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Guest Opinion: Raise your voice against child abuse ... Our View: Medford police tried to avoid confrontation ... Crisis intervention: Medford police take training in response to surge in mental health calls ... Guest Opinion: Raise your voice against child abuse ... Our View: Medford police tried to avoid confrontation ... PEAR BLOSSOM RUN Max-imum Effort King caps grueling schedule with another record run Imagine if Max King weren't incapacitated earlier in the week. By TIM TROWER MailTribune.com By TIM TROWER Posted Apr. 12, 2009 @ 12:05 am Updated Apr 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM By TIM TROWER Posted Apr. 12, 2009 @ 12:05 am Updated Apr 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM MEN'S 10-MILE --> RECAP: Max King starts fast en route to breaking his own course record with a time of 49 minutes, 21 seconds. The old mark, set in 2005, was 49:29. It's King's fifth victory, which adds to his own ... » Read more X MEN'S 10-MILE RECAP: Max King starts fast en route to breaking his own course record with a time of 49 minutes, 21 seconds. The old mark, set in 2005, was 49:29. It's King's fifth victory, which adds to his own record. No one else has more than three. OF NOTE: King ran the first mile in 4:50 and maintained a sub-five-minute pace throughout, averaging 4:56 per mile. » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Imagine if Max King weren't incapacitated earlier in the week. The distance standout once again took his rightful place on the Pear Blossom Run throne, overcoming a debilitating schedule in recent weeks to break his own course record and win the 10-mile race for a record fifth time on Saturday. "Honestly, I didn't know how I was going to run," said King, a former Crater High standout who now lives in Bend. As it turns out, he did just fine despite winning a rugged, 50-mile race one week earlier and placing 40th in the World Cross Country Championships a week before. Enveloped in cool temperatures ideal for this sort of thing, King went out fast and quickly lost contact with everyone else. He then kept the pedal down and trimmed the record to 49 minutes, 21 seconds. His old mark of 49:29 was accomplished in 2005. King's return to the victory stand came three years after his previous win. He had captured the event four straight times, from 2003-06, but he didn't compete in 2007, and last year he was beaten out by former Eagle Point runner John Lucas. Lucas, who lives in Eugene and has a pinched nerve in his back, didn't compete, nor did last year's runner-up, Damian Baldovino of Lakeview, who was a no-show despite registering. Glen Tucker of Medford was second in an impressive 51:57, and Trevor Palmer of Medford — a former Crater and Southern Oregon University runner — was third in 52:16. Tim Julian of Portland was fourth in 53:21, and Ashland's Erik Skaggs took fifth in 53:41. No sooner had the race ended than onlookers were telling King-sized stories. Some called him an "animal." There was a tale of his dogged training at a camp in the Steens Mountains each summer, up before dawn and running all day. There was word he won, of all things, a snowshoe race this past winter. Now this, on the heels of his first ultra race, the American River 50-miler that he won by 71/2 minutes last Saturday. It left him nearly lifeless on Sunday, but on Monday he got out for a short, albeit excruciating, jog. "I'm definitely not as sore as I was last week," King, a pharmaceutical engineer, said Saturday. When he completed the Pear Blossom, he stood stoically at the end of the finishing chute and stared blankly back at the course he'd just conquered. Was he thinking about the record he'd just set? Was he contemplating the achievements of the past three weeks? Was it something more spiritual? "Nah," King said after snapping out of his trance. "I was just tired. I wish I could tell you it was something more inspirational. But I was just tired." Deservedly so. King willfully chose the grueling three-week schedule to see how he would handle it. He knew the answer wouldn't come until he was well into the Pear Blossom. "I went out pretty fast," he said of the first mile, which he covered in 4:50. "I was just going to see how it went. It ended up that I felt good after a mile, so I decided to stick with it and see if I could hold that pace. I slowed down quite a bit, but I was able to keep a good enough pace to get the record. "I'd like to lower it even more some year." Going at a record pace — he averaged 4:56 per mile — was not without consequence. "It hurt to go that fast," said King, who last summer competed in the Olympic Trials 3,000-meter steeplechase. "I was definitely hurting out there." Tucker is a relative newcomer to the Rogue Valley. He and his wife moved here last June from Utah, and he's continued a running career the 29-year-old said has improved with age. Still, the former junior college competitor who also is in pharmaceuticals, knew his place before the starter's gun sounded. It was reinforced moments into the race as he and the rest of the top-five pack got a good look at King's heels. "It was pretty obvious 30 seconds into the run it would be a battle for second place, and first place we could kiss goodbye," said Tucker. "But I knew that going in. That's all right. "After an impressive 50-miler, I thought possibly his legs would be a little hammered, a little lacking, but right from the get-go, you could see that wasn't the case." Tucker's own time surprised him. He expected to be in the 53- to 54-minute range. Perhaps as remarkable as anything about King's performance was that he got that much out of a beat-up body without anyone near enough to push him. "It does make it harder," said King. "It's easier to run with somebody if you're trying to run fast. This was more like a time trial situation. To be a good runner, you have to be able to push yourself when you're by yourself." King doesn't have any other races in his immediate future, although he needs to decide on another ultra run. By winning the American River, he qualified for the Western States 100 in June. He's leaning toward participating, he said, and must enter by next week. Otherwise, he'll begin this summer to focus on the New York City Marathon, which would be his first race at that distance. Based on recent history, he should have little trouble handling that, too. men's 10-mile results Place Name Age City State Time 1 Max King 29 Bend OR 0:49:21 2 Glen Tucker 29 Medford OR 0:51:57 3 Trevor Palmer 25 Medford OR 0:52:16 4 Tim Julian 39 Portland OR 0:53:21 5 Erik Skaggs 26 Ashland OR 0:53:41 6 Lewis Taylor 35 Eugene OR 0:56:04 7 Hal Koerner 33 Ashland OR 0:56:32 8 Timothy Vandervlugt 44 La Grande OR 0:56:54 9 Robert Julian 40 Medford OR 0:57:13 10 Thomas Kreuzpeintner 43 Eugene OR 0:57:31 11 Matthew Creason 32 Eureka CA 0:57:38 12 David Morgan 22 Ashland OR 0:57:57 13 Trevor Coolidge 26 White City OR 0:58:11 14 Neil Olsen 41 Central Point OR 0:58:20 15 Chuck Coats 49 Sherwood OR 0:58:37 16 Kevin Cadman 34 Tigard OR 0:58:45 17 Bill Aronson 37 Portland OR 0:58:54 18 John Leuthold 41 Phoenix OR 0:59:24 19 Todd Ragsdale 40 Talent OR 0:59:27 By TIM TROWER MailTribune.com By TIM TROWER Posted Apr. 12, 2009 @ 12:05 am Updated Apr 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM » Comment or view comments /* $( document ).ready(function() { // Jquery mobile is trying to style the button and leaving a blank gry button on top of a white button $("#viafouracoms .vf-comment-controls li.vf-right").html(' Submit '); });*/ » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. fantasy football Fantasy Football Outlook for Panthers Stars Mar. 20, 2015 at 8:17 am Fantasy Football Outlook for Texans Stars Mar. 18, 2015 at 8:45 am Fantasy Football Outlook for Chiefs Stars Mar. 11, 2015 at 8:04 am Fantasy Football Outlook for Bills Stars Mar. 6, 2015 at 8:46 am Fantasy Football Outlook for Cardinals Stars Mar. 4, 2015 at 5:27 am Fantasy Football Outlook for 49ers Stars Feb. 27, 2015 at 9:40 am calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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