Official Race Results April 30,1995 "It's a bit like giving birth...train months in advance, pay some money, and you get a treat at the end, then you can't walk for a few days." Karen Eubank, Altadena, CA ZTSpeciaL ^Thanks Hlo Our Sponsors G o l d S p o n s o r s THIS RACE WOULD NOT EXIST without the generous support of our sponsors. Please let them know how much you appreciate their contribution to our events by using their products and services, visit­ ing their facilities or by writing a letter. RUNNER'S Your entry fee and participation in the Big WOOD Sur Marathon allows the Board of Directors to make contributions to charitable and civic organizations, including those in Big Sur, Carmel, Monterey, Carmel Valley, Pacific Grove, Seaside and Salinas. VOLVO Support of this event comes from the communities throughout Monterey County and this is our small way of saying "Thank You!" to those organizations that lend us a helping hand. 1995 Director's Club A Moveable Feast Bank of America Mr. & Mrs. Glen Charles Caffe' Napoli Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula ENZA Fresh, Inc. Esalen Institute Mr. Shell Fisher Granite Construction GTE Mobilnet KBach 95.5 Classical KOCN 105 FM Lifetime Fat Free Cheese Ocean Mist Artichokes Odwalla, Inc. P.G. & E. Progressive Marketing Sierra Springs Water Geoff Smith Landscaping Sparolini Distributing Co. Stonyfield Farm Yogurt The Holman Ranch Tony's Frame Shop Transamerica Corporation Ventana Inn Contributors Hugo Ferlito, D.D.S. Pasta Palate Ausonio Construction Granite Construction Peninsula Communications Bernardus Winery Kashi Company Palo Colorado Productions - Cate Electrical Company, Inc. Donald Matthias, P.T. Warren Masten Caravali Coffee Rosalie Miller-Hicks Pebble Beach Resorts Carmel Unified School District McCune Audio Visual Post Ranch Inn Comerica Bank Monterey Bay Aquarium Rancho Canada Copies-by-the-Sea Monterey Peninsula Pediatric - R.G.W., Inc. DPIC Companies, Inc. Medical Group Stone Container Corporation Farmer Bros. Coffee, Tea & Spice Co. Nielsen Bros. Market Lawrence P. Wilson 2 Official eRacc ^Results International Marathon This will certify that completed the Big Sur International Marathon, a 26.2 mile footrace. Congratulations! A s a finisher of the course along Highway One, you are now a member of the Big Sur International Marathon Club. Membership is limited to those runners who have fin­ ished the distance. You have accomplished a major athletic feat; very, very few people T he T enth in the world can say they have completed a marathon. A n niversary Vou can say you ran the best. C elebration o f T he Big Sur In witness whereof, I have set my hand this 30th day of April, 1995. International M a r a t h o n A pril 3 0 , 1 9 9 5 Board of Directors Big Sur International Marathon * Chris Balog, Gronts/Donotions Tom Biggs, Entertainment The KCCN 5K * Richard Brinton, Hospitality Steve Bryant, 5K Director * Alison Burleigh, Program * Bill Burleigh, Race Director 1995 Tenth Anniversary Celebration Official Race Results Gndy Cass, T-Shirts Vol 10, No.1 Jim Cook, Legal Phil DiGirolamo, 5K Course Rick Erazo, Course/Communications Hugo Ferlito, Awards Keith Fleurat, Computers Sharon Gillette, The Walk Director Michael Goldman, Registration Mel Grimes, Start Carolanne Hoover, Carbo Dinner * Alex Hulanicki, Transportation Kristen Hunter, Media, PR Joyce Johnson, Concessions Wally Kastner, Elites/Clinic * Phil Korchek, Marathon Flats Julie Lyonhardt, Expo Brian McCoy, Aid Stations Joe Moag, Signs Linda Pierce, Volunteers James Poulos, Treasurer Sandi Scrivener, Traffic Claudia Sweeney, Secretarial Joe Sweeney, Marketing Photo: Nary Armstead James Vawter, Medical Volunteer calling out time and pace on Bixby Bridge. Jay Zubick, Marathon Flats * Founding Members Board Associates Hit and you, 'Runners and ‘IValders, Vance Baldwin, Transportation Sponsors and Volunteers for your Craig Brinton, Concessions Judie Ciesla, Sweats Julie Dougherty, Traffic generous support and participation! Geoffrey Faraghan, Roller Blades David Firth, 5K Schoofs Michael Jones, VIP Operations Cover Photo: William Burleigh Kathleen Kastner, Power Walk Editor: Alison Burleigh M ax Kornell, HAM Radios Staff: William Burleigh Hal Laughlin, Everywhere If you are planning to run BSIM Design/Graphics: Progressive Marketing Cindy Ling, Awards, 5K Schools next year, make your Big Sur International Marathon Steve Loftus, 5K Elites P.O. Box 222620, Carmel, CA 93922 Telephone: (408) 625-6226 Skip Marquard, Relay Director reservations early. Ann Miller, Massage We fill every hotel room in the Office Staff Tim Smith, 5K Joan M iller Peg Gerba Tino Tangelbad, Concessions community. See page 47 