SMUT Weekend

This was a pretty big weekend for SMUT with a lot of people out there racing.

First Paula went out to Malibu, CA for the Desert Dash trail races there. Desert Dash had several distances with a morning and evening options. Paula did the 10k in the morning and the 5k in the evening. She was first female in the 10k and 3rd overall with a time of 1:03. Great going Paula, she remarked how easy these trails felt compared to Bootleg Canyon. From my experience, most trails do.

Paula pulling double duty

Next Peggy and Kathy ran the Calico races out at Red Rock. Peggy ran the half marathon and won her age group with a time of 1:44. In her training for the St. George Iron Man Kathy ran the full marathon and got second in her age group with a time of 4:03. Excellent work ladies. Finishing times on that course shouldn't be compared to other races at the same distance. It is pretty hilly for a road marathon.

Peggy on the downhill homestretch

Kathy at the finish

Last but not least our very own Shane Peterson won second in the Society of Toxicology 5k. Yes, seriously. This race was part of his conference in D.C. this week. Shane's time was 17:10 which is science fiction to me. Unfortunately, Shane got beat by almost 20 seconds by a Canadian. However, in his defense, the Canadian probably trained for a year specifically for this opportunity to beat Americans.

Congratulations to everybody and see you soon