The weather was indeed frightful: constant snow, snow-covered trails, temperatures staying around 25F, and extremely cold wind chills. But the group of 21 that started the First Annual Buckeye Woods 50K was an intrepid bunch. A little "weather" wasn't going to stop them.
This photo was from a training run on the BW50 course. There was no snow at the time.
A group of about five runners stayed close together during the first two five-mile laps. At the end of each lap, the runners would return to the start/finish picnic shelter to record their split times. Some brave volunteers were there to assist them. The word, "shelter" shouldn't be taken too seriously here - it was *cold* in there, as well as out on the trails. After six of the five-mile loops, runners complete one smaller one-mile loop to make it fifty kilometers.
Jon Brenenstuhl took the lead during lap three, and kept extending his lead throughout the rest of the run. Jon has run a couple of other ultras, but is mostly still new to the game. This was his first 50K. He won with a time of 3:51. Bob Pokorny was second in 4:10, and Connie Gardner was the first female with a time of 4:25.
There were ten finishers. Several of them were running their first ultra.
RESULTS:
1) Jon Brenenstuhl - 3:51 (first 50K)
2) Bob Pokorny - 4:10 (first master)
3) Connie Gardner - 4:25 (first female)
4) Dan Horvath - 4:46 (first really old guy)
5) Debbie Scheel - 4:58 (first master, first ultra)
6) Ladd Clifford - 5:06 (first tall guy)
7) Rachel Smith - 5:11 (first ultra, started 14 minutes behind - net time was 4:57)
8) Brad Holzinger - 5:14 (first ultra)
9) Dave Koch - 5:25 (first old guy who wasn't Bob or Dan)
10) Kenny Welch - 6:09 (first ultra)
other starting runners
Michelle Wolff
Dan Daubner
John Hnat
Marti Stuetle
Scott Stuetzer
Roberta Gangl
Dan DeRosha
Tom Patton
Pat Murphy
Still others participated but started later
Thanks again to the wonderful volunteers!
wow,great turnout!
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