7^th annual Laurel Run Switchbacker 10K

March 13, 2010

By Mike Casper

Kudos to Mike Philippe, who braved the elements as much as any runner to direct on this day that kicked off the 2010 Tussey Teasers series. Spring was still a week away, so Ma Nature dished out shoe-sogging rain and bone-chilling wind as a heady addition of adverse elements to the long climb on the front end of this run. Recalled Mike: “Took me about 20 minutes to warm up after the start—in my car!” There was still ice on the upper switchback near the summit. 

Thirty-six runners faced the challenge head on. The rain didn’t bother Pat Singletary much, as he cruised in within 14 seconds of his 2009 time to take first. A few runners even improved their times from last year, including Greg Luna, Jim Myers and Jeannie Peters, and several finished within a minute or two of last year’s time. Travis Cain was second among the men and Martijn Westhoff third. Michele Glasgow led the ladies on the course, followed by Tara Murray and Peters. 
 
At the finish, Mike P. had to run his wipers to see approaching runners and keep his window up to keep the paperwork dry. There were door prizes, but divvying them out on-site was not very practical, so Mike got creative and used an online site and bib numbers to select winners:http://www.random.org/. A $25 gift card from Hoss’ goes to Ben Farahani. Rita’s Italian ice certificates go to Martijn Westhoff and Julie Sutsko.

All runners who turned out for this one are currently eligible for the series “grand” door prize, which will go to someone who completes all five Teasers. Every runner who does all five runs gets a prize.

Thanks again to Mike P. and to all who came out. The next Teaser is the Tussey to Whipple 11 Miler on April 10. We hope to see many of you back – and perhaps even more agreeable weather.

PL.	NAME	AGE	TIME
1	Pat Singletary	44	39:04
2	Travis Cain	22	40:57
3	Martijn Westhoff	29	41:20
4	Costas Maranas	42	41:25
5	Greg Luna	44	42:33
6	Jason Contilno	18	45:30
7	Michele Glasgow*	24	46:19
8	Connaire Foran	32	46:20
9	Tim Herring	38	46:23
10	Jim Myers	55	48:12
11	Scott Brenneman	36	49:37
12	Dana Todd	46	50:59
13	Scott Woods	35	51:07
14	Bill Moen	44	52:47
15	Dave Degroote	52	53:58
16	Rob Crowe	62	54:36
17	Ben Farahani	41	56:40
18	Tara Murray*	33	57:40
19	Mark Harrison	20	58:58
20	John Long-Hart	20	58:58
21	Jeanne Peters*	32	59:20
22	Steve Donnelly	43	59:21
23	Christa Kelleher*	23	59:45
24	Joel Niemann	35	1:00:07
25	Christy Kline*	30	1:00:30
26	Diane Swauger*	34	1:00:58*
27	Van Swauger	41	1:00:58*
28	Tom Voltz	22	1:01:20
29	Randy Loss	43	1:08:42
30	Sarah Peterec*	31	1:08:43
31	Julie Sutsko*	24	1:10:15
32	Kelly Sitch	25	1:10:15
33	Denise Weaver*	45	1:10:37
34	Mary Conner-Righter*	51	1:10:37
35	Maryellen Moen*	43	1:11:05
36	Angie Brown*	22	1:17:36
	*Female runner