A Towers PR Festival

3/24:
So another big turnout on the hill last Thursday, and a bonanza day for PRs. By my count a full 50 percent of the 32 starters recorded PRs, in addition to the three newcomers on the hill who established times to beat. Of course, this was the first full daylight run in months, and the mild (but not cold) temps combined with the lack of wind and ice were also factors. Still a definite sign that the Fort Collins Trail Running Crew is rounding into good shape as we approach the spring racing season.

PRs: Aaron, Alex M, Brent, Celeste, Dan J, Danny, Fred, Jenn M*, Marie, Mike L, Mike M, Nick M, Ryan, Slush, Steph, Tina.

* Of course, when Jenn Malmberg hits a new PR, it generally means a new FKT for the women on the hill: 34:59. Steph and Sarah are knocking on the door though, so the fight for bragging rights could be interesting here in the next couple of months, especially as I continue to try (in vain) to stoke their competitive fires.

Almost as exciting is the 2011 streakers list. We are now down to four perfect-attendees, so congrats on that Alex May, Celeste, Slush and Pete.

Of course, some of last week's times could be way off, as I received them on a scanned copy of a dog-eared scrap of paper scrawled with a pen that barely worked. Please email or leave a comment if you see errors in my timekeeping.

4/7:
A record turnout (I think) of 35, with 22 of those setting personal records, or running for the first time. Good stuff again.

PRs: Aaron, Slush, Fred, Dan Bla, Greg, Brent W, Brent B, John F, Felix, Kyle, Ramon, Chris K, Mary B, Brian W, Mike L, Carson, Ron, Steph, Mike Mac, Heather, Cat, Dan J.

4/21:

FKTs: Sam Malmberg (28:32), Jenn Malmberg (34:16)

PRs: Chris H, Jenn M, Jenn S, Molly, Sam M

Perfect-streakers list remains at three with Pete, Slush and Alex May all in attendance tonight. Celeste, Cat and Brian are waiting in the wings with just one missed session on the year.

A quick note on equivalencies: We have a very rough Towers to marathon estimate of 33 minutes: 3 hour marathon. Senor Slusher ran 2:53:37 (over 10 min PR) in Rhode Island today (4/16) off a 31:00 Towers time last week. Based on his 31 we were predicting a 2:49 for Scott (his A goal), but he was safely under his B goal of 2:55. So congrats Scott, clearly you are quite the hill monster, and of course a speedy marathoner too.

As a point of comparison, my 2:36 from New Orleans in February is supposed to equate to a 27:xx Towers time, so obviously a few more data points are needed to smooth the outliers, but until then I guess the data are suggesting I am more suited to the roads than the hills. We'll have a few more data points from Boston on Monday and then May 1 we'll have all the FoCo marathon data to include, by which time we should have a more accurate equivalency picture.

Blah, blah, blah. Same time, same place next week. See you there.

