-Recent OTHTC News- -------------------------- Laurel and be Hardy Half Marathon Ridgecrest,
CA March 8, 2008 27 people and 4 dogs came out to enjoy the trails. First
place - Jeff Andrus - 1:47. 1st woman Traci McCormick
- 2:52 Click
for more. --------------------------- L. A. Marathon March
2, 2008 Robert Froehlich 29 4:01:00 Gerald Killeen 56 4:01:48
Sara Foster 24 4:53:34 James Lander 48 6:08:33 Chris Rios 65 6:29:49 (legacy runner) Frank Wu 69 6:58:25 Ruth Carter 68
7:22:05 (legacy runner) ---------------------------- Mikies Masochistic
Trail Run and 2 Mile Coyote Chase Ridgecrest, CA February
9, 2008 16 runners in the 8.5 mile Mikies and 17 in the Coyote
Chase. First -- Jeff Andrus - 1:22:44 First Female -- Barb Miller -
1:48:14 Complete
Results ---------------------------- Calico Trail Run 50k/30k Calico Ghost Town January
20, 2008 Four OTHTC runners in the 30k and ten in the 50k. Finishing
times here. -------------------------------- KO
Trail 1/2 Marathon Ridgecrest, CA November
3, 2007 18 runners and one walker
1st male-Jeff Andrus 1:29:50 1st female-Jennifer Williams 1:57:51. Read
more and results. ------------------------- Wasatch Front 100 Mile September 8, 2007 Linda
Dewees 35:18:24 Read
Linda's Story ------------------------- Bulldog 50k/30k Malibu State Park, Ca. August 25,
2007 25k Nevin Hill 20
- 2:51:55 Randy Klassen 54 - 3:32:54
Corky Furnish 65 - 3:34:25 Jo Kajiwara 61- 4:36:04 Andrew Mitchell
55 - 4:36:05 50k Mike Hill 29 -
6:20:12 Eric Kajiwara 60 - 6:22:28 ---------------------------- Lean
Horse Ultra Hot Springs, South Dakota August 25, 2007 50k Karen
Pate 6:48 3rd female Pat Homelvig 6:48 OTHTC members in Colorado --------------------- America's Finest City Half Marathon San
Diego, CA August 2, 2007 Dianne Rindt 62 - 2:05:45 Second
in age group!! Hot and humid!! ----------------------- Tahoe Rim Trail Run Sponner Lake, Nv. July
21, 2007 50k James "Corky"
Furnish 64 - 9:28:38 Jo Kajiwara 61
- 10:08:16 50m Eric Kajiwara
60 - 12:07:37 Mark McKinney 39 - 12:07:50
Elaina McMahon 50 - 12:07:51 Charles Morton 25 -12:12:42 first 50m 100m Linda Dewees
50 -33:35:55 Linda's
Story ----------------------------- Firecracker 4000
Meter Run Ridgecrest,CA July 4, 2007 41 runners and walkers joined in. 1st Male Runner Matthew Johnson 17 - 18:03 1st Female Runner Serena Lackey 21 - 20:13
1st Male Walker John Burmeister 71 - 35:35 1st Female Walker Grace
Burnham 75 - 42:28 ---------------------------------- Badwater
135 Solo July 1, 2007 Norm Haines 53hrs 52min Read
Norms Story ----------------------------------
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The next OTHTC Ultra is December
7, 2008

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OTHTC
Ultra Homepage
The 2007
OTHTC High Desert 50k Ultra and 30k were run under great conditions --
cool and windless. A record number
of runners showed up -- 123 starters in
the 30k and 228 in the 50k Ultra with only
4 DNFs total. Way to go runners!
No course records
were set in the 50k this year. Sue Zihlmann set
a new course record in the 30k, and five new age group records were set. Click to take a look.
30k
results 50k
results
Don Snyder took a bunch
of pidtures at the Gracie's Mansion aid
station. He got pictures of most of the
runners who passed through. Check
it out!!
For more on the race go
to the Ultra
Homepage.

The
OTHTC Ultra has been run almost every year
since 1986.We invite you to join us December
7, 2008 for next year's running. The
weather is generally a comfortable running
temperature with little wind, making for
a pleasant run through the desert hills.
Look
at an interactive Google satellite view of the
OTHTC Ultra Course. Click
to check it out.
Click
here for the OTHTC Ultra Home Page
which has info about the 2007 race.
We'll update the info for the 2008 race
as it becomes finalized.
Photos from the OTHTC 50K Ultra and 30K are available from our official
photographer. Shoot
Me! Photography. |
Elaina McMahon Smashes
Record at Leona Divide 50 Leona Divide 50 Lake Hughes, Ca. April 21, 2007
The lone record breaker this year
at Leona Divide was 50 year old Elaina McMahon from Ridgecrest.
