Monday, November 22, 2010
A Thousand-Plus Trot in Lincolnwood
The Lincolnwood Turkey Trot 5K and 10K produced some nice late-fall times on Sunday as 696 runners completed the 5K and 483 the 10K. Michael Lucchesi, 32, of Lisle, won the 10K in 32:50 with Colleen Baker of Evanston taking the women's title in 40:29. Jeff Hojnacki, 36, of Chicago, won the 5K in 16:31, and Columba Montes, 31, of Chicago, took the women's honors in 17:51. There was some bib-sharing in the 10K (don't get me started, but I am sick of it). There is no way the 63-year-old listed as second overall in 32:51 really was. We'll give the runner-up spot to Juan Munoz, 43, of Cicero, who ran a 35:39 and was listed as third. Someone apparently finished second, just a second behind Lucchesi, but can't be the person listed. Does anyone know who it was? On the women's side in the 10K, Sang Boon Lee, 40, of Chicago, was second in 40:55, and Julie Wankowski, 40, of Glen Ellyn, was third in 41:07. In the 5K, Matt Cook, 17, of Lake Villa, was second in 16:59, and Felipe Lopez, 34, of Chicago, was third in 17:05. In the 5K women's competition, Mimi Smith, 13, of Wilmette, was second in 18:58, and Kayoko Hamamura, 49, of Chicago, was third in 20:00. A plethora of turkey trots is on the menu for Thursday morning. Check the Chicago Athlete schedule.
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Maybe it was not bib sharing after all. Since it was a combo 5K and 10K, perhaps the #2 overall runner in the 10K had a 10K chip and just ran the 5K loop. The time would then seem reasonable. If this is the case, there needed to be better policing of the runners. Perhaps a timing chip mat at the outer reaches of the 10K course to validate the whole 10K loop was indeed run. Otherwise, it was a great run with fun people and close to perfect temps. The pre and post race band was quality too.
Looks like they have corrected the 10K results and moved the "mystery runner" to the 5K results.
http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?orgID=234623&rsID=103598
I'm sure it was the annual problem of runners signed up for the 10K actually running the 5K and getting put in the 10K results. It happened to Nancy a couple times when she won the 10K overall and had to fight for her turkey against runners who ran the shortened distance.
Rol
Also, "Sang Boon Lee", listed as the second overall female, was really a man.
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