Joe Gray (Lakewood, WA) came south to run in his first Mt. Ashland Hillclimb Run thinking that MAYBE he could break Rick Sayre's record from 1986. A stout record of 1:42:?? was set the same year Rick won the Los Angeles Marathon. Coming off his recent victory at the USA Mountain Running Championships Joe had a shot at the record but could he overcome the heat, smoke from forest fires and not knowing the course?Finishing in the second fastest time ever run (1:47:29) Joe won the 2009 edition of the Mt. Ashland Hillclimb Run and has a much better idea of what it's going to take to break 1:42.
On the women's side cross country ski racer Stephanie Howe (Bend, OR) came off a recent injury to finish 12th overall and beat the 2nd woman Jenn Shelton by almost 12 minutes.
A story from the Medford Mail Tribune can be found here.
The Rogue Valley Runners will have a blog post about the race very soon at: http://roguevalleyrunners.blogspot.com/
Complete results can be found at: http://www.mtashlandrun.com/results.html
Race photos can be found at: http://picasaweb.google.com/RichardABolt/2009MtAshlandHillclimbRun#
Also look for photos from Andy Atkinson here.
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