Dirt, Sweat and Gears for 12 hours

Angela Brown

Dustin Greer and Craig Evans first Pro duo

Angela receives Gary Fisher frame from Gary Fisher himself

The duo of Craig Evans and Dustin Greer topped the Pro pairs for the second year at the Dirt, Sweat and Gears 12-hour MTB race in Fayatteville, TN on May 3, 2008.  The two were the only group to accomplish 12 laps.  (Avg. Speed 11.461; fastest lap 55:29)

Wade Comb’s 4-person team accomplished seven laps and placed 16 out of 25. (Avg. speed 8.331; fastest lap 1:16:20)

Tom Spence placed second in the solo non-pro male competitors.  He actually broke a deraileur in the first lap and ran 5.5-miles carrying his bike.  He proceeded with Rick Harmon’s bike and hammered out seven laps.  (Avg. speed 8.018; fastest lap 1:19:19)

Angela Brown rode in the only all-girl 4-person team called “Muddy Sisters.”  Their team placed 20 out of 25 teams and completed six laps.  (Avg speed 7.188; fastest lap 1:28:29)

Chris Hartsfield rode solo and called it quits after four laps.  Nonetheless this was good enough for 20th out of 35 starters.  (Avg speed 6.247; fastest lap 1:41:48

Kenny Marshall participated in Friday’s “Trifecta of Singleness,” a single speed competition.  A flat hindered his advancement into the final round.

My favorite team name in the results list is “Team Real Sore Rears.”

Yeager’s first off-road races

Jeff Yeager and son, Dylan, ventured 300 miles with me to Ft. Yargo State Park near Atlanta, Georgia, on April 26 and 27 for an off-road double. The Ft. Yargo Xterra Triathlon race was Saturday followed by a SERC/Georgia series MTB race on Sunday. It was Jeff Yeager’s first off-road triathlon, and his first MTB race as a Beginner. Dylan was only going to race the MTB event on Sunday.

Although Jeff has been swimming on a Master’s swim team, the open water swim did not go swimmingly for him. Jeff learned that he does not swim straight without lane lines. Having pre-ridden the course on Friday, he had a good bike time on the “awesome trail” (however the results for his two splits were missed).

Within five minutes of unloading bikes on arrival on Friday, Dylan fell with the bike and injured his wrist. The Xterra rep later gave Dylan an Xterra shirt as a reward for his impressive scrapes. He was well enough to pre-ride on Saturday and then race Sunday’s MTB event, his first as a Beginner.

These races were timed by Gone Riding, so the times on the MTB race are in minutes followed a hundred-based fraction of a minute.  The Xterra times are converted to normal times.

XTERRA	TRIATHLON:
Place	TtlDiv	Lname	Fname	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Class
1	1	EVANS	CRAIG	10:27	47:31	29:49	1:27:47	Pro
5	12	LEACH	DUANE	16:57	59:01	41:03	1:57:01	45-49
13	17	YEAGER	JEFF			48:36	2:19:55	40-44
MTB	RACE:
Place	TtlDiv			Lap1	Lap2	Lap3	Time	Class
2	11	EVANS	CRAIG	46.68	47.69	50.79	145.16	Exp. 19-29
12	18	GREER	DUSTIN	48.49	48.51	50.72	147.42	Pro
16	22	LEACH	DUANE	60.02	63.31		123.33	Sport 40-49
9	11	YEAGER	JEFF	74.60			74.60	Beg. 40-49
13	15	YEAGER	DYLAN	78.43			78.43	Jr. 11-14

Craig Evans won the Xterra race handily over 2nd place Bruce Gennari in the 1/2-mile swim/11-mile MTB/5-mi. run event. This picture of Bruce and Craig shows how much of a lead in the water they had.

Miracle and Moore place high at CM Half Marathon

Jerry Miracle placed 5th and Gale Moore, 6th in their respective age groups at the Country Music Half Marathon on April 26. There were 21,398 participants running in this race alongside the 4373 full marathoners. The following local participants are in order of age grade which is a percentage comparison to the best runners worldwide in the respective age and sex.

