Results are in:

Ben True shatters his old course record (14:06.5 from last year’s race) in winning the 2012 edition.

Notables – Men:

1       Ben True – 13:41
14    Brian Harvey – 14:26
15    Nate Jenkins – 14:32
16    David Chorney – 14:42
18    Miguel Orduna- 15:13
19    Jared Markowitz – 15:13
20   Brad Mish – 15:17
21   Paul Norton – 15:21
24   Chris Magill – 15:26
29   Matt Ely – 15:48
30   Aaron Ladd – 15:48
33   Joe McGovern – 15:52
40  Keven O’Neil – 16:01 – 2nd masters
Jon Stanton – 21:18

“I was a little worried with a mile to go that I didn’t have the legs today,” revealed the winner. “But that finish line is very long and I just bided my time. I’m pretty confident in my kick.” – Ben True

Notables – Women:

Werknesh Kidane – 15:12 (winner) – Broke the old course record from 2011 15:51.6.  In fact, the top 6 were all under the old course record.  That’s nasty.
Kim Smith – 15:26 – 3rd
Desiree Davila – 16:02 – 10th
Stephanie Reilly – 16:12
Heidi Westover – 16:19
Jennifer Donovann – 16:50
Meagan Nedlo – 17:10
Kyle Linn Macqueen – 17:11
Emily Kroshus – 17:14
Kara Haas – 17:27 – 2nd masters
Kristen Hurov – 17:37
Liz Hankinson – 17:38

Be on the lookout for more coverage of this.  We should be putting up a race report from Brian Harvey, and I’m working on getting some more info.  I don’t want to throw names out without being able to deliver, but some tweets were exchanged with Ben True.  That’s right…tweets.

I had to include Jon Stanton on there after he sent me an email about the race this morning:

In spite of the walkers lining up in the six minute mile area and the twenty hours of hard labor this weekend, I still bested my PR by at least 40 seconds.  Official time should be less than 21:20.

He might not be elite, but the Level respects the effort.  And as far as the walkers, what’s the deal with that?  Hey walkers, if any of you are reading this, what are doing lining up over there?  You’re a freaking walker, get to the back of the pack and stay there.  Don’t get in the way of people trying to race!

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