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A NEW STAR IN THE DOUBLE EMERGES!

 

He came to the Manhattan (Kan.) Double without fanfare; he left with the second fastest time ever run in the event.

Unheralded Joe Moore, a 29-year-old marathoner from Green, Kan., scored a runaway victory in an unexpectedly fast time Sat., Nov. 9 at the Manhattan (Kan.) Double Road Race™.

A 2:15 marathoner (so he is a quality runner), Moore ran the 10K in 30:04 and came back to run the 5K in 14:44, which gave him an aggregate time of 44:48. He not only finished far ahead of his competition, but his time was the second fastest ever in the Double, surpassed only by the 44:31 run by Kenya’s Julius Koskei in Indianapolis on Aug. 11, when the Kenyan star ran the 10K in 29:48 and the 5K in 14:43.

Only one more Double remains on the U.S. schedule this year – the Pleasanton (Calif.) Double on Dec. 22 – and both Koskei and Moore will be there! It’s fitting that this showdown should occur in Pleasanton, since last year’s Pleasanton Double was the first time this unique new competition was ever held on American soil.

Saturday in Manhattan (the Little Apple, as the locals call it), on a day when it was uncomfortably cold at the start of the 10K but had warmed up considerably when the competitors toed the line for the 5K, Moore went hard right from the gun each time. A runner who likes to grind out a challenging pace, he was never seriously challenged, other than in the early stages of the 5K, but there was absolutely no stopping him this day. What worked to his advantage is that the course was very fast, but then so was he!

Finishing second in the race was Adam Roach, 29, of Monterey, Calif., who was running in his third Double (he had finished third in San Jose and second in San Juan Bautista). Roach posted an aggregate time of 49:05, running the 10K in 33:00 and the 5K in 16:05.

Charles Matheri, 28, of Kenya was third in 49:48 (33:28/16:20). He had been fourth at San Juan Bautista.

The women’s winner in the Manhattan Double on Saturday was Sydney Messick, 25, of Manhattan, who posted an aggregate time of 55:45 (37:10 for the 10K, 18:35 for the 5K). She won by more than five minutes.

The women’s world record in the Double Road Race™ is 52:23:57, set by Sarah Crouch of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., in the San Juan Bautista (Calif.) Double, Sat., Sept. 28, when she ran the 10K in 35:02 and the 5K in 17:21.

Two other Manhattan, Kan., runners finished second and third in the women’s race on Saturday. Kit McCaffrey, a 43-year-old Masters runner, ran the 10K in 40:07 and the 5K in 19:48 for an aggregate time of 59:55. Kerri Nelson, who’s 24, coupled a 40:57 10K with a 20:07 5K for an aggregate time of 1:01:04.

The Double Victory Cup for the best age-graded performance at the Manhattan Double  went to the remarkable Libby James, who at age 77 ran the 10K in 50:26  and the 5K in 24:54. This gave her an aggregate time of 1:15:20 for an age-graded score of 104.7.

This was the second time this year the Fort Collins, Colo., runner had won the Double Victory Cup – she also had the best age-graded performance at the Denver Double in July. Her aggregate time there had been 1:15:32 (49:43/25:49) for a 103.95 percent age-graded score.  Of course, in Denver she had been running at high altitude.

The Double Road Race™ was conceived and created by Bob Anderson, founder of Runner’s World magazine, who attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., shortly after he started the magazine as a senior in high school! Now 65 and living in California, he was back in Manhattan on Saturday to run in the competition he created and he won the 60-69 age group, posting an aggregate time of 1:06:55 (44:59/21:56).  He has run all seven Doubles that have been held in the U.S. thus far – Pleasanton, Overland Park, Denver, Indianapolis, San Jose, San Juan Bautista and now Manhattan.

Comments

run Joe Moore's time at the Manhattan Double Road Race is a new American Record. His 44:48 beat Tyler McCandless record (45:15) he set in Overland Park Kansas June 30th. A lot of great times are being posted in Kansas!!!! Congrats Joe! Hope we will be seeing you in Pleasanton...
Bob Anderson 11/11/13 4:04 pm

 

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