Weiser River Trail 50K Relay and Solo APRIL 28, 2012Road ID Last Place Solo Award – gift certificate – Troy Rambo with a time of 7:04:57.9 Road ID Last Place Team Award – gift

Weiser River Trail 50K Relay and Solo

APRIL 28, 2012

The 3rd

Annual Weiser River Trail 50K Relay and Solo was held on April 28, 2012. Weather

was in the upper 30’s at start time in Council, Idaho and warmed into the low 60’s by finish time

in Midvale, Idaho. The course was in good condition despite rains earlier in the week.

Maintenance crews had done some grading and compacting on sections of the trail that week.

Friends of the Weiser River Trail is a private, non-profit organization that manages and

maintains the trail. Use of the trail is free to the public and open year round for non-motorized

use. Several events are held each year to promote the trail including running, equestrian, and

bicycle events. Permits to use the trail for events are available.

Times for all participants are available at www.bluecirclesports.com which we used for

registration. Blue Circle Sports also provided race day timing and equipment support.

The race was presented and managed by Friends of the Weiser River Trail. Sponsors for the race

were recruited from local and corporate sources. Photos of the event are located on Weiser River

Trail facebook page. There were 188 runners participating, an increase of 30% over last year.

Shu’s Idaho Running Company was the major sponsor for this race. Shu’s provided technical

support, race bibs, and place prizes for all race categories. This year, Shu’s sponsored the

completion award for solo runners which was a railroad spike with an engraved plate fastened to

it. It was a unique award signifying the accomplishment of the solo runners. Friends of the

Weiser River Trail sponsored the completion medal awarded to each relay runner.

This year we initiated some fun awards. The sponsors and awards were:

Hanigan Chevrolet Traveled Farthest Award – Cash prize – awarded to May Chen Jing of

Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China.

Road ID Last Place Solo Award – gift certificate – Troy Rambo with a time of 7:04:57.9

Road ID Last Place Team Award – gift certificate – Hot to Trot (2) with a time of 5:41:56.4

Friends of the Weiser River Trail Hard Luck Solo – free entry to 2013 – Lynnette Schoiack

Sierra Trading Post Hard Luck Team – gift certificates – Blister Sisters

Reed Cycle Team Spirit – gift certificates – 4 Whites and a Mexican

Cabela’s Best Team Name – merchandise – The Pulled Hammies

Sponsors donated items for a prize drawing. The prizes included subscriptions for Road ID and

Trail Runner magazine, Road Noise vests (2), Sierra Trading Post Headlamps (4), REI day pack,

Les Schwab alignment service and travel safety kit, Hells Canyon Adventures Wild Sheep Tour

tickets, Shu’s IRC Hydration Pack, Cabela’s aluminum water bottles (6), plastic water bottles

(2), and numerous hats and can coolers.

Hammer Nutrition joined the event this year as a sponsor for the aid stations. Hammer Gel was

provided to each runner in their packet. HEED and Hammer Gel were both provided at each aid

station and at the finish line.

Meadow Gold Dairy provided chocolate milk for aid stations and the finish line. Friends of the

Weiser River Trail provided a variety of fruits, nuts, vegetables, and sweets for the aid stations.

Lunch at the finish line was provided by Friends of the Weiser River Trail and consisted of

breakfast burritos and all the trimmings which was well received in the cool weather. Lunch was

served to 241 people.

Race Packets for each runner contained information and advertisements and coupons from

sponsors. The Weiser River Trail brochure was included to provide information on the

recreational benefits of the trail and to recruit new members. 220 Packets were prepared. Extra

packets will be distributed at the June 9 WRT Bike Ride.

