It was a generally nice morning for a Thanksgiving Day race in East Mesa; mostly sunny, unseasonably warm, but without the usual stiff breeze. This venerable 10K, which celebrated its 36th running, reportedly set a record for number of entrants (nearly 2,000 in the 10K, with close to 1,000 more in the non-competitive events, a 2 mile fun run and 1 mile fitness walk). New course records were also established by the men’s and women’s overall winners.

Quest Club was well-represented in the results. For the second year in a row, Laura Clarke-Steffen took home a turkey for winning her age group (although we didn’t get two birds this year). Jeff Daer made a rare appearance in a road race, and passed Tom Turkey in the last half mile to earn a certificate.

Turkey Trot 10K race results at RacePlaceEvents.com: Turkey Trot results

Results for Quest Club and friends:

73 41:10 5/106 409 Daer, David 40 Tempe, AZ 38:12(’93)
172 45:17 5/60 2220 Mendoza, Ed 52
283 48:23 29/105 410 Daer, Jeff 38 Scottsdale, AZ 34:57(’93)
481 54:15 9/19 1613 Steffen, Bob 64 Phoenix, AZ

16 44:00 1/63 343 Clarke-Steffen, Laura 47 Phoenix, AZ 42:40(’04)
23 44:46 6/196 2180 Agria, Helice 29
232 54:43 27/123 2820 Clarke, Ginger 44

The Arizona state high school cross country meet was held at Cave Creek Golf course, on a warm Saturday morning and afternoon in Phoenix. The hilly venue was challenging for both runners and spectators.

Photo gallery:
2005 AIA Cross Country Championships

Meet Results:
Arizonatrack.com 2005 meet result archive

The New Times 10K moved to Mill Avenue for its 30th edition. Years ago, this was my first road race, when it started on Camelback near 24th St, and was known as the “North Bank” run.

Results for the 30th New Times 10K: 2005 New Times 10K on Mill results

Quest Club results:

ELITE:
18 14 TRINA PAINTER F 39 36:27 5:52

CITIZENS:
94 1090 DAVID DAER M 40 40:51 6:35 13/265 M4044 TEMPE AZ
352 2251 SCOTT VAN NEWKIRK M 37 46:26 7:29 44/252 M3539 PHOENIX AZ
485 2981 COURTNEY WATERS F 19 48:15 7:46 6/44 F0119 MESA AZ
566 2587 SUSAN SHAFER F 54 49:04 7:54 3/68 F5054 PHOENIX AZ
726 3748 LAURIE SOMMER F 43 50:44 8:10 20/218 F4044 PHOENIX AZ
897 3924 STEPHEN LINDSTROM M 58 52:03 8:23 23/91 M5559
1892 3925 KATHRYN LINDSTROM F 52 59:30 9:35 27/68 F5054