Tuesday, February 24, 2009

VERY GOOD NEWS!



On January 27, 2009 the Los Angeles City Council voted 15-0 to designate Griffith Park as an Historic Cultural Monument.

The Wild Mountain Runners was part of the list of 30 organizations that support preserving all of Griffith Park

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click HERE to view the organizations on record as supporting the designation
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Thank you Chris for representing on behalf of the club. You're awesome and also a great runner!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Chinatown Firecracker Run 5K - Feb. 08, 2009

Congratulations Gatos!



Juan Valencia 15:42

5th Overall

2nd Place Division


Sergio Lopez 19:34

3rd Place Division


Roberto Perez 21:23

2nd Place Division



Juan runs for the Gatos at the Chinatown 5k


Kenyano & Kadafi
BFF




2ndPlace Division Winner Roberto Kadafi Perez pose with the beautiful women of Chinatown

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GILBERT VARELA!


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The music pumping all night, the dance floor full, and the WMR family & friends was just a blast. As usual, you have a very lovely home, thank you for inviting us for a much needed party!

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Monday, February 09, 2009

Honolulu Marathon - December 14th, 2008

20,290 Participants
Congratulations - Gilbert Varela

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Gilbert ran it with virtually little training, and he did it with a great finish.
Congratulations!!! How do you do it?

Monday, February 02, 2009

A Big Congratulations to Rosa on Qualifying for Boston!

Celebration Time!



HUNTINGTON BEACH SURF CITY MARATHON

FEB. 01, 2009


click HERE for race results

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Entering one of the last qualifying marathon for Boston 2009, Rosa finishes a solid time of 3:47:10 8th Place out of 115. Months of hard work paid off.

Rosa Arevalo

Thanks to all her pacers who supported Rosa on the course. She had runners around like bodyguards surrounding the president.
JV, Kenyano, Emilio, Mario, Nancy, Ismael, Felipe just to name a few.

Tag Time: 3:47:10

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H A L F - M A R A T H O N E R S


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Roberto Kadafi Perez
Consistent in the top 3, Kadafi would have taken 2nd place Division IF registered

1:33:24

Lets go surfing now, everybody is learning how...

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Melissa Peralta

Tag Time: 1:39:17
Great job!
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Julio Jaramillo

1:39 unofficial

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Maggie Fernandez
Delivers another strong finish @ 2:00:44

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Chava Ponce

tbd


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If I missed anybody else email chris@wildmountainrunner.com


(photos to follow)