July 1, 2000 - Wiggins, CO -The final race of the Mile-High Duathlon Series was a scorcher. Despite the 8 am start, duathletes were still faced with temperatures that were climbing toward the ninety degree mark by the time the final finisher crossed the line.
Still, spirits were high as athletes ran and biked through the farmlands of eastern Colorado. This would be their last chance to earn overall and age-group points in the Mile-High Duathlon Series - and some of the categories were still being hotly contested!
The original 5K run, 10 mile bike Wiggins Duathlon was last held in 1996. That year, Duathlon King Kenny Souza struck a cat in the opening mile of the bike leg and shattered his collarbone (the cat walked away unharmed).
This year, the race made a comeback as a 5K run, 30K bike, 5K run event, drawing some of Colorado's top multisport athletes.
On the men's side, the series was still undecided, with only 5 points separating the top-3. For the women, only a serious melt-down would stand between series leader Cindy Hazen and the first place cash. $1000 was up for grabs for overall series winners, while each 5-year age-group would win "Series Champion" Glass pitchers to go with the glasses they collected for top-3 in each of the series races.
As he has done in every series race this season, Boulder's Andy Ames grabbed the lead on the opening 5K run. Ames was the only runner to dip below 16 minutes as he recorded 15:55 over the same run course used in the original Wiggins Duathlon.
The bike also followed the entire route of the old Wiggins event, with an additional 8.6 miles added on, making the flat ride a little more technical with a dozen turns spread over the 30K route.
As the women hit the bike course, Cindy Hazen, winner of the first two series events, was forced to play catch-up for the first time. Although her series lead was not being threatened, Nederland's Inge McClory was a full minute ahead following an 18:27 first run.
Hazen was making up ground as they rolled through the rural farming community, but was still 30 seconds shy as they made the bike to run transition.
McClory turned it on over the second 5K run to take the win in 1:28:55. Hazen held on for a solid second place performance in 1:30:23 and took the overall series win for the women. Marie Anderson took third in 1:36:24.
Like the women's race, the men's event was already decided on the first run. Ames gave up some time to Longmont Duathlon winner Ryan Ignatz on the bike, but still began the second run with a slight lead.
That was all he needed as he popped the second fastest time for run-2 to cross the finish line in 1:17:38. Ignatz claimed second in 1:19:08, while Paul Murphy shocked everyone with his stellar 3rd place finish!
At the post-race home-cooked breakfast, Hazen was joined by Jennifer Lee and Cindi Toepel on the podium as top-3 series point winners. Ames held onto his series lead, while Ignatz and Andrew Holton tied for 2nd place.
This was the first year for the Mile-High Duathlon Series. The three-race series began with the Barkin' Dog Duathlon in May, the Big Sky Duathlon in June, and finally the Cabbage Head Duathlon in July.
*denotes a 1 minute penalty. Time is added to 2nd run split. Bike Split includes both transitions Plc Bib# Last First City St Age S Run-1 5K 30K Bike Run-2 5K Total Time === ==== ============= ============== =============== == === = ========== ========== ========== =========== 1 89 Ames Andy Boulder CO 37 M 1 15:55 3 44:55 2 16:48 1 1:17:38 2 143 Ignatz Ryan Boulder CO 21 M 3 16:40 1 44:15 5 18:13 2 1:19:08 3 144 Murphy Paul Ft. Collins CO 32 M 10 17:56 2 44:23 9 18:59 3 1:21:18 4 67 Gilbert Robert Denver CO 34 M 2 16:24 19 48:54 1 16:36 4 1:21:54 5 131 Holton Andrew Aurora CO 32 M 4 16:41 8 46:32 8 18:54 5 1:22:07 6 56 Martin Josh Highlands Ranch CO 28 M 8 17:22 10 47:36 4 17:44 6 1:22:42 7 160 Delmez John Highlands Ranch CO 43 M 7 17:21 11 47:38 6 18:20 7 1:23:19 8 166 Pike Schmitt Boulder CO T MF 5 16:48 27 50:14 3 17:19 8 1:24:21 9 129 *Lundeen Rich Longmont CO 34 M 9 17:33 15 48:41 12 19:14 9 1:25:28 10 167 Reece Robb Grand Junction CO 35 M 6 17:17 26 50:02 7 18:48 10 1:26:07 11 171 Wood Robert