Ken and Carol's Racing Page

24 September 2005 - Octoberfest 5k & 10k Run, Anchorage, AK

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age Group placed
Ken	10k	35	52:02	8:22/m	2548	4
Carollynn	5k	39	31:51	10:15/m	1548	3
This run benefited the Brother Francis Shelter and Bean's Cafe of Anchorage. It was very cold and very windy but that didn't stop us from having fun. Yes, I know--I'm getting slower. That's from lack of running. Notice, Ken is getting faster!

21 August 2005 - Humpy's Marathon/Half-Marathon, & 5k, Anchorage, AK

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age Group placed
Ken	Half-Marathon 13.1k	143	2:06:47	9:40/m	785	15
Carollynn	5k	38	30:08	9:43/m	1601	5
Not my best run by any stretch of the imagination. But Ken improved his Half by about 6 minutes!

9 July 2005 - Moose Dropping Festival 5k Fun Run, Talkeetna, AK

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Group placed
Ken	5k	-	25:46	8:18/m	106	40 Men
Carollynn	5k	-	29:53	9:37/m	9	49 Women
No. Moose were not dropped out of airplanes like one PETA person assumed they were to be. The 33rd Annual Moose Dropping (poop) Festival 5k Fun Run was a hoot. Not my personal best run, but better than the last.. Here's a story in the Anchorage Daily News about the run.

18 June 2005 - Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon, Anchorage, AK

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Group placed
Ken	Marathon Relay	13th (team)	03:39:13	8:21/m (for whole team)	17 (team)	2nd for military
Carollynn	5 Miles	126th overall/53rd out of all women	55:52	11:10/m	5552	4th for woman 40-44
The Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon is one of the most important races in Alaska! People from all 50 states, different countries and several provinces in Canada made their way to Anchorage to run. I ran the 5 mile race, and Ken was part of a relay team who ran the marathon. The route was very nice and scenic. Part of the race was on the Tony Knowles trail. My time would have been just a little bit quicker if not for the slow start. There were a lot of people, plus a lot of walkers in front of the runners. If you decide to walk in a 5k, 10k, 5 miler...whatever, PLEASE... stand way in the back of the starting line BEHIND the runners. It's a safety thing, you wouldn't want the runners to trip over you or push you out of their way. Plus, it's annoying. Just common race etiquettes people. Here's a story in the Anchorage Daily News about the marathon.

18 May 2005 - Do-Run-Run, Anchorage, AK

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age group placed
Ken	10k (6.2 m)	?	59:39.0	9:37/m	2104	3
Carollynn	10k (6.2 m)	?	63:30.0	10:15/m	2105	2
This was our first official race in Alaska and it hurt. At least I thought so. We had not been running any serious long runs in about a month. We've pretty much kept to 2-3 miles. Notice our pace time from the St Patrick's run compared to this race. We got slow! This was a very nice race though. It ran on the Tony Knowles Trail, starting at Point Woronzof. The trail winded in and around the woods along the Cook inlet. We ran right by a moose at one point, but he, or she didn't pay much attention to us.

17 March 2005 - St Patrick's Day 5k Fun Run, Beale AFB, CA

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	group placed
Ken	5k (3.1 m)	?	25:20.0	8:09/m	None	? men's
Carollynn	5k (3.1 m)	?	28:21.0	9:07/m	None	1 women's
A short little race that was held on base. Something to do after the half. 3.1 miles is cake compared to 13.1 miles. This is my personal best for a 5k! I even came in first place out of all the women! Of course, there were only 4 of us. Ken's not too sure what he placed out of all the men, but the race results should be printed in the base paper next Friday. If they are, I'll post them that night.

13 March 2005 - St Patrick's Half Marathon, Sacramento, CA

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age group placed
Ken	13.1 miles	520	2:12:09.0	10:05/m	52	36
Carollynn	13.1 miles	670	2:22:10.0	10:51/m	53	61
The longest damn race we've been in! I felt great after I finished. Ken was hurting a little. Just proves that the older you are, the better! We've trained for this event for 9 weeks with J Street Fleet Feet. Our trainers were Stacy, Dusty, and Nick. They were awesome! Photos soon to come!

12 February 2005 - Run Valentine Run, Sacramento, CA

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age group placed
Ken	4 miles	192	33:53.0	8:28/m	171	14
Carollynn	4 miles	352	40:35.0	10:09/m	172	26
This race was 4 miles long, and the money raised benefited the Legal Services of Northern California. Forrest Gump was there--handing out chocolates. Check out Ken and Carol's race photos.

4 December 2004 - Running of the Elves, Marysville, CA

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age group placed
Ken	5k (3.1m)	-	25:16.0	8:25/m	389	-
Carollynn	5k	-	30:55.0	9:58/m	388	-
Our second race! This is an annual race for really nothing in particular, that I can tell, except for this year. The race was dedicated to a young man named Juan Angel, who died in a car accident in the beginning of the year. He loved the Running of the Elves and raced in it almost every year since he was, I think, 12. It was a fun race, Ken thinks I place 3rd or 4th in my age group. Not surprising since there were only about 70 people who ran. There were a couple of people there, who were using the race as a warm up to a marathon they were running the next day. We haven't received the final results yet; so we don't know where we placed. Check this spot often for that information!

25 November 2004 - Run to Feed the Hungry, Sacramento, CA

	Distance	Placed Overall	Time	Pace	Bib #	Age group placed
Ken	5k (3.1m)	630	29:36.0	9:33/m	1808	29
Carollynn	5k	1132	35:08.0	11:20/m	1809	42
This was our very first timed race, and we had a blast! The only down side was that there were a large amount of walkers that started in the 'timed runners' position, so we didn't really start our running pace for about 1/4-1/2 mile in. If we didn't have all of the walkers in front of us, our times probably would have been a little faster. See a picture of Carol from the run. Here's another one of Ken, Carol, and Bill (an Airman that works with Ken).

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