FName	LName	Age	Sex	ChipTime	DivPl	Ttldiv	Pace	AgeGrade
Gale	Moore	48	F	1:44:07	6	1133	7:57	71.8%
Jerry	Miracle	60	M	1:49:21	5	222	8:21	66.9%
Tiffany	Hill	39	F	1:44:59	48	2051	8:01	64.9%
Melanie	White	47	F	1:55:43	53	1133	8:50	63.8%
Steve	Hoelscher	59	M	1:57:17	60	402	8:57	61.8%
Charles	Norman	54	M	1:55:28	115	627	8:49	60.0%
Kimberly	Heyning	38	F	1:53:00	137	2051	8:38	59.9%
Larry	Woody	53	M	1:55:45	120	627	8:50	59.4%
Floyd	White	44	M	1:48:36	145	935	8:18	58.6%
Lucy	Kuykendall	27	F	1:52:58	208	2950	8:38	58.3%
Ashlee	Claytor	30	F	1:58:55	300	2269	9:05	55.4%
Lauren	Buckner	18	F	2:01:46	404	1978	9:18	54.9%
Philip	Barmer	53	M	2:05:25	214	627	9:34	54.8%
Stephanie	Robinette	38	F	2:03:56	343	2051	9:28	54.6%
Stacey	Connelly	31	F	2:01:17	358	2269	9:16	54.4%
Heather	Mullen	26	F	2:02:23	549	2950	9:21	53.8%
Jennifer	Fleming	33	F	2:03:17	419	2269	9:25	53.7%
John	Stelter	24	M	1:51:17	224	700	8:30	53.2%
John	Davidson	47	M	2:06:01	388	828	9:37	51.8%
Jennifer	Hultgren	35	F	2:09:16	479	2051	9:52	51.6%
Mark	Smith	27	M	1:55:56	502	1385	8:51	51.1%
Joe	Paterniti	52	M	2:14:00	289	627	10:14	50.8%
Chesney	Shand	32	F	2:09:57	632	2269	9:55	50.8%
Sarah	Cook	31	F	2:10:40	654	2269	9:59	50.5%
William	Handy	59	M	2:23:54	192	402	10:59	50.4%
Jackie	Sullivan	24	F	2:12:14	807	1978	10:06	49.8%
Carolyn	Davis	28	F	2:12:41	1034	2950	10:08	49.6%
Brittany	Mealer	21	F	2:14:23	884	1978	10:15	49.0%
William	Holden	38	M	2:04:01	578	1249	9:28	49.0%
Amanda	Farmer	27	F	2:14:34	1148	2950	10:16	48.9%
Ashley	Pratt	33	F	2:16:06	844	2269	10:23	48.6%
Teresa	Matthews	49	F	2:36:05	465	1133	11:55	48.5%
Bronwen	Pope	32	F	2:17:28	891	2269	10:30	48.0%
Courtney	Alexander	27	F	2:22:32	1531	2950	10:53	46.2%
Jacob	Bolton	21	M	2:09:20	480	700	9:52	46.0%
Willa	Hagan	54	F	2:55:32	364	789	13:24	46.0%
Ann	Mullen	51	F	2:49:58	308	789	12:58	45.7%
Kimberly	Willis	51	F	2:50:34	313	789	13:01	45.5%
Hayni	Blue	53	F	2:56:28	375	789	13:28	45.2%
Keith	Davis	31	M	2:12:13	788	1283	10:06	44.8%
Noelle	Willingham	33	F	2:32:24	1348	2269	11:38	43.4%
Amy	Maguire	36	F	2:35:27	1187	2051	11:52	43.1%
Jessica	Jones	28	F	2:33:35	1939	2950	11:43	42.9%
Shelli	Golden	38	F	2:38:10	1226	2051	12:04	42.8%
Tommy	Hight Jr	47	M	2:34:48	645	828	11:49	42.2%
Daniel	Johns	28	M	2:21:40	1053	1385	10:49	41.8%
Jim	Matthews	51	M	2:42:34	465	627	12:25	41.5%
Pamela	Jones	50	F	3:08:54	448	789	14:25	40.6%
Leanne	Whitehead	48	F	3:04:59	733	1133	14:07	40.4%
Shannon	Stofel	37	F	2:47:19	1397	2051	12:46	40.2%
Terry	Sullivan	51	M	2:51:42	502	627	13:06	39.3%
Susan	Haban	57	F	3:35:05	319	440	16:25	39.1%
Joie	McMeen	48	F	3:18:27	840	1133	15:09	37.7%
Lynette	Sullivan	47	F	3:19:20	850	1133	15:13	37.0%
Meagan	Featherstone	42	F	3:11:13	1087	1450	14:36	36.5%
Kathy	Momany	48	F	3:32:47	945	1133	16:14	35.1%
Debra	Phillips	48	F	3:32:47	946	1133	16:14	35.1%
Deborah	Johns	51	F	3:42:49	680	789	17:00	34.8%
Lindsey	Jones	25	F	3:08:55	2614	2950	14:25	34.8%
Andy	Haban	61	M	3:35:05	200	222	16:25	34.4%
Amber	Bardwell	22	F	3:13:50	1844	1978	14:48	34.0%
Roxanne	Worthy	47	F	3:48:53	1040			32.3%
Tina	Marcy	36	F	3:30:53	1847	2051	16:06	31.8%
Jamey	Schmidt	25	F	3:28:32	2784	2950	15:55	31.6%
Marcus	Davis	26	M	3:09:39	1325	1385	14:28	31.2%
Jill	Dahrens	36	F	3:36:22	1882	2051	16:31	30.9%
Adam	Hileman	20	M	3:14:52	682	700	14:52	30.7%
Stephanie	Borden	30	F	3:37:43	2129	2269	16:37	30.2%
Stacie	Finley	30	F	3:38:01	2135	2269	16:38	30.2%
Melissa	Cromer	37	F	3:46:32	1948	2051	17:17	29.7%
Daniel	Marcy	41	M	3:30:52	908	935	16:06	29.5%
Cara	Henson	29	F	3:58:13	2916	2950	18:11	27.6%
Tom	Dahrens	34	M	3:36:22	1253	1283	16:31	27.5%
Jason	Sutherland	23	M	3:58:10	699	700	18:11	24.9%

