A speedy crew at the start - Peters, Juniper, Espo, Abebe, Luis, Juan, Jake |
This year's Corrida wound through the rolling golf course at Marty Sanchez before heading out and along a path paralleling Caja del Rio Rd. At the turn-around runners retraced their route to the finish. In prior years there was hardpack and ice to deal with, particularly black ice in the tree shadows of the golf greens and frustrating stretches of ankle deep post-holing on the Caja del Rio section. All of this make for a fantastic cross country race but were elements that this year's racers did not have to deal with. They did have to deal with burritos from the Santa Fe Baking Company and coffee provided by Java Joe's. More of an advantage than a deterrent actually but I digress.
A pack of runners at the mile plus mark |
Another pack unfazed by the beautiful weather |
Men's Overall: 1) Abebe Yimmer, 29:33; 2) Luis Chavez, 29:33; 3) Mike Ehrmantraut, 31:25. Women's Overall: 1) Whitney Dreier, 37:41; 2) Erin Sindewald, 39:25; 3) Shiela Van Cuyk 41:06
Full and age-group results can be find at the Striders' website here.
Prior year results can be found here.
A photo album of the race can be found here.
Marc Esposito crosses the line in fourth |
Eric Peters closes in sixth |
A special thanks goes out to race directors Therese Trujillo and Meredith Schoenfeld and their crew of volunteers; to Mike Walsh at Paseo Pottery who provided the overall and age-group awards, and SF Screen Printers who did the printing on the race shirts we ran out of; to Whole Foods and Java Joe's for providing food and coffee. And lastly to the 106 runners that showed up to run on a beautiful January morning. Very well done to all involved and all who raced.
Kristen, the High Desert Babe, and Jen together at the finish line |
Related Posts:
- Santa Fe Snow Shoe Classic - Race Report Jan '11
- Area Race Calendar
- Area Trails List
Related Links:
- Corrida Race Report - Santa Fe Trail Runner
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