The first weekend in December was a busy and successful one on the roads for Quest Club.
On a sunny and mild, but unseasonably warm Saturday morning, the women of Quest Club captured four age group awards at the 2nd Pacific Trail Iron Girl event. The 10 mile course consisted of two loops around Tempe Town Lake. Laura Clarke-Steffen led the way, in 4th place overall, and 1st in her age group. Helice Agria, Sue Shafer, and Mary Orr also picked up impressive age group award loot, which included color-coordinated Iron Girl sling bags and visors. Paula Case and Laurie Sommer also represented Quest Club in the 10 mile race.
Photos from the Iron Girl race: 2005 Iron Girl Quest Club pics
Iron Girl race results: 2005 Iron Girl results
Results for Quest Club:
4 Laura Clarke-Steffen AG 47 Phoenix AZ 1:16:49 1:16:40 7:40 3201
8 HELICE AGRIA AG 29 PHOENIX AZ 1:17:35 1:17:27 7:45 3334
18 Susan Shafer AG 54 Phoenix AZ 1:21:41 1:21:33 8:10 3136
21 Paula Case AG 42 Phoenix AZ 1:22:17 1:22:09 8:13 3113
41 Mary Orr AG 61 Phoenix AZ 1:26:13 1:26:04 8:37 3078
46 LAURIE SOMMER AG 43 PHOENIX AZ 1:26:42 1:26:35 8:40 3071
Sunday morning was also sunny, and about 10 degrees cooler than Saturday, nearly ideal for a long race. Quest Club was well-represented in the 18th Runner’s Den / Fiesta Bowl Half Marathon in downtown Scottsdale. Both Lyle Langlois and Kay Martin won their respective age groups, a mere 4 weeks after completing the ING NYC Marathon. Kay also set a new half marathon PR!
Results for the Fiesta Bowl Half Marathon: 2005 Fiesta Bowl Half Marathon results
Results for Quest Club and friends:
35 1:28:35 7/70 170 Daer, David 40 Tempe, AZ 1:22:52(’93)
106 1:41:18 8/33 1016 Mendoza, Ed 53
123 1:43:35 29/75 2072 Shyman, Scot 46 Phoenix, AZ 1:34:31(’98)
134 1:44:37 23/57 171 Daer, Jeff 38 Scottsdale, AZ 1:14:34(’93)
139 1:45:32 25/57 752 Van Newkirk, Scott 37 Phoenix, AZ Event P/R!
373 2:39:15 1/1 397 Langlois, Lyle 75 Phoenix, AZ 1:50:50(’95)
20 1:39:56 2/40 437 Lundgren, Suzanne 46 Phoenix, AZ Event P/R!
26 1:41:17 5/43 312 Harkins, Von 44 Phoenix, AZ 1:29:12(’94)
63 1:52:52 1/7 2094 Williams, Susan 55 Phoenix, AZ
210 2:15:47 1/1 461 Martin, Kay 68 Phoenix, AZ Event P/R!