Garrett tops Age Grade at CM Marathon

Of the Columbia area runners at the Country Music full marathon (26.2-mi.) on April 26, 2008, Ray Garrett came out on top in terms of age grade. An “Age Grade” is assigned to runners based on how they compare to the best runners in their respective age in their sex. Garrett had a goal of beating Oprah’s marathon time. He did that by 15 minutes. The results website lists 4373 participants in the 26.2-mile event. The following are in order of his or her respective age grade.  These have also been added to the Marathon Stats Page—>

FName	LName	Age	Sex	Time	DivPl	Ttldiv	Pace
Ray	Garrett	53	M	4:15:41	83	210	9:46
Takeyoshi	Nagaoka	38	M	4:01:29	157	404	9:13
Alida	Jacob	30	F	4:32:30	151	327	10:24
Nathan	Scaife	38	M	4:21:43	236	404	9:59
Laurie	Pewitt	30	F	4:53:36	213	327	11:12
Loraine	Baker	56	F	6:25:12	30	36	14:42
Christian	Cahill	37	M	4:39:58	290	404	10:41
Monya	Hunter	39	F	5:26:19	217	265	12:27
Travis	McKnight	34	M	4:53:07	326	427	11:11
Samantha	Whitwell	34	F	5:25:26	275	327	12:25
Melissa	Meador	37	F	5:37:10	226	265	12:52
Blake	Gilbreath	33	M	6:05:43	421	427	13:57

Spence and Blair fastest at White Lightning

On April 30, 2008, Columbia Cycling Club members raced at the White Lightning Cross Country (MTB) race.  The 11.3-mile course at Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky offers a good variety.  Wood N Wave hosted the race and it is a part of the TBRA series this year.

Name	Place	Class	Time
Tom Spence	4th	Expert 30-39	3:02:19
Bill Moore	4th	Expert 19-29	3:07:06
Todd Clifton	5th	Expert 40-49	3:16:02
2 LAPS:
Corey Blair	4th	Single Speed	2:00:35
Francis Fessler	2nd	Sport 40-49	2:08:31
Angela Brown	1st	Sport 30-39 F	2:44:26

Kenny Marshall experience mechanical difficulties at this race.

Moore fastest at LBL’s Time Trial

On April 19, Columbia Cycling Club members raced at Wood N Wave’s White Lighting Time Trial MTB competition.  This year’s race was included as a Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association (TBRA) event even though it was located in Kentucky at Land Between the Lakes. 

