COUCH MOUNTAIN 2005

 

First your race committee must apologize. Like most politicians we made a rash promise on which we could not deliver. We promised the return of lousy weather for the storied Mud and Blood run. To borrow from the Dukester "We have failed you". To say your race committee is sorry is a gross understatement.

 

Despite the great weather we had a near record turnout of 43 runners. All went well, nobody injured, nobody lost. We will try to do better next year. The winning time of 29:44 by Michael Payne equals last year's time, which is probably the record for this version of the course.

 

Burgers were eaten, beverages were consumed (in a responsible manner), and a good time was had by all.

 

Special thanks to the volunteer force:

Patrick Bruer

Delaine Deal

Phil Nousak (Pale Rider)

 

-Paul Naylor

 

Results

Place

Name

Time

1

Michael Payne

29:44

2

George Linney

30:39

3

Ethan Caldwell

31:58

4

Joe Levin   

32:52

5

Joel Sink

34:26

6

Ronnie Weed

35:02

7

Richard Smith

36:23

8

Frank Murray

37:04

9

Cathy Wides

37:18

10

Alex Jones

37:24

11

Jim Hotelling

37:51

12

Brent Felvin

38:08

13

Lani Rogers

38:14

14

Christopher Boyce

38:40

15

George Retsch-Bogart

39:50

16

Bill Dentler

40:24

17

Ray Dooley

40:41

18

Nick Soo

41:03

19

Ken Soo

41:16

20

Denise Larson

41:20

21

Gordon Keeler

41:56

22

Mark Rhodes

42:50

23

Don Anthony

44:25

24

Emil Malizia

44:55

25

Lisa Beck

45:12

26

Andy Jones

45:42

27

Carolyn Huettel

45:49

28

Ann Miller

45:49

29

John Charleton

46:07

30

Alfred Kleinhammes

46:30

31

Gary Schultz

47:02

32

Jerry Surh

48:09

33

Deb Bialeschki

48:14

34

Kim Anglin

49:09

35

Barbara Hindenach

49:37

36

Susan Slade

49:39

37

Tom Kirby

49:39

38

Karla Henderson

53:16

39

David Kiell

54:28

40

John Murphy

56:44

41

Elizabeth Rambusch

62:32

42

Antje Thiessen

62:34

43

Mike Freezor

69:21