The River City Rebels have a long and illustrious history of not only training for running but applying those adaptations (cardiovascular, muscular, neural, and skeletal) towards competition, specifically racing. In honor of this long held tradition of racing; I would like to align the club of 2025 with this tradition by celebrating the members of the club who are racing by producing the monthly River City Rebels Race Recap. Every month I plan to round up all of the racing regardless of how short or far distance, nor how big or small the event, nor how fast or slow a member completes the race. Running a race whether it is your first or your 100th is always a nerve wracking and challenging ordeal and members should be recognized for taking on the challenge and finishing.
These monthly recaps will serve as a document of achievement for all members to not only reminisce upon but also inspire other members to test themselves through competition. Additionally this is a great way to learn the names and faces of members you may not meet on a regular basis.
The format includes the athlete, the race they completed along with official timing/placing, an associated strava activity, and some photos if any from the event. Feel free to add club members via strava and give them kudos and support for their race events. Take note of the races your fellow members are running too; perhaps you could join them in the next running of the event!
Obviously if there is a race or a club member I missed from this month, please let me know and I can add them to the list.
Again I would like to personally and on behalf of the board congratulate everyone who completed a race this month. It is never easy (and if it is easy you should run faster ha ha!) to put yourself out there and compete, but by proudly wearing your Rebel singlet and giving your all you are representing the club well and earning respect from everyone in the running community. To put things in perspective I will quote a live strong article from 2024:About 50 million Americans (or 15 percent of the U.S. population) participate in some form of running or jogging, according to a 2022 report from Statista Research Department but “Only about 0.1% of the U.S. population (about 328,200 people) races.” Out of 50 Million people who participate in some form of running only 328,200 of those people have the gumption to compete in a race; which means by just completing a race you are already in the top 99.3th percentile of all runners in the United States!
Our next two big races coming up in March are the Shamrock’n 5/10/Half-Marathon (March 15 & 16) and the Running of the Elk 5k/10k (March 30th) ! Make sure to register, sign up on the Epeak (Discount codes for both races are saved in the app!) and show up for more fun!
River City Rebels Race Recap February 2025:
Along with Suzie Oyoung for completing the half marathon in 3 hours and 39 Minutes!
An honorable mention Jessica Rong for pacing the Salmon Falls 50K.
Next I would like to highlight Michelle Carrasco and Gil Inouye for running the Las Vegas half marathon!
Michelle’s results:
Gil’s results:
Liza Medina ran the 10Kin Las Vegas at the same event with a time of 59:35, congrats Liza on the sub 1 hour 10K.
Next Amphee Villamor Haynes ran the Mesa Marathon in 4:16:45!
Congratulations to Stephanie Lunetta Henry & Adrienne Morelos running the Davis Stampede Half Marathon in 3 Hours and 19 Minutes:
Great job ladies!
At this race our newly elected Vice President Richard King running for Ainsley’s Angels (meaning he was running while pushing a trike with a human being inside it) completed the Davis Stampede 10K in 1 Hour and 2 Minutes!
I (Zeb) ran the 5k in a time of 21:52, getting 2nd place in my age group!
New club member Steve Mangiapane ran the Trinidad to Clam Beach 5.75 mile race in a time of 45:17; great job Steve!
Next we will cover all of the running from the 2025 Valentine Race of Justice!
I would first like to highlight our club president Ben Mundy who ran a time of 33:52!
Great job Ben!
Next we have Liza Medina who ran a time of 36:13!
Gil Machado ran a strong race finishing in 36:35!
Suzie Oyoung ran an amazing race with a time of 39:45!
Camel completed the race in 40:41! Great Job Camel!
Our new Treasurer John Painting completed the race in 32:02 with a 3rd place age group podium!
Another Podium place finisher (and another John) is John Gibson with a time of 27:24!
Steve Bond finished with a time of exactly 33 minutes and 1st place in his age group; great job Steve!
Long time club and board member Ruben earned 2nd place in his age group with a time of 28:11; excellent work Ruben!
Kevin Cimini completed the 4 mile course in 32:43!
I (Zeb) did alright too finishing the 1.8 mile course in 11:45.
Finally I would like to wrap up with covering the Reno Indoor Track (at altitude) event on February 1st.
We had the distance Medley relay team win the masters category with a total time of 13:24.16
Individually in order of appearance:
Mike Leach ran the 1200m leg with a time of 3:52 (5:10 per mile pace)!
Next Stephen Mangiapane ran the 400m in a time of 67 seconds (4:30 per mile pace) with a 32 second opening 200m!
Next we had Michael Dean run the 800m leg with a time of 2:35 (5:10 per mile pace)!
Finally we had John Gibson run the mile leg in a time of 5:50 (5:50 per mile pace)!
Ron Souza ran the indoor mile in a time of 7:38!
I (Zeb) ran the indoor mile in a time of 6:34 to round out the night.
I believe that rounds out all of the racing from February 2025, if I am missing any event or result please let me know and I will update this document immediately.
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