RunHouston Sugarland 10K

Congrats to Finish Strong's Dale Claudel for winning overall male master's at RunHouston Sugarland 10k on Saturday, December 5.  Dale finished with a time of 38:14!

Dale Claudel - Overall Male Master's Winner!

Run Girl 13.1

Congrats to Finish Strong's Shannon Crowe and Michelle Howard for taking 1st and 2nd in their age group at Sunday, December 6th Run Girl 13.1 race held at Duessen Park in Houston.  Way to go!!

Michelle and Shannon treated to pink boas and medals at RunGirl 13.1!

The North Face 50 Miler

Congrats to Finish Strong's Ronnie Delzer who ran The North Face 50 mile race on Saturday, December 5th in San Rafael, California.

Here's a quick race report summary from Ronnie, "Quick recap to today's TNF 50 mile race... Stuck to my plan at the beginning being conservative and letting the lead pack go off the front with the intentions of picking them off the last 15 miles. Wiped out really hard down a rocky dirt trail at mile four running sub 6 pace (not fun). A few more nasty falls between mile 25-28 and then ran scared (not part of the plan) and in quite a bit of pain from 28-35 (wah wah wahhh). I was so disappointed with my splits at that point that I got really angry and ran mad. This was actually very effective as It got me back into the zone (will try this more often). The last 15 miles were executed per my race plan and I was able to catch a few runners. My goal was to finish in less than 7 hours, but I'm happy that I was able to bounce back and finish strong. As a rookie to running hills I learned a ton that will definitely make me a better runner for future races of this caliber. I also left with a much higher pain tolerance smile emoticon. I believe I was 35th overall and official time of 7:32:... Thank you everyone for your support and well wishes over the past few days."

Texas10 Conroe

On Sunday December 7, Texas 10 Series Conroe was held - the final race of 2015 Series.  Runners had ideal cooler weather for a 10mile race! Kevin Baker achieved a 10 mile PR (by almost 1 minute) at 1:03:58 and 1st place AG, 7th overall, earning enough series points to get an overall series Armadillo cash prize! Nora Wilson took 1st in her AG (1:25:23), Ronnie MCCONACHIE ran a strong race (1:38:40).  Liah Olson ran a 1:41:38.3. Michelle Irving finished 8th in her AG with a negative split (1:37:54)

 In the 5 mile race, Katerina Savelieva took 3rd in her AG (41:13) and Shirley Santangelo for 4th AG (42:24)!

Kevin Baker wins his AG at Texas10 Conroe!

For more results, 

https://www.raceit.com/results/default.aspx?event=35555&r=12090

GE Run Through The Woods

Happy Thanksgiving!  45 (and counting) Finish Strong athletes enjoyed running at The Woodlands' GE Run Through the Woods with family and friends.  Once again, great turn out and fine results.  (Kudos to Russell Meyer for photos and compiling results for me.)

Belforti family - all run at Run Thru the Woods.  Gabe places 3rd male master's in 3 mile; Julia Belforti win her AG in 3 mile; son Oliver (in FSC run group) places 3rd in his AG, and twin sisters run the 1 mile.

Mike Menster and Bill Glaser

Cindy Byer, Joann Blakely, Skip Moschell

Skip Moschell, Brian and Greg Gohlke

Andreas and Pia Grossman

Rip Reynolds

Gabe Belforti

 Mike Menster wins male masters!

Pam Meaux wins her AG!

Another podium finish for Bill Glaser!

Rip Reynolds podium finish.

Kevin Baker wins his AG

Tim Vibrock podium finish

Results for 2015 - Run thru the Woods - 3 Miler
The Woodlands, TX on Thursday, 11/26/2015
Just of Finish Strong Members as of 10-2015

Female Finishers: 711
Male Finishers: 676
Total Finishers: 1387

Runner's Name	Chip Time	Division Award
Carl Holt	19:24.7	3rd Male 45 to 49
Victor Martinez	20:10.1	3rd Male 40 to 44
Yves Puisieux	21:12.0	3rd Male 50 to 54
Ryan Myers	24:52.0
Ileana Carroll	25:55.8
Cesar Patino	32:11.8
Pia Grossmann	32:17.6
Ed York	35:38.6
Jeanette Hagelskaer	36:12.7

Gabe Belforti                 18:23          3rd male master's
Julia Belforti                  23:12           1st in AG


Run Thru the Woods Race Website



Results for 2015 - Run thru the Woods - 5 Miler
The Woodlands, TX on Thursday, 11/26/2015
Just of Finish Strong Members as of 10-2015

Female Finishers: 798
Male Finishers: 889
Total Finishers: 1687

Runner's Name	Chip Time	Division Award
Michael Menster	29:38.4	1st Male Master Winners
Kevin Baker	31:30.9	1st Male 40 to 44
Rip Reynolds	32:10.6	3rd Male 45 to 49
Skip Moschell	33:13.8	2nd Male 55 to 59
Alan Jones	34:15.3
Hannah Novelli	34:52.8	3rd Female 20 to 24
Tim Vibrock	35:38.3	3rd Male 50 to 54
Casey Clark	36:17.7
Pam Meaux	37:01.0	1st Female 55 to 59
Andreas Grossmann	38:23.0
Cindy Byer	39:01.4
Sarah Moore	39:08.5
Phillip Deprang	39:15.7
Ann Erickson	41:33.8	1st Female 70 to 74
Adnan Afzal	42:38.3
Nora Wilson	42:47.8
Katerina Savelieva	42:53.8
Sharon Morin	42:54.4
Katherine Powell	45:48.5
Shirley Santangelo	46:05.9
Michelle Irving	46:13.8
Sarah Pietraszek-Mattner	46:21.8
Rebecca Schany	49:54.8
Janet Luna	50:40.6
Kathleen Crea	52:45.5
Sara Vanderford	52:46.0
Jeff Goodwin	1:01:25.5

Also,

Zachary Miller  30:40.1 1st in his AG!
Michael Novelli    36:04.3  

Reagon Alami           39:14.3

Bill Glaser               31:59.3 2nd in his AG

Oliver Belforti                        3rd in AG - 1 mile
Nick Mattner

http://www.eztoregister.com/assets/Woods5M2015.HTM

Terra Cyclo Cross Race

Congrats to Finish Strong Coach Chantal Requier who got 3rd place in Masters at the Terra Cylco-cross race at Terramount Park on Saturday, November 21.  Chantal reports, "I rode 4 loops in very wet conditions.  At times in ankle deep mud.  It was on of the most challenging 60 minutes of riding I’ve ever done.  My average HR was in the 170’s.  I did however get a free mud body mask."

Bronda's Duathlon

Congrats to Finish Strong's Julio Morales who did back-to-back duathlons this past weekend on November 14 and 15th in Fort Worth.  At Bronda's duathlon, Julio finished 5th in his 40-44 AG with an overall time of 1:34:48.  Way to go!

5 Julio Morales 15:58.0 7:59/M 57:49.0 16.6MPH  17:57.0 8:58/M 1:34:48.0


For more results, go to:
https://www.nolimitstiming.com/results/default.aspx?event=35306