Elaina bettered the 50-59 women’s age group record by nearly an hour and was
under
her time from last year as a 49 year old by a whopping 35 minutes. Finish times
for all the OTHTC runners:
Elaina McMahon 50 Mark McKinney 39 Rick Miller
52 Linda Dewees 50
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9:25:15 9:49:44 10:18:10 11:08:49
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______________________________________________________ Jenny
McLaughlin and Dianne Rindt do well at Carlsbad April
1, 2007 Two OTHTC
members were among the almost 8000 runners who ran the Carlsbad 5000 April 1,
2007. The weather was perfect, and both Dianne Rindt and Jenny McLaughlin ran
well. Jenny ran 23:28 and ended up 16th in the female 50-54 division of 169
runners in the female masters heat. Dianne managed third place of 50 in the
female 60-64 heat with a 24:16. 301 50-54 year old females and 111 60-64 females actually ran
the Carlsbad 5000 if the runners from all heats are counted. Great finishes
ladies!!! 
Simon Ndirangu and Meseret Defar won the elite men's and women's races in
13:28 and 15:01 respectively.
The Junior Carlsbad is run the day before the Carlsbad 5000. The Junior
Carlsbad features races for twelve year olds down to the one year old's "diaper
dash". Distances range from one mile for the bigger kids down to 25 yards for
the one year olds. As the announcer described it, the youngest kids' races are
"better than America's funniest Home Videos."
Click
for a few pictures -- Jr.
Carlsbad -- Masters
5000 -- Elite
5000 races
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- Next Club/Local Events- ------------------------ 2nd Annual Ridgecrest 5K run-walk April 5,
2008 8:30am. Start at the Kerr McGee Center. Breakfast
after the run. --------------------------- Inyokern 10 Mile April
26, 2008 Intersection of Highway
395 and Brown Road/China Lake Blvd. Run
to Inyokern. More info later. Sher
Davis, Race Director
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| - More OTHTC News - ----------------------------- Holcomb Valley 33 & 15 mile Big Bear, Ca. June 10,
2007 33 mile Linda
Dewees 50 -- 7:19:16 15 mile James
"Corky" Furnish 64 -- 3:14:46 ---------------------------------- Rock 'n' Roll Marathon San Diego, Ca. June 3, 2007
Mike Hill 28 -- 3:59:40 Nevin Hill 19 --
4:50:50 ---------------------------------- Bishop High Sierra 50mile, 50k & 20mile May 19, 2007 Bishop,
CA 20mile Rick Miller 52 --
3:42
:56 50k Jay Josey 54 -- 8:09:40 Debbie Brown 46 --
8:28:27 Carol Wolfe 46 --
9:45:10 Traci McCormick 39 -- 9:45:11 50mile Linda Dewees 50 --
12:25:09 60k Bill Dickey (no time available) Carol's
Story ------------------------------- Miwok 100k Marin County, California May
5, 2007 Linda Dewees 14:27:11 ------------------------
Wild Wild West 10m, Marathon and 50k Lone Pine, Ca. May
5, 2007 10 mile Janet Toler 2:05:21 Kelly Hastings
2:14:36 John Anderson 2:31:03 Ruth Carter 3:38:45 Marathon Rick Miller 4:42:09 Michael Wirtz 5:19:14 Dan Goriesky
5:44:13 Jay Josey 6:17:18 Traci McCormick 6:48:08 Carol Wolfe
6:48:08 Sher Davis 6:48:08 50k Curtis Davis
6:48:08 Debbie Brown 7;23:16 Bill Dickey 9:04:15 -------------------------- Laurel and be Hardy Half Marathon March
17, 2007 Indian Wells Valley, CA 22 runners showed up this
hot day. Eric frisbee first in 2:08 Jenny McLaughlin first
female in 2:27 Go
here for Linda's report. --------------------------- LA Marathon March 4, 2007 Indian Wells Valley runners James Lander
47 5:30:32 Chris Rios 64 5:40:18 Legacy Runner Linda Ruth
60 7:04:30 Ruth Carter 67 7:17;13 Legacy Runner Donna Pate
47 7:31:34
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by Chris Rios on his Coyote
4-Play Experience ------------------------------ Mikes Masochistic Trail Fun Run/Walk 8.5 miles February
10, 2007 13 hearty and or crazy runners showed up for the ever
fun Mikies Masochistic Trail fun run/walk. Overall winner-Matthew
Johnson, 16 First Female-Linda Dewees Here
for a write-up and results -------------------------------
Calico 50k/30k Barstow, Ca. January 14, 2007. Eighteen
OTHTC runners ran in the Calico Ghost Town 50K/30. Results
are here. Debbie
Brown's story is here.
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Club Website. We are a recreational club serving Ridgecrest, California
and the Indian Wells Valley. Here in the high Mojave desert, we enjoy a
year-round schedule of races and other sponsored activities and charity
drives. All events are open to the public. Contact us using one of our
links below if you are interested in participating in our events or would
like more more information.
If you are interested in becoming
a member print the membership form
and send it in. OTHTC is a member of the Road
Runners Club of America President - Curtis
Davis Vice President - Linda
Dewees Secretary - Diana Feist
Treasurer - Joe Oliver Publicity - Eric and Jo Kajiwara
Newsletter Editor - Loren Castro
Webmaster - Tom Rindt President or for more information: OTHTCPresident@othtc.com Webmaster:
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Ridgecrest, CA 93555
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