Brighton Marathon (20th annual)
                           15 July 2006

 Brighton Marathon  
(counter clock wise)   
 Guardsman
 4.5 miles
  Mill D
14 miles
  Finish
24 miles
   1
  Jeff Gerke,39
  1:02:50
  2:27:02
  5:25:22
   2
  Sam Meziani,28
  1:08:05
  2:27:25
  5:35:50
   3
  Joseph Bullough,42
  1:08:05
  2:53:26
  5:36:44
   4
  Tim Seminoff,47
  1:09:59
  2:57:27
  5:48:16
   5
   Dan Barnett,43
  Wayne Harrel,41
  1:11:00
 1:05:00
  2:59:14
 2:53:26
  5:54:35
 5:54:35
   7
  Charlie Vincent,45
  1:09:26
  2:57:27
  5:56:36
   8
  Brent Rutledge,50
  1:09:26
  2:57:27
  5:56:40
   9
  Jim Dearing,36
  1:06:20
  2:49:20
  5:59:24
 10
  Jill Bohney,43
  1:12:59
  3:03:09
  5:59:44
 11
  Roger Adams,45
  1:11:30
  3:03:31
  6:03:40
 12
  Grizz Randall,62
  1:05:12
  2:50:07
  6:16:18
 13
  John Diroll,49
 Bob Henderson,60
  1:26:10
 1:20:50
  3:44:44
 3:44:22
  6:49:08
 6:49:08
 15
  Lee Moss,48
  1:28:40
  3:46:08
  7:58:45
 16
  Jodi Martin,47
  1:45:03
  4:38:15
  8:33:33
 17
  Elizabeth Lamora,32
 Jeff Shreeve,41
  1:21:30
 1:21:20
  3:36:58
 3:36:58
  8:46:20
 8:46:20






Brighton Marathon
      (clock wise)
Mill D
10 miles
 Finish
24 miles
1
  Colleen Ford,44
  
 ~ 2:40
 ~ 7  hrs
2
 Ray Daurelle,49
 2:34:40
 ~ 7.5 hrs
 
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Brighton Renegade
       Marathon
(counter clock wise)
 Guardsman
4.5 miles
 Mill D
14 miles
 Finish
~ 22.5 miles
  1
  Shane Martin,39
 Erik Storhem,33
  59:16
 58:26
  2:19:54
 2:15:30
  4:22:32
 4:22:32
  3
  Jim Huffman,38
 Bryan Powel,28
  1:04:18
 1:05:00
  2:31:22
 2:31:06
  4:38:58
 4:38:58
  5
  Kirk Dyches,40
  1:02:50
  2:29:52
  4:39:22
  6
  Jason Berry,32
  1:01:45
  2:26:20
  4:41:31
 7
  Brian Hamos,42
  1:03:24
  2:35:05
  4:54:10
 8
  Dan Hall,38
  1:03:20
  2:31:58
  4:55:30
 9
  Sarah Evans,33
  1:06:20
  2:42:40
  4:56:33
10
  Arne Hultquist,48
  1:06:12
  2:45:11
  4:56:33
11
  Alan Watson,57
  1:11:20
  2:27:25
  5:23:55
12
  Greg Moellmer,26
  1:11:00
  3:04:50
  5:34:55
13
  Eve Davies,39
  1:18:15
  3:20:08
  5:54:05
14
  Jesse Canales
  1:19:40
  3:08:40
  6:04:25
15
  Warren Driggs,50
 Nancy Hendrickson,43
  1:20:30
 1:20:55
  3:26:35
 3:26:35
  6:23:10
 6:23:10
17
  Matt Knotts,38
  1:20:30
  3:44:44
  6:23:23
18
  Shauna Heisler,55
  1:19:40
  3:32:44
  7:43:58
19
  Lesli Shooter,33
  1:28:55
  3:53:55
  7:53:04






Brighton Renegade
 Marathon (clock wise)
Mill D
10 miles
  Finish
23 miles
1
 Duane Schmutz
Kathie Schmutz,48
  
 2:58:02
3:05:05
 8:18:00
8:18:00

Brighton to Days Fork to Mill D & Back
 21 miles
Lee Johnson
~ 7:20


Desolation Rumble
(Brighton to Clayton to Deso Lake to Mill D)
 Guardsman
 4.5 miles
 Mill D
14 miles
 Doug Oliver,40
  1:03:15
  2:27:58
John Moellmer,61
  1:11:00
  3:28:40

   Honey Comb Scramble
(Brighton to Days Fork to Mill D)
  
 10 miles
 Doug Wahlquist,59
   2:34:30
 Linda Wahlquist,59
   2:51:30
 Jane Pattee
 Wilma Corkery
   3:00:00
  3:00:00
 Michelle Allard
   3:29:00
 Paul Allard
  3:29:30
 Larrabee Family (July 8th?)
   ?