Name	Place	Class	Time
Bill Moore	3rd	Expert 19-29	10:42
Francis Fessler	2nd	Sport 40-49	10:54
Corey Blair	3rd	Single Speed	10:58
Todd Clifton	2nd	Expert 40-49	10:59
Kenny Marshall	1st	Expert 50+	10:59
Tom Spence	2nd	Expert 30-39	11:00
Angela Brown	1st	Sport 30-39 F	14:39

Culleoka’s first 5K brings 61

Robert Hendon, 36, of Nashville won Culleoka’s first 5K on April 19, 2008 in a time of 19:31 (6:18 pace).  A Google search on Hendon seems to indicate that he very rarely races. 

The second and third runners struggled with the nasty hill at the end of this event. Tommy Nettleton of Columbia briefly stopped to puke on the hill and Roger Brady of Murfreesboro just briefly stopped.  Tommy passed him at this point and heard him say, “What am I doing?” and he took off again, passing Tommy back, and getting second place overall (Tommy third).

The overall female winner, Jamiee Renolds, is from Culleoka and is on the PTA Board that hosted the race. She posted a time of 24:24 (7:52 pace).  Jamiee ran the Fun Run afterwards pushing her two small kids in a double stroller.

I’ll post some pictures when I get them in.  Full Results are posted here on a Page in the right column—->

Dials first at CCC 15K

Jamie and Wendi Dial of Franklin were the overall winners at CCC’s second annual 15K Trail Run on March 29, 2008.  Jamie’s time of 58:30 is a pace of 6:17 per mile.  Wendi’s time was 1:07:04.  She was fourth overall, meaning, there were only two males between Jamie and Wendi.  

This isn’t the first time the Dials have been up front at a Chickasaw Trace Park race. The two were the first place mixed team in the 2005 Jailbreak.  Wendi received the award for the fastest individual female. Jamie was second fastest male.

As soon as I get the cities of the participants from the director, I’ll post some more local participation results here.  Full results

Brother Fanning wins Mule Kick

Central High School’s cross country and track coach, Bill Fanning, couldn’t keep up with his younger brother, Scott Fanning of Lebanon TN, at the Mule Day Kick 5K on April 5, 2008. Scott placed first with a course record time of 16:42 and a pace of 5:24/mile. Bill came in fourth overall with a time of 17:36. Scott Fanning is in top condition recently winning the open male division of the Tennessee Run the Parks point series.

Central High’s cross country and track star, Michael Wood, came in four seconds behind Scott Fanning. Last year’s overall winner, Brandon Harmon, ran 1.5 minutes faster than last year, but settled for third this year. Anna Kate Chance came within about 10 feet of repeating a win at the young age of 13. However she was overtaken at the finish line. See blog entry with pictures of the pass below.

The race was blessed with a record 430 registered runners and walkers, 100 more than our previous best. Nashville Striders did the chip timing, and this year the Striders included this race in their Grand Prix point series. This is like a big invitation to all middle Tennessee fast runners. Twenty-four runners appeared to come for this reason and populated some of the top spots. Nonetheless some of our locals placed very well. Here are the top six males and females from the Columbia area:  (Full results)

Overall	Name	In Age	Age	Time	Pace
2	Michael Wood	1	18	16:48	5:25
3	Brandon Harman	1	22	16:52	5:27
4	Bill Fanning	1	39	17:36	5:41
8	Tommy Nettleton	1	47	19:05	6:10
13	Kelly Powell	1	52	20:10	6:31
16	Mark Seago	2	38	20:42	6:41
Overall Females
2	Anna Kate Chance	1	13	21:24	6:54
5	Jessica Rodgers	1	18	22:57	7:25
8	Stephanie Robinette	1	38	23:12	7:29
11	Kim Heyning	3	37	24:02	7:45
12	Jenny Adcox	2	33	24:08	7:47
14	Carrie Moran	3	33	24:22	7:52

Chance passed at finish line

Thirteen year-old Anna Kate Chance of Columbia was leading the 8th annual Mule Day Kick 5k right up to within about three yards of the finish line. Chance won this race last year as a 12 year-old. With one-tenth of a mile to go, 26 year-old Christine Blundred of Brentwood, TN, was about 50 yards behind and charging hard. Although locals were screaming of the charging Blundred, Chance was not able to pull it out. The pass came only a few feet ahead of the finish line as depicted in these pictures. Congratulations to the Miss Blundred. We can see from her face that she worked hard for the win.  Full Results