for hotel Silvia Sweet Charlene Webber, Medical and travel information. Kay O 'N eill 'lentil Anniversary Celebration • ‘Big Sur International Afarathon 5 William ‘B. ‘Burleigh, ‘Race ‘Director rffie State oftfie ‘Race, 1335 CRet., now Chairman) All marathons are unpredictable because ages in our County alone — and six weeks before we are dealing with two unpredictable elements: the race the Carmel River Bridge, about 200 yards nature and human beings. That is a great part of from the finish line, washed away. We were left the appeal of the event and why many of us are with a 12 foot-wide temporary combat bridge that involved. It's an adventure. could not handle both runners and traffic. But this year was too much. Not just So we had two alternatives: give the race unpredictable but volatile, chaotic and constantly exclusive use of the bridge, thereby closing down changing. the only highway on the California coast, or mov­ Winner, 1995 Photo ing the Marathon finish to the other side of the Contest: Barry Carrol, As you recall, we suffered the worst bridge. The latter solution would require bussing Peachland, B.C. flooding in our history — $500 million in dam- 7,000 runners, volunteers and walkers over the bridge — which we figured would take about three weeks. Caltrans, our permit authority, originally said no to closing the bridge for our use, but after 5 weeks of begging and groveling, involving literally hundreds of phone calls to Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Salinas, and locally, plus numerous meetings with community leaders, politicians and state officials, they blinked. Finally, at 10:30 on the Wednesday before the race, they said we could have the bridge for 3 1/2 hours, from 9:00 to 12:30, with numer­ ous conditions. Caltrans meant well, and they want­ ed the race to happen, but they aren't runners and did­ n't fully understand our event. We had to cover all the metal webbing on the temporary bridge with ply­ wood to keep runners from falling through ($2,300 labor cost alone!), no more than 2 0 0 runners on the bridge at once (even though it was rated for 68,000 pounds and we couldn't have put more than 30,000 pounds on the bridge) causing us to stage 8 wave starts for the KCCN 5K, and we had to give up the bridge for a mini-cara­ van at about 11:00 a.m.. Photo: Barry Carrol 6 1995 Official ^Race ^Results (We established a temporary certified by USAT&F finish The weather didn't affect the numbers for line that handled 189 runners in the nine minutes we lost the Marathon — as you know, we commit to 26 the bridge.) miles early, and after investing over 1,000 miles in training, we run. As a matter of fact, we sold out, Mom Nature must have gotten upset with us. plus some, with a record total of 3,218. There After she saw that we solved the bridge problem she creat­ were 468 packets left over, so we figure about ed, she said, "Well, if they are so smart, let's see if they 2,750 started. Of those, 2,339 finished, which is can handle a little more rain." our usual high 85% of finishers. And so it rained and rained all day Friday and Saturday. Our big Expo tent at the Hyatt flooded, damag­ ing a lot of equipment and concession items. More Here is one of the most rewarding parts of our importantly, the pouring rain, plus a prediction from the events. As usual, we "sold out" on our need for National Weather Service that we would have 6 to 8 inch­ volunteers weeks before race day. Our 1,800 vol­ es (!) of rain Saturday and Sunday, kept away our 5K run­ unteers keep coming back every year; 47% were ners, and participants in the Walk. We expected to get returnees this year! We doubt if any other sport­ 500-700 Saturday and Sunday sign-ups for the 5K, but we ing event can make such a boast. only got 320. For the first time, the Walk did not sell out — we had 1,400 instead of the expected 1,500. Saturday our volunteers went to bed on a rainy night, were told we would have 6 to 8 inch­ On Saturday night, about 8:00 p.m., I got a cell es of rain on race day, and they were faced with call from our Marathon Flats Chair, Phil Korchek. Our getting up at 4:00 a.m. and performing hard phys­ grassy field had been destroyed by the heavy equipment ical labor in setting up the start, the course and for the new bridge construction. He said he was up to his finish area, under miserable conditions. And the ankles in mud and the tents at the finish area were inac­ only compensation was a T-shirt and finish area cessible. He would put his supply of wood chips in the party. medical, command and runner food tents, and transfer the awards to the Crossroads Shopping Mall, then abandon So they stayed in bed, right? No way.