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CLEAR Temp: 90 °F Wind: NW at 10 mph Friday, August 29, 2003 SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map EXTRA HomeLife Magazine Joy Magazine Tempo A & E RogueValleyAutoFinder RogueValleyHomeFinder Real Estate Showcase Wellness Connection Newspaper in Education Prime Times Outdoor Journal Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People CLASSIFIEDS Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Find Everything E SOUTHERN OREGON Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar ABOUT US FAQ What's New Advertise Home Delivery Classified Ad Employment Contact Us Media Kit Email Story to a Friend August 10, 2003 Chris Doyle, of Roseville, Ca., left, and Vern Latta, of Bellingham, Wash., run downhill just past the 19th mile of the Crater Lake Rim Run on Saturday. It’s Bailey’s day at Crater Lake Mazama coach overcomes injuries to win the grueling marathon By DON HUNT Mail Tribune CRATER LAKE — Randy Bailey had trained for the Crater Lake Rim Runs Marathon three different years, only to be sidelined by injuries. The Mazama High assistant track and cross country coach still wasn’t 100 percent when the 28th-annual event kicked off Saturday morning, but he was healthy enough to beat 93 competitors to the finish line. Advertisement Bailey, 33, broke away from early leader David Moreno to win the race that is renowned for its breath-taking scenery and gut-wrenching terrain. Bailey covered the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 56 minutes and 58 seconds. Moreno faded badly over the final four miles and was passed by Toby Pearce-Smith for second place. Pearce-Smith, 41, was clocked in 3:08:32 while Moreno, 25, was timed in 3:11:20. Margie Retterath was the 15th finisher overall and the first woman to cross the finish line. The 46-year-old Klamath Falls resident hit the tape in 3:48:46. Bailey came into Saturday’s race with shin splints and a minor hip injury, and he had to overcome an upset stomach for much of the race. But the 1987 Klamath Union High graduate wouldn’t be denied. After he and Moreno traded off leading the race for the first 16 miles, Bailey found another gear on a long downhill stretch of the course and won going away. "It was back and forth the first half of the race," said Bailey, who ran the first mile in 6:35. "But along the lake on a downhill stretch my legs really felt good, and I was able to take off." The grueling course, which features dozens of steep hills, a peak elevation of 7,850 feet at Cloud Cap and a brutally difficult uphill stretch over the final four miles, got the best of Moreno. The Chiloquin resident walked part of the final ascent and was dead-tired at the finish. He sat motionless on a picnic table bench for nearly an hour after the race. "This is my first marathon," said Moreno, who was a sprinter in high school. "I felt pretty good until that last hill and then my legs just went dead." Moreno’s late collapse enabled Pearce-Smith to take second. Saturday’s marathon was his first since he was in college 20 years ago at Western Washington University. "I’ve got two kids that have inhibited my training, but they’re older now and I love doing this," said Pearce-Smith, who lives in Corvallis. "I’m already planning to run the Portland Marathon in October." Knowing the difficulty of Saturday’s race, Pearce-Smith stashed energy-boosting gel packs under rocks at the 10- and 19-mile marks the previous day. "I think they helped quite a bit," Pearce-Smith said. Retterath, meