H+P at the RunWaterloo Fall Classic 5k

 

H+P had an outstanding performance at our biggest race of the year! With over 60 members racing today, we managed to smash PB’s, career bests and World Ranking times.

 

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The team was lucky enough to have our friends at New Balance join us for a day of racing and motivation. Alex Genest stopped by for a motivational talk and led us down the 5k course, finishing in an unbelievable 14:43.

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Fall Classic 5k

Check out the full results here and our World Ranking results here.

Sean was in first for the team, running 16:26, placing 8th overall and 3rd in his AG.

Jordan ran a new WR Career Best and PB of 16:40, finally coming in ahead of his longtime rival Nick Burt. Jordan finished 10th overall and 3rd in his AG.  This also makes him the winner of the year-long sub 16:45 t-shirt challenge!  He will claim his prize at Mondays practice.

Greg, after just crushing a new marathon PB last weekend, ran yet another a new PB in 16:47 in the 5k!  How?  We do not know.

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Erin was in next for the team, accomplishing a huge goal of breaking 17 and finishing in an outstanding 16:49. She placed FIRST overall for women, and 14th overall. This also earned her a new H+P club record!

Nick finished just behind Erin in a new PB, also breaking 17 for the first time ever! He finished in 16:54, which earned him 3rd in his very competitive AG.

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New H+Per Larry Bradley was in next, crossing the line in 17:07, which is a new Master’s Club Record!

Jonathan destroyed his 5k PB by almost a minute, crushing the course in 17:29. This was his first time breaking 18, and is his new H+P Career Best.

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Aidan (aka Rutherford Junior) not only crushed his own father, but crushed his own 5k PB and H+P Career Best in 17:39. This was good enough for 2nd in his AG.

Next in for the team was Peter Haller, who also broke 18 for the first time and ran a new H+P Career best in a blazing 17:51.

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Dave Rutherford, coming off of his sub-3 Chicago Marathon PB, ran an impressive 18:04 – good enough for 1st in his AG!

Chris finished just behind Dave in 18:08!  Not bad for…zero training?

Kailey was the second female H+Per to cross the line, running an impressive 18:24 and placing 2nd in her very competitive AG!

Pat ran yet another H+P Career Best and 5k PB of 18:26, breaking 19 for the first time!  He truly is an up-and-comer!

Gill was 3rd female H+Per, finishing just behind Pat with a new H+P Career Best and 5k PB of 18:37, earning her 3rd in her AG.

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Martin ran an outstanding race after coming off a season of cross training and finished in an outstanding 18:39!

Graham finished just behind Martin in an impressive 18:45.  He has a knack for pulling things together for these short sufferfests!

Robyn crushed her previous 5k PB by over 1 minute, running 18:54 which is a new H+P Career Best, 5k PB, and her first time breaking 19. This outstanding performance earned her 2nd in her AG!

Jessica finished just behind Robyn in 19:07 and was the 5th female H+Per to cross the line!

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Jeff ran a new H+P Career Best and PB of 19:35, shattering his old PB by over 30 seconds.

Adam Dixon ran a new PB of 19:35, crushing his racing partner at the last second with a sprint finish.

Val, who swears she will never again run a 5k race, crushed the H+P master’s club record with a new PB of 19:51, earning her 1st in her AG!

Holger ran a solid 20:03 after battling a calf injury and some downtime from running.

Jan ran a blazing fast 20:13, which is a new H+P PB!

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Terry achieved a new H+P Career Best and 5k PB of 20:33, which also improved his ranking time by 15 seconds!

Vicki Z, coming off of 2 marathons (including a PB), destroyed her 5k PB in 20:46, earning her 3rd in her AG.

Howie, also coming off of an impressive Chicago Marathon performance, ran a new PB of 20:57!

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Jeremy ran a solid new PB of 21:11, crushing his previous PB by almost 2 minutes!

Trevor came in just behind Jeremy and also crushed his PB, finishing in 21:17.

Jose, with yet another 5k PB for the team, ran a solid 21:39.

Manny placed 2nd in her very competitive AG with a strong 21:52.

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Kristin PB’d with an awesome 22:02, which improved her H+P ranking time by 20 seconds and 3 places!

