
In Seattle on Saturday,
the Magnuson Series kicked
off the Memorial Day weekend with a 5k, 10k and 15k at Magnuson Park. Ben Ward
of Portland won the 5k in 17:55 and Isaac Armitage of Tacoma, who is only 15,
won the women’s 5k in 21:43. 129 runners competed in the 5k. Moving up to the
10k, Andrew Walls of Seattle claimed the top spot in 40:56. On the women’s side
Larissa Whipple of Mercer Island won the women’s 10k in 52:33. In the long
race, Michael Engelbert of Seattle completed the 15k course in 57:13 for the
victory, while Brooke Maddox took the women’s title in 1:13:01. The Magnuson
Series, which offers races each month to test your fitness, will have its next
race on Father’s Day Weekend, so mark your calendar for Saturday June 16th
at 10am. There will be a 5k, 10k, 15k, a team 2 person team race(5k each) and a
kids dash schedule that Saturday to celebrate dear old dad. Full results can
found here.
Moving to the
longer stuff, Mac McClure who won the Seattle’s Best 15k last weekend moved up
to the 50k distance at Soaring Eagle Park in Sammamish on Saturday and posted another victory.
McClure’s time of 4:34:31 gave him the win over Tony Eckel and Thomas
Gillette who finished 2nd and 3rd in 4:48:15 and 5:09:12.
Wendy Wheeler-Jacobs of Sammamish had an impressive run in winning the women’s race
by over an hour in 5:26:23. There was also a 5 miler, 10 miler and Marathon
held on Saturday, full results can be found at Evergreen Trail Runs who hosted
the race. The next Evergreen Trail Runs race will be held on the evening of Tuesday
June 5th at 6pm in Issaquah at Grand
Ridge Regional Park.
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