Top 50 VA/MD/DC runners

[quote]Alex Filides wrote:

I'll have to check into the SW VA running scene a bit more. RunWashington and Racepacket are the main running sites in the DC metro area. If you can give me the site of the results, I can check out some of the names and the times. RunWashington only gets sporadic results from that area.

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http://www.starcitystriders.com/

http://www.civic.bev.net/striders/

blaznbison24 wrote:

i will be in liden, virginia this summer and would like some guys to run some high mileage with me. does anyone know if anyone that trains pretty hard within 30 minutes of linden?

I work at the elementary school closest to Linden and during the school year I train in Front Royal. I'm starting to get back up to some higher mileage, but it's tough during the year. By the end of the year, I should be hitting 75, then bumping up a bit more for the summer. Some of it's hard, right around 6:00-6:15 pace, some days are a little easier, maybe 6:30 or so. It's mountainous around here, so runs are usually hard no matter what.

During the summer, we're trying to get a small group together in Winchester a few times a week. I'll be running there a lot, and Craig Woshner trains there. We'll probably be going to Hagerstown on Sundays for longer runs on the C&O Canal trail. Sometimes, I run in Strasburg with Tanner, who coaches here in Front Royal. There aren't a ton of trails that are runable, but you can get great training in here

You could probably find some more people if you look closer to DC, but that's also more than 30 minutes away. Let me know if you'd like to run.

VA runner wrote:

http://www.starcitystriders.com/http://www.civic.bev.net/striders/

Also,

has some Southwest and Central VA results. As far as some of the SW VA guys already mentioned, I think Jay Johns has run well under 15 for 5k, mid 30's for 10k, 1:08 for the half, and 2:27 for the marathon. Brian Erb is no longer in VA. I believe he's currently living in Greenville, SC. Also not sure that Jason Wall is racing anymore. Steve Crowder is still around. Hasn't run as well lately but when healthy has consistently run low-mid 15's for 5k, 31-32 for 10k, and has run 52 min for 10 miles. Another very good runner in the area is Howard Nippert. Going back a ways, he was a mid 14's/sub-30 5k/10k guy, and ran 2:19 for the marathon. He does ultras now and has been on 6 or 7 straight USA 100k teams. He was 7th overall at the World 100k Championship this past year.

Alex,

I ran Midland last year for the first time and had some trouble - that's a course where knowing the course can keep you ok, but not knowing can waste you. I don't think I'll run it - two weeks after a marathon is too soon for anything hard.

I ran Roselle a couple of years ago and had a nice time, though I started too fast and got my head wrong. It is nice. Last year at Jill & Jack, I PR'ed big (50 sec) and missed a bucket by 4 sec (AG 4th), but I'd have gotten one if I were 15 yr younger! (Guys your age must be wusses!)

Congrats on the solid 10!

Wayne

PS - If you want to race Midland (or another Jersey Race), let me know, I'll be glad to host you for a night or two.

Gramsky just won the Patriots Cup 8k challenge in Fairfax. I know he was injured right after the Olympic Marathon Trials, which could be why he's had a slow start back to running.

walked into the georgetown running shoe store and lo and behold who was working there....wilson komen. seems as though he is running for their store now so i think we can safely put him back on the top 50

Heard Gramsky ran Corporate DMR at Penn

Alex Filides wrote:

I think the only one that could probably give him a run for his money, out of my list and when he's in shape is Ben Cooke. Ben's a great guy, I've talked to him on a few occasions. He actually used to train with Webb.

Is Ben Cooke back to 100% from his knee problems? Think he might have even had surgery. If so, hope he gets his times back to where they were several years. He was under 14:00 for 5k on the track several times I believe.

Cooke recently ran the Sallie Mae 10k and the Pikes Peek 10k, both in the 31:15-31:30 range.

Cooke is capable of running 29:30 for 10K, based on his 8K times. 31:15 isn't a bad time at all, despite coming back from injury.

It was funny how I had said it seemed that he hadn't raced in about a year and a half with the exception of the Olympic Trials, all of a sudden he showed up at the race in Fairfax. Even before the trials, I don't think he really raced all that often.

Thanks Wayne, I'll keep your offer in mind. I'm thinking about running the Liberty Waterfront half marathon, but I'll let you know what I decide. Thanks.

The first mile split may have been slightly off at Roselle, if I recall there was a slight downhill that first mile, so everyone tried to take advantage of it. I remember racing against Henry Correa, his first mile split was 4:57, he gained a ten second advantage in the first 1/4 mile. He kept that ten second lead the whole race, couldn't make a move on him. One of the stanger races that I had been in, nevertheless at the time it was a PR.

Thanks, those links are a big help. I'll try to come up with a more comprehensive list this weekend. After I get the top 50, maybe I'll try to rank them. Nothing like a good debate! ;-)

anyone else object to Komen making the list?

Time to bump this baby up. I think we can safely put Komen on this list.

