(Race photos available from Goddard Photography: http://www.goddardphotographyonline.com/p887320935 )
HealthPoint Plaza is host to the 2011 City of Roses 5K and its 104 participants. A new course this year, and it is much more runner friendly. Gone is the zig-zagging through the residential area and hills behind Southeast Hosptial. A simple loop with 150 ft. of inclines that are behind the runner by late in the second mile. Its a cool and humid morning, but the rain forecast is wrong, and the sun peeks through at start time. SEMO freshman, and former Cape Central standout Roy Leighton shakes off the rust and leads from start to finish to win the overall in 17:30. Dana Davenport claims the female overall with a 24:00 flat. Most notable today was the return to racing of now 56 year-old Marc Romine. Marc had taken nearly ten years off after tiring of racing with nagging injuries. He competed in the 1993 and 1997 City of Roses Half Marathon finishing with times of 1:12:33 and 1:13:35 respectively. Marc was still running sub-55:00 at 15K when he was in his mid-40s. Jumps right back in the mix today with a 19:35 chip time and third overall finish. Other winners:
OVERALL AND AGE GROUP WINNERS | ||||
MALE OA: ROY LEIGHTON (17:30) | FEMALE OA: DANA DAVENPORT (24:00) | |||
01-19 | Ben Rouggly (23:35) | 01-19 | Miranda Brewer (28:05) | |
20-24 | Jacob Dunmyer (24:49) | 20-24 | Evelyn Smith (28:06) | |
25-29 | Brad Mueth (22:58) | 25-29 | Kim Burger (26:37) | |
30-34 | Matthew Sparks (27:15) | 30-34 | Megan Reis (24:04) | |
35-39 | Shane Morris (22:32) | 35-39 | Michelle Crosnoe (25:58) | |
40-44 | Duane Emmons (22:47) | 40-44 | Colleen Odom (25:02) | |
45-49 | Kevin Bramlett (18:17) | 45-49 | Cara Johnson (26:36) | |
50-54 | Scott McQuay (22:16) | 50-54 | Beverly Mirgeaux (29:21) | |
55-59 | Marc Romine (19:35) | 55-59 | Margaret Hill (28:47) | |
60-64 | Dennis Goodman (27:23) | 60-64 | Renee Brown (25:50) | |
65-99 | Paul Pierson (31:58) | 65-99 | Billie Bowman (42:13) | |
Today will be my last 5K as a masters runner. I have been "all-in" with my half marathon training for November, so there has been no racing and no interval or speedwork for over two months. Still, I'm thinking the fitness may be in there to push for a PR. Ended up running alone in second place after about 800 meters. Was doing everything possible to keep Roy Leighton in sight for as long as possible. Thought that I had gone out too fast, so went with running on feel rather than monitoring splits with Garmin. Glanced at it twice to check current pace at top of inclines at 0.55 and 1.77 miles. (6:15 and 6:07 -- neither good enough to hit goal.) After about 8:00 to 10:00 minutes, was paying the price on every little incline for trying to race with no VO2 max workouts. Was able to get past Houck Stadium, onto the more favorable section of the course, and push harder. A 5:47 third mile saved the day. Saw the clock coming back into the HealthPoint Plaza and knew the PR was just a short kick away. Chip time of 18:17.
--K.Bramlett
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| 2011 City of Roses 5K. |
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| Overall Winner: Roy Leighton (17:30) |
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| Third Overall: Marc Romine (19:30) and Second Overall: Kevin Bramlett (18:17). |
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