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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!

It was a generally nice morning for a Thanksgiving Day race in East Mesa; mostly sunny, unseasonably warm, but without the usual stiff breeze. This venerable 10K, which celebrated its 36th running, reportedly set a record for number of entrants (nearly 2,000 in the 10K, with close to 1,000 more in the non-competitive events, a 2 mile fun run and 1 mile fitness walk). New course records were also established by the men’s and women’s overall winners.

Quest Club was well-represented in the results. For the second year in a row, Laura Clarke-Steffen took home a turkey for winning her age group (although we didn’t get two birds this year). Jeff Daer made a rare appearance in a road race, and passed Tom Turkey in the last half mile to earn a certificate.

Turkey Trot 10K race results at RacePlaceEvents.com: Turkey Trot results

Results for Quest Club and friends:

73 41:10 5/106 409 Daer, David 40 Tempe, AZ 38:12(’93)
172 45:17 5/60 2220 Mendoza, Ed 52
283 48:23 29/105 410 Daer, Jeff 38 Scottsdale, AZ 34:57(’93)
481 54:15 9/19 1613 Steffen, Bob 64 Phoenix, AZ

16 44:00 1/63 343 Clarke-Steffen, Laura 47 Phoenix, AZ 42:40(’04)
23 44:46 6/196 2180 Agria, Helice 29
232 54:43 27/123 2820 Clarke, Ginger 44

The New Times 10K moved to Mill Avenue for its 30th edition. Years ago, this was my first road race, when it started on Camelback near 24th St, and was known as the “North Bank” run.

Results for the 30th New Times 10K: 2005 New Times 10K on Mill results

Quest Club results:

ELITE:
18 14 TRINA PAINTER F 39 36:27 5:52

CITIZENS:
94 1090 DAVID DAER M 40 40:51 6:35 13/265 M4044 TEMPE AZ
352 2251 SCOTT VAN NEWKIRK M 37 46:26 7:29 44/252 M3539 PHOENIX AZ
485 2981 COURTNEY WATERS F 19 48:15 7:46 6/44 F0119 MESA AZ
566 2587 SUSAN SHAFER F 54 49:04 7:54 3/68 F5054 PHOENIX AZ
726 3748 LAURIE SOMMER F 43 50:44 8:10 20/218 F4044 PHOENIX AZ
897 3924 STEPHEN LINDSTROM M 58 52:03 8:23 23/91 M5559
1892 3925 KATHRYN LINDSTROM F 52 59:30 9:35 27/68 F5054