FOOTPRINT Lake Grapevine Runners & Walkers
December 2007
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Double Trouble Sets Records By Jeff Barnhart
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or two runners, this year’s Double Trouble was no trouble, with Andrea Jarzombek and Joe Beisner taking both the 5K and 10K races as the overall winners. Andrea set a course record for both races with times of 17:14 and 35:45, respectively. Joe set a course record for the 10K with a time of 34:29 and just missed the 5K course record of 16:54 by 12 seconds.
race, from course set up and marking, to registration and packet pickup, finish line and results, water station management, parking and traffic coordination, to our great announcer, and to the fastest clean-up crew in the west. I would mention all the volunteers by name, but it would take a whole issue to list them all, so it was discouraged by the editors.
Joe and Andrea, in winning both races, took home a little extra prize of $100 each. This was the first time this award was handed out and both deserved it. As RAW runner Ken Hall put it, “He (Joe) just had an extra gear at the end and I could not catch him.”
The race also showed RAW’s passion about the runners and the race with many in the number of participants staying around cheering the last runner on the course. with 365 coming out to run One such participant was the 2007 event and setting a new high for the total amount Walter Wilson, who wrote raised for the club. The other in an e-mail, “I was the aspects of the race may have very last finisher at the 10k this morning. I wanted not been “records,” but they were goals met for this year’s to thank your group and several of your volunteers event. The most significant and associates for their goal was to provide more to the participants and this year assistance to us at the end. Andrea Jarzombek set course (My wife had expressed the race handed out a tech records in the 5K and 10K. concern.) I especially wanted running shirt and running able to accomplish all my to thank the gentleman [Jeff cap at the finish line. goals for the race and could Garbe] who stayed with me only have done that with the As with Bold in the Cold and for the last mile or two.” help of many. Hound Dog Hustle, many participants commented how This year’s Double Trouble The one key thing I learned well organized the race was. race was my last as race from these past two years director (RD) and I have One father of a runner even is your race is only as good enjoyed my tenure. I learned as the people who help you commented that he thought our races were organized more than I ever expected and with RAW, you can’t by a race management about the inner workings of find any better people in the company and not by club putting on a race and have a world. Thanks again to all volunteers. This year’s huge appreciation for what who helped this year and to race once again showed it takes to not only put on a all the runners who came out how well RAW can put on a race, but organize one. for the race.
RAW’s own Mark Miller won his age group in both races.
The race also set some records with this year’s race having a 50 percent increase
Molly Tucker sprints towards the finish and 1st place in her age group.
I had many goals with taking over as RD and during the first year, I was worried about filling the shoes of Rick Sanford, who was the previous RD. I was able to try some new things to bring more people to the race, some worked and some did not. I also, unfortunately, did some things to upset some people and I regret those events. This year I was