2011 Times & All-time PRs through 4/21/11:

..............PR.....1/13..1/27....2/9....2/24..3/10..3/24....4/7....4/21
Aaron....35:34..................................38:00...........36:03..35:34..41:00
Alex A....38:07..43:00..46:00..46:11..42:50............43:15..38:33
Alex M....36:57..42:34..38:27..41:04..41:03..39:30.36:57..38:40..37:57
Amy.......42:00.....................................................42:00
Brent W.37:49............40:44.......................40:30..39:24..37:49
Brent B..36:32...............................................................36:32..38:57
Brian K...37:12.............37:12
Brian S...40:30..42:20...40:30............42:46
Brian W...44:52..51:10..49:04..51:21..45:56..47:07...........44:52..50:15
Carson.....40:18.............................................................40:18
Cat.........42:33..45:40..44:54............gold*..42:54..43:34..42:33..43:09
Celeste...44:23..47:59..46:06..52:11..46:30..46:09..44:53............44:23
Chris C...35:53......................................................35:53
Chris H..42:15.......................46:45..43:41..44:03.......................42:15
Chris K...43:21.......................50:10..46:50.......................43:21
Cherilyn..38:19..42:ish..40:34..43:20.................................39:30
Dakota...30:30.............30:30..35:00..31:00.............33:06..32:38..32:00
Dan B.....41:21.............41:21
Dan Bla..45:22.............50:20.............47:15..47:22..45:22
Dan J.....35:58.............37:30..39:40.............37:14..36:17..35:58
Danny....44:30.......................................................44:30
Dave T...44:47.............................................44:47
Diana H..42:09..46:28...................................42:09...........43:44
Don.......44:06.............49:13
Dustin....45:00.............................................45:00
Eddie......38:33............................................38:51
Elizabeth:48:15................................................................48:15
Eric........40:30..40:30
Eric B.....29:37..............30:51
Felix.......36:09..................................40:30..38:32..37:22..36:09
Fred.......47:20..............................................gold*.48:40..47:20
Glenn.....40:35..............43:00
Greg.....49:55..................................................................49:55
Heather..52:00.............................................54:00............52:00
Jaime.....55:00.......................55:00
Jeff K.....37:43..43:00....39:08.........................................37:43..37:48
Jenn M...34:16..37:47....35:09.......................37:30..34:59..........34:16
Jenn S....51:12..................................56:51..52:12.....................51:12
Jenn B....54:30.........................................................................54:30
Jenn G...46:54..........................................................................46:54
John F....41:00.................................................................41:00
John H...49:46........................49:46
John W..36:00..................................................................36:30
Jordan....46:55.............................................46:55
Joselyne.52:40...............gold*..57:22..55:24..57:24
JZ..........38:45...........................................44:00..43:06..41:45..43:13
Kyle.......33:54..............34:42.........................................33:54..46:54
Laura.....39:37.............................................42:00
Lindsey..45:50..............................................45:50
Marie.....41:30..............44:33.............42:38............41:30..41:52 Marlene...................................................................gold*..........gold*
Mary B...41:25............44:31..51:18...47:13..44:21..42:05..41:25..46:58
Michelle D.........................................................................gold*
Mindy Cl..54:44..54:44..............57:00.............55:10..59:22
Mindy Ch.50:00.........................................................................50:00
Mike L....40:30..47:50...43:50..............46:23..42:25..41:00..40:30
Mike Le..44:00....................................44:00
Mike H..??...................................................................................??
Mike T....45:06..47:31
Mike M...41:14..............43:00........................42:59..41:50..41:14
Molly......61:02.........................gold*...64:43..62:15..75:00..........61:02
Nick C....29:26..32:01....29:26......................37:02..gold*..33:28..30:25
Nick M....34:55..38:56....35:42..................................34:55
Nick Med.......................................................gold*
Nichole..43:00...........................................................................43:00
Pablo..42:55......................................................................45:21
Pete.....32:41..39:40.....35:40..36:32..36:28..34:38..38:45..34:32..35:40
Ramon..46:11.......................................................48:31..46:11..46:33
Ron.........44:46................................................................44:46
Ross.......45:00...................................48:00..45:00
Ryan B...30:58..33:45....31:32..33:10..32:33.............30:58
Sam M...28:32..32:59.................................................................28:32
Sarah H..36:10..............36:10..37:04.......................36:12
Slush......31:00..34:54..32:56..35:34..34:43..33:48..32:52..31:00..33:56
Steph.....35:28..............41:21..40:32.......................36:47..35:28
Steve G..58:30........................................................58:30 Tina.......40:27.....................................................43:05...40:27..41:00
Tom K...48:55....................................50:00..48:55
Travis....40:59...........................................................................40:59
Woody....44:30..............44:30
...80..................20........32.......20.......23.......34......32.....35......27

Top times:
Sam Malmberg: 28:32
Nick Clark: 29:26
Eric Bergman: 29:37
Dakota Jones: 30:30
Steve Folkerts: 30:36

Women
Jenn Malmberg: 34:16
Stephanie Lynn: 35:28
Sarah Hansen: 36:10
Cherilyn Sackel: 37:07
Amy Hartley: 38:14