Today the Colorado Runner Magazine sent their monthly email to their subscribers.  I was reading through the various headlines and race results and found the Road Trip Race Results which included results for Colorado Runners who traveled to Seattle for the inaugural Rock n’ Roll race.  I read through the results as I always do… incredibly impressed with the speed of these runners.  

I did a double take when I hit the women’s half marathon section… I missed the top 5 of women’s half marathon finishers by only 43 seconds… wow.  I was initially kinda impressed with myself before I began thinking of all the spots where I could’ve kicked it in just a bit more and made that top 5 …in a word: Bittersweet.   

Results as they appeared in Colorado Runner Mag email: 

Rock ‘N’ Roll Seattle Marathon, Half Marathon
June 27, 2009
Seattle, WA
21,228 Finishers (5618 – 26.2M, 15610 – 13.1M)
Marathon – Colorado Finishers (140 Total)
Male Top 5
1. Reagan Grabner, Colorado Springs, CO – 3:14:04
2. TJ Moretto, Denver, CO – 3:27:50
3. Phillip Gallegos, Glenwood Springs, CO – 3:33:11
4. Harrie Netel, Longmont, CO – 3:37:04
5. Gary Derbenwick, Colorado Springs, CO – 3:47:23
Male Top Master
1. Phillip Gallegos, Glenwood Springs, CO – 3:33:11
Female Top 5
1. Michele Suszek, Westminster, CO – 2:38:37 (Overall Winner)
2. Stevie Kremer, Crested Butte, CO – 3:07:23 (Fifth Overall)
3. Jennifer Prehn, Lakewood, CO – 3:27:57
4. Chelsey Russell, Denver, CO – 3:29:59
5. Candi Bauer, Colorado Springs, CO – 3:56:03
Female Top Master
1. Judi Rihacek, Westminster, CO – 3:57:46

Half Marathon – Colorado Finishers (184 Total)
Male Top 5
1. Matthew Popowski, Denver, CO – 1:19:40
2. Jay Valentine, Fruita, CO – 1:20:33
3. Stephen Mathews, Highlands Ranch, CO – 1:37:59
4. Rob Haynes, Golden, CO – 1:38:46
5. Kevin Bommer, Westminster, CO – 1:40:01
Male Top Master
1. Jay Valentine, Fruita, CO – 1:20:33
Female Top 5
1. Nuta Olaru, Longmont, CO – 1:11:43 (Second Overall)
2. Megan Glenn, Englewood, CO – 1:44:13
3. Shannon Crist, Denver, CO – 1:48:18
4. Jennifer Allender, Aurora, CO – 1:48:26

****5. Liesel O’Hagan, Thornton, CO – 1:52:47***    

Me: 1:53:30 <ouch>
 

Female Top Master1. Mia Ness, Broomfield, CO – 1:56:14