Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon
Salt Lake City, Utah  - 8 April 2006
Dan Barnett and John Bartley, R.D.’s
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 When we organized the first Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon in 2000, Utah was in a drought and we knew that we might have to rethink the timing when the drought ended.  The drought finally ended last year, and this year’s weather convinced us that it is time to move to a bit later date.  Not that the weather in the weeks leading up to the run looked like a problem, but that was true each of the last three years, too.   On Wednesday before the run, the trails were in good shape and Karl Meltzer’s 2002 course record looked vulnerable.  Thursday, a storm predicted to yield only a little rain with snow at higher elevations morphed into a lake-effect blizzard that dumped up to 2 feet of snow on the course.  That evening we donned snowshoes to mark the western loop of the course and hoped—in vain—for the best. Friday, the sun came out, it warmed up to the 50’s, and much snow melted on southward slopes, but in sheltered areas several inches of wet snow remained and then froze that night.  On race day, it warmed back to the lower 60’s and the snow again began to melt.  It was truly a gorgeous spring day, but the running was exceptionally tough on what already is a challenging course, with more than 6500’ of climb and of descent over rocky trails typical of the Wasatch Range.  Trail conditions included lumpy frozen slush; breakable crust over heavy crud that locally ranged up to knee deep; slush mixed with mud; and—this was worst—crusty snow underlain by a couple inches of running ice water which, in spite of the mild air temperature, instantly caused painfully cold feet.  Runners hit the latter on two steep climbs at around 18 and 19 miles; those who persevered were just regaining feeling in their toes when they reached the last aid station at about 21 miles. 

For the first time in the history of the run, the numbers of runners and finishers did not increase from the previous year.  Still, given the conditions, it was impressive that 95 runners turned up at the start and 53 finished the full course, plus several who completed interesting and miscellaneous variations of at least marathon length.  Erik Storheim won in his first BSTM marathon finish.  His time, although more than an hour off the course record (3:53), nonetheless was a very strong performance.  Erik was followed by BSTM veterans Matt Clay, Dave Hunt, Leland Barker, and Derek Blaylock, whose times generally were at least 30 minutes slower than their previous bests.  Storheim was the only one to break five hours, and only 11 runners broke six hours.   By comparison, in 2004—the last time that weather permitted us to use the regular course—eight runners broke 5 hours and 26 came in under 6 hours. For the first time ever, no women finished in under six hours.  Nancy Hendrickson was the first woman to finish (6:12), followed by Birgitta Johnsson, Betty Mohler, Eve Davies, and Laurel Wright, all of whom finished in under seven hours. Just another spring day on the Wasatch foothills trails! 

We gratefully thank Dale Heisler and Anthony De Arcos who chose to volunteer at the aid stations rather than battle the nasty footing out on the course. 

Finally, items left behind that can be picked up at Dan and Sheila Barnett’s at your earliest convenience:
Tupperware (that came with delicious baked goodies)
Women's white Patagonia capilene long sleeve shirt (Med.)


Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon  - April 8, 2006

26.3 miles, trails

1. Erik Storheim                   4:55

2. Matt Clay                         5:02

3. Dave Hunt                        5:08

4.  Leland Barker                5:11

5. Derek Blaylock               5:11

6. Brian Beckstead             5:31

7.   Shane Martin                5:31

8.   Jason Berry                  5:49

9.   Devin Moody                5:50

10.  Clark Hirsche               5:50

11.  Pat McMurtry              5:57

12.  Brian Hamos                6:03

13.  Leo Olanno                  6:06

14.  Christian Johnson       6:06

15.  Jeff Gerke                   6:07

16.  Greg Norrander          6:07

17.  Evan Sullivan               6:08

18.  Nancy Hendrickson     6:12

19.  Robert Johnson           6:12

20.  Cliff Bates                   6:17

21.  Peter Lindgren            6:17

22.  Wynn Shooter             6:25

23.  Birgitta Johnsson        6:26

24.  Brian Harward            6:30

25.  David Fike                  6:31

26.  Roger Adams              6:32

27.  Eugenio Sangiori         6:33

28.  Carter Williams           6:34

29.  Mike Perkins              6:36

30.  Wayne Harrell            6:37

31.  Gabriel Lakey             6:37

32.  Betty Mohler              6:39

33.  John Barnhill              6:40

34.  Eve Davies                 6:44

35.  Charlie Vincent          6:44

36.  Sandy Johnson           6:50

37.  Laurel Wright             6:50

38.  Quinton Barney          6:54

39.  Jim Skaggs                  6:57

40.  Grizz Randall                7:01

41.  Brent Rutledge            7:08

42.  George Barnhill           7:16

43. Rich Baxter                  7:29 

44. Rodger Smith               7:29

45. Darren Anderson          7:29

46. John Diroll                    7:47

47. Burt Ley                       7:53

48. Bret Gallacher             7:57

49. Reyn Gallacher           7:57

50. Karen Helfrich              8:03

51. Jeff Shreve                    8:06

52.  Alex Bennett                8:07

53.  Jodi Martin                  9:22 

Finishers along alternative routes: 

Joan Parker                       6:07 (Low Road Home)

Davey Croskett                6:09 (Low Road Home)

Phil Lowry                         6:17 (Took his own route, known only to himself and his unit (GPS unit, that is)

Larry Emery                     7:29 (Zoo route)

Joe Larsen                        7:29 (Zoo route)

Larry Mangum                 7:29 (Zoo route) 

11 Mile Fun Run (Most went further, at least to second aid station) 

Danny Moody                1:55 (Ran very nearly a 50k on a course of his own design)

Rich McDonald             1:55

Dan Hall                        1:58

Bo White                       1:59

John Hultquist              1:59

Mark Nelson                 1:59

Kirk Dyches                  2:02

Arne Hultquist               2:05

Robert Jones                 2:10

Mary Workman            2:15

Bringaman Young          2:21

Jack Galian                    2:21

Standard Larrabee        2:23

Lyle Nay                       2:26

Jon Rockefeller            2:29

Tony DeArcos              2:32

Natalie Bay                  2:41

Jill Bohney                   2:38

Deanna McLaughlin    2:43

Shauna Heisler            2:44

Debra Scott                 2:45

Adrianne Aldris           2:45

John Parley Lewis        2:50

Tori Haderlie                2:51

Tom Thurston              2:58

Bob Henderson           3:09

Margaret Moore         3:10

Dave Mecham            3:15

Jeri Pugh                     3:26

Marc Green               4:00

Carl Clark                  4:00

Cynthia Daniels          4:37

       M I A

Jamie Fox

Elizabeth Lamora

Mark Ostler

Keri Florez


Irv adds:
 Despite a huge storm on Thursday before the race (dropped more than 30 inches on some of those peaks near the course), Dan and John pulled off another great run.  The conditions were a little difficult to say the least, especially over near Red Butte Canyon where stepping through a foot of slush with icy water underneath left  runners feet numb for up to an hour after the climb up above the Gardens.  At least there was sunshine.  Looks like it had a sampling of everything. Snow, mud, ice water, trail, sunshine.  A nice assortment of adversities.  There were even lost runners making an appearance in strange places.  Evidently one runner did two of the first 10.5 mile loop.  Another came off of Black Mountain Ridge and went back to Dry Creek instead of going west.  Looks like the course was an hour slower than usual, maybe more.  What a tough bunch of runners you all are!  Congratulations on your efforts.