Capital City Marathon
Race Report
by Bob Dolphin
May 25, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2009
The fifteen minutes leading up to the 7:00 a.m. start by Sylvester Park in downtown Olympia is always an exciting time. It’s a time to greet and talk with many running friends who run the Capital City Marathon most years.
This year Jim Thatcher, Ron Fowler and I represented the “Capital City Marathon Survivors Club.” We ran our first marathon there in 1985, and ran our “silver anniversary” race on Sunday, May 17, 2009.
Our “adopted grandson,” Michael Dutton, was there to keep his 16 year string going. He ran his first marathon at Olympia in 1994 and is now a 100 Marathon Club North America member. Michael ran with me in the first mile, and I enjoyed his company while running on city streets and near the Puget Sound waterfront.
Jim Boyd ran the Watershed Preserve 12 Hour Ultramarathon the day before and had come to Olympia for a “weekend double.” We ran together in the second and third miles by the East Bay of Budd Inlet where we had great views of reflections on the calm water. As we ran by Priest Point Park forest, we saw a large native Western Rhododenron with profuse rose-colored flowers in full bloom.
Later, as I ran alone on the broad peninsula northeast of Olympia, the terrain was flat to rolling to hilly through forest and fields. Cultivated rhododendrons with a variety of colors were prevalent near the scattered houses along the way.
The sky was clear, and the temperature ranged from 50 degrees at the start to the mid 70’s in the early afternoon. It was a good day for running.
Being in the back of the pack is something that I’ve gotten used to, but there was a variation in this race that was new to me. After the first four miles, every runner or walker who passed me or whom I followed or passed was someone I’ve know for more than 15-20 years. Some of them were Bernadette Langdon (who walks faster than many of us run), Mel Preedy, Jim Thatcher and Yau-Ming Chien.
Lenore had been in Yakima Regional Hospital on May 14th for her 6th angiogram and missed her first Capital City Marathon in 17 years. She’s doing okay…..but I missed her welcome hug after I crossed the finish line in 6:12:29. I was 324th of 328 overall and 3rd of 4 in the 70+ Male Division.
2009
Capital City Marathon Photos
The race was won for the fourth consecutive year by Jesse Stevick, 27, an Olympia High School science teacher. In second place was Douglas Babbitt, 45, of Tacoma with a 2:50:25. Bob Brennand, 47, of Olympia was third with a time of 2:51:44.
Annie Thiessen, 38, a Marathon Maniac (MM) of Tacoma and frequent race winner, was the overall winner for the women with a sub-three-hour race of 2:58:21. Unrike Krotscheck, 33, of Olympia finished in second place with a 3:08:43. In third place was Bonnie McReynolds, 45, also of Olympia with a 3:09:34.
At my end of the age spectrum, MM Paul Fouch, 74, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, placed first in the 70+ Male Group with a 5:20:13. MM Mel Preedy, 76, of Ravensdale ran a 6:08:21 for second place. I came in third and was followed by Rich Stablein, 72, of Olympia.
The race was well organized and had many well-stocked aid stations that were manned by friendly volunteers. The course was adequately marked and had volunteers and police officers directing traffic and guiding runners to the proper course turns.
A running jacket was a good substitute for T-shirts this year. Disposable timing chips allowed for finish line research data for the runners, and results cards were presented to the finishers. That was a nice feature, but I would like to have received a finishers medal. I hope they’ll have medals for the finishers when I return in 2010 for my 26th consecutive Capital City Marathon.
Written by Bob Dolphin
Edited, Typed and Distributed by Lenore Dolphin
PARTIAL RACE RESULTS – CAPITAL CITY MARATHON, May 17, 2009
2:40:09 Jesse Stevick, 27, Olympia, OVERALL WINNER, First in Age Group
2:50:25 Douglas Babbitt, 45, Tacoma, SECOND OVERALL, 1st
2:51:43 Bob Brennand, 47, Olympia, THIRD OVERALL, 2nd
2:58:21 Annie Thiessen, 38, Tacoma, OVERALL WOMEN’S WINNER, MM, 1st
3:00:38 Gregg Walchli, 47, Woodinville, MM
3:07:35 Tony Phillippi, 47, Tacoma, MM
3:08:43 Unrike Krotscheck, 33, Olympia, SECOND WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:09:34 Bonnie McReynolds, 45, Olympia, THIRD WOMAN OVERALL, 1st
3:24:49 Bob Hearn, 43, Vancouver, BC, MM
3:32:13 Bob Martin, 52, Hoquiam, MM
3:37:32 Richard Cockrell, 44, Sumner, MM
3:39:59 Pete Nicholson, 49, Vancouver, WA, MM
3:43:20 Laurie Dent, 37, Orting, MM
3:43:20 Ginger Gruber, 39, Port Orchard, MM
3:44:04 Steve Wisner, 51, Galveston, TX, MM
3:45:30 Ashley Kuhlmann, 23, Lakewood, MM, 2nd
3:47:59 Christel Elliott, 30, Tacoma, MM
3:51:48 David Jones, 63, Seattle, MM, 3rd
3:52:57 Al Harman, 47, West Vancouver, BC, MM
3:54:44 Bill Barmore, 57, Gig Harbor, MM
3:56:11 Faye Britt, 34, Everett, MM
3:56:30 Herb Allen, 66, MM, 1st
4:04:28 Gary Marr, 57, Snohomish, MM
4:09:19 Maniac 200, 46, Puyallup, MM
4:13:31 Steve White, 55, Seattle, MM
4:13:59 Marilou Russell, 47, Olympia, MM
4:20:14 Betsy Rogers, 45, Seattle, MM
4:20:44 Jim Scheer, 67, Vancouver, WA, MM, 3rd
4:22:10 Ron Fowler, 61, Seattle
4:22:11 Jim Kunz, 60, Seattle
4:24:52 Leslie Miller, 29, Seattle, MM
4:30:53 Unha Lee, 59, Olympia, 1st
4:31:23 Marie Zornes, 45, Gig Harbor, MM
4:34:12 Mike Kuhlmann, 59, Lakewood, MM
4:35:33 Michael Dutton, 39, Marysville, MM
4:36:22 Bonni Brooks, 45, Seattle, MM
4:54:32 Andy Fritz, 42, Olympia, MM
4:54:33 Jody Fritz, 43, Olympia, MM
5:01:33 Ed Hansen, 62, Stayton, OR
5:08:16 Brian Starkey, 43, Edgewood, MM
5:10:45 Tory Klementsen, 44, Bothell, MM
5:12:20 Jessica Bienvenue, 30, Lake Forest Park, MM
5:12:51 Mike Pruyne, 40, Oak Harbor, MM
5:20:19 Paul Fouch, 74, Klamath Falls, OR, MM, 1st
5:23:26 Jim Boyd, 66, Seattle, MM
5:55:45 Bernadette Langdon, 55, Portland, OR, 3rd
6:08:21 Mel Preedy, 76, Ravensdale, MM, 2nd
6:12:29 Bob Dolphin, 79, Renton/Yakima, MM, 3rd
6:21:28 Jim Thatcher, 60, Olympia
6:23:12 Yau-Ming Chien, 66, Bellevue
6:27:32 Rich Stablein, 72, Olympia
6:33:25 Debra Hager, 50, Spokane
© Bob Dolphin
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