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Undy 5000

March 04, 2012 By: John Blue Category: General Running News, Road Races

Huh?

I’m not sure how I missed a race that encourages you to run in your underpants, but there it was in today’s Bee.

I’m happy to see the Bee covering a local race–but kind of sad it has to be because of a gimmick like running in underpants.

Oh well.

Results are here.


 

Ultrarunners Dominate at Napa Marathon

March 04, 2012 By: John Blue Category: Road Races, Ultrarunning

The Napa Valley Marathon was this morning and if you were hoping for a top-spot, you had better have brought your long-game. A quick survey of the results shows a surprising number of the region’s top ultrarunners among the top finishers.

The winning woman was San Francisco’s Devon Crosby-Helms, whose 2:39:37 appears to be a new course record. According to my March issue of Ultrarunning, Crosby-Helms is also the woman who ran the fastest 100Km in the North America last year. (7:46:33 at the Mad City 100Km)

I don’t recognize any of the other top women, but the men’s field was stacked with some of the top ultra guys.

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