1st Annual ECHO "Catch-Me-If-You-Can" Individual Results (04/17/04, at Lunken, 55^o, calm, humid, sun)
Overall Finish Place	First Name	Last Name	Team	Estimated Start Time	Handicap min sec		Estimated 5-mile finish time		Actual 5-mile finish time		Estimate 5-mile pace		Actual 5-mile pace		Sandbag Penalty Points
1	Tim	Bundus	Purple	7:30:21	15	21	42	32	38	29	8	30	7	42	24
2	Jenni	Raake	Purple	7:19:02	4	2	53	51	50	46	10	46	10	9	18
3	Karen	Mason	Red	7:15:00	0	0	57	53	54	14	11	35	10	51	21
4	Jo	Moore	Green	7:25:28	10	28	47	25	46	15	9	29	9	15	7
5	Denise	White	Blue	7:17:48	2	48	55	5	54	44	11	1	10	57	2
6	Lauren	Seal	Red	7:24:53	9	53	48	0	45	45	9	36	9	9	13
7	Lee	Mason	Green	7:15:12	0	12	57	41	55	51	11	32	11	10	11
8	Lysa	Meyer	Black	7:23:14	8	14	49	39	48	18	9	56	9	40	8
9	Matt	Musselman	Red	7:39:18	24	18	33	35	32	16	6	43	6	27	7
10	Ann	Conroy	Blue	7:37:03	22	3	35	50	34	44	7	10	6	57	6
11	Matt	Shellenbarger	Green	7:36:38	21	38	36	15	35	9	7	15	7	2	6
12	Mike	Flora	Purple	7:39:38	24	38	33	15	32	25	6	39	6	29	5
13	Cindy	Moore	Red	7:36:33	21	33	36	20	35	37	7	16	7	7	4
14	Cathy	Kushner	Green	7:39:30	24	30	33	23	32	43	6	41	6	33	4
15	Perry	Rowland	Orange	7:39:08	24	8	33	45	33	5	6	45	6	37	4
16	Wendy	Johnson	Blue	7:30:08	15	8	42	45	42	6	8	33	8	25	3
17	Don	Raake	Black	7:33:01	18	1	39	52	39	15	7	58	7	51	3
18	Lucie	Becus	Orange	7:36:13	21	13	36	40	36	24	7	20	7	17	1
19	Steven	Allen	Black	7:40:03	25	3	32	50	32	57	6	34	6	35	0
20	Char	Bledsoe	Blue	7:39:38	24	38	33	15	33	31	6	39	6	42	0
21	Paul	Bledsoe	Orange	7:40:18	25	18	32	35	33	12	6	31	6	38	0
22	Dave	Taylor	Green	7:38:43	23	43	34	10	33	40	6	50	6	44	3
23	Doug	Maxwell	Red	7:42:53	27	53	30	0	30	27	6	0	6	5	0
24	Chris	Willems	Black	7:38:28	23	28	34	25	35	31	6	53	7	6	0
25	David	Link	Purple	7:37:13	22	13	35	40	36	58	7	8	7	24	0
26	Marilyn	Steever	Orange	7:20:33	5	33	52	20	53	15	10	28	10	39	0

The results are hard to interpret compared to normal ones.... but here are some comments:

Look for someone finishing high with low time penalty points...
Good job Denise & Jo. Plus, people who ran the closest to their predicted times: Lucie, Steven and Char came within about 15 seconds of their time (and Char ran 5 miles an hour before the race with Tim, Wendy, Matt S and I).

The Orange team had only 5 time penalty points... well done. A bunch of people turned in excellent times... which should give them confidence for upcoming races.

Take-aways!
I should NOT have accepted Tim's first estimate :)
But should have accepted Marilyn's first estimate. (Marilyn, I owe you one).
Karen (my aunt) realized how hard it is to run in the front without someone to focus on.

Matt M told me that someone had the nerve to ask for his pin while he was getting a drink... I LIKE IT!

In return for letting us work out the kinks on you in our first year, how about "free" entry to next year's event :)

Finish place points (306) accounted for almost twice as much as time penalty points (147)... so next year, penalty points will be stricter... 1 point for every 5 seconds (1 sec/mile) under your predicted time...instead of 1 point for every 10 seconds under your time (like we did this year).

To allow for more Clothespin opportunity/activity, next year we will allow snagging them up until the 4.5 mile mark... and increase their value to 5 points each.

The secret to a successful event is to partner with Martha.

Big thanks to volunteers: Joe Moreland, Mike Grawe, David Lunn, and Tyler Nash (nothing like organizing an event that you plan to participate in... oops!)

It's hard to handicap of bunch of SANDBAGGERS (finally a chance to get in a snide remark)... but I NOW have a GOOD estimate for us all :)

Thanks again to all who participated. Make sure you recruit someone for next year since I'd love to get 40-50 people which I think is an optimum number for this unique event.

Doug