Ketchum brothers Taylor Sundali, 22, and Daniel Sundali, 19, led the way up Baldy Saturday, Aug. 20 during the annual Shop to the Top ascent sponsored by The Elephant's Perch of Ketchum.
There were 67 finishers on six- and five-mile courses.
Taylor Sundali (1.04:45) and Daniel Sundali (1.04:58) paced 26 "Race Class" runners on the longer course, with 28-year Nicole DeYong (1.11:46) leading women. Kelly Allison (1.12:03) and Chris Williams (1.12:41) were the top five-milers.
Labor Day footraces
The Wood River Valley has two fun runs over Labor Day weekend.
Solo runners or two-person relay teams are welcome to join the Harriman Trail 10-miler on Sunday, Sept. 4 starting at 10 a.m. in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area north of Ketchum. Runners will cruise from Baker Creek to Galena Lodge.
The solo and first-leg relay runners will take off from Baker Creek where it intersects with S.H. 75. Second-leg runners will park at the Prairie Creek turnout. Post-race festivities (food, drinks, awards and prize raffle) will be held at Galena Lodge.
Pearl Izumi representatives will be onsite with free demo shoes. Early entry is $25 solo, $50 team. Register ata imathlete.com or visit sunvalleyrunning.com. A portion of proceeds goes to Galena Summer Trails Plan.
As part of its Labor Day weekend activities, the city of Bellevue holds its second annual 5-kilometer fun run/walk for the Bellevue Fire Department Monday, Sept. 5 starting at 9 a.m. from Bellevue Memorial Park.
Sign-up for $11.50 at imathlete.com or get an entry form via email at HYPERLINK "mailto:bellevuelaborday@gmail.com" bellevuelaborday@gmail.com. Day-of-race entry is $20 per person. Kids are free.
Emmett Excellent Triathlon
Wood River Valley triathletes were among 495 competing in the 10th anniversary Emmett Most Excellent Triathlon Aug. 13 at Black Canyon Reservoir in southwestern Idaho.
The courses were the Olympic 51.5-kilometer (31.9-mile) distance featuring a 1.5k swim, 40k bike ride and 10k run, and the Sprint 25.7k (16-mile) race with a 500m swim, 12-mile bike and 5k run.
Among the local class winners at the Olympic distance were 56-year-old Susan Gundy (41st of 66 women, 1st 55-59, 3.04:26), Bob Lowry (1st 50-54, 2.21:40), Georgie Montgomery (18th woman, 1st 45-49, 2.39:09) and Amanda Passey (59th female, 1st 13-14, 3.22:46). In addition, Ryan Passey, 38, was 13th in Clydesdale and 127th of 132 men in 3.28:12.
Charley French of Ketchum won the Men's 80-plus class in the Sprint race at 1.33:51, good for 91st place out of 112 men, and Mountain Express reporter Rebecca Meany placed 28th of 100 women and fourth in the 40-44 age class with a finishing time of 1.27:35.
Learn how to train Baldy with the experts
Few male athletes know more about how to train for the popular Baldy Hill Climb than Michael Tobin, Bill Nurge and Miles Fink-Debray.
Tobin is a six-time Baldy Hill Climb winner and Fink-DeBray has now captured five consecutive men's victories. Nurge has won 12 Baldy ascent races during his career.
All three are teaming up to give a free two-hour pre-Baldy Hill Climb training clinic on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9-11 a.m. at River Run Lodge.
Nurge said, "The clinic is for all ages and abilities and is designed to help people better understand how to use the mountain as a training resource. It will help people who have never done the climb as well as those who would like to break their personal bests."
The 33rd annual Baldy Hill Climb, a fundraiser for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24. Call Nurge at 720-1829 for registration information.
2011 Shop to the Top results
Aug. 20, 2011, the annual 6-mile run and 5-mile walk from Ketchum to the top of Baldy sponsored by The Elephant's Perch. There were 67 finishers—26 "Race Class" runners (15 male and 11 female), plus 41 "Sport Class" climbers (16 men and 25 women). Finishing times are listed in hours, minutes and seconds, with age listed after name. Climbers ranged in age from 14-50 for the "Race Class" (average age 32.3) and 7-74 for the "Sport Class" (average age 46.2).
6-MILE "RACE CLASS"
PLACE, NAME TIME
1—Taylor Sundali, 22 1.04:45
2—Daniel Sundali, 19 1.04:58
3—David Vanderpool, 25 1.05:35
4—Drew Michener, 31 1.06:04
5—Hannes Achhorner, 32 1.06:48
6—Reid Pletcher, 22 1.09:27
7—Matt Hansen, 25 1.10:07
8—Nicole DeYong, 28 1.11:46
9—Ryan Yates, 29 1.12:31
10—Mali Noyes, 22 1.13:35
11—Bryan Hurlbutt, 29 1.13:36
12—Kate Whitcomb, 30 1.19:43
13—Joanna Peters, 36 1.20:03
14—Kim Kawaguchi, 50 1.20:30
15—Tizz Miller, 43 1.20:54
16—Archer Biggs-Chiropolo, 15 1.20:56
17—Stephen Smith, 39 1.21:28
18—Richard Giudicelli, 49 1.22:10
19—Kathy Morell, 50 1.23:10
20—Alan Pitt, 47 1.25:26
21—Emmett Say, 14 1.35:03
22—Edie Corbus, 47 1.38:16
23—Paul Creighton, 50 1.38:57
24—Lynda Andros-Clay, 35 1.39:15
25—Brittany, 26 1.41:49
26—Stephanie Miller, 25 1.41:50
Top female 6-mile runners
1—Nicole DeYong, Ket. (8th) 1.11:46
2—Mali Noyes, Ket. (10th) 1.13:35
3—Kate Whitcomb, Ket. (12th) 1.19:43
4—Joanna Peters, Hailey (13th) 1.20:03
5—Kim Kawaguchi (14th) 1.20:30
5-MILE "SPORT CLASS"
1—Kelly Allison, 50 1.12:03
2—Chris Williams, 46 1.12:41
3—Yvette Stepp, 46 1.13:26
4—Del Pletcher, 67 1.14:35
5—Dan Olson, 53 1.15:20
6—Julie Cord, 44 1.17:17
7—Pat Simpson, 60 1.18:15
8—Laura Johnson, 53 1.20:51
8—Michael Cord, 45 1.20:51
10—Jeff Mihalic, 55 1.21:24
11—Yvette Hubbard, 45 1.21:43
12—Jennifer Cosgrove, 42 1.26:20
13—Alan Freedman, 62 1.26:23
14—Ann Pickard, 26 1.26:47
15—Ryan Payne, 28 1.26:53
16—Hoyt Michener, 44 1.27:37
17—Sue Engelmann, 52 1.29:05
18—Sharon Hughes, 37 1.30:10
19—Poppy Englehardt, 44 1.32:22
20—Robin Englehardt, 44 1.32:24
21—Jamie McClure, 54 1.34:22
22—Elisa Devereaux, 45 1.36:07
23—Susan Usher, 66 1.36:33
24—Tamra Murphy, 39 1.37:19
25—Gloria Kowalski, 58 1.37:27
26—Gordon Smith, 74 1.41:23
27—Michael Lempres, 51 1.42:43
28—Jamie Enslin, 53 1.44:01
29—John Finke, 63 1.44:02
30—Kristin Smith 1.44:50
31—Logan Smith, 7 1.44:52
32—Lea Rysavy, 11 1.48:53
33—Peter Rysavy, 55 1.48:54
34—Bernice Cano-Crowder, 36 1.49:41
35—John Crowder, 33 1.51:24
36—Lauren Tyler, 56 1.54:10
36—JoAnn Levy, 71 1.54:10
38—Jennifer Johnson, 32 1.55:21
39—Julie Tetrick, 35 1.55:22
40—Jessica Strachan, 41 1.58:09
41—Connie Steward, 63 2.02:50
TIME IMPROVEMENTS OVER 2010
6-mile run: Drew Michener 3:43 and Tizz Miller 2:07.
5-mile climb: John Finke 18:15 and Hoyt Michener 0:05.
