Saint Patrick’s Day Run

RunnersWorld St. Patrick’s Day Run * 5 km * March 14, 2009
RunnersWorld Store, Tulsa, Okla.
1182 finishers * Cloudy, slight mist, low 50’s
USATF certified course, USATF sanctioned event
Administered by Glen’s Racing Service

The photos I took at the St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run were taken in the spirit of Saint Patrick’s Day. Notice that I focused on those who were sportin’ the green.

Tulsa Run Past

I know… I know… The Tulsa run was over months ago.

But some people are interested in reading more about the Tulsa Run and this posting is just for those who might be interested in reading about Tulsa Runs of the past. So I’m including links of previous races including the Bedlam Challenge, celebrity runners, and running poetry.

• Tulsa Run 2008
• Tulsa Run Costume Photos
• Tulsa Run Photos 2008
• More Tulsa Run Photos
• Final Tulsa Run 15K Stats 2008
• Tulsa Run Bedlam Challenge 2006
• Info for Tulsa Run Bedlam Challenge
• About the Tulsa Run Bedlam Challenge
• Tulsa Run Celebrity Runners
• Some Tulsa Run 15K Facts
• Poem: Tulsa Run 2006
• Poem: Tulsa Run 2004
• Poem: Tulsa Run 2003

3 Lies Told to Runners

3 Biggest Lies Runners Hear While Running a Marathon and Other Races

• No more hills
• Looking good
• Almost there

Final Tulsa Run 15K Stats 2008

Celebrity Runners for the 31st annual Tulsa Run were Mayor Kathy Taylor and Steve Bradshaw, senior executive vice president of the Bank of Oklahoma.

Results for the Tulsa Run top finishers.

15K Men’s Top Runners
1. Macdonnard Ondara 23 year old from Kenya 44:37
2. Joshphat Boit 24 year old from Kenya currently lives in Fayetteville 44:58
3. Haron Lagat, 25 year old Kenyan living in Santa Fe, New Mexico 44:59

15K Women’s Top Runners
1. Rose Kosgel – Kenya 51:24
2. Karolina Jarzynska – Poland 51:33
3. Sarah Shepherd – Colorado 54:23

15K Male Masters
1. Nadolski Zbigniew – 41 yrs Kenya – 52:23
2. Ron Parks – 47 year old from Tulsa – 53:53
3. Tom Lam – 47 year old from Owasso – 55:10

15K Female Masters
1. Terri Cassel 1:00:43
2. Kirsten Chapman 1:03:03
3. Julie Donelson 1:03:04

Temperatures:
8 am – 38 ̊
9 am – 43 ̊
10am – 49 ̊
11am – 55 ̊
12pm – 60 ̊
High for the day – 70 ̊

Number of Marathon finishers: 1003
Number of females: 352
Number of males: 651

Number of Half-marathon finishers: 1633
Number of females: 957
Number of males: 676

Number of Quarter-marathon finishers: 577
Number of females: 376
Number of males: 201

Number of Marathon Relay finishers: 93
Number of females: 49
Number of males: 43

More Tulsa Run Photos

All three of these photos were taken at the starting line before the race. Those pictured are Angela and her mother on top, and Stephanie and Deon on the bottom.

Tulsa Run Photos

These three guys went the distance–Jim, Mike, and Russel. Jim and Mike’s photos were taken before the 31st annual Tulsa Run. Russel’s was taken after finishing the race.

You did it Jim. By the way, kudos to Jim for making first place in the men’s clydesdale category 230 pounds.

Mike told me this was the longest distance he has ever run. Way to go Mike!

Good job Russel. Three cheers for Jim, Mike, and Russel.

Tulsa Run Costume Photos

Winner or not, it was worth the time and effort to run the Tulsa Run this year just to see the costume parade.

Well….

It wasn’t really a parade, but it was fun to watch.

I only managed to get two costume photos. Hope you get a kick out of these two pictures. Actually, there are two people missing from the first photograph. Roman and Debra were part of the Ken/Kathy boxing scene, but I didn’t manage to get them in the photos. Maybe next time….

Ken as ring monitor and Kathy as prize fighter

Ladies of the Nifty Fifties in their poodle skirts.

Tulsa Run 2008

We had a lot of fun today. Many from our Runner’s World Tulsa training group ran the 15K Tulsa Run.

