Greetings everyone! Welcome back to another edition of the monthly race recap. Joining me (Zeb) in creating this recap is fellow club member Jessica R from Elk Grove, make sure to give her some love for helping out this month and taking the recap to the next level.

The format is the same as before, the race, the racer, their time, and placing along with a photograph. We have also included links to the strava activity and profile, so feel free to add each other on Strava and give kudos for a job well done.

As always if I missed any club member please let us know and we can update the post to include them.

Congratulations Rebels! Three months into the year and we are seeing many fellow team members crush their goals. I am inspired by all of you and I know we will continue to grow as runners, teammates, and individuals. Go Rebels!

NorCal John Frank Memorial Run

The first race of the month was quite literally on the first day of the month March 1st. The NorCal John Frank Memorial run up in beautiful Redding:

Shane Curran finished the 10 mile road race, which contains plenty of elevation gain and loss, in a time of exactly 1:40:00, great job Shane!

Hot Chocolate 15K San Diego

We have John Burnett completing the San Diego Hot Chocolate 15K with a time of 1:23:04 averaging under nine minutes per mile! Great job John representing the club well in Sunny Southern California!

Miles for Hope 5K

Lisa Sunahara ran the 5K in a time of 24:08; placing 7th over all out of 116 and 3rd female over all and 1st in her age group! Way to throw down Lisa, very impressive!

Shamrock’n 5K

The next section includes all of the action from this year’s edition of the Shamrock’n 5K and 10K races.

I would first like to highlight new member Jacob Ingle with his first race with the Rebels, running an amazing time of 22:19 in the 5K averaging a pace of 7:10!

Welcome and great job Jacob! We look forward to many more amazing results as your Rebel’s career progresses. 

Next up we have Katherine Winkler running the 5K in a time of 28:47! Great job! Also a new member this year, glad to have you join us Katherine and look forward to sharing many more miles with you. 

Marking an amazing return from injury nonetheless is Zach Gonzales with a time of 25:21! Great come back Zach!

Deangela Castex completed the 5K with a time of 29:31! Great job Deangela going sub 30 in the 5K!

Jasmin MccLean (JMac) finished the 5K with a time of 28:14, excellent work Jasmin!

Sherry Kirton ran the 5K course in a time of 40:36, while also being quite photogenic for the cameras!

Ron Souza earned a 1st place age group (70-74)  finish with a time of 26:03; congratulations Ron!

Another First place age group winner is (65-69) Steve Bond with an amazing time of 25:32! 

Next Ben Mundy ran a time of 23:50 averaging 7:40 per mile and an age group podium! Excellent work Ben!

Traci Seto also earned an age group victory (1st place) with a fantastic time of 24:33, congratulations Traci! We are cheering you on as you take on the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI this year in October!

Austin Lunetta, Kevin Henry & Steph Lunetta-Henry completed the 5K walk; great job!

And I (Zeb) completed the 5K with a time of 21:16 averaging a pace of 6:50mm. Congratulations all your speed work is paying off! 

Shamrock’n 10K

We start the 10K results with Joshua Cudworth completing the 10K course (two loops of the 5K course) with a time of 1:05:22; good work Joshua two races over the weekend. 

Next we have Lynn Marshall who completed her race in 1:03:32! All done with a giant smile too!

Camel completed the race in a time of 1:04:52! Great job Camel! Camel gets extra points for rocking the vintage Hokas!

John Painting ran an excellent race in a time of 49:46, earning a 3rd place age group (60-64) podium in the process; Well done John!

Former Club President and current board member Steve Swindel ran the course in 1:16:09! Nicely done Steve!

Shamrock’n Half Marathon

Amparo (Ampee) Villamor-Haynes completed her race in 2:06:08 way to push through! Best of luck in your upcoming races including the Boston Marathon! We are rooting for you and wishing you a great training block for the Sydney Marathon in August. 

Congratulations Courtney Eldridge on your half marathon PR finishing with a time of 1:48:26! Great job on maintaining a strong and consistent pace! 

Liza Medina completed the race in 2:16:24 Way to go Liza as always with a bright smile!

An honorable mention goes to Noah Seto (Traci’s son) coming in 9th overall!  Won first in his age group! With a finishing time of 1:18:18.

Udochi Mbonu finished her race in 1:55:31 with negative splits. Great job Udochi racing a half marathon while on vacation from her home in New York!

Megan Rodriguez finished her race in 2:30:11. Way to get it done! It’s amazing to see your running journey and I know this is just the beginning. 

Jessica Rong completed her race in 1:48:15 setting a personal best! Absolutely smashed it Jessica! Good luck in your upcoming marathon at Mountains to Beach in Ventura. 

Jasmin Mcclean finished her race in 2:10:44. Way to go Jasmin, we are cheering you on as you take on the Chicago Marathon and NYC Marathon this year.

Ruben Rodriguez finished his race in 1:46:10, way to go Ruben! Despite some minor injuries that we all sometimes go through. Ruben crushed his second race of the year with a positive attitude. 

Joshua Cudworth 1:59:57 Way to go Joshua finishing in under two hours! Double header finisher! 

Gil Inouye completed his race in 2:23:46 Congratulations on a double header finish!! 5k finishing time of 45:31. 

Adrienne Morelos way to finish strong crossing the finish line in 3:13:28. 

