Run to Rock – Chimney Rock 5k – Results – August 30, 2009

| August 30, 2009 | Race Results | 12 Comments

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My Good Race Buddy Bob and I Courtesy of Melanie Goodwin
My Good Race Buddy Bob and I Courtesy of Melanie Goodwin

It was a great run starting in the town of Chimney Rock just a few hundred yards from the entrance to Chimney Rock Park.  The weather was warmer than I would have expected with temperatures in the mid 60s when I got out of my car.  Nice turnout (73 finishers) for such an ambitious race.  First thing I realized: I forgot my Garmin so I have no idea of my pace and distance.  Hmm.  Liberating.

The start is a gentle glide to the park entrance followed by a wood bridge crossing and a rude awakening.

 It’s all uphill.

I was so entertained by a runner who ran with his black lab (or lab mix?).  The beautiful dog was so excited and pulled the runner from the start and then got a nice drink at water station number one.  (NOTE: later on the dog splashed and had great fun in the kiddie pool at the top full of ice for creating cool head wraps for hot runners).

It was about a mile or so uphill to the open area (I guess for picnic opportunities).  The open area was a little hot.  Then we went back to attacking the mountain with many switchbacks, but fortunately protected by thick trees.  The final pull through the parking lot is a welcome end to a really challenging but fun race!  I’ll do it again next year.

Here are the results … 

Place Name City State Age Time
1 Jarad Crave Asheville NC 34 0:20:59
2 Hector Sanchez Canton NC 35 0:21:30
3 Jay Curwen Asheville NC 42 0:22:27
4 Mike Darling Granite Falls NC 29 0:23:09
5 Shawn Bagley Arden NC 31 0:23:36
6 Jordan Reming Backus Jefferson City TN 23 0:24:37
7 Jacob Richards Winter Park FL 34 0:24:45
8 JT Sharpe   NC 27 0:25:49
9 Joe Houk Old Fort NC 31 0:26:24
10 Matt Dillon Jacksonville NC 29 0:26:50
11 Michael Owens Rutherfordton NC 29 0:27:26
12 Florindo Forero Asheville NC 58 0:27:45
13 Bradley Cook albertville AL 24 0:27:49
14 Matthew Bray Fayetteville NC 39 0:27:53
15 Lewis Bentley Columbus NC 41 0:28:08
16 Melissa Darling Granite Falls NC 29 0:28:09
17 David Crows Charlotte NC 32 0:29:08
18 don Conway Asheville NC 54 0:29:25
19 Dietrict Fabricius Hendersonville NC 58 0:29:35
20 Julia Phillips Lake Lure NC 27 0:29:40
21 Richard Bink Bostic NC 47 0:29:47
22 Tony Rouse West End NC 45 0:29:55
23 Chris Epps Greensboro NC 25 0:29:59
24 Lincoln Crosse Asheville NC 50 0:30:09
25 Dennis Duffy Asheville NC 50 0:30:15
26 Chad Bowman Cherokee NC 34 0:30:40
27 Kyle Winters-Geddis Old Fort NC 25 0:30:44
28 Patricia Cummings Baltimore MD 33 0:30:57
29 Michelle Crabtree Columbia NC 35 0:31:05
30 Frank Ellis Gastonia NC 61 0:31:17
31 Peter O’Leary Chimney Rock NC 50 0:31:20
32 Douglas Spanks Hendersonville NC 56 0:31:22
33 Robert Goodwin Flat Rock NC 57 0:31:25
34 Todd Mangum Charlotte NC 45 0:31:49
35 AJ O’Leary Chimney Rock NC 11 0:31:59
36 Skye Littledave Cherokee NC 27 0:32:35
37 Eric Kenyon Powell TN 24 0:33:08
38 Tom Kingsbury Candler NC 51 0:33:16
39 Claire O’Leary Chimney Rock NC 15 0:33:24
40 Sue Madagan Hilton Head Is SC 46 0:33:57
41 Cindy Conkis alexander NC 51 0:34:19
42 Greg Jackson alexander NC 47 0:34:36
43 Karen VanStick Lake Lure NC 41 0:35:21
44 Marshall Wilson Jr. Rutherfordton NC 21 0:35:33
45 John Malloy Tryon NC 44 0:35:42
46 Hilary Ross Tazewell TN 27 0:36:02
47 Madeline Richards Tazewell TN 24 0:36:10
48 Keith Horton Fairview NC 59 0:36:15
49 Sylvia Gonzalez Hendersonville NC 50 0:36:17
50 Rachel Haynes Hendersonville NC 23 0:37:22
51 Elnora Thompson Cherokee NC 61 0:37:50
52 Greg Moore Rutherfordton NC 29 0:38:08
53 Erin O’Leary Chimney Rock NC 13 0:38:16
54 William Long HILTON HEAD SC 61 0:38:29
55 Chloe McGlasson Hendersonville NC 23 0:38:35
56 Bill Redmond Owens Cross Ro AL 63 0:39:01
57 W Furlong Asheville NC 61 0:39:36
58 Kayla Berry Arden NC 15 0:39:52
59 Jennifer Woodson Macon GA 31 0:40:19
60 Reid Motter Hendersonville NC 12 0:40:31
61 Jessica Norris Retn NC 37 0:40:48
62 Sarah Merrisen Chesnee SC 26 0:41:03
63 Mary Navis HILTON HEAD SC 58 0:41:12
64 Deborah Heller Pawleys Island SC 56 0:41:15
65 Gerri Grady Cherokee NC 51 0:42:34
66 Eileen Mulligan Hilton Head SC 56 0:43:57
67 Charles Campbell Asheville NC 62 0:44:46
68 Matt Eiken Simpsonville SC 36 0:49:38
69 Janna Eiken Simpsonville SC 41 0:49:38
70 Natalie Whitlock Kingsport TN 37 0:52:31
71 Hank Brown Kingsport TN 54 0:52:31
72 Cindy McGahee Nath Augusta SC 57 0:52:31
73 Damon Woodson Macon GA 44 1:01:27
12 Comments
  1. Stephanie Reply

