay Kamalani-Manpathoum	30-39	F	29:40	9:32
33	Colby La Brie	30-39		30:28	9:48
34	Rachel Rechtman	≤19	F	31:56	10:16
35	Rayelle Subica	40-49	F	32:04	10:19
36	Mareike Geitner	≤19	F	32:06	10:19
37	Cullen Andrade	≤19		32:17	10:23
38	Shaun McKinley	≤19		32:28	10:26
39	Christina Martinez	30-39	F	32:56	10:35
40	Hoolaea Andrade	30-39	F	32:57	10:35
41	Kristina Rushton	20-29	F	33:08	10:39
42	Rachael Greco	20-29	F	33:16	10:42
43	Celeste Tapia	≤19	F	34:05	10:58
44	JoAnn Aurello	60-69	F	34:11	10:59
45	Richard Alderson	≥70		34:27	11:05
46	Sarito Ross	60-69	F	34:37	11:08
47	Robert Tomlinson	50-59		35:42	11:29
48	Adriann Chinn	30-39	F	37:03	11:55
49	Rodney Aurello	60-69		37:08	11:56
50	Herb Wegner	60-69		37:08	11:56
51	Olivia Flower	≤19	F	37:58	12:13
52	Kyra McKinley	≤19	F	38:30	12:23
53	Lynn Nguyen	20-29	F	38:59	12:16
54	Constance Bee	50-59	F	41:58	13:29
55	Juanita Van Domburg	60-69	F	44:37	14:21
56	Seonaid Nakata	40-49	F	44:58	14:28
57	Sandra Silva	40-49	F	45:53	14:45
58	Maria Booth	30-39	F	49:18	15:51
59	Cyndy Starr	50-59	F	50:50	16:21
60	Anita (Nani) Kyota	40-49	F	51:52	16:41
61	Kamalu Valdez	≤19	F	52:16	16:49
62	Brenda Ioane	50-59	F	54:44	17:36

Big Island Road Runners Hilo Bay 10k Run September 11, 2011 Coconut Island, Hilo, 7:30am
					Pace
Plc	Name	Div		Time	(min/mi)
1	Chris Gregory	20-29		37:27	6:01
2	Zach Johnson	20-29		38:12	6:08
3	Lyman Perry	40-49		38:49	6:14
4	Justin Pang	20-29		41:22	6:39
5	Paul Mauser	20-29		43:15	6:57
6	Stewart Miyashiro	50-59		43:52	7:03
7	Michael Daly	30-39		44:33	7:10
8	Nick Hagemann	20-29		49:14	7:55
9	Rob Van Geen	40-49		49:21	7:56
10	Andrew M Langtry	40-49		49:33	7:58
11	Kelly Freitas	50-59		51:21	8:16
12	Ray Ibarra	50-59		51:53	8:20
13	Raadha Jacobstein	30-39	F	53:20	8:34
14	Nikolai Shumov	≤19		54:36	8:47
15	Bill Golisch	50-59		55:25	8:55
16	Robert Belcher	50-59		55:32	8:56
17	Tim Orr	40-49		57:12	9:12
18	Charles Bostwick	50-59		57:52	9:18
19	Aaron Morita	50-59		59:46	9:37
20	Lynne Brauher	40-49	F	1:02:30	10:03
21	Anne Veillet	40-49	F	1:02:40	10:05
22	David Hammes	50-59		1:02:43	10:05
23	Jennifer Orr	30-39	F	1:03:37	10:14
24	Rick Otani	50-59		1:04:40	10:24
25	Jodi Kawakami	30-39	F	1:08:40	11:02
26	Archie Hapai	60-69		1:08:57	11:05
27	Joy Silbermann	30-39	F	1:09:05	11:07
28	Lisa Turner	30-39	F	1:10:46	11:23
29	Charlie Heaukulani	50-59		1:12:33	11:40
30	Nikole Morris	30-39	F	1:13:02	11:44
31	Lee Otani	50-59	F	1:19:14	12:44
32	Anthony Nolta	50-59		1:21:21	13:05
33	Kelley Heaukulani	40-49	F	1:29:45	14:26

Congratulations to all participants and to Big Island Road Runners for putting on another great event!

In addition to the Queen K Tri Club's Run/Bike/Run event on the Kona side of the island this weekend, there are a couple of great races on the Hilo side as well. On Saturday, Sept. 17, Waiakea High School is hosting a Cross Country 3 mile fundraising run at Waiakea High School at 8am.  Then on Sunday, Sept. 18, the Peace Committee is hosting the 1st Annual Run for Peace in Honoka'a.  This 5k starts at 10:45 a.m. at the Football Field at Honoka'a High School and runs the parade route in advance of the 5th Annual Parade & Festival for the United Nations International Day of Peace.  For more information on this race, contact Jim Atkins at steelsprings@yahoo.com.

Wee & DLT Whirled Pea's Biathlon

Yesterday morning, a group of hearty peas showed up a world away from the east coast to compete in a Peaman event in remembrance of those affected by the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01.  Even though we are so far removed from where the attacks took place, everyone here still remembers that day, where they were and what they were doing.  Peaman gave a nice tribute in his starting remarks for the event, and everyone headed out on the 3/4 mile swim and 3.9 mile run.

Splashing and goofing around before the start.