Support from other organizations and vendors was important to our success. One Eye Jack’s

prepared a spaghetti feed the night before the race. The Fair Board in Council let us use their

facilities for camping Friday night and race day staging. T-shirts for the event were printed by

Big Sky Sportswear of Fruitland, Idaho. The City of Cambridge, Idaho sponsored a permit from

Idaho Transportation Department that allowed us to stop traffic on Highway 95 at the Cambridge

Trailhead so runners could cross safely without delays. Local certified flaggers were hired to

help us with that crossing. Idaho Transportation Department provided guidance for the traffic

control needs. Traffic control signs were rented from Specialty Construction Supply in

Meridian. Valleywide REACT provided communication at aid stations and mobile patrols

communicating through a repeater that helped us keep track of racers. Andrew Rostenberg

provided masseuse services at the finish line. Cambridge Litho did all of our event printing.

24/7 Sign Shoppe produced our event banner with logos of Friends of the Weiser River Trail,

Blue Circle Sports, and Shu’s Idaho Running Company.

SOLO PLACES

Men age 18 to 49 – Fifteen Entered

1st Bob Pollmann 3:45:49.0

2nd

Michael Burke 3:53:31.3

3rd

Matthew Tock 4:03:37.0

Women age 18 to 49 – Thirteen Entered

1st Leone Rusher 4:17:27.9

2nd

Cindy Stice 4:39:49.6

3rd

Sarah Morris 4:51:02.1

Seniors any gender 50 and over – Six Entered

1st Jim Boyle 4:48:09.8

2nd

Jeff Mailloux 4:52:11.5

3rd

Cinthia Morris 4:56:58.6

TEAM PLACES

Open (any gender, age mix) – Twenty-Eight Teams Entered (140 runners)

1st Gym Class Heros 3:30:25.0

Tyson Watson, Jerrett Kuzmic, Hugo Martinez, Bill Rupp

2nd

4D2B 3:52:41.6

Melanie Vining, Rod Dines, Kathy Dines, Samuel Thompson, Matt Kasprzak

3rd

One Eye Jack’s 3:52:53.9

Darren Watson, Bobby Parry, Eric Julian, Larry Crosswhite, Jared Smith

Masters (any gender, age 40 and over) – Three Teams Entered (14 runners)

1st Road Runners of McCall 4:20:10.4

Ben Hipple, Tom Bates, Marina Bates, Keith Lannom, Sandy Kollenberg

2nd

Crazy HHKS 4:30:25.3

Kevin Hanigan, Britt Humphrey, Chad Krosschell, Michelle Stoneman

3rd

Running Bytes 5:07:25.4

Scott Hilpert, Maria Essig, Stephanie Hilpert, Danielle Krawl, Neal Benz

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Sponsor Banners were used at the Finish Line of the event.

AmeriCorps NCCC helped us on Race Day at our aid stations, trail booth, and Awards distribution

Breakfast Burritos were served at the Finish Line in the beautiful Midvale City Park

The Solo’s and the final leg relay runners were all happy to see the finish line precisely located at 50K!

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Bob Pollmann, Michael Burke, and Matthew Tock were the place finishers in Men’s division

Women’s place finishers were Cindy Stice (2), Sarah Morris (1), and Leone Rusher (1)

Jim Boyle, Jeff Mailloux, and Cynthia Morris were the place finishers in the Senior division

Open Class Relay place winners – Gym Class Heros (1), 4D2B (2), One Eye Jacks (3)

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Masters Class Relay place winners – Road Runners of McCall (1), Crazy HHKS (2), Running Bytes (3)

Reed Cycle Team Spirit – 4 Whites and a Mexican, Road ID Team Turtle – Hot to Trot, Sierra Trading Post

Hard Luck Team – Blister Sisters

Road ID Solo Turtle – Troy Rambo, Friends of the Weiser River Trail Solo Hard Luck – Lynette Van Schoiack

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Hanigan Chevrolet Traveled Farthest Award – May Chen Jing of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China

This was May’s 75th

marathon or longer run. China has only 73 runs, so she is traveling to finish her goal of

100 total marathon runs.

Prize drawings excited the crowd

Les Schwab, Road Noise, REI, FWRT, Shu’s Idaho Running Company

Sierra Trading Post, Cabela’s, Hells Canyon Adventures, Trail Runner Magazine