Wickham Park Marathon and 50, 100, and 200 Mile Fun Runs
May 25-26, 2003
Melbourne FL

"The heat is gruesome"
  -- Joe Herrera

"It's a brainboiling rat bastard"
  -- Stu Gleman

"Those turtles are fast!  They're as fast as I am"
  -- Scott Sturtz

Thirty two runners, our largest field ever, gathered at Wickham Park for
up to 4 days and 200 miles following faint flour arrows, thrashing through
palmetto scrub and slogging through soft, deep sand in unrelenting sun,
heat, and humidity in pursuit of the coveted fake rock finishers award.
We had our first international field as Hajime Nishi of Japan ran in
quest of his goal of running 500 marathons in 100 countries.  Yesterday
he ran the Bayshore Marathon in Michigan.  Four other runners came from
out of state.

Mike Farnsworth, Terry Neuart, Mitchell Hait, and marathon course record
holder (3:50) Jason Maki set out at a suicidal 8 minute per mile pace.
Farnsworth and Neuart dropped at 11 miles, and Maki at 15 with a twisted
ankle.  Hait, a 2:57 marathoner, was now leading and on course record pace,
but began having second thoughts as the temperature climbed to 90 F.
By mile 19 he was toast.

Meanwhile Scott Sturtz, who was 30 minutes back, now found himself suddenly
in the lead.  Scott had been training extensively on the course making
frequent 110 mile trips from W. Palm Beach.  He went on to win the
marathon in 4:56, then went on to win the 50 miler in 11:10, finishing
his first ultra.  He felt great at the finish, and made plans to
return for the next 3 days and become only the second person to finish
either the 100 or 200 miler in the 9 year history of the race.

But a funny thing happened the next day.  For some reason, it now hurt
to run.  He could only walk.  Scott had a lot of time to ponder his fate
(3:17 for 7.5 miles) as the heat of the day built, and eventually came
to the inescapable conclusion that things would only get worse, and the only
sensible thing to do was quit.  So concluded the 9'th edition of the race.


Day 1                                3.75 7.50 11.2 15.0 18.7 22.5 Marathon   
-----                                ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------
Scott Sturtz, 37M, Palm Beach Gardens  35 1:12 1:51 2:30 3:15 4:04 4:56   
Jeff Stephens, 36M, Palm Springs       40 1:22 2:00 2:42 3:25 4:12 5:05
Frank Ludwig, 41M, Archer              32 1:07 1:44 2:28 3:24 4:26 5:22
Matt Mahoney, 47M, Melbourne           39 1:19 2:05 2:53 3:50 4:49 5:38:25
George Haddad, 43M, Melbourne          34 1:11 1:53 2:40 3:32 4:37 5:40:50
Jim Sullivan, 51M, Orlando             42 1:23 2:08 2:57 3:52 4:54 6:02
Joe A. Herrera, 36M, Apopka            39 1:30 2:13 2:53 3:50 4:43 6:11:31
Jeff Russell, 50M, Dover NH            52 1:50 2:35 3:25 4:15 5:25 6:40
John Feasel, 47M, Sebastian            55 1:49 2:42 3:40 4:35 5:35 6:56:20
Taressa Calcavecchia, F, Vero Beach    55 1:48 2:42 3:40 4:35 5:35 6:56:20
Jay Ward, 30M, Melbourne               59 2:03 2:46 3:31 4:19 5:44 7:05
Stuart Gleman, M51, Titusville       1:05 2:08 3:03 3:57 5:06 6:13 7:32:35
Hajime Nishi, 54M, Tokyo JPN           50 1:40 2:49 3:57 5:19 6:27 7:42:29
Steve Wilson, 43M, Titusville          42 1:42 2:53 4:00 5:13 6:35 7:43:10
Robert Hill, 54M, Ormond Beach         50 1:47 2:50 3:56 5:08 6:38 9:41
Mark Lewin, 61M, Tamarac             1:05 2:08 3:21 4:40 5:52 7:19
Mitchell Hait, 41M, Melbourne          32 1:02 1:34 2:07 2:44
Bob Panzak, 37M, Merritt Island        34 1:11 1:53 2:40 3:36
Geoffrey Carroll, 39M, Winter Park     42 1:25 2:14 3:05 4:09
Travis E. Wharton, 29M, St Marys GA    50 1:51 2:59 4:00 5:15
Jason Maki, 27M, Stuart                32 1:03 1:34 2:06
Greg Haskell, 23M, Indialantic         40 1:27 2:10 3:11
Arnold Schroeder, 35M, St Marys GA     50 1:51 2:59 4:54
Robert Russell, 52M, Cocoa Beach       52 1:50 5:25 6:40
Mike Farnsworth, Indian Harbour Bch    32 1:07 1:42
Terry Neuart, Merritt Island           32 1:02 1:42
Beth Terry, 37F, Valdosta GA         1:05 2:12 3:25
Aster Stowell, 40F, Cocoa Beach        50 1:22
Linda Hait                             55 2:00
Mary Gelzinis                        1:05 2:08
Greg Lyles, 34M, Titusville          1:05


Day 1, continued                     29.6 33.0 36.4 39.8  43.2  46.6 50 Miles
----------------                     ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- --------
Scott Sturtz                         5:45 6:35 7:26 8:21  9:13 10:13 11:10:38
Matt Mahoney                         6:34 7:28 8:21 9:13 10:13 11:10 12:14:01
Joe A. Herrera                       7:03 7:59
John Feasel                          8:15 9:45
Taressa Calcavecchia                 8:15 9:45
Robert Hill                         10:57


Day 2                                3.75 7.50 11.2 15.0 18.7
-----                                ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Scott Sturtz                         1:38 3:17
Matt Mahoney                           35 1:11 1:53 2:55 4:18
Mitchell Hait                          35 1:11 1:53   (ran 18.7 on day 1)
Michael Mendonca                       33   (started late, did not run day 1)

Race director, Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com