Stephanie Lunetta-Henry always with a bright smile finished her race in 3:13:28. Teamwork makes the dreamwork good job Steph and Adrienne!

Kunhuor Hak congratulations on completing the race in 1:39:23. Always crushing it!! Way to go! Hope you have a great race at Mountains to Beach in Ventura! 

Congratulations Suzie OYoung in completing your race in 2:24:34. a half marathon PR! 

Ed Beci ran the half marathon in 2:12:52! Special shout out to Ed for cheering on 5K and 10K runners on Saturday even though his race was on Sunday, and popping the singlet out at the finish line!

Congratulations Lucas Sanchez and Adriana on completing the half marathon together with a time of 2:58:01. Adriana is one of our newest members, way to push through and earn an 8 min PR. In addition, Lucas is racing the Lake Sonoma trail Marathon in April. Best of luck! 

Seize the Moment 5K

Richard King smashed the 5K Adaptive run with a time of 30:48 coming in 3rd overall and first in gender and age group; another stellar performance Rich! Again I must stress this was done while pushing tricycle with a person on it!

Oakland Marathon

Huge congratulations to Michelle Carrasco and Gil Inouye on completing the Oakland Marathon together in 04:56:47. A 48 min PR for Gil, way to support each other! Go team MiGil! 

Big congratulations to Mai Nakamoto on completing her 25th marathon. She paced the 5:15 group. It takes a lot of discipline to pace fellow runners to reach their goal time. Way to go Mai! 

Running of the Elk 5K/10K

This race was remarkable from a team stand point for just how many podium positions were swept up by Rebels for this race! Eight First place age group winners and eleven age group podium finishes in total; excellent work team! Furthermore, even with the cold and dreary conditions; everyone was full of positive support for one another. Thank you everyone for bringing the energy and fun!. 

Angelica Cross completed the 10K in a time of 49 Minutes Flat; earning a 1st place age group (45-49) award and first female overall. Huge congratulations Angelica! While sporting her xHope tank, a deeply personal cause she cares about and is a part of the local nonprofit. 

Adrienne Morelos & Stephanie Lunetta-Henry used run/walk intervals to complete the 5K in a time of exactly 38 minutes! Both Adrienne and Steph consistently progressed their pace over the course of the race to perfection! Well executed race plan ladies!

Courtney Eldridge is another first place age group winner (30-34) with a time of 22:59! Courtney ditched her hat and glasses because of the extreme wind gusts and rain just making it even harder to see. Talk about determination! Way to go Courtney! 

Camel completed her 5K race in a time of 29:00; in the process of fulfilling her race goal of running without stopping once. She earned a 2nd place age group podium too! Excellent day out Camel!

John Painting completed the 5K in a time of 23:22, earning a 1st place in age division (60-64) award in the process! Congratulations John! 

Selena Hak ran an excellent time of 38:08! Great job Selena braving the elements!

Noah Seto paced his highschool friend to a sub 20 minute 5K with a time of 19:35 and getting an age group first place in the process too! Great work Noah!

Katherine Winkler broke the 1 hour barrier with her 10K race with a time of 59:38! Congratulations Katherine!

Steve Bond earned 1st place in his age group (65-69) with a time of 26:32; great job Steve with the matching t-shirt and shoes to boot!

Ed Beci ran the 10K in 53:45; great job Ed we are very excited to watch your progression this Summer!

Mariano Meza put himself out there in difficult conditions to complete his first 5K with a time of all threes: 33:33! Great job Mariano and welcome to the club!

Ron Souza ran a time of 24:24 netting 1st place in his age division (70-74)! Great job Ron here is to more success at the SacTown 10 Miler in April!

Zeb ran a time of 21:57! Running hard into the headwinds because that was his daily commute to and from school uphill with a headwind both ways! When we rounded the corner into a strong head wind with rain some guy yelled out: “WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?!”. Also Ben was caught mogging on me at the finish line.

Richard King pushed hard to earn a 2nd place in his age group(55-59) with a time of 29:04! Excellent work Rich; there are more great results on the way! It must be clarified Rich was not pushing a person in a tricycle for this race either.

Traci Seto won first place in her age group(55-59)  with a time of 24:34; well done Traci! 

Kunhour Hak completed the 10K course in a time of 48:59; earning a 3rd place podium! Well done Kunhour getting it done both in the long distances and shorter distances.

Alejandro Santana who has just join the rebels, in only his second 10K ever (The first being the Davis Stampede last month). He earned first place in his age group (19-24) with a time of 52:58! Great work Alejandro we are all very excited for your development running as a Rebel! Here is to even greater future success!

Shane Curran gets an honorable mention, he didn’t run this race but he was out at the start-finish straight taking action pictures of all members. Thank you for being out there and supporting the club Shane! You can find all of Shane’s photos of you racing on the Epeak app in the Running of the Elk race event chat.

Run Rocklin Half Marathon

To round out the month of racing Mai Nakamoto, Michelle Carrasco, and Gil Inouye paced the Run Rocklin Half-Marathon to three hours. Well done everyone, especially after running the Oakland Marathon barely a week before! 

Gil paced a 77 year old lady who wanted to run a sub 3 hour half. Gil encouraged her all the way to the finish line. They crossed the finish line in 2:58. At the finish line they all shared a heartfelt hug. This is what running and community is all about.