Short jogs

See 2009 Short Jogs in the 2009 Archives.

David Cohen, 58, wore Vibrams, a "five finger" type of "shoe," to run the Cowtown's 50K Ultra on Feb. 27. His longest distance before that without wearing "regular" running shoes was 20 miles. He finished Cowtown in 8:17:43. He's among several runners who are going "barefooted."

Kiplimo Chemirmir of Flower Mound, runner-up at the Cowtown Marathon on Feb. 27, finished third at the Little Rock Marathon on March 7. He ran an unofficial 2:34:51, which still leaves him more than three minutes short of his goal of beating his mother's marathon PR....While 21,000 runners and walkers enjoyed the varying distances at The Cowtown on Feb. 27, some other Metroplex runners ventured to other venues over that weekend to run marahons. At the New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon on Feb. 28, Jean-Paul Armentor, 38, of Plano breezed to a Boston-qualifying chip time of 3:00:34 to place 57th overall among the 3,509 finishers. Others who came in the top 500 inlcuded David Jones, 38, of Dallas (3:28:56); Jordan Lynch, 30, of Fort Worth (3:31:45); Mark Spurlock, 48, of Irving (3:33:27); Jeffrey Labauve, 31, of Dallas (3:34:10); and Cecil Cooper, 48,of Fort Worth (3:35:59). And then at the Gasparilla Distance Classic in Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 28, Bill Berenson, 55, of Fort Worth ran his 10th Boston qualifier in 10 different states with a 3:32:02.... Kiplimo Chemirmir, 26, of Flower Mound finished fourth at the Austin Marathon on Feb. 14 with a 2:33:25. Three-time Cowtown Marathon winner Keith Pierce of Cedar Park won in 2:20:36. Other top finishers from the D-FW area included Michelle McGoldrick, 37, who was 59th overall with a BQ 3:04:18, which won her age division; Trey Bryant, 41, of Dallas with a BQ 3:04:46; Brad Pierpont, 29, of Cleburne with a BQ 3:06:54; Jerod Honrath, 36, of Dallas with a BQ 3:07:17; Dave Emerson, 51, of Coppell with BQ 3:09:06; Adrian Long, 22, of Alvarado with a 3:12:34; Amy Assenmacher, 34, of Dallas with a BQ 3:18:20; Rachel Whaley, 18, of McKinney with a BQ 3:19:49; Chad Truby, 34, of Keller with a 3:22:51; Dane Thomson, 40, of Dallas with a 3:23:08; and Brad Hall, 39, of Southlake, with a 3:23:48....At the Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham, Ala., on Feb. 14, Carlos Gracia, 44, of Fort Worth, ran a 3:49:54..... Jeffrey Arnier Jr., representing the Dallas Metroplex Stars, finished 10th in the Junior Men's 8K on Saturday (Feb. 13) at the USA Cross Country Championships and World Cross Country trials in Spokane, Wash. Arnier ran a 25:05. Winning was Trevor Dunbar of the University or Portland in 24:04. In the Junior 6K, Carly Kitts, also representing the Dallas Metroplex Stars, ran a 23:26 to place 26th. Shelby Greany of Providence College won in 20:27....Joe's Run has announced that the band Triggerfish, which plays a wide variety of music, will be playing at the March 27 event....Trey Bryant, 41, of Dallas, enjoyed a fast time at the Surf City Marathon in Hungtington Beach, Calif., on Feb. 7. He ran a Boston Marathon-qualifying time of 3:04:44 to finish 28th overall among the 2,349 finishers and placed second in his age division. Also, Donita Robins, 47, of Greenville ran a 4:15:31....At the Death Valley Trail Marathon (a real scary name for a marathon) in Death Valley, Calif., on Feb. 6, Felicia Finston, 49, of Dallas nailed a Boston qualifier with a 3:53:31...There were only 198 finishers at the Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon in Melbourne, Fla., on Feb. 7, and Kyle Wood, 24, of Dallas was among them with a 3:42:57.....Southlake resident Thomas Okazaki, who's planning to run his 100th marathon at The Cowtown on Feb. 27, ran the Rocky Raccoon 50-Mile Ultra Trail Run in Huntsville on Saturday (Feb. 6) and scored a PR with a 9:04:24. He completed his 97th marathon/ultra with the effort and plans to log his 98th and 99th marathons the next two weekend at the Surfside Beach Marathon in Surfside, Tx., on Feb. 13 and then the Austin Marathon the week before Cowtown...Pascal Silverstre, 48, of Paris (Tx) earned a Boston Marathon-qualifying time at the Miami Marathon on Jan. 31 by running a 2:56:38 on a hot and humid morning. He placed second in his age division and was 20th overall in the marathon that had 2,871 finishers. Also, three Dallas residents broke