Kota Reichert tells us about his experience in this year's Tokyo Marathon. He'll be home soon, and looks forward to the 'Pede. And Doug Steedman gives us a rundown of the NorCal 10 Mile in Redding. You can read all about the races here...

 

Asics Aggies took the women's and men's titles at the NorCal 10-Mile in Redding on Saturday. Linda was the only woman in the race to finish in under an hour with 57:09, setting a new American Record for women 45-49 in the process... over 2-minutes faster than the previous 18-year old record!!

Sergio took the top spot for the men with 50:51. Carlos and Kim were not too far behind our top two Aggies with a 55:41 and 61:28. Aggie Masters, Jose A., Mike G. and Doug finished within seconds of each other in 63-minutes. Congratulations Linda and Sergio, and great job everybody!  First race of the season, done.

 

 Tim and Lindsay take respective wins at this fine Saturday half marathon. The former wildcats easily cruised to their victories well ahead of their competitors.

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 Saturday, March 6 is the first PAUSATF road race of the season, the NorCal 10 Mile.  The Asics Aggies have a big contingent toeing the line. On the women's side we've got Linda, Kim C., Jenn D., Christina, and Tricia. For the 'old guys' we've got Jose A., Roger D, Mike G., Doug S. and Tom "Rigid" C.  Rounding out the group are the 'young guys' -- Sergio, Carlos, Ron, Tim K. and Kevin P. (although it's questionable as to whether or not Kevin P. is 'young' anymore).  Way to go, Road Captains, on getting full teams together for this event. Should be a great season opener for the Aggies!

And on Sunday, March 7, Dolores Bergmann will be representing the Aggies in the Elite field at the Napa Valley Marathon. We'll be rooting for her to lower her current personal best of 2:48, and to break that tape. After a winter of training in the snow, we know she's fit and ready. You can do it, Dolores!

GO AGGIES! Plow, plow, plow!

 

 Hey everybody, please take a minute to read about the Asics Aggies 2010 Shoe Program. It's being coordinated by Carlos Siqueiros.  All the details on how to get your FREE Asics shoes are in this Discussion Board link.

 

 Win the race, win the girl...

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Kim Conley gets a top 20 finish among the Open Women in the 8K. Jon Cardenas does the same in the Open Men's 12K, with Mario Mendoza not too far behind.  Congratulations to the three of you!

Preliminary Results...

 

Mike Galligan leads the Men and Dolores Bergman leads the ladies on the Plus 3 Leader Board.

The Aggies raised over $1,000 ($1,180.29) for Charity and therefore raised a matched $100 for the Club from Plus 3.

Here is the complete Aggie Leader Board: http://blog.plus3network.com/?p=723#Aggies

Here is the top 10:

1. Mike Galligan Bikes Belong Foundation Pedro’s logging 113 Activities raising $113.99


2. Dolores Bergman Trips for Kids Ritchey logging 74 Activities raising $74.90


3. Jeff Shaver City of San Luis Obispo Parks & Recreation Running Warehouse logging 127 Activities raising $73.93


4. Gary Gellin World Bicycle Relief SRAM logging 34 Activities raising $64.74
   
5. Chris Schille Bikes Belong Foundation Pedro’s logging 45 Activities raising $49.95


6. Frankie Frank Environmental Defense Fund Pedro’s logging 39 Activities raising $46.63


7. Kevin Pierpoint The Tech IDEO logging 30 Activities raising $46.13


8. Bethany Nickless Project Rwanda Syncros logging 53 Activities raising $45.35


9. Robert Grove Conservation Alliance Ahnu logging 36 Activities raising $44.18


10. Samo Michel City of San Luis Obispo Parks & Recreation Running Warehouse logging 44 Activities raising $37.01

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 For the fourth year in a row, Crosby Freeman won the San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon. He crossed the line almost 3 minutes ahead of the next runner! And Masters Runner, Gary Gellin takes first in his division with a top 20 finish.  Here are the results... Great job, gentlemen.

 

 A handful of Aggies attended the Pacific Association LDR Awards Banquet on Saturday February 6th, held at the Blue Pheasant in Cupertino, CA.  Attendees: Kevin and Noreen Searls, Joe Fabris, Gordon Abbott, Phil Reid, Linda Somers Smith, Carlos Siqueiros, Chris Schille, and Crosby Freeman.

 

 

Winter training is paying off.  Samo Michel was first overall female at The Dam Run 5K in Orinda last weekend. Great job, Samo!  Results here.  And Kim Conley represented very well with a top 5 finish at the University of Washington Invite. Awesome! (Results above in News from Around the Web). Excellent job, ladies!

