Post by kevinspradlin on May 17, 2009 16:16:10 GMT -5
Brown duo completes 100-mile run
FRONT ROYAL,Va. -- It was a great Sunday morning for runners entertaining a jaunt of 15 to 20 miles. The unseasonable temperature, which hovered between 52 and 61 throughout the day, was nearly perfect.
Unfortunately, Bedford County residents Rande and Kari Brown had a little further to run than most. Both completed the 15th Massanutten Mountain Trails 100-mile run in Front Royal, Va., over the weekend and braved - and conquered - heat, humidity, rain, cold, wind and hail throughout the two-day adventure.
Rande Brown, 38, of Bedford, Pa., finished in 20th place overall with a time of 26 hours, 47 minutes and 47 seconds. He finished more than two hours and 16 minutes faster than last year's 23rd-place finish (29:03:46).
Kari Brown, 35, a teacher at Cresaptown Elementary School, finished 55th overall in 32:05:42. She was the ninth female to cross the finish line.
Brown was "edged," as well as you can be edged in a 100-mile running event, by 59-year-old Keymar resident Alan Gowen. He finished in 32:05:34. Karl Meltzer, 41, of Sandy, Utah, won in a time of 18:29:57. He was the only finisher to stop the clock the same day as the 5 a.m. start. Runner-up Glen Redpath, 43, of New York City, finished more than two hours later in 20:42:44.
The run is conducted over trails in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. At least 63 of the 180 entrants dropped out while the event was in progress. Complete results and race-day photos can be viewed online at www.vhtrc.org.
FRONT ROYAL,Va. -- It was a great Sunday morning for runners entertaining a jaunt of 15 to 20 miles. The unseasonable temperature, which hovered between 52 and 61 throughout the day, was nearly perfect.
Unfortunately, Bedford County residents Rande and Kari Brown had a little further to run than most. Both completed the 15th Massanutten Mountain Trails 100-mile run in Front Royal, Va., over the weekend and braved - and conquered - heat, humidity, rain, cold, wind and hail throughout the two-day adventure.
Rande Brown, 38, of Bedford, Pa., finished in 20th place overall with a time of 26 hours, 47 minutes and 47 seconds. He finished more than two hours and 16 minutes faster than last year's 23rd-place finish (29:03:46).
Kari Brown, 35, a teacher at Cresaptown Elementary School, finished 55th overall in 32:05:42. She was the ninth female to cross the finish line.
Brown was "edged," as well as you can be edged in a 100-mile running event, by 59-year-old Keymar resident Alan Gowen. He finished in 32:05:34. Karl Meltzer, 41, of Sandy, Utah, won in a time of 18:29:57. He was the only finisher to stop the clock the same day as the 5 a.m. start. Runner-up Glen Redpath, 43, of New York City, finished more than two hours later in 20:42:44.
The run is conducted over trails in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. At least 63 of the 180 entrants dropped out while the event was in progress. Complete results and race-day photos can be viewed online at www.vhtrc.org.