2018 Report

December 8, 2018 • Clifton, VA

129 starters, 57 finishers

Report

The 27th running of the club’s first event, the MGM 50K, was a fabulous success! 129 runners started out from Hemlock in the December cold, and 129 runners ended up back in the warm and cozy Hemlock lodge, eventually. There were 57 runners who completed the entire 31 miles with Matt Perkins finishing in first place in 4:53 and Suzie Brashler as the first woman to finish, 8th overall, in 6:06 - her first ultra! Congratulations to both of them! It was great seeing many first time ultra runners, many familiar faces, and many new faces on the course, including Tom Green, getting his 20 miles in looking strong (without poles!) and Ed Walsh, who stopped by to say hi only days after his surgery. The VHTRC welcomed several people new to the area who are now members, and look forward to joining us at future events.

We had many volunteers helping to make this event possible. Thanks to Bob Gaylord, Denise Coll, Deb Cawthorn and Tom McNulty for marking the Do Loop, Marina and start/finish. Thanks to their marking, no one got lost in the Do Loop, right?! Denise Coll, Meg Wiegand, Dan Aghdam, and Tom McNulty made sure that parking was great in the early morning cold. Cherry Grassi, Deb Cawthorn, Toni Aurilio, Dawn Gray and Smitty checked everyone in and greeted runners with their “jolly as f*#@” spirit. Sarah Smith kept the fire going all day and coordinated the pizzas with the delivery guy. Iris Golla, Simon Crisp, Stephen Gould and Mikhail Petrovskikh ran the Marina Aid Station (with Iris doing a most wonderful job at her first AS Captain gig!) and Eric Levy-Myers took care of runners at Fountainhead with hot food and drink (those runners are so lucky to have you). And Eric made extra sure that no runners were hit by cars - a special point of emphasis this year. Quatro was selling VHTRC swag, recording results all day, posting results before we left the lodge (!!!), answering all of my questions and doing a ton of behind the scenes stuff. THANK YOU! ROCK STARS!!! A huge thanks to all the volunteers!

The after-party in the Lodge started early, with the first runners returning around 10:30, beverages being opened shortly after that, and pizzas arriving at noon. It lasted all day, as old friends and new friends enjoyed sharing time with each other, drinking beer & bourbon, eating pizza and telling tales in true VHTRC style. Thank you to Joe Clapper for starting the tradition that is the MGM 50K! A fabulous time was had by all. Join us next year on the second Saturday in December for the 28th year!

Meanwhile, here are the 2018 results. The link allows leads to a run day synopsis, and additional links to photographs and to an article posted on DCist by run participant Mikka Macdonald.

Happy holidays and happy trails!

Other reports

Mikka Macdonald’s article in dcist.

Photos

Quatro Hubbard’s.

Results

The results of the 27th running of the VHTRC’s longest-running race, the Magnus Gluteus Maximus 50k, are posted below. The race is held in early December at the Hemlock Overlook Regional Park near Clifton in western Fairfax County, Virginia. And being December, the weather did not disappoint! It was cold. 16 degrees around dawn at Hemlock, but once the race got started, the day warmed to an unexpected extent, with sun much of the day helping warm runners and aid station volunteer alike.

For the first time in those 27 years, Joe Clapper was not at the helm - hell, he wasn’t even on the same continent (latest reports were that Joe and his better half, Michele Harmon, were in South Africa, on what is slated to be a two year world tour). Katie Keier stepped up to keep le grand derriere (errr, grand tradition) going.

Congrats to all the runners for coming out to make MGM a great time and a big success again this year. Special congrats go out to Matt Perkins, first finisher in a sparkling time of 4:53. Suzie Brashler was the first woman to finish the race, 8th overall in a time of 6:06. This was Suzie’s first ultra, as well! It is clearly all downhill from here for her … Word in the Hemlock Lodge at the finish was that several other runners were completing their first ultra, which is always great to see!

