Intersport Fun Run/Walk results

The streets and trails of Whitehorse are alive with the sounds of road and cross country runners.

The streets and trails of Whitehorse are alive with the sounds of road and cross country runners.

After a long winter and a spring that was reluctant to appear, in the past two months there have been many running events beginning with the always well attended Law Day Charity Fun Run & Walk on April 29.

Since then, there have been the weekly Tuesday night road races and the Thursday night trail runs as well as feature races on most weekends.

With this weekend’s Mayo Midnight Marathon and Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay causing many runners to be in a tapering mode, just 23 runners and walkers participated in Tuesday’s Intersport 5 km Fun Run and Walk.

With all the usual A-list male runners taking the night off, speedy newcomer Logan Boehmer (18:51) crossed the finish line first.

Following Boehmer was the suddenly swift Patrick Anderson (20:55) and Malcolm Muir (22:40).

The women’s side of the event saw accomplished distance runner Larra Daley (22:09) finish in first place.

Well back of Daley were Carolyn Steele Lane (26:04) and Coralie Ullyett (26:12) who both ran at a tempo pace in anticipation of this weekend’s big races.

On the race walking side of the event, World Masters race walking gold medalist Bonnie Love (36:18) paced stalwart Arlene Ogden (36:31) to a comfortable finishing time with Love finishing first 13 seconds ahead of Ogden.

The next events on the running calendar are Thursday night’s weekly trail run at 6:30 pm at the Magnusson ski trails on the Grey Mountain Road and the Mayo

Midnight Marathon on Saturday, June 18.

See the Athletics Yukon website for details.

Full results are as follows:

Male 5 km runners

1. Logan Boehmer 18:51

2. Patrick Anderson 20:55

3. Malcolm Muir 22:40

4. Robin Anderson 23:09

5. Ben Yu-Schott and Callie 23:35

6. Brian Mottus 25:04

7. Callum Wood-Ryan 25:23

8. Greg Lane 26:04

9. Keith Lay 26:15

10. Kevin McDonnell 28:41

11. Cam Kingscote 29:08

12. Graydon McDonnell 32:28

13. Charlie Roots 34:59

Female 5 km runners

1. Larra Daley 22:09

2. Carolyn Steele Lane 26:04

3. Coralie Ullyett 26:12

5 km walkers

1. Bonnie Love 36:18

2. Arlene Ogden 36:31

3 km runners

1. Sigourny Whipple Grantham 18:36

2. Jennifer Whipple 18:38

3. Benita Warford 20:12

2.5 km runners

1. Hannah Kingscote 18:57

2. Kim Scott 18:59

– Article submitted by Tom Ullyett on behalf of Athletics Yukon