1. Chris Banks

2. Edmund Burke

3. Peter Sherry

4. Michael Wardian

5. Darrell General

6. Ben Cooke

7. Jason Wall

8. Craig Woshner

9. Chris Raabe

10. Erik Kean

11. Phillipe Rolly

12. Eric Kweder

13. Paul Rades

14. Rick Roundtree

15. John Supsic

16. Eric Lavigne

17. Frank Sprtel

18. Chris Farley

19. Ryan Mammen

20. Eric Post

21. Eric Estrada

22. Michael Mann

23. Mark Stickley

24. Aaron Church

25. David Spiller

26. Keith Dowling

27. Mark Gilmore

28. Joe Racine

29. Chris Dean

30. Chris Chattin

31. Rob Magin

32. John Piggott

33. Jim Hage

34. John Tuttle

35. Tim Schuler

36. Brian Tullock

37. Craig Morrell

38. Paul Spangler

39. James Bales

40. Alex Hetherington

41. Matt Boyd

42. Mark Hoon

43. Billy Edwards

44. Dave Berardi

45. Rob Hinkle

46. Eric Furst

47. Mark Malander

48. Wilson Komen

i assume its a joke that komen is not #1 on this list? he smoked everyone in that top 50 at rockville on saturday night

chris graff

Obviously, Komen is in the top 3. If you read the thread from beginning to end, I stated the list was in no particular order. We are just establishing a top 50 for the time being. Chris Gaff should probably added to the list. Of course the list will need to be updated.

Here is a list of the top 45 runners at Rockville last Saturday night.

1 1/198 1 Wilson Komen M 27 Washington DC 23:58 23:56 4:49

2 1/165 2088 Elarbi Khattabi M 38 Westchester PA 24:25* 24:24 4:55

3 2/198 44 Chris Banks M 27 Alexandria VA 25:01 25:00 5:02

4 3/198 2080 Jesus Quintana M 21 Princeton NJ 25:06 25:02 5:03

5 2/165 8 Edmund Burke M 35 Burtonsville MD 25:06* 25:04 5:03

6 4/198 45 Erik Kean M 26 Alexandria VA 25:08 25:07 5:04

7 5/198 576 Ryan Gleason M 23 Bryn Mawr PA 25:10 25:08 5:04

8 6/198 32 Mike Stycznski M 23 Clarksville MD 25:18 25:17 5:06

9 7/198 2160 Eric Post M 26 Centreville VA 25:21 25:20 5:06

10 8/198 12 Chris Raabe M 26 Washington DC 25:23 25:22 5:07

11 9/198 13 Aaron Church M 29 S. Riding VA 25:29 25:29 5:08

12 1/152 4 Michael Wardian M 31 Arlington VA 25:36 25:35 5:09

13 10/198 34 Will Knox M 20 Cockeysville MD 25:39 25:38 5:10

14 11/198 50 John Bitok M 25 Baltimore MD 25:43 25:42 5:11

15 1/94 456 Mikias Gelagie M 16 Greenbelt MD 26:02* 25:59 5:14

16 2/152 16 Frank Sprtel M 32 Takoma Park MD 26:10 26:09 5:16

17 12/198 19 Ryan Mammen M 29 Woodbridge VA 26:10 26:10 5:16

18 13/198 664 Spider Sillery M 25 Baltimore MD 26:15 26:14 5:17

19 14/198 2079 Seppo Kaitainen M 21 Beltsville IN 26:17 26:14 5:17

20 15/198 17 Justin Gindlesperger M 26 Chambersburg PA 26:20 26:18 5:18

21 16/198 2081 Launchpad Mcquack M 21 Princeton NJ 26:22 26:19 5:18

22 17/198 2078 Wes Mantooth M 21 Potomac MD 26:23 26:20 5:18

23 18/198 5 Ben Cooke M 28 Silver Spring MD 26:33 26:32 5:21

24 19/198 2232 Orinthal Striggles M 29 Elgin SC 26:38 26:36 5:22

25 3/165 30 Mark Gilmore M 37 Columbia MD 26:43 26:42 5:23

26 20/198 53 Chris Farley M 29 Arlington VA 26:45 26:43 5:23

27 3/152 901 Scott Anderson M 31 Washington DC 26:59 26:58 5:26

28 21/198 663 Jake Klim M 25 Bethesda MD 27:04 27:02 5:27

29 22/198 539 Joshua Trevino M 21 Rochester NH 27:05 27:03 5:27

30 1/233 27 Olga Romanova F 27 Germantown MD 27:11# 27:10 5:28

31 23/198 36 Nick Gramsky M 27 Vienna VA 27:13 27:11 5:29

32 1/157 47 Jim Hage M 47 Kensington MD 27:22* 27:20 5:30

33 2/94 2326 Kyle Smith M 18 Oakton VA 27:25 27:21 5:31

34 24/198 519 Eric Pauley M 20 Gaithersburg MD 27:28 27:24 5:31

35 3/94 478 Richie Booth M 17 Darnestown MD 27:29 27:25 5:31

36 4/152 920 Paul Hannsen M 32 Reisterstown MD 27:31 27:29 5:32

37 2/157 73 George Buckheit M 48 Reston VA 27:35* 27:33 5:33

38 1/158 81 Dave Berardi M 44 Baltimore MD 27:39 27:37 5:34

39 2/233 29 Tatyana Chulakh F 23 Germantown MD 27:39# 27:38 5:34

40 25/198 658 Noah Lawrence M 25 Washington Dc DC 27:41 27:41 5:35

41 2/158 72 Mark Hoon M 40 Kensington MD 27:47 27:46 5:36

42 26/198 2175 David Ohard M 29 Washington DC 27:52 27:50 5:36

43 3/158 78 Ron Kulik M 41 Herndon VA 27:55 27:53 5:37

44 27/198 2237 Paris Caballero M 22 Gaithersburg MD 28:00 27:59 5:38

45 28/198 527 William Potempa M 20 Norfolk VA 28:03 28:00 5:38