Zanes crossed in 1:41:05 and Villani finished in 1:45:53. Rounding out the top five was master champ Nikkol Zanes of Rayland, Ohio and senior grand master victor Leisa Villani of Virginia Beach. It just gets harder and harder each year.
I was just looking at the guy in the green shirt in front of me. “The second half, my time went out the window. When I was younger I could handle it, but once I turned 50 I can’t handle the heat anymore. I don’t like hot and humid anymore at my age. “The whole week was nice and cool except for today. “It’s just hot and humid,” Slusser expressed not long after crossing the finish line.
She cashed $500 for her third-place effort which featured a clocking of 1 hour, 37 minutes and 17 seconds. Tammy Slusser, a veteran of more than 20 races in Parkersburg, came down from Monroeville in the Keystone State to compete. My mom has run for a million years, and she kind of let me find it, and I loved it and slowly climbed up the ranks and here I am now. “I just wanted to get out there and have a good workout, at least in preparation for October and the marathon. I was excited to place and get some money, but no specific expectation. I’ve run these hills a million times, and it’s still just as tough every time. “I normally stop at every couple so you can kind of get used to that rhythm and look forward to a little bit of Gatorade and keep going. “Focus on the water stops,” added Brewer, who didn’t start running until her senior year.
Tackling the course is always a challenge for Brewer, but she had a plan. I just found myself in no man’s land, but I tend to do that. Sarah pulled away really quickly, and so did everyone else. “I was pretty happy with it because it was about the same time I ran a couple years ago, and it was pretty hot out there. “I’m kind of in the middle of my marathon build for Columbus,” said the ex-Blue Devil. After that I was just ready to see the finish.”īrewer was running in the event for the third time. The last two miles, like that last hill, woo, that was a little bit of a killer. I was a little worried about that, but it didn’t seem to bother me too much. Actually, I had a nose strip on, and it fell off after the first mile. “I was a little congested from some of the allergies going on. “I kind of ran by myself for the most part. I was supposed to run my first 100-mile race a month ago, but I unfortunately got COVID, so I had to sit that out.”īiehl said she’s currently focused on running a couple of 50-mile races and perhaps the upcoming Columbus Half Marathon in October. “I was really excited when I saw the time more than anything, honestly. That was kind of the ultimate goal was to run faster than I had in years past. I think I ran a few minutes faster than I did the last time. “I’m running ultra marathons, which is 31 miles and above,” Biehl added. She earned two degrees and is now a physical therapist at Riverside. After graduating at FFHS, Biehl competed at Shawnee State in both cross country and track.