Official Race Results • April 25,1993 the Big Sur International Marathon 1993 Official Race Results Vol 8, No
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international Marathon Official Race Results • April 25,1993 The Big Sur International Marathon 1993 Official Race Results Vol 8, No. 1 Cover Photo: Richard Davis Editor Alison Burleigh Staff: Judie Ciesla, W illiam Burleigh Design: Addison Phillips • Big Sur International Marathon P.O. B ox 222620, Carmel, CA 93922 Telephone: (408) 625-6226 Executive Committee: William Burleigh ............................................................... Race Director Richard Brinton........................................................................Hospitality Marge Gillies..............................................................The Walk Director Phil Korchek....... ............................................................. Marathon Flats Ron Parravano.................................................................................. Legal James Poulos..............................................................................Treasurer Geoff Smith................................................................KMST 5 K Director Joseph Sweeney ............................................. Course/Communications Board o f Directors Prem Anurakti..... .........................................................................Pledges Vance Baldwin.... .........................................................................Staging Chris Balog........... ................................................................... Secretarial Tom Biggs............................................................................Entertainment Portia Bradley..... .........................................................................Pledges Craig Brinton....... ................................................................. Concessions Alison Burleigh............................................................................ Program Cindy Cass........... ..........................................................................T-Shirts Judie Ciesla.......... ..........................................................................Sweats Jay Cook.............. .............................................................. Elite Runners David Firth............ .......................................................KMST 5K Schools Sharon Gillette..... ....................................................................Volunteers If you are planning to run BSIM next Michael Goldman ................................................................. Registration Mel Grimes.................................................................................................................S ta rt Alex Hulanicki..... ............................................................. Transportation year, make your reservations early. Karen Hunter........................................................................... Media, PR Steve Loftus.......... ..................................................................... KMST 5 K We fill every hotel room in the Julie Lyonhardt.... .............................................................................Expo Joe M oag...........................................................................................Signs Erik Petersen........ ................................................ PGHS Representative community. See page 50 for a list of Ken Petersen........ .................................................................... Computer Simon Rothhouse...................................................................Concessions Furman Sheppard .................................................................A id Stations Monterey Peninsula hotels that offer Phil Sisk.................. ........................................................................... Traffic Peter Steffen........ .............................................Carbo Dinner, Host Hotel reduced rates. Claudia Sweeney......................................................................... Awards James V aw ter...... ........................................................................Medical Charlene W ebber .......................................................................CHOMP International Marathon Thij will certify that completed the Big Sur International Marathon, a 26.2 m ile footrace CONGRATULATIONS^. As a finisher of the course along H ighway One, you. are now a m em ber of the Big Stir International M arathon Club. Membership id lim ited to thode runners who have finished the distance. You have accomplished a m ajor athleticfeat; very, very few people in the world can say they have completed a marathon. You can say you ran the best. In witness whereof I have set m y hand this 25th day of April, 1995 This race would not exist Gold without the generous support of our sponsors. Please let them know how much you appreciate their contribution to our events by using their WORLD products and services, visiting their facilities or by writing a letter. Your entry fee and v o l v o participation in the Big Sur M arathon allows the Drive Safely Board of Directors to make contributions to charitable and civic Silver organizations, including those in Big Sur, Carmel, Monterey, Carmel Valley, Pacific Grove, Seaside and Salinas. Support of this event comes from REGENCY throughout M onterey MONTEREY TM County and this is our sm all w a y o f sa y in g ON OlO DEI MONTE "Thank You! ” to those GOIF COURSE organizations that lend us a helping hand from these Bronze communities. basics, KBxaeh 1993 Director's Club Cwaup Ausonio Construction Bank of Am erica Caffe' N apoli Cellular O ne M r. & Mrs. G len Charles Vittel Couroc Com m unity Hospital of the Charity fiRAHOESOURCF M onterey Peninsula Esalen Institute Lifetime Fat Free C heese id the O cean M ist Artichokes O dw alla, Inc. Miudaeit Pacific G as & Electric THeCROSSRQWS PORTABLE SITE M r. Thomas Reynolds real SHOPPING CENTER SERVICES. INC. M r. Shell Fisher Transam erica Ventana Inn winner. M omtvmv Ceu«rnr JlCFJll?) (9cEAnrlO5fM A p ril 2 5, 1 9 9 3 3 Herewith our annual report on the a United Airlines tic k e t, A s ic s sh o e s, a extraordinary event that happened last cellular phone from Cellular One a n d lots April 25th. If you are reading this, you are of other swell things. probably a finisher, a member of the exclusive . Ann Trason, the top woman ultra runner in the nation, zapped her own 1988 record "HURRICANE POINT SURVIVOR’S by almost five minutes, with a 2:42:27, ASSOCIATION" good for the same prize money and extras CONGRATULATIONS! as Brad, plus an additional $1,000 for the new course record. To vaguely paraphrase Charles Dickens, it was the best of events, it was the worst of In this same message in the Results Book events. The latter, of course, refers to the after our 1990 race, I acknowledged that tragic death of one of our runners, we made a lot of mistakes. We must have Nancy Lesko. learned something, because since then we have had almost perfect events. This About 2:30 p.m. on race afternoon at year's race has a lot of superlatives. M arathon Flats, our Medical Director told me that a 32 year old woman, a teacher The marathon had the largest number of from Seaside, had had a seizure and might finishers ever — 2,315, and the highest die. It was like he hit me in the stomach. percentage of finishers who started: an We have had 14,183 finishers over the eight amazing 91.6% — higher than most flat years of our marathon, without one single marathons. Total registrations were just serious injury. How could someone die? 120 short of a sell out: 2,880. As usual, there were 12% no-shows, 350. M any highly qualified experts have spent William Burleigh, B. DirectorRace hundreds of hours trying to understand The male-female ratio, 73% male to 27% what happened. As of this date, two female, remains almost constant every months after the race, no one knows. If y e a r: anyone ran with Nancy and talked to her, please contact us at 408-625-6226. Almost a third of our marathoners were from another state: 825. Our small county The thing that matters is that Nancy is of M onterey had 502 runners in the gone. Our hearts go out to Nancy's marathon, an astounding statistic. We husband Brad, her parents and all her only have 250,000 people; I think we friends. We feel your loss and your hurt. probably have a higher ratio of local Brad said that Nancy lived for running. runners to population than any other We hope that it enriched her life and gave m a ra th o n . The StateThe the of 1993 Race, her the joy that it has given us. We have established a new division for the Marathon: M onterey County finishers. The KM ST 5K was initiated two years ago The trophy will be named "The Nancy to provide a vehicle for improving the Lesko Memorial Trophy". fitness of the community, and to give relatives and friends of marathoners an Until the tragedy, it was a wonderful activity to enjoy while waiting for their weekend. The weather was absolutely long distance runners. glorious; temperatures in the 50's and 60's, and so crystal clear you could see Tokyo To our pleasant surprise, the KMST 5K from Hurricane Point. This was our eighth has exploded into a statewide prominent consecutive year of sunshine. event. Entries jumped from 1,199 to 1,616 in one year, almost a 50% increase. More Old what's-his-name won again, as importantly, 45% of the entries were out- expected, although it took him 21 miles to of-county, attesting to the widespread catch and pass Horacio Cabrera. Brad's popularity of the event. The male/female 2:20:24 won $4,000 as overall winner, plus breakdown was exactly 50/50. 4 The