The view of the Shenandoah Valley from Bird Knob, taken during the 2001 Catherine’s Fat Ass.

Keith Knipling

2017 Report

July 22, 2017 • Luray, VA

57 starters, 45 finishers

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Results

Results of the 16th annual running of that mid-July Virginia Classic: the Catherine’s Furnace Fat Ass 50k, held on Saturday July 22, 2017 in the southern section of the Massanutten Mountains, between Luray and New Market.

Place	Name	Age	Sex	Home	Furnace Aid #1	Furnace Aid #2	Finish	Distance	Comments
1	Adam Watkins	37	M	DC	1:35	2:56	4:39	50k	BB
2	Zack Walter	35	M	WV	1:35	2:57	4:50	50k	BB
3	Amy Sproston	43	F	OR	1:49	3:17	5:09	50k
4	Trevor Baine	35	M	DC	1:49	3:17	5:10	50k	†
5	Matt Wilson	55	M	PA	1:53	3:30	5:44	50k	†
6	Christopher Dempsey	40	M	VA	2:07	3:54	6:00	50k	†/B
7	Matt Christovich	38	M	VA	1:59	3:47	6:17	50k
8	Todd Ellick	34	M	VA	2:16	4:04	6:32	50k
9	Daisy Weill	29	F	DC	2:16	4:10	6:34	50k	T
10	Kelly MacDonald	28	F	VA	2:00	3:55	6:38	50k	†/CAT²
11	Ryan Brown	31	M	MD	2:06	4:01	6:39	50k	†††††/CAT²
12	Jeffrey Klein	39	M	VA	2:14	4:09	6:45	50k
13	Sonja Wilkey	47	F	VA	2:25	4:23	6:47	50k
14	Justin Hersh	42	M	MD	2:11	4:18	6:57	50k
14	Erick Kuhlmann	30	M	VA	2:23	4:27	6:57	50k	†
16	Rebecca Weast	29	F	VA	2:22	4:24	7:00	50k	††
16	Jason Farr	39	M	VA	2:22	4:24	7:00	50k
16	Gregory Loomis	43	M	VA	2:15	4:24	7:00	50k	†
19	Joseph Nah	45	M	MD	2:21	4:28	7:01	50k	†
20	David Cavey	43	M	VA	2:15	4:13	7:11	50k	†
21	Mark Keats	37	M	VA	2:21	4:27	7:13	50k
21	Erik Price	34	M	VA	2:26	4:27	7:13	50k	†
23	Eric Harris	44	M	MD	2:02	4:19	7:16	50k
23	Michael Campbell	67	M	VA	2:29	4:31	7:16	50k
25	Jason Counsman	31	M	MD	2:18	4:25	7:22	50k
26	Martha Wright	56	F	VA	2:29	4:31	7:30	50k	S
27	Aramis Perez	30	M	MD	2:19	4:31	7:36	50k
28	Scott Crabb	45	M	VA	2:15	4:25	7:41	50k	CAT²
28	Bernard Pesjak	48	M	VA	2:25	4:39	7:41	50k
30	Sarah Ouadah	26	F	MD	2:34	4:47	7:54	50k
30	Jen Jacobs	40	F	DC	2:32	4:50	7:54	50k
32	Betsy Nickle	33	F	DE	2:25	4:47	8:06	50k
33	Marty Fox	66	M	VA	2:47	5:08	8:10	50k
34	Katie Walker	29	F	VA	2:49	5:20	8:18	50k
35	Michelle Rindos	42	F	VA	2:49	5:16	8:22	50k
35	Carolyn Wilson	57	F	VA	2:49	5:16	8:22	50k	A
35	Ted Bielawa	47	M	VA	2:35	5:08	8:22	50k
38	Jill Jacobs	50	F	MD	2:53	5:12	8:34	50k
38	Eve Mills	51	F	MD	2:53	5:12	8:34	50k
38	Kate Tepas	41	F	MD	2:53	5:12	8:34	50k
41	Michael Gildea	53	M	VA	2:37	5:08	8:39	50k
42	Brady Haycock	37	F	DC	2:37	5:10	8:41	50k
42	Serhot Ozturk	36	M	MD	2:37	5:10	8:41	50k
44	Jeremy Gray	43	M	VA	2:38	5:09	9:07	50k
45	Judith Weber	57	F	MD	3:01	5:42	9:16	50k	CAT²
Nope	Micah Weisenberg	31	M	MD	2:42	X	5:04	25 miles	Ü
Nope	Charlie Joyce	47	M	MD	2:44	X	5:19	20 miles
Nope	Sarah Smith	44	F	MD	2:43	X	5:38	20 miles
Nope	Lisa Johnston	52	F	MD	2:43	X	5:38	20 miles
Nope	Larry Ferguson	41	M	VA	3:03	X	6:46	20 miles
Nope	Michael Jury	42	M	VA	3:03	X	6:46	20 miles	††
Nope	Larry Thibodeau	48	M	VA	3:23	X	7:06	20 miles
Nope	Gary Knipling	73	M	VA	2:39	X	5:08	19 miles	Ü
Nope	Marwa Elsayed	43	F	VA	3:00	X	5:51	19 miles	Ü
Nope	Tracey Thibodeau	47	F	VA	3:00	X	5:51	19 miles	Ü
Nope	Matt Kidwell	30	M	MD	2:48	X	5:58	19 miles	Ü
Nope	Kathleen Cusick	42	F	FL	2:22	X	5:48	∞
Nope	Francesco Smith	62	M	MD	X	X	X	15 miles	Ü/†/Y
Here are the Comment column’s keys: CAT² = Catoctin and Catherine’s 50k back-to-back finishers † = Yellow jacket/wasp sting(s) (multiples noted where known) Ü = “Über” (received a ride back to the finish from an aid station/course) B = Bear sighting(s) S - Snake sighting Infinity Symbol = distance not calculated T = Turtle sighting A = Ant attack on Ant Road Y = Yawn (slept in, missed start, but came out to log miles on course)

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