In one of Coach Kathy’s ezines she wrote, “So who is going to join me for our little costume parade? I think it is great fun and it IS almost Halloween. Besides, I don’t want to hog all the spotlight. So whadda ya say, don your tiaras, paint your faces and go a little wild.”

Kathy dressed as Rocky Balboa, Roman was the referee, and Ken was the ring girl/cheerleader. They really did steal the spotlight. Ken was hilarious with his poses to match his costume. There was also a group of women dressed in ’50s outfits, and some women really did don their tiaras.

It was also good to see Angela and her mother, Mike, Gayle, Stephanie, Russel, Jim (Dylan’s dad), Kristin, and Ronit.

Of all the people I saw today, I was hoping to see Mona Canady and Olga Crutcher. I didn’t see either one of them.

My finishing time was (00:01:07) one minute seven seconds chip time faster than last year. It was a PR for the new millenium but I ran it much faster in 1988 and 1989.

I’ll post photos in a day or two.

Men’s Track Results – OK Senior Games ‘08

Men’s Track Results
Oklahoma Senior Olympic Games 2008

Putnam City High School
Oklahoma City, Ok

Men 50 Meter Dash 50-54
1 Davis, Roger M51 7.23
2 Jain, Michael M52 7.58
3 Diveley, Richard M53 8.00

Men 50 Meter Dash 55-59
1 Dolezel, Jim M58 7.68
2 Wilson, Robert M59 8.62

Men 100 Meter Dash 55-59
1 Cherry, Mark M56 13.72
2 Dolezel, Jim M58 13.96

Men 50 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Golden, Richard M62 11.19
2 Korsun, Gary M62 18.98

Men 100 Meter Dash 50-54
1 Davis, Roger M51 12.73
2 Jain, Michael M52 13.32
3 Diveley,Richard M53 14.85

Men 100 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Hopgood, SR, Johnnie M64 15.68
2 Korsun, Gary M62 34.50

Men 200 Meter Dash 50-54
1 Davis, Roger M51 26.33
2 Ellis, Ken M51 27.35
3 Jain, Michael M52 28.15

Men 200 Meter Dash 55-59
1 Dolezel, Jim M58 28.85
2 Calonkey, Steve M56 32.47
3 Wilson, Robert M59 59.39

Men 200 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Hopgood, Johnnie M64 32.89
2 Gorkuscha, Mischa M62 36.94
3 Golden, Richard M62 47.84

Men 400 Meter Dash 50-54
1 Davis, Roger M51 1:01.43
2 Ellis, Ken M51 1:04.11
3 Wright, Brooks M52 1:05.31

Men 400 Meter Dash 55-59
1 Cherry, Mark M56 1:11.28
2 Calonkey, Steve M56 1:13.92

Men 400 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Yahola, Leon M61 1:18.75
2 Gorkuscha, Mischa M62 1:19.47
3 Hopgood, SR, Johnnie M64 1:23.07

Men 800 Meter Run 50-54
1 Wright, Brooks M52 2:33.87

Men 800 Meter Run 55-59
1 Calonkey, Steve M56 2:51.53
2 Wilson, Robert M59 3:31.87

Men 800 Meter Run 60-64
1 Yahola, Leon M61 3:35.22
2 Golden, Richard M62 3:59.60

Men 1500 Meter Run 55-59
1 Calonkey, Steve M56 5:29.67
2 Athnos, Randy M56 6:24.18

OK Senior Olympics Women’s Track Results 2008

Oklahoma Senior Olympic Games – 9/13/2008

Putnam City School
Oklahoma City, OK

Women’s Results

Women 50 Meter Dash 50-54
1 Oakley, Valene W52 8.55

Women 50 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Hopgood, Joyce W61 11.04
2 Hall, Bette W60 12.32
3 Rhodes, Barb 13:07

Women 50 Meter Dash 65-69
1 Richmond, Lou W65 9.70
2 Meier, Angela W66 14.70

Women 50 Meter Dash 70-74
1 Brooks-Smith, Sylvia W70 10.40
2 Woodruff, Frances W74 11.85

Women 100 Meter Dash 50-54
1 Oakley, Valene W52 15.89
2 McBride, Joann W51 17.71
3 Lane, Sandy W53 18.78
4 Fowler, Joni W52 20.20

Women 100 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Hopgood, Joyce W61 21.44
2 Phares, Ardith W64 21.48
3 Rhodes, Barb W63 26.20

Women 100 Meter Dash 65-69
1 Richmond, Lou W65 19.13
2 Bryant, Nina W66 22.05
3 Meier, Angela W66 28.55

