LOCATION: Summerlake Park in Tigard, Oregon
At the beginning of August Sam Fesenfeld contacted me asked me what would be involved in putting together a timed race. He told me that he had a friend (Debbie Bosilevac) in the Portland area that wanted to organize a 7 hour race with him. I told him that Summerlake Park
was a perfect place to host a race like that. The three of us organized the race and had pretty much everything nailed down within one day.
On race morning, I arrived at the park pretty early to setup the aid station. We had 17 runners signed up and they pretty all arrived on time for the 6am start. We were off and many of the runners ran 28 loops around the lake to get credit for a marathon, while others ran 33 loops in order to get credit for a 50k. About six runners (including myself) ran the full 7 hours. My goal was to run at least 40 miles. I ended up in second place with 42.75 miles, while Sam took first place with 45.6 miles. Debbie was third with 34.2 miles.
I ran the first 11 miles or so, before my sister joined me. I was working with her to get her trained for a half marathon, so I told her to come and join me for her 11+ mile run. We ran about 13 loops together, which slowed me down, but I think gave me more energy towards the end of the seven hours.
The race, was a fund raising race for Sam’s autism charity (Operation Jack). It was a free race for the runners, but the runners were asked to make a donation to Operation Jack. Sam and Debbie had some side bets going on, and some runners raised pledges. We ended up raising about $2,300 it was a huge success!
At the beginning of August Sam Fesenfeld contacted me asked me what would be involved in putting together a timed race. He told me that he had a friend (Debbie Bosilevac) in the Portland area that wanted to organize a 7 hour race with him. I told him that Summerlake Park
was a perfect place to host a race like that. The three of us organized the race and had pretty much everything nailed down within one day.On race morning, I arrived at the park pretty early to setup the aid station. We had 17 runners signed up and they pretty all arrived on time for the 6am start. We were off and many of the runners ran 28 loops around the lake to get credit for a marathon, while others ran 33 loops in order to get credit for a 50k. About six runners (including myself) ran the full 7 hours. My goal was to run at least 40 miles. I ended up in second place with 42.75 miles, while Sam took first place with 45.6 miles. Debbie was third with 34.2 miles.
I ran the first 11 miles or so, before my sister joined me. I was working with her to get her trained for a half marathon, so I told her to come and join me for her 11+ mile run. We ran about 13 loops together, which slowed me down, but I think gave me more energy towards the end of the seven hours.
The race, was a fund raising race for Sam’s autism charity (Operation Jack). It was a free race for the runners, but the runners were asked to make a donation to Operation Jack. Sam and Debbie had some side bets going on, and some runners raised pledges. We ended up raising about $2,300 it was a huge success!
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