    Does anyone know where the 2011 Race to the Rock results can be found for the 5K?

  2. Bob G. Reply

    I got an XL and it was cut small (that’s my excuse anyway); it was a “technical” shirt (although I realize that definition has yet to achieve some kind of industry standard. As opposed to most runners, I prefer getting a cotton shirt, as I don’t wear them when running, only to proclaim that I accomplished the race (helpful when I’m at IHOP).
    Strange, it advertised all THREE races in the “Olympiad”: Friday night’s “Race to The Dam”, Saturday’s triathlon and Sunday’s Race to The Rock. I don’t know how many did all 3, but I doubt that it was that many.

  3. duffyd Reply

    There was a shirt available. If you signed up well enough ahead of time they had a nice little bag available for you at the finish with your shirt and all the other goodies. I signed up just a couple days ahead of time and they didn’t have a bag for me but they did offer me a shirt. They had mediums and extra large but I didn’t want either of those. They eagerly offered to mail me a large but I told them that I really didn’t need another race shirt.

  4. Ken Reply

    Did you guys get shirts?

  5. Bob G. Reply

    4 legs are always better than 2! ‘Course, when I go with Luke and Chewbacca, it’s like 8 legs are better than 2!
    You’re also right about the social time, even though we left a bit early…it’s not like I had to wait for the awards, like you did! 🙂
    Plus, I owed Melanie breakfast for getting up early on a Sunday!

  6. duffyd Reply

    Agreed Bob. That dog was great. Eager, while his human was patient and thoughtful. And with all that waiting around for the doggie — they still beat me! And the post-race socializing was particularly good at this race because many runners stay until the shuttle buses come (unless they have a driver like you did).

  7. Bob G. Reply

    It was pretty much all uphill, wasn’t it?? 🙁
    Agree with you, Dennis-actually a fun time (especially AFTER as opposed to DURING) and I got to see that gorgeous pup take a plop down in a mud puddle as we approached the picnic area-made me laugh out loud, as well as being impressed that the dog’s human waited patiently until the pup had cooled the belly and quenched it’s thirst in the muddy water 🙂
    The icy wet towels at the finish were a super idea, as it was pretty warm…
    This race is one of those unique ones that will stay on the calendar!

  8. duffyd Reply

    It was a fun race. Although it’s uphill, it’s mostly shady. And everyone is exceptionally happy at the top — because they’ve done it.

    Good catch on the Sanchez question. Unless there are twins, this guy is the same fast runner who was second at the Sourwood (I reviewed my Sourwood pictures and it’s the same guy or an identical twin). The age is the same also. I changed it to Hector. I can imagine a loose hand-printed curvy “l” and a loose lowercase “r” turning Hector to Helton.

  9. Ken Reply

    Dennis, congrats on running this one. I think each finisher deserves a medal. It’s nice to see that the first overall male ran an entirely uphill course faster than I can run a flat course. Gulp.

    And is there a Helton Sanchez? I have been figuring that there’s one runner named Hector Sanchez, and people have misread his name a couple of times on his entry forms. Sometimes he’s in the results as Hector, and sometimes as Helton.

    Or maybe there are two runners: Helton and Hector.

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