Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon
Salt Lake City, Utah - 3 April 2004

John Bartley and Dan Barnett, R.D.’s 

Following a cold snowy winter, a warm March dried out the foothills above Salt Lake City, leaving smooth and fast trail conditions.  We thus were sure that course records would fall this year.  However, like last year, the unpredictable Utah spring weather stepped in at the last moment.   

When 76 runners congregated at Morris Meadow for the 8 a.m. start, the temperature was cool and pleasant, the sky was partly cloudy, and a howling east wind was making it difficult to stand up straight, much less run.  Gusts probably exceeded 50 mph on exposed ridge tops. The first, northwestern loop of the course includes a difficult climb from 5.5 to 7 miles, and the difficulty surely was at least doubled by the climb being run straight upwind.  As usual, Karl Meltzer promptly grabbed the lead at the start.  Ken Jensen, the only runner ever to beat Karl in the BSTM, bypassed the run this year to taper for a road marathon and thus Karl ran pretty much unchallenged by anything but the wind.  He took 1:35 to complete the 10.6 mile first loop (3100’ of elevation gain and loss), and that was sufficient to open up an 8-minute lead over a chase pack that included Matt Clay, Leland Barker, Ty Draney, and Dylan Andrews.  Karl by then had concluded that any chance of improving on his course record (3:53) was, uh, gone with the wind.  Still, while the chase pack disintegrated over the next several miles, he stretched his lead to a comfortable 25 minutes and cruised to the finish in 4:01, notching his third consecutive BSTM victory. Matt Clay finished second in a strong 4:26, followed by Leland Barker in 4:35. 

Newcomer Rachel Garton finished the first loop five minutes behind the chase pack and with a commanding lead over other women on the course.  Her well-paced start permitted her to pick off the stragglers from the chase pack around the southeastern loop.  Her time of 4:40 was only two minutes off the women’s course record held by Petra Pirc and good enough for fourth overall.  Pat McMurtry also ran a strong second loop, moving up from 12th at the end of the first loop to sixth at the finish.  

The wind abated around midday and back-of-the-packers discovered that, in calm air, it actually was a rather warm day.  Gatorade consumption went up dramatically.  Cynthia Daniels and Jeri Pugh edged out Irv Nielsen in a heated battle for the coveted position of DFL (i.e., dead last).  Bob Henderson and Fred Riemer also lollygagged as hard as they could, vying for DFL, but were unable to make up the huge advantage that Cynthia, Jeri, and Irv, as well as Jodi Martin and Karen Helfrich, established by starting an hour and a half early at 6:30. 

Thanks are extended to Dan Haesloop, Tony DeArcos, Dale Heisler, Paul Butkovich, Kristi Bartley, and Sheila Barnett for helping staff aid stations, deflagging the course, and being of good cheer generally.
Results are subject to change slightly upon protest by those who may insist they did not tie
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Irv adds:  "Dan and John put on the best spring Marathon in Utah.  Thanks ever so much for their efforts. The big climbs are tough and the downhills are just as bad as anything I could have imagined. I think a gust of 70 mph hit me on the way down the first big climb.  I had to lean forward on the steep downhills to keep my momentum going. My quads took 3 days to recover but  I am feeling extra spunky now.  I may have something in common with Karl Meltzer:  He listened to music on his earphones and so did I. But that is about all you could compare.   It sort of bugs me to know he could have run two of these marathons before I finished one, but what can you do?   Still, I did love seeing you all out on the trails.  Run it fast, run it slow.  What a terrific event!  Kind of makes me feel sorry for the road runners who are gearing up for the Salt Lake City Marathon.  They won't get scenery like we had."
  Thanks again Dan & John.

         the   B O S H O          
Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon
          26.3 miles, trails
(10.6 mile split and finish time)

1   Karl Meltzer                 1:35    4:01
2   Matt Clay                      1:43    4:26
3   Leland Barker               1:43    4:35
4   Rachel Garton               1:48    4:40
5   Ty Draney                     1:43    4:44
6   Pat McMurtry               1:51    4:55
7   Cliff Bates                     1:48    4:56
8   Dylan Andrews             1:43    4:59
9   Jeff LaMora                 1:48    5:05
10  Brian Kamm                 1:52    5:07
11  Martin Pahl                  1:50    5:08
12  Arne Hultquist              1:58    5:12
13  Mark Fischer                 -?-     5:15
14  Scott Mason                2:00    5:17
15  Bob Adler                    2:02    5:18
16  Ryan Wixom               1:59    5:24
17  Carter Williams          2:00    5:26
18  Ted Heal                     2:06    5:28
19  Larry Dalton              1:53    5:32
      Reyn Gallacher          2:04    5:32
21  Marti Kovener           2:04    5:43
22  Leo O'Connor             1:50    5:52
    Stewart Gleason           2:04    5:52
24  Roger Adams             2:08    5:55
25  Jeff Gehrke                2:03    5:59
26  Rick Clayton              2:04    5:59
27  Eve Davies                 2:11    6:01
28  Nick Bassett              2:16    6:03
      John Diroll                 2:17    6:03
30  Sandy Johnson          2:11    6:05
       Brian Hamos            2:04    6:05
32  John Mason              2:11    6:07
33  Barb Elias                 2:18    6:09
34  Brett Brailsford        2:05    6:15
35  Bert Ley                   2:09    6:16
36  Trisha Dyches          2:15    6:21
      Kirk Dyches             2:15    6:21
38  Carl Brailsford         2:16    6:33
39  Stan Larrabee          2:01    6:42
40  Colleen Ford             -?-       6:50
41  Shauna Heisler        2:31    6:56
42  Matt Christensen    2:31    6:58
43  Bob Henderson        2:38    7:36
44  Fred Riemer            2:33    8:19
45  Jodi Martin              3:23    8:28
      Karen Helfrich         3:23    8:28
47  Irv Nielsen               2:58    9:04
48  Cynthia Daniels       3:23    9:08
      Jeri Pugh                  3:23    9:08
76 starters, 49 finishers

 the B o S h y
(10.6 Mile Fun Run Finishers - some went further)

1   Bill Johnson               1:44
2   Sandy White              1:45
3   Seann Miller              1:51
4   Ron Christiansen      1:56
5   Dale Heisler              1:59
6   John Hultquist           2:01
7   Charlie Vincent         2:05
8   Wayne Harrell          2:11
    Rory Narseth            2:11
    Kelly Bradbury          2:11
11  Rich Baxter             2:16
    David Nielsen            2:16
13  Tim Dance               2:17
     Jennifer Coleman     2:17
15  Lyle Nay                  2:21
      Bart Adams             2:21
17  Kerry Florez            2:28
      Debra Scott             2:28
19  Ulrich Brunhart       2:36
      Lise Brunhart          2:36
    Paul Butkovich          2:36
22  Vanessa Oklejas     2:38
23  Troy Hart                2:42
24  Lori Dalton              2:44
25  Margaret Moore     3:23
       Dave Mecham        3:23

MIA ---->Ruth Zollinger