This year the Striders got to watch as one of our own raced at the Olympic Marathon Trials in LA. Julia Roman-Duval ran a solid race in hot and largely shade-less conditions, bringing home a very impressive 2:46:47. That was good for 50th place against the best female marathoners the US has to offer, in weather which caused many strong participants to drop out. Great job Julia!
RRCA Ten Mile Challenge
A year after a disappointing weather-based cancellation, the Ten Mile Challenge returned with several Striders achieving top performances as well as PRs.
In the team competition the HCS Elite Men, Women, and Combined teams performed admirably. The Women's team had the top two overall finishers (Julia and Caroline Bauer) who helped drive the team to a second place finish. The Men's team came in third against some very tough competition (Falls Road put runners in five of the top six spots) and the Overall HCS team also came in third.
Carlos Renjifo bringing it home in 7th as the first Strider
New Strider Eric Schuler takes 8th
Julia takes 1st place at the Club Challenge
Not far behind is Caroline, taking 2nd place in some sweet shades
Hats off to everyone who came out. The weather was beautiful, but the course was as tough as ever! Below are a few more photos from the race (credit to Mike Fleming for the photos in today's post). Enjoy!
Members of the second place Women's team
Members of the 3rd Place Men's Team
