Cal international

Pos Name Age City (State) Time Back Move

1 Dylan Wykes 27 Canada () 2:12:39 0

2 Andriy Toptun 30 Ukraine () 2:12:50 +:11 2

3 Tesfaye Alemayehu 26 Ethiopia () 2:13:59 +1:20 2

4 Joseph Mutinda 36 Kenya () 2:14:01 +1:22 0

5 Justin Young 31 Superior (CO) 2:14:07 +1:28 1

1 Dylan Wykes 27 Canada () 1:05:19 0

2 Peter Nkaya 23 Keller (TX) 1:06:20 +1:01 0

3 Jason Lokwaton 26 Kenya () 1:06:20 +1:01 0

4 Fikadu Lemma 26 Ethiopia () 1:06:20 +1:01 4

5 Joseph Mutinda 36 Kenya () 1:06:20 +1:01 1

6 Tekiu Deneke 23 New York (NY) 1:06:20 +1:01 4

7 Worku Beyi 23 Ethiopia () 1:06:20 +1:01 0

8 Justin Young 31 Superior (CO) 1:06:20 +1:01 2

9 Tesfaye Alemayehu 26 Ethiopia () 1:06:21 +1:02 2

10 Andriy Toptun 30 Ukraine () 1:06:21 +1:02 5

1:05/1:07 splits for Wykes. 1:06/1:07 for Young. 1:06/1:06 for Tiptun, almost catches Wykes.

1 Dylan Wykes 27 Canada () 2:12:39 0

2 Andriy Toptun 30 Ukraine () 2:12:50 +:11 39

3 Tesfaye Alemayehu 26 Ethiopia () 2:13:59 +1:20 2

4 Joseph Mutinda 36 Kenya () 2:14:01 +1:22 0

5 Justin Young 31 Superior (CO) 2:14:07 +1:28 1

6 Tyler McCandless 24 Boulder (CO) 2:17:22 +4:43 1

7 Jeff Jonaitis 29 Tinley Park (IL) 2:19:24 +6:45 3

8 Edward Kiptum 31 Kenya () 2:19:42 +7:03 3

9 Richard Mosley 28 Canada () 2:19:57 +7:18 0

10 Gregory Mitchell 37 McMinnville (OR) 2:20:12 +7:33 5

McCandless also with a trials qualifier.

Young just misses his PR of 2:13.

Balls indeed

I have to say this race is really living up to its title of 'international'. Despite a very limited elite budget it assembles a nice crowd of athletes from a variety of countries and continents; it may be awhile before this race sees 2:09, just b/c they don't have the money to fly in athletes from Africa who have to run that time or else they can't eat......but they put together a very respectable field with loads of pacing help at 2:12-2:14 pace and for 2 years in a row the top-5 have run around that time.

To clarify, what I mean is that the African athletes living in the USA (the ones who run this race) know they can make a decent living running 1:04 half-marathons all year plus the occasional 2:13 marathon, and if that fails they can just bus tables......that hoard of athletes running 2:05-2:09 in European races are the ones who have that hunger for elite success because they really feel that they have no other option

Oh, and I agree, massive balls by Wykes running that race the way he did.

2:20:57 for Wardian, too bad, I heard he came here looking to secure a trials qualifier. Maybe next year he'll have to (gasp) run a marathon on fresh legs.

1 Buzunesh Deba 23 Ethiopia 2:32:13

2 Erin Moeller 33 Mt Vernon (IA) 2:37:33 +5:20 1

3 Wioletta Kryza 42 Poland 2:38:19 +6:06 1

4 Brett Ely 31 Natick (MA) 2:40:46 +8:33 3

5 Kelly Calway 26 Manitou Springs (CO) 2:42:19 +10:06 1

Is Cal a net downhill? If so can it be used for qualifiers?

Yes and yes, very slight net downhill has some rollers in it, OK for qualifiers.

Qualifierman wrote:

Is Cal a net downhill? If so can it be used for qualifiers?

Cal International is one of the prime beneficiaries -- in fact, perhaps the major incidental beneficiary -- of the USATF committee's unwillingness to adhere to a standard that would exclude Boston as an Olympic trials qualifier. Essentially, as long as a course has a net elevation drop that is not more severe than that of the Boston course, it can be used as a qualifier for the U.S. Olympic trials in the men's marathon. I'm pretty sure, however, that IAAF continues not to recognize it as a qualifier for the Olympic Games; I believe that its net elevation drop remains very far outside the acceptable range.

Moved to SD wrote:

Yes and yes, very slight net downhill has some rollers in it, OK for qualifiers.

I wouldn't call it a "very slight net downhill." It has a net downhill of about 340 feet:

It would be interesting to see what the times would be if the start and finish lines were switched. It would also be interesting to see how many people would bother to run the race.

Canada FTMFW!!!!

How was the weather?

Avocado's Number wrote:

Qualifierman wrote:

Is Cal a net downhill? If so can it be used for qualifiers?

Cal International is one of the prime beneficiaries -- in fact, perhaps the major incidental beneficiary \

See also St. George Marathon

St. George has a net elevation drop of about 2500 ft and is no longer an OTC.

But it's also worth noting that to get that much elevatation drop you start 5200 ft above sea level, and most of the (significant) uphill portions are above 4000 ft. Still shouldn't be good for OTC, but it makes the course more legitimate than otherwise.

A net downhill of 340 feet is not much over a 26 mile race. Thats only like 13 feet per mile down.

Avocado's Number wrote:

I wouldn't call it a "very slight net downhill." It has a net downhill of about 340 feet:

http://www.runcim.org/images/courseelev.jpg

It would be interesting to see what the times would be if the start and finish lines were switched. It would also be interesting to see how many people would bother to run the race.

Try putting that elevation profile to scale.

I would definitely call "it very slight net downhill." The downhill come in 2 chunks, then a long gradual drop of 100 whopping feet spread out over 12 miles. That's 8 feet per mile.