Forty Furlongs
February 11, 2012
by Jason Myers
We were dealt a nice, but cold day for our race this year. Much of the
18.5 inches of snow that Westminster received a week earlier was still
on the ground, although the paths were clear from that storm thanks to
the city. We had a fresh dusting for our race of just over an inch,
calm, sunny, and a temperate around 12° F.
This year's race returns to the Westminster Roadrunner Sports store as
our host venue. We sincerely appreciate the store playing host given the
February weather we have been experiencing in recent years. The course
was an out-and-back from Sensory Park utilizing City of Westminster Open
Space trails Walnut Creek and Big Dry Creek. This is fairly flat course,
mostly paved and plowed. There was a challenging section of approximately
quarter mile softpack unplowed around mile markers 1 & 4.
We had a spirited group of runners turn out for this year's race and
congratulations to our overall winners Luis Ronquillo and Christine
Adamowski.
A lot of teamwork went into making this race a success this year and
we want to sincerely thank you all! Dan Shaw for his leadership and
logistics support leading up to this event; The City of Westminster
for allowing us to use their beautiful trails and ensuring they were in
good condition; Ken Simons, Ken Randall, Joe Sanchez for assisting at
the start/finish; Jane Harbert for scoring; David Wise and Earl Pitzer
for helping out on the course; Connie Ahrnsbrak and Rosalia Murch for
helping with registration and awards presentation; Scott McFarlane for
helping keep the Forty Furlongs web page up to date; Tom Chambers for
coordinating the race ribbons and assisting with presentation.
Thank you to our sponsors and supporters! Thank you to RoadRunner
Sports, and specifically Sam Trevino, for hosting our event this year.
Their generous offer of up to 25% discount, and giving away two pairs
of shoes that we raffled off at the end of the awards. Thanks to Great
Harvest Bread for their ongoing contribution to CMRA races. Thanks to
Westminster for use of their wonderful facility and trails.
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