Boulder CO 30 M 16 18:34 14 48:22 14 19:27 11 1:26:23 12 142 Olson Mark Loveland CO 34 M 32 19:37 7 46:21 28 20:50 12 1:26:48 13 130 *Poisson Paul Boulder CO 35 M 11 18:16 12 47:57 26 20:42 13 1:26:55 14 110 Cross Brian Lakewood CO 41 M 23 18:58 6 46:10 34 21:48 14 1:26:56 15 133 Mengering Glenn Boulder CO 28 M 35 19:43 4 45:28 35 21:50 15 1:27:01 16 123 Stiehl William Boulder CO 36 M 19 18:45 21 49:12 19 20:06 16 1:28:03 17 91 Thurman Lon Colorado Springs CO 31 M 17 18:37 18 48:51 27 20:44 17 1:28:12 18 72 Edwards Kevin Boulder CO 43 M 21 18:54 13 47:59 33 21:38 18 1:28:31 19 119 Hartley Donald Denver CO 34 M 43 20:21 5 46:07 44 22:22 19 1:28:50 20 161 McClory Inge Nederland CO 37 F 13 18:27 38 51:17 11 19:11 20 1:28:55 21 156 Feerst Adam Denver CO 40 M 12 18:21 36 51:11 13 19:24 21 1:28:56 22 148 Beach Miller Lakewood CO T MF 34 19:42 23 49:35 22 20:18 22 1:29:35 23 53 Summitt David Littleton CO 30 M 50 21:15 9 47:02 36 21:51 23 1:30:08 24 57 Hazen Cindy Littleton CO 35 F 30 19:23 30 50:38 23 20:22 24 1:30:23 25 76 Bellinger Rudy Westminster CO 43 M 14 18:28 45 51:59 16 19:57 25 1:30:24 26 69 Carlisle Joe Loveland CO 39 M 25 19:00 40 51:44 15 19:50 26 1:30:34 27 100 Zacharias Eric Boulder CO 33 M 29 19:16 20 49:04 40 22:15 27 1:30:35 28 115 Guck Courtney Greeley CO 21 M 15 18:30 41 51:46 24 20:33 28 1:30:49 29 132 DePaemelaere William Longmont CO 29 M 36 19:45 16 48:43 45 22:32 29 1:31:00 30 124 Swartz Scott Denver CO 33 M 26 19:01 46 52:12 17 20:01 30 1:31:14 31 105 Forrest Neil Aurora CO 35 M 31 19:28 22 49:13 48 22:50 31 1:31:31 32 134 Berge David Colorado Springs CO 45 M 27 19:08 37 51:14 31 21:12 32 1:31:34 33 85 Reece Mark Grand Junction CO 52 M 45 20:27 28 50:22 43 22:18 33 1:33:07 34 94 Hoftiezer Scott Denver CO 29 M 46 20:45 34 50:58 37 21:55 34 1:33:38 35 120 Bradford, III Oliver Denver CO 40 M 48 20:57 35 51:08 38 21:56 35 1:34:01 36 159 Trier Stan Longmont CO 40 M 37 19:49 52 53:28 29 20:57 36 1:34:14 37 118 Duerksen Jeremy Superior CO 24 M 28 19:11 25 49:58 70 25:17 37 1:34:26 38 122 Cadenhead Ryan Idaho Springs CO 17 M 18 18:39 63 56:12 20 20:16 38 1:35:07 39 158 Nickel Cort Ft. Collins CO 42 M 63 22:04 29 50:30 46 22:42 39 1:35:16 40 83 Lemerich Warren Cheyenne WY 33 M 50 23:06 40 1:35:37 41 99 McClory Robert Nederland CO 32 M 60 22:01 24 49:38 64 24:15 41 1:35:54 42 139 Marvin Allan Denver CO 52 M 51 21:16 31 50:43 62 23:59 42 1:35:58 43 96 Chessnoe Michael Denver CO 58 M 64 22:17 42 51:47 41 22:15 43 1:36:19 44 152 Anderson Marie Winter Park CO 34 F 53 21:34 44 51:50 49 23:00 44 1:36:24 45 173 Owen Sam Boulder CO 39 M 38 19:56 54 53:31 51 23:09 45 1:36:36 46 150 Wright Matthew Cheyenne WY 22 M 22 18:56 64 56:31 32 21:18 46 1:36:45 47 82 Lee Jennifer Ft. Collins CO 27 F 47 20:55 47 53:07 47 22:44 47 1:36:46 48 61 Hallenbeck Jacquie Denver CO 39 F 58 21:59 43 51:49 52 23:14 48 1:37:02 49 175 Cooper Bob Thornton CO 52 M 39 19:58 66 56:51 21 20:16 49 1:37:05 50 117 Sirockin Steve Boulder CO 44 M 41 20:15 53 53:29 57 23:44 50 1:37:28 51 54 Marsh John Kearney NE 41 M 33 19:41 65 56:38 30 21:11 51 1:37:30 52 162 Luke Patrick Centerville CO 21 M 42 20:17 55 53:41 56 23:40 52 1:37:38 53 114 We're Trying Goble/Bersa Greeley CO T MF 20 18:49 77 59:51 10 19:08 53 1:37:48 54 73 Toepel Cindi Littleton CO 49 F 49 21:00 48 53:07 65 24:15 54 1:38:22 55 112 Andrew-Team Jennifer Santa Fe NM T MF 56 21:49 49 53:12 53 23:28 55 1:38:29 56 121 Cullins Bill Greeley CO 51 M 52 21:29 51 53:26 55 23:39 56 1:38:34 57 93 Peterson Darien Denver CO 35 M 59 21:59 32 50:43 74 26:10 57 1:38:52 58 146 Blauwet Dudley Louisville CO 46 M 66 22:26 50 53:25 59 23:47 58 1:39:38 59 136 Stecher Mark Louisville CO 50 M 71 25:29 59 1:39:49 60 157 Cleverdon Paul Highlands Ranch CO 35 M 65 22:21 58 54:15 61 23:58 60 1:40:34 61 58 Whipple Carol Lakewood CO 42 F 68 22:30 57 54:13 60 23:52 61 1:40:35 62 86 Gray Rob Aurora CO 49 M 25 20:35 62 1:41:12 63 60 Van Pelt Rachel Westminster CO 29 F 72 22:40 59 54:22 63 24:10 63 1:41:12 64 87 Morrison Mary Denver CO 35 F 61 22:01 62 55:43 54 23:37 64 1:41:21 65 172 Trujillo Jay Denver CO 41 M 54 21:36 71 57:34 42 22:15 65 1:41:25 66 108 Huber Doug Ft. 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