Reports 2005

 

15Km Dirty Bird run in French Creek State Park/Birdsboro, Pennsylvania/USA(11/27/2005)

After I took part on another street race, it was time to get back into a trail race. Already when I drove there I regorgnised that the area was getting more and more wavy. So it seems that the race would not be just at the flat. But it was not as bad hills as the organisator praise it. But for shure it was not totally flat. When I arrived the starting area, there where already two long waiting lines in front of the tent. There was no thought, it was no small race. Like I did a lot of them here at the States. There where around 360 runners at the starting line. Before the start the orgnisator explained the marking and told us about the first "hill". The course was, without some yards, only at trails. As I said before the worst was not the hills. It was the condition of the ground. It was a very rocky ground and covered all over with leaves. So you hardly saw, where you placed your feet. Some placed his feet lower than he suspected. Fall downs are preprogrammed. And it confirmed, if you saw some of the runners knees. At least the weather was better than the year before. There was no rain before the race. During the race it was a warm at the 50th.

Men:   Women:
Place Name Surname Time Place Name Surname Time
1 Barth Alex 1:05:08 1 Kolbe Laura 1:17:58
2 Koch Rainer 1:05:46 2 Kelso Ashley 1:20:32
3 Mague Steve 1:06:20 3 Dowidchuk Katrina 1:20:55

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