Women 100 Meter Dash 70-74
1 Brooks-Smith, Sylvia W70 21.00
2 Woodruff, Frances W74 25.32

Women 200 Meter Dash 60-64
1 Hopgood, Joyce W61 49.22
2 Hall, Bette W59 54.55
3 Phares, Ardith W64 55.17

Women 200 Meter Dash 65-69
1 Richmond, Lou W65 41.26
2 Meier, Angela W66 1:12.64

Women 200 Meter Dash 70-74
1 Brooks-Smith, Sylvia W70 49.33
2 Woodruff, Frances W74 1:02.41

Women 400 Meter Dash 55-59
1 Ajao, Rita W57 2:46.32

Women 400 Meter Dash 65-69
1 Kaplan, Mary W69 2:14.19
2 Pofahl, Lynda W68 2:46.32

Women 400 Meter Dash 70-74
1 Moffitt, Kathy W71 1:59.52

Women 800 Meter Run 65-69
1 Kaplan, Mary W69 5:08.14

Women 800 Meter Run 70-74
1 Moffitt, Kathy W71 4:25.98

Women 1500 Meter Run 65-69
1 Kaplan, Mary W69 9:50.29

Women 1500 Meter Run 70-74
1 Moffitt, Kathy W71 8:20.75

OSO = Oklahoma Senior Olympics

Silver and Gold – Senior Olympics

Just to answer everyone’s questions!

I came home from the Oklahoma Senior Olympic games with three gold medals, three silver medals, and no bronze–a total of 7. The Olympic gold medals are real gold, but the Senior Olympic Gold medals are only gold in color. It’s not the value of the medal that’s important, but the effort that it took to win the medal.

On Friday morning, I ran the 5k and earned my first gold medal.

Later that day, I competed in the weight lifting events and walked away with silver medals in the bench press, bicep curl, leg press, and push-ups.

Then on Saturday, the track and field events were to be held at Putnam City School. It rained most of the day and there were even a few down pours. The long jump, high jump, triple jump, polevault, and hammer throw events were all cancelled because of the rain. Those events will be rescheduled.

They did continue with the track events though and I took gold in both the 50 Meter dash, and the 200 Meter dash.

I’ll post more general information later this week.

I want to thank all those who sent positive thoughts and prayers my way during the three days I was in Oklahoma City for the various competition events.

Btw, this is a qualifying year for the National Senior Olympics and I made it! I qualified!

Weightlifting isn’t offered at the national level, but I’ll run track and the 5k in Palo Alto, California next year.

I’m also hoping to qualify in the high jump.

It Rained on My Parade

Yesterday’s long run was slated for 7-9 miles. About 4 miles into it, the rain started coming down, and I called it quits.

I guess quitting because of the rain was just an excuse. I think it was really due to the fact that I had only slept for two hours the night before.

On Friday night I went to bed at 11pm and planned to arise at 4:30am, which would have given me a good 5 1/2 hour sleep–or so I thought.

My teenage grandson woke me up at about midnight to tell me something. It was okay because I was able to go back to sleep. Then about 12:30 the phone rang and I was still able to go back to sleep. At 1:00am the phone rang again and my sleep was totally interupted. I laid there until 1:30 tossing and turning, so decided to get up. Hence, my two hour sleep.

I was up for the rest of the night and by the time our 5:45am run started, I had already been awake and piddling around the house for over four hours.

I’ve run the Tulsa Run six times–1988, 1989, 2003, 3004, 2006, 2007. Yesterday’s training run included part of the Tulsa Run which includes a lot of incline. You would think that I’d be used to the rolling hills, but the lack of sleep had me dragging butt and panting as if it were my first time doing hills. So by the time the rain came, I found it to be a good excuse to quit.

I’m not a quitter! Honest! But lack of sleep will do strange things to the mind.

BTW, the rain was just a sprinkle that lasted about 20-30 minutes. Everyone else was loving it. A quote from the Runners World Tulsa blog, “Oh so good was the cool fall morning in which we ran 9 miles mostly on the Tulsa Run course. A little rain spattered us along the way and it was good training as they won’t do a rain delay on race day either!”

I won’t be able to run with the group next Saturday because I’ll be competing in the Oklahoma Senior Olympics. I’ll be running the 50 meter track, the 200 meter track, and the 5K road race.

Somehow I’ll have to make up the distance I missed today.

Keep good thoughts and prayers for me next Saturday.