Christine wasn’t even sure if she would be able to complete the entire distance after dealing with a rough week of knee pain, but surprised herself with a new 5k PB of 22:13 and a 2nd place AG award!

Tracy Urquhart ran an H+P Career Best and 5k PB of 22:12, after destroying the Chicago Marathon only 2 weeks ago.

Tracey Kuchma ran a solid 22:37, which improved her H+P ranking time by 19 seconds!  This is especially impressive considering she is just coming off her massive PB at the STWM half!

Kim ran a new 5k PB of 22:46 and improved her H+P ranking time by 5 seconds.

Jon, only one week removed from his half marathon, ran a solid 23:18.

Social MVP Mike Hewitson ran an impressive 23:31, earning him 1st in his category.

Alex Hobson, who is new to the running scene, ran an amazing 24:15!

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Michelle ran a solid 24:30, which improved her ranking time by 3 seconds.  Not bad for running on a broken toe and stopping to tie her shoe!  Coach Sean totally busted her during the act!

Julie came in just behind Michelle, running a great 24:42 in her H+P debut!

Gail Delanghe PB’d by well over 1 minute, running 26:11 and earning her 1st place for the 65-69 AG!

Heidi ran 26:30, which was good enough to earn her 2nd in her AG.

Janice ran as an official guide for the 5k, helping her partner run a solid 28:52!

Sam ran 30:31 for the 5k, and was passed by his wife Carrie at the last possible second in a sprint finish.

Jen ran her 3rd fastest correlated 5k time EVER, finishing in a solid 31:02.

Jaime ran a new 5k PB and 2nd fastest correlated time of 32:29!

Miles battled the 5k and finished with a new H+P Career Best and 5k PB of 39:12!

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Fall Classic 10k

Check out the full results here and our World Ranking results here.

Aaron ran an outstanding new PB and H+P Career Best of 39:28, which earned him 10th overall and 1st in his extremely competitive AG!

Mamiko was next in for the team and the first female H+Per to cross the line in a new 10k PB of 42:49! This time was good enough to earn her top 6 for women and 1st in her AG!

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Anne was in next for the team and the 2nd female H+Per, finishing in 43:25. Thats a new 10k PB, H+P Career Best, as well as a 2nd place AG award!

Matt came in next which yet another PB and H+P Career Best in 48:11!

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Team Results

Check out the full results here

All of our H+P Teams had amazing performances today. We had 8 total teams in the 5k, including two all-females teams and two all-masters teams. Incredibly, 4 of our teams averaged under 19 minutes!

Team H+P- New Balance, which included our team all-stars and NB friend Olympian Alex Genest (along with Sean, Jordan, Greg, Erin), was the 1st H+P team to finish, 2nd OA, with an incredible average time of 16:18.  It’s hard to believe that running a sub-17 5K no longer guarantees you a spot in our top 5!

Team H+P Up &Comers (Peter, Pat, Chris, Martin, Adam) was the 2nd H+P team and 3rd overall with an average time of  18:34.

Team H+P Masters Men (Jon, Dave, Graham, Jeff, Holgy), compromised of some of our fastest masters men, finished in 4th overall as our 3rd H+P team with an average time of 18:45!  Old dudes getting work DONE!

Team H+P Women’s A (Kailey, Gill, Robyn, Jess, Val) was the 1st all-female team, 5th overall team, and 4th H+P team! Their average time was 18:59!  H+P women are strong!

Team H+P- Realtor Mike (Terry, Jeremy, Trevor, Jose, Mike) was 7th overall and the 5th H+P team with an average time of 21:42.

Team H+P Masters Women (Manny, Christine, Tracy, Tracey, Michelle), compromised of our fastest masters women, surprised even themselves with an outstanding average time of 22:50.  Awesome to see these ladies beating many younger individuals AND teams!

Team H+P Team Kristin (Alex, Kristin, Kim, Janice, Caity) was hoping to take down H+P Team Jon, which they successfully did with an average time of 25:27.

Team H+P Team Jon (Jon, Cathy, Julie, Carrie, Sam), led in by their namesake Jon Krys finished with an average time of 26:55.


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A huge thank you to Cari and Derek for all of the amazing race photos!

#cantwontstop

By |2016-10-24T08:32:46+00:00October 23rd, 2016|Latest News, Race Results|