Mary Coordt (center) finished 10th in South Africa (Bee file photo)
Lots of catching up to do after my 10-day vacation in the desert. (BTW, quite a shock to return Sunday morning and do my 20-miler in wind and rain after being hot and dusty for 10 days.)
Anyway, on to race results...
First, a belated way-to-go to arguably Sacramento's best female marathoner, Mary Coordt, who finished 10th overall in the contentious Two Oceans Marathon (actually a 56K) in South Africa two weekends ago. Coordt's 4:04:10 was good for second place in her age group (40-49), two minutes behind South Africa's Joanna Thomas. More details here.
Speaking of ultramarathons, the American River 50 Miler was held Saturday, and Alaska's Geoff Roes (whom The Bee profiled recently) was an easy winner. More race details here.
Down in San Diego on Sunday, Sacramento's 85-year-old dynamo Po Adams (profiled Sunday in The Bee) won her age group at the Carlsbad 5000. Of course, Po was the only runner in the 85-90 age group, but she still rocked the course. Another local runner, 60-year-old John Yamagata of Sacramento, finished third in the 60-65 age group at 18:40. That's an age-graded time of 85.9 percent. Impressive.
And, finally, at the rainy Zoo Zoom 5K and 10K Sunday in Sacramento, 22-year-old Davis resident Matt Young outkicked 38-year-old Folsom runner Ed Brooks to win at 16:54 (Brooks was five seconds behind). The top female 5K runner: Sacramento's Bridgette Styczynski, age 27, at 18:51.
In the 10K, Sacramento's Austin Weaver, 26, was the winner at 31:21, while noted local race director Rich Hanna, 45, finished second at 33:31. Top female: Angela Escay, age 35, at 36:50. Full Zoo Zoom results here.
I'll be back later with more news and musings ...
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