The results are in:
1. Dave Mackey 3:58.50 YET ANOTHER COURSE RECORD!! 2. Tim Parr 3:59.33 3. Speedgoat Karl 4:13.14 4. Ryan Burch 4:16.09 5. Dakota Jones 4:32.49 6. Phil Kochik 4:34.22 7. Kevin Schilling 4:38.51 8. Justin Ricks 4:43.28 9. Kevin Koch 4:44.42 10. Chris Munro 4:53.59 Women: 1. Anita Ortiz 4:48.27 2. Samantha Sigle 5:07.40 3. Helen Cospolich 5:10:12 Full results hereThe Red Hot 50k can’t be any hotter falling on “lovers day 2009″. The competition (as always) will be just as hot!
Dave Mackey 3-2. Every race Dave runs, he shows up ready. This course is great for him…if he doesn’t get lost. Chad Ricklefs 3-1. Next in line to Dave. Chad posesses the speed to hang with Dave on the road, but Mr. Mackey floats over gnarly terrain better than Chad…and Chad can’t get lost. Justin Ricks 4-1. After boasting a 15:58 5k recently, his speed is present, he could challenge for the win if he runs well…and if he doesn’t get lost. Phil Kochik 5-1. Another guy who possesses sneaky speed, but he’ll need a special day to win it…and the other three ahead to get lost. Tim Parr 6-1. I don’t think trails are his specialty, but he’s quick, and probably ready to race….but he can’t get lost and lose any valuable time. Kevin Schilling 7-1. Kevin is another sneaky fast guy, who on the right day won’t be too far behind the leaders…providing he doesn’t get lost. Speedgoat Karl 8-1. He’s got local knowledge, and his speed is coming back, but not yet, he’s saving it for those 100 milers. But he won’t get lost, cuz’ he knows every nook and cranny of this course….he still might get lost. Rob Macal 8-1. Another fast guy who hasn’t raced much, but has speed to contend….but he’s gotta follow the trail. Ryan Burch 9-1. He’s run here before and is quite fast, but not fast enough to compete to win, unless the others get lost. Jared Campbell, Erik Storheim, and Tim Long should round out the rest…hopefully they won’t get lost too!The ladies race is quite different:
Anita Ortiz 5-4. She’ll run away easily. She ran 4:30ish last year, and should have a few beers down before the next girl comes in….unless she gets lost. Helen Cospolich 6-1. Certainly next in line if she follows the trailAnd that’s it for now, Pemberton is not as interesting, But look for Josh Brimhall to run away with it there.
So the moral of this story is…..DON’T GET LOST. See you there.
That’s a sick deep field for an early February 50k. There sure are gonna be some great races this year!
good luck karl. you just better be sure you don’t get lost now.
Nice! Mackey and Ricklefs dueling it out! Like the old days. I bet Mackey wins by 8 min or more.
AJW
I think the duel will come down to J. Ricks and Dave. Ricks knows the course and is hitting on all cylinders right now. Regardless, it’s going to be a blast to watch (from far, far behind).
Any way we look at it, one of the best 50k courses on earth.
3/2 odds karl will get lost.
I didn’t miss a beat on that course this time! Certainly my best run there, PR’d by 12 minutes.
No getting lost for this cowboy. I just had to follow the smoking hoof prints in the slickrock. Nice run, Karl!
that.. my hoofed friend is some good running. congrats karl. your speed is returning.
great job mr. meltzer……awesome run….