 

Jonathan Cardenas represented the Asics Aggies at the 2010 Regional Cross Country Champs in Iten, Kenya. Before toeing the line, he survived an armed robbery at knife point. Besides that, he also witnessed a brutal beating during a morning run. Although the race was very difficult it might have been the easiest part of his trip! For all the details of his visit and his race, see his race report on our Discussion/Message Boards.

 

Jameson starts off the year with a 3rd place finish and a 2:24:02 PR. Results below.

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Jonathan Cardenas will representing the Asics Aggies at the Regional Cross Country Championships in Iten, Kenya on Saturday, January 23. Is he intimidated by the world class competition? No! He's gonna throw down with the rest of 'em. We'll be rootin' for you, Jonathan!

 

Our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences go out to Kara and her family at the loss of her beloved step-father, Danny Vargas. Godspeed and rest in peace, Danny.

 

Jack Leydig has played a huge roll in developing the strong running community that exists in California today.  Among other things he was the president of WVTC and organized and directed many races that brought the top runners in the country.  He founded the Christmas relays and also started one of the earliest racing circuits for “points” which superseded the USATF running circuits.

Some of you may know that Jack is fighting a rare form non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and seems to be recovering well after rounds of chemo. Mark Winitz calls out to the California runners to: “Run your next race in honor of him and email me about it.  Recruit your buddies to do the same.  I’ll pass your emails along to Jack.  We owe him that kind of thanks.”

Mark Winitz email address is:  winitz@earthlink.net

 

Carlos Siqueiros, Mario Mendoza, Scott Stover and Kota Reichert rallied together at last minute to make a showing at this year's Christmas Relays at Lake Merced... and of course, they won!  Way to get it done, guys! 

Christina Reyes, Tricia Frisella and Glorybelle Lillie also got a last minute team together with the help of Carlos, who ran the last leg for their relay team. Results pending for their coed team, but they all ran strong. Special kudos to Carlos for running two hard legs one week after he ran the CIM.  

The gang of seven celebrated another Asics Aggie Running Club success at Pluto's in SF. Time to gear up for the holidays and winter training.

 

 OPEN WOMEN: Aggie women in top 3 in the nation!

 

3. Asics Aggie Rc
    1    1 JrW  Kim Conley, 23*, West Sacramento, CA       20:36  
    4    1 W45  Linda Somers Smith, 48*, Arroyo Grande, CA 20:41  
    9    8 JrW  Bethany Nickless, 24*, Santa Barbara, CA   21:08  
   21   20 JrW  Kara June, 27*, San Luis Obispo, CA        21:26  
   72   67 JrW  Angela Mercado, 27*, Santa Clara, CA       22:29  
   85   80 JrW  Lindsay Gardina, 25*, Santa Clara, CA      22:38  
  110  103 JrW  Jennifer DeRego, 30*, San Luis Obispo, CA  23:04  
  115  108 JrW  Rebecca Walker, 30*, Palo Alto, CA         23:08  
Total Time = 1:46:18     Total Places = 107
And Jennifer Rubio represents in the Masters division with a strong 25:09!  

Side note: Linda Somers Smith would have finished well over a minute ahead 
of the first place Masters Women finisher, yet still kills the course with a 
top 10 finish among the Open Women.

MASTERS MEN: Aggie Men place in top 10!  
10. Asics Aggie Rc 
   20   18 M40  Chris Schille, 43, Cupertino, CA           34:07  
   34   29 M40  Michael Livingston, 44, Folsom, CA         34:38  
   57   16 M45  Daniel Feder, 46, Woodside, CA             35:32  
   64    6 M50  Rudy Munoz, 51, Fresno, CA                 35:58  
   68   48 M40  Jeff Hongo, 44, Campbell, CA               36:08  
   73   50 M40  Robert Grove, 42, Folsom, CA               36:25  
   97   66 M40  Roger Dix, 42, Sacramento, CA              38:30  
  107   47 M50  Kevin Searls, 51, Martinez, CA             39:42  
Total Time = 2:56:21     Total Places = 243

OPEN MEN: Open male Aggies finish strong in 4th out of 42 teams!

4. Asics Aggie Rc
   12   12 JrM  Crosby Freeman, 25, San Francisco, CA      30:22  
   16   16 JrM  Phillip Reid, 24, San Luis Obispo, CA      30:33  
   18   18 JrM  Sergio Reyes, 28, Los Osos, CA             30:35  
   36   36 JrM  Jonathan Cardenas, 24, Reno, NV            31:11  
   55   55 JrM  Jameson Mora, 25, Arroyo Grande, CA        31:27  
   83   83 JrM  Kevin Pierpoint, 33, Palo Alto, CA         31:59  
   87   86 JrM  Keith Hankins, 26, San Francisco, CA       32:04  
  100   99 JrM  Chris Mocko, 23, Palo Alto, CA             32:14  
Total Time = 2:34:06     Total Places = 137

WELL DONE AGGIES! We are proud of all of you!