This is the 2nd Marathon I had ever done. I woke up that morning and it was snowing.
We called the race headquarters and asked if the Marathon would be canceled and they replied “Why”?
So we ran! It was fun for the 1st 13.1 miles and pretty miserable the 2nd half, wet and soggy.
My 2nd Marathon was a memorable one. “A Freakish Snow”
I finished #30 out of 78 and ran with my good friends Tim Lewis and Rick Karampatsos.
5th Annual VIRGINIA CREEPER MARATHON
Virginia Creeper Trail
Abingdon VA – March 30, 2003
30’s and freakish snow
93 starters, 78 finishers
1 Tom Atkins Abingdon VA 3:04:53
2 Chris Black Raleigh NC 3:09:15
3 Patti Fredrick-Enloe Asheville NC 3:17:42 *
4 Mark Shrader Rosedale VA 3:18:38
5 Chuck Brown Marion NC 3:28:50
6 Chris Squires Raleigh NC 3:29:18
7 Monika Bracken Castleton VA 3:32:13
8 Jerry Hensley Pennington Gap VA 3:36:09
9 Shawn Kerrick Johnson City TN 3:37:30
10 Eddie Cohn Matthews NC 3:43:25
11 Mike Lipton Rockville VA 3:51:02
12 Lynn Burnett Livingston TN 3:54:54
13 Wail Malaty Hendersonville NC 3:55:07
14 George Brown Richlands VA 3:58:40
15 Kent Worman Marietta GA 4:06:36
16 John Lesslie Rock Hill SC 4:06:51
17 Bo Strickland Kingsport TN 4:07:31
18 Karen Mitchell York PA 4:08:42
19 Danny Keatley White Sulphur Sprgs WV 4:11:36
20 Kevin Nies Chapel Hill NC 4:11:36
21 Mark Williams Scottsboro AL 4:12:07
22 Bob Neiderman Cuyahoga Falls OH 4:15:58
23 Jerry Anderson Greeneville TN 4:16:01
24 Frank Weider Union KY 4:17:28
25 Ken Meyer New Albany IN 4:20:58
26 Rick Karampatsos China Grove NC 4:22:17
27 Rick Showalter Georgetown KY 4:26:11
28 Jim Snyder West Jefferson NC 4:29:31
29 Brian Cook Dunwoody GA 4:32:12
30 Ronnie Collins Cana VA 4:34:25
31 Tim Lewis Woodlawn VA 4:34:26
32 Stephen Armstrong Johnson City TN 4:36:51
33 Mike Oliphant Hendersonville NC 4:39:34
34 Cliff Corker Kingsport TN 4:41:18
35 Philip Cook Chapel Hill NC 4:42:12
36 Michael Stowe Blacksburg VA 4:42:34
37 Catherine Shirley Raleigh NC 4:43:22
38 Jonathan Parce Hendersonville NC 4:45:08
39 Sharon Cline Kingsport TN 4:46:32
40 Doug Ferriss Charlotte NC 4:48:11
41 Scott Foxx Charlotte NC 4:48:14
42 Michael Abbott Wise VA 4:49:32
43 Sharon Fleenor Bristol TN 4:50:28
44 Mary Rodriguez Abingdon VA 4:51:47
45 Robert Conrad Hillsborough NC 4:52:39
46 Robert Bice Kingsport TN 4:52:59
47 Dennis Saulnier Alexandria VA 4:56:01
48 Terry Higgins Knoxville TN 4:57:54
49 Parmod Sapra Norton VA 5:01:06
50 Ray McCaslin Hendersonville NC 5:05:46
51 Stephen Donohue Kitty Hawk NC 5:08:52
52 Cliff Cartwright Booneville MS 5:13:48
53 Corey Scott Satellite Beach FL 5:14:16
54 Byrd Watts Marion NC 5:16:00
55 Charles Brown Marion NC 5:16:01
56 Mike Brooks Danville ME 5:16:16
57 Pamela Jolley Marion NC 5:19:00
58 Chet Rogers Pittsboro NC 5:19:42
59 Abe Keating Maysville KY 5:21:30
60 Paul Chappin Statesville NC 5:22:21
61 Bruce White Bristol VA 5:22:22
62 Ron Horn Hendersonville NC 5:25:43
63 Gail Shepherd Roanoke VA 5:27:22
64 Valerie Dunlap Durham NC 5:28:25
65 Rodney Dunlap Durham NC 5:28:25
66 Janice Hicks Bristol VA 5:28:43
67 Bencita Moore Boone NC 5:30:38
68 Brenton Floyd Harrison TN 5:35:42
69 Karen Bolton Salem VA 5:37:37
70 Jim Simpson Huntington Beach CA 5:37:37
71 Emmanuel Sideris Pittsburgh PA 5:38:45
72 Harry Donati Richmond VA 5:57:34
73 Liane Cutforth Louisville CO 6:02:48
74 Craig Cutforth Louisville CO 6:02:48
75 Bronwyn Glantzberg Norcross GA 6:42:58
76 Chuck Bryant Miami FL 7:15:36
77 Jerry Herndon Cabin Creek WV 7:21:01
78 Cher Eaves Powderly KY 7:37:46
* New Female VCM Record
While those are some beautiful photos, I hope 2003 doesn’t repeat itself in 2010 as the VCM is my first marathon ever.