Place	Name	Sex	Age	Home	Time	Miles
1	Matt Perkins	M	40	Washington, DC	4:53	31
2	Freddy Mondale	M	26	Onchiota, NY	5:10	31
3	John Anderson	M	56	Vienna , VA	5:37	31
4	Jason Jugar	M	43	Centreville, VA	5:48	31
4	Ben Garthwaite	M	42	Vienna, VA	5:48	31
6	Matt Christovich	M	39	Reston , VA	5:58	31
7	John Oplinger	M	41	King George , VA	6:02	31
8	Suzie Brashler	F	24	Baltimore, MD	6:06	31
9	Willie Lorenc	M	38	Centreville, VA	6:08	31
10	Emily Warner	F	34	Winchester, VA	6:10	31
11	John Fitz	M	44	Kensington, MD	6:13	31
11	Will Phillips	M	41	Washington, DC	6:13	31
13	Gael Gregoire	M	45	Washington, DC	6:14	31
14	Garret Christensen	M	39	Washington, DC	6:15	31
15	Meagan Denman	F	34	Troy, VA	6:19	31
15	Kai Filion	M	39	Washington, DC	6:19	31
17	Josh Howe	M	39	Chantilly, VA	6:24	31
18	Dmitriy Valekha	M	40	Cockeysville, MD	6:28	31
19	Jared Byrd	M	35	California, MD	6:30	31
19	Shawn Cissel	M	33	Gaithersburg, MD	6:30	31
21	Jack Anderson	M	36	Washington, DC	6:32	31
22	Daisy Weill	F	30	Washington, DC	6:43	31
23	Kevin Tobias	M	32	Aldie, VA	6:44	31
24	Ricky Welborn	M	47	Alexandria, VA	6:45	31
25	Michael Hannon	M	54	Germantown, MD	6:46	31
26	Laura Bergmann	F	36	Winchester, VA	6:57	31
27	David Cavey	M	44	Alexandria , VA	6:58	31
28	Michael Campbell	M	68	Manassas, VA	6:59	31
28	Daniel Lawver	M	32	Arlington, VA	6:59	31
30	Dan Aghdam	M	50	Centreville, VA	7:13	31
31	Yash Holbrook	M	54	Alexandria, VA	7:15	31
33	Faye Weaver	F	45	Ellicott City, MD	7:24	31
33	Tonnie Warfield	F	39	Baltimore, MD	7:24	31
33	Frank Volny	M	39	Columbia, MD	7:24	31
36	Laura Schroeder	F	26	Washington DC, DC	7:29	31
36	Mikka Macdonald	F	24	Washington, DC	7:29	31
36	Tessa Holtzman	F	23	Washington, DC	7:29	31
39	Jeffrey Holdaway	M	60	Vienna, VA	7:30	31
40	Chrishon Dollard	M	20	Stafford, VA	7:33	31
41	Paul Ammann	M	57	Vienna, VA	7:34	31
42	Rick Thompson	M	54	Camp Hill, PA	7:36	31
42	Jeffrey Seyfried	M	50	Hummelstown, PA	7:36	31
44	Ben Tidwell	M	12	King George, VA	7:36	31
45	Rob Tidwell	M	48	King George, VA	7:38	31
46	Joseph Schnurbusch	M	58	Virginia Beach, VA	7:39	31
47	Andrew Burnette	M	48	Frederick, MD	7:42	31
48	Katherine Renken	F	34	Fairfax, VA	7:45	31
49	Stephane Lorre	M	48	Washington, DC	8:11	31
50	Jillian Enoch	F	33	Springfield, VA	8:15	31
50	David Smith	M	52	Charlottesville , VA	8:15	31
52	Maureen Rohrs	F	63	Severna Park, MD	8:25	31
53	Marwa Elsayed	F	45	Arlington , VA	8:50	31
53	Diane Behm	F	42	Manassas, VA	8:50	31
53	Rachel Caton	F	22	Alexandria, VA	8:50	31
53	Jon Hintze	M	43	Henrico, VA	8:50	31
57	Jeffrey Klemm	M	67	Mc Lean, VA	8:56	31
58	Genice Rill	F	44	Finksburg, MD	9:04	31
Nope	Dan Frank	M	35	Columbia, MD	4:43	30
Nope	Paul Crickard	M	64	Columbia, MD	7:54	28.8
Nope	Julie Robinson	F	47	Marshall , VA	6:46	27.56
Nope	Keith VanGraafeiland	M	37	Ashburn, VA	5:10	27
Nope	Sara Davidson	F	35	California, MD	6:30	27
Nope	Arif Khazi	M	36	Baltimore, MD	7:15	27
Nope	Chad Epler	M	45	Eldersburg, MD	7:16	26.2
Nope	Chris Ashton	M	43	Annapolis, MD	7:45	26
Nope	Meghan Curley	F	37	Annapolis , MD	7:26	25.8
Nope	Dipak Bhattacharyya	M	55	Fairfax, VA	7:26	25.8
Nope	Francesco Smith	M	64	Scaggsville, MD	7:54	25.8
Nope	Lokesh Meena	M	31	Rockville, MD	5:32	25.3
Nope	Christopher Moore	M	33	Broadlands, VA	4:10	25