The water was a little choppy, which made for a rough swim. I think I managed to make this my worst swim ever, as I was one of the last ones out of the water.  I'm not really proud of this, but if there would have been any way to quit the swim, I would have done it.  Unfortunately, there was really no way to get back to shore other than swimming! So I stuck it out and came in around 31 minutes.  And then I started debating whether I actually wanted to go out on the run.  I was mentally wiped out.  But after taking my leisurely time in transition, I decided that I might as well go out on the run, since it's actually the part of the event I'm good at. 

Most of the rest of the action happened before I even headed out of the water. The run-only group, including lots of peawees, lined up at the start line:

And Becky Prater, Jenny Payne, and Linda Goeth headed out on the run.

 Some peawees finished the race, including Katie Payne:

 Others started out on for their turn as part of a relay, including Lee-Ann Heely:

Danny Becker was apparently very happy with his swim:

As is typically the case, I started feeling better once I got out on the run course and was able to catch quite a few people.  The first person I had in my sights was Nori Becker.  We used to swim a similar pace, but she killed me out of the water - she is definitely getting faster.  It took about a mile into the run, but I caught up with her.

Then close to the turnaround, I saw her husband Danny coming back the other way.  He encouraged me to catch him, so I decided to pick up the pace and see if I could do it.  I caught up to him about a mile from the finish.  I was going at a pretty good clip, so I thought I would just cruise past him.  But he wasn't having any of that and picked up the pace to keep with me.  He had his Timex GPS watch on and was keeping an eye on it.  He kept yelling out our pace - 7:01/mile, 6:58/mile, 6:48/mile! I think he was a little surprised at how fast we were going.  Unfortunately I couldn't really respond to him, because I needed all the oxygen I could get to keep up that pace. With the pier in sight, we both picked up the pace even more. He took the unpaved route to the pier while I stayed on the road.  After a full-on sprint, I managed to squeak past him at the finish line. It took me a good several minutes to recover, but when I did, I saw that my run split was 29:20.  I never could have kept that up without Danny, so thanks to him! I'm hoping he enjoyed the run just as much!

Full results from the race are available here.  Tai Scarbrough came in first with a time of 44:20, followed by Stu Fitch and Rune Dahl.  Serena Chamberlain was first for the ladies in 55:03. Kainopono Eckhart and Duke Becker battled it out for the peawee title, with Kainopono coming in 6 seconds ahead of Duke in 12:45.

Up next is the run/bike/run event next Sunday hosted by Queen K Tri Club out at Kua Bay and a couple of run events on the Hilo side next weekend - I'll post more details on those when I post the results from the Hilo Bay 5k/10k this past weekend.

Run For Hope 2011

This morning was the much-anticipated Run for Hope at the Four Seasons Hualalai. This race is a local favorite because of the great post-race breakfast, awesome awards and the fact it's a fundraiser for cancer research on the Big Island. Last year, Jason won the 10k and got a dining credit for the Four Seasons. I won the 5k and got a free massage. So we were hoping for a similar result this year. Unfortunately, things didn't turn out quite the same this year.


Jason and I got to the race early to register and received our bib numbers, raffle ticket and went to pick up our chip. This was the first difference from last year - chip timing instead of JTL's timing. We were lucky we arrived early because they ran out of chips and numbers. So some people who ran the race weren't able to get their times recorded. I suppose it's a good sign that they had so many people turn out for the race, but it's a shame that not everyone could be shown in the results.

We also found out that they had changed the course this year. Instead of running the first 5k on the golf course, the course wound through the resort and along the oceanfront path. Then the 10k was two laps of the 5k course. Overall, I thought the course was great and a big improvement over last year, except for one major thing - the course was actually 3.5 miles and not 3.1 for the 5k and about 6.8 miles for the 10k instead of 6.2. Those changes make a big difference when you think you're finally getting close to the finish!

There also weren't any differences on numbers or bibs to tell the 5k runners and 10k runners apart. I ran most of the race in fourth place for the ladies, but I didn't know how many of those women were doing the 5k. When the woman I was following made the turn for the 10k, I thought I was going to get lucky and pull off another 5k win (and maybe a massage!). Unfortunately when I crossed the finish line, I saw that Karolina Wanke had run the 5k, had an awesome run, and smashed me by about 2 minutes.

After hanging out for a little while, I was able to get the camera and snap some photos of the 5k finishers, as well as Jason coming in for the 10k win. He had an awesome run on a long course.

Jason finishing the 10k

1st place woman in 10k - Melanie Aiona

Cheering for dad

Marissa Bryant-Manago

Sharon Dual

Kids complete the course with their dog!

After the race, it was time to head to the breakfast, which did not disappoint. There was plenty of food to refuel everyone after that run. Yogurt, pastries, fruit, eggs, sausage, rice and more! It was delicious and the setting on the luau grounds of the Four Seasons was great. During the breakfast time, there was also a canoe launching ceremony for cancer survivors and victims.

Then came the awards. They did things a little differently this year and the winners of each age group and overall won leis, but no big prizes. Instead, they saved all of the big prizes, such as massages, dining credits and a one-night stay for the raffle. Today was Jason's lucky day, though, as he managed to win a gift certificate to the Sea and Stars BBQ in the raffle. Same prize as last year, just a different way of winning it!

We're not sure yet how to find the results, but we'll update this post when we find the full results. For more pictures, click here. Congratulations to all participants and thanks to all the volunteers!