Clayton Peak Rock & Flower Adventure
(Guardsman Pass to Dog Lake to Brighton) 4.5 miles
Kathy McFarland
Joan Moellmer
Irv Nielsen (July 11)
 *Start to Guardsman Pass*
Ken Jensen,38                                                          58:40
     Heat does strange things to runners.  Some of the runners decisions as the finish line drew near were a direct result of the heat.  The race started out about 60 degrees F but with the Salt Lake Valley hitting 102 to 104 degrees for the day, the course really warmed up especially below 9,000 feet.  Erik Storhem, Shane Martin, and Ken Jensen all came blasting through Guardsman Pass under an hour.  Sarah Evans, Jill Bohney, and Eve Davies were first for the women to flash through the pass not long after.  Temperatures were fine up there but by the time the runners hit Mill D, the lowest elevation of the course, it was becoming a scorcher.  Erik Storhem, Shane Martin, and Jason Berry were the first three men to come through but Jeff Gerke and Sam Meziani were a close fourth and fifth. I felt most sorrowful that Ken Jensen, who dropped shortly after Guardsman Pass twisted his ankle so badly he had to go seek medical attention.  Ken, we thought about you the whole day and still are hoping the best for you and a quick recovery.  Rumor has it you will be "....in a boot thing for a week and will need to rest for three weeks total.  Otherwise, no major damage." (Thanks, Tim S.) Sarah Evans dashed across the road from the Mill D trail head first for the women followed 20 minutes later by Jill Bohney and Eve Davis was 40 minutes back. The last runner came through about 11:30. At the same time all this was happening, runners started coming in from Brighton in the clockwise direction.  Mill D became sort of a gathering point of runners going every which way.  There was even another group of trail runners doing a 14 miler the same day from Mill D up to Dog Lake, Deso Lake and back down to Mill D.  Rick Gates was part of that group and came by to visit for a minute or two. 
    As the runners worked their way through the Spruces campground and up Days Fork toward the finish "stuff" happened.  Half the  runners came down from Twin Lake Pass to the dam, well, a lot of them had reached their suffering limit and were taking evasive action.  Some of them really could have used more fluids and electrolytes but they guessed wrong about how much they would need on the last 8.5 to 10 miles.  The renegade runners cut the course short by coming straight down the ski lift  access road from Twin Lakes Dam.  Others took a strange journey over through the Girls Camp area between Twin Lakes and Lake Mary.  I would be hard pressed to find anyone who actually went over to Silver Lake and then south up the road to the finish, but maybe someone did that.  I just didn't ask them about it since they all came into the finish from the wrong direction.  Evidently, climbing up the last hill to Lake Mary was something the renegades were determined to avoid.   Alas, such is the fate of a run where runners are so independent, they feel the actual course is optional.  Very creative folks.  Since the heat had really started to get to them, I expect they were just happy to make their loop around the ridges of Brighton and call it a day. They all claimed they had a terrific time, so it is very difficult to find any fault with their logic.  So, we ended up with essentially two trail runs with different winners and absolutely no losers.   While Erick Storhem and Shane Martin were teaming up to finish first, Jim Huffman and Bryan Powell  were locking down third place for the "Renegade" marathon.  For the full marathon, Jeff Gerke came in first with Sam Meziani second and Joseph Bullough, a newcomer to this trail business, in at third place.  Several of the first place runners had begun the day with "bonus" miles barely into the run up by Dog Lake.  Grizz was kind enough to call you back since he was up in the top bunch until reality slammed into him at Guardsman Pass. I won't say who, but several runners in the back of the pack spent their day examining the Prince of Wales mine and its many glories even though it is clearly off the beaten path.  Tourists!
     Two other Wasatch Alpine Striders were spotted doing their own mileages and routes.  Cynthia Daniels was seen headed down the Big Cottonwood highway and Derek Blaylock was seen going up the Big Cottonwood highway while I was driving back to the finish at Brighton.  Makes ya wonder what route they were running.  I was very fortunate to have Dale Heisler totally take over at Guardsman and play a huge role helping at Mill D and spend time at the finish line while waiting for Shauna.  Dale (WJZL) called me (KD7GBS) on his ham radio from Guardsman with regular updates on how many runners had made it through so I could get back to Mill D after marking the first mile out from Mill D through Reynolds Flat.   Thanks so much Dale, I would have been hard pressed at Mill D to take care of all the runners and write down times without you.  Thanks to Stan Crane (Mr. Destructo) for taking out several logs from Days Fork  and helping mark the course.  Thanks to Grizz Randall for helping mark the course also.   John Moellmer (WB7SUB) was helpful, too, even though he had to drop out at Mill D with a sore back.  He helped set up the finish line and called WJZL at Mill D with his car ham radio to keep the finish line posted with runner information after we had to leave Mill D early.  Without you volunteers, I think maybe I would have quit this race captaining business long ago.  Thanks to Mother Nature for providing the abundant flowers.  Waves and waves of flowers to run through.  What a display!  I am very grateful for the trails we get to run.  They are splendid. Like the fishing philosophy goes, "Time is not deducted from your life while trail running."   I really, really love trails.
     Sorry to end this narrative on a negative note but I haven't decided if I will be your race captain for 2007.  If I do, I am definitely not going to be involved with marking the course with ribbons.  That means it will be up to you to learn the course before hand.  Take a couple of evening runs and go up on the course and learn where the turns are,  folks.  The ribbons are becoming a handicap.  Certain unnamed "officials are" asking too many questions about why someone hung them up.  I will continue handing out maps if I participate but it would be much, much better if you took the personal responsibility of making sure you know where you are going and how to get there. If you intend on inviting your friend or friends to run the marathon, then you are expected to chaperon them and make sure they don't get lost.  Abandoning them to the hands of fate just doesn't cut it.  Be their true friend and accompany them, please.  If your friend is faster than you, make them slow down the first time they run it until they can navigate the course by themselves.   Nuff said.
Gorilla Irv