Nope	Olivier Leblond	M	46	Arlington, VA	4:37	25
Nope	Geoffrey Hemgen	M	43	Eldersburg , MD	5:09	25
Nope	Justin Hersh	M	43	Gaithersburg, MD	5:09	25
Nope	Jean Smink	F	58	Westminster, MD	7:11	25
Nope	Caroline Leean	F	56	Arlington, VA	7:50	25
Nope	Art Perraud	M	60	Columbia, MD	6:06	24.5
Nope	Jaret Seiberg	M	49	Bethesda, MD	6:06	24.5
Nope	Mikala Shremshock	F	35	Charles Town, WV	7:33	24.5
Nope	John Peterson	M	49	Leesburg, VA	4:43	24
Nope	Gaynor Bourgeois	F	50	Washington, DC	6:55	24
Nope	Laurel Lundstrom	F	38	Friendship, MD	6:55	24
Nope	Gayatri Datta	F	63	Bethesda, MD	6:42	22
Nope	Robert Ochs	M	36	Silver Spring, MD	4:00	20
Nope	Ted Bielawa	M	48	Hamilton, VA	4:32	20
Nope	John Guendelsberger	M	67	Arlington, VA	4:58	20
Nope	Thomas Green	M	68	Columbia, MD	6:42	20
Nope	Ram OrugAnti	M	48	Newington, VA	5:10	18.81
Nope	Robert Nicholson	M	52	Fairfax, VA	3:55	18.7
Nope	Emily Ryan	F	44	Washington, DC	4:26	18.5
Nope	Sherry Ruffner-Slack	F	46	Spotsylvania , VA	5:10	18
Nope	Kelly Mize	F	56	Sykesville, MD	5:32	17.6
Nope	Juanita Constible	F	45	Leesburg, VA	3:45	17.05
Nope	Jim Nagle	M	61	Reston, VA	4:28	16.7
Nope	Will Kuper	M	39	Ashburn, VA	3:05	16
Nope	Prasad Gerard	M	60	Washington , DC	3:35	16
Nope	Kari Anderson	F	57	Woodbridge, VA	5:09	16
Nope	Richard Sisson	M	48	Tappahannock, VA	3:36	15.43
Nope	Heather Moldofsky	F	24	Fairfax, VA	3:27	15.3
Nope	Tom Buell	M	44	Herndon, VA	3:03	15
Nope	Deb Cawthorn	F	47	Strasburg , VA	3:48	15
Nope	Jenni Norris	F	47	Arlington, VA	3:48	15
Nope	Jamie Weikle	F	38	Alexandria , VA	3:57	14.8
Nope	Laura Ingold	F	42	Springfield , VA	3.57	14.8
Nope	Lyudmyla Panashchenko	F	33	Silver Spring, MD	3:05	14.1
Nope	Lisa Ghidotti	F	39	Richmond, VA	3:48	14
Nope	Cherry Grassi	F	46	Sterling, VA	3:03	12.6
Nope	Antonia Aurilio	F	44	Stafford, VA	3:03	12.6
Nope	Dawn Gray	F	44	Clifton, VA	3:03	12.6
Nope	Carol Cohen	F	42	Arlington, VA	3:03	12.6
Nope	Steve Barge	M	52	Arlington, VA	3:03	12.6
Nope	Thomas McNulty	M	41	Washington, DC	3:03	12.6
Nope	Meg Wiegand	F	33	Washington, DC	3:17	12.04
Nope	Kevin Green	M	46	Gaithersburg, MD	2:50	12
Nope	Denise Coll	F	58	Alexandria, VA	3:03	11.5
Nope	Sarah Smith	F	46	Potomac, MD	2:52	11
Nope	Tom Corris	M	65	Washington, DC	3:08	11
Nope	Siobhan Starrs	F	46	Burke, VA	2:25	10.5
Nope	William Rohrs	M	65	Severna Park, MD	3:40	10.5
Nope	Bill Turrentine	M	70	Centreville, VA	4:11	10.5
Nope	Jeremy Gray	M	45	Clifton, VA	2:52	10
Nope	Ella Berkowitz	F	60	McLean, VA	3:44	10
Nope	Ronayne Lancaster	F	46	Leesburg, VA	2:24	9
Nope	Matthew Lancaster	M	44	Leesburg, VA	2:24	9
Nope	Rob Colenso	M	44	Arlington, VA	1:40	8
Nope	Michael Stefanon	M	50	Manassas, VA	1:34	7
Nope	Debbie Daughtry	F	61	Clifton, VA	1:34	6
Nope	Gwynn Harlowe	F	57	Manassas, VA	1.34	6
Nope	Michael Jury	M	43	Springfield VA	1:27	5
Nope	Carrie Drummond	F	44	Alexandria, VA	1:00	4
The first “non-finisher” was Dan Frank, and he deserves special mention as he led the field back to Hemlock, but took the wrong turn back up from Bull Run to the finish, and thus was technically a DNF. A great run nonetheless! Distances for those who did not complete the entire 50k course are generally either self-reported or are Q-guesstimates made during check-in at the finish line.

Last updated December 16, 2019