four hours in Miami, including Peter Thistleton, 37, (3:50:55), Jason Schuchard, 30, (3:51:41), and Sarah Smith, 32, (3:52:34)....At the Ocala (Fla.) Marathon on Jan. 31, two area residents were among the 116 finishers. Claude Hicks Jr. (a 50-stater) of Fort Worth ran a 3:54:33, and Clyde Shank of Plano finished in 4:46:45....Benjy Melancon, 39, of Gainesville participated at the Carlsbad (Callif.) Marathon on Jan. 24 and ran a 3:41:18 to finish 199th among the 1,194 finishers. Also on Jan. 24, Ken and Lorrie Gray of Carrollton were among the area participants at the Maui Oceanfront Marathon in Lahaina, Maui. Ken ran a 4:40:31 and Lorrie finished in 5:35:58....As usual, there were many from the D-FW area who participated in the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 17, and many posted fast times. The leading male runner in the marathon from the area was Andrew Cook of Flower Mound, who finished in 2:23:19 to finish 11th overall. In the half, Dawn Charlier of Dallas ran a 1:19:41 to finish 28th among females. Among the males in the half, Nicholas Stanko, 28, of Haslett ran a 1:04:42 for 17th place. Other top marathon finishers by cities: Fort Worth -- Loc Ly, 35, 3:09:37; Joseph Averett, 32, 3:09:54; James Michael, 47, 3:16:44 and Policarpo Hernandez, 28, 3:33:11. Dallas -- Shaheen Sattar, 25, 3:08:54; Nick Polito, 41, 3:09:38; Trey Bryant, 41, 3:14:21; David Weakley, 51, 3:19:40; Amanda Klein, 26, 3:24:28; James Wilson, 42, 3:25:18; Colleen Nelson, 35, 3:30:07. Hurst -- Joseph Kilianski, 21, 3:11:40. Grand Prairie -- Angela Eusery, 41, 3:34:26. Bedford -- Doug Wensrich, 28, 3:08:29. Plano -- Jerry Young, 41, 2:58:35; Mark Newcomb, 53, 3:20:13; Rodney Dellinger, 34, 3:25; Debbie Laude, 29, 3:38:32; Lauren Newcomb, 20, 3:38:52. Irving -- Jason Couch, 36, 3:15:48. Benbrook -- Todd Reynolds, Benbrook, 42, 2:54:48....Several area runners also ventured to west to run in the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon on Jan.17. Among the finishers was Bill Berenson of Fort Worth, who ran his ninth Boston qualifier in nine different states. Berenson, 55, finished in 3:34:34. Other top finishers among the 5,691 who crossed the finish line included Becky Angeles, Neveda (Tx), 32, 2:47:28; Garrett Underdown, 34, Frisco, 2:58:29; Jon Korte, 28, Grapevine, 3:04:44; Brian Elliott, 26, Hurst, 3:09:30; Ethan Underwood, 35, Dallas, 3:11:14; Philip Hodge, 43, Little Elm, 3:15:47; Chad Allison, 37, Plano, 3:32:18; Kyle Wills, 34, Rowett, 3:34:36; Erik Gretarsson, 45, Hurst, 3:36:37 and Mullin Stephanie, 40, Arlington, 3:39:39....Traveling to Robins AFB in Georgia on Jan. 16 to compete in the Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon incuded Peter Beauvais, 48, of DeSoto, whose 3:01:43 was good for a second place finish. Also, Edna Turner, 42, of Farmers Branch, ran a 4:08:32....The Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers running club (LGRAW) has had its Hound Dog Hustle on April 24 designated as the RRCA Texas 5K Championship Race....This was Florida? On Jan. 10, temperatures hovered in the low-30s for the Disney World Marathon and several D-FW area runners participated in the chilling conditions. First among them to return and find warmth was Jerod Honrath, 35, of Dallas. He finished 135th among the 16,874 finishers with a Boston Marathon qualifying time of 3:09:25. Others among the top 1,000 included Annie King, 24, of Dallas (a BQ 3:31:15), Eric Peterman, 34, of Hurst (3:34:29), Amy Clark, 32, of Fort Worth (a BQ 3:36:04), Cy Armstrong, 31, of Dallas, (3:36:29), and Scott, 40, and Joanna Meek, of Frisco, finished together at 3:38:33, and Richard Harpel, Dallas, came in at 3:39:13....Jeff Venable, 47, of Dallas, capped 2009 on Dec. 27 by participating in the Run The Ranch Marathon in Springfield, Mo. The marathon, which is an multi-loop 5K course, attracted 95 participants. Comments from those who participated ranged from terrible to great. Apparently, the food was great, but organization, medals and shirts seemed to be a problem. Anyway, Venable, who has completed more than 50 marathons, finished in 4:29:19 to place second in his age division. Strangely, one female runner complained about a horse being on the medals and shirts. She said this wasn't a rodeo, but she should look at the marathon's name to maybe get a clue of why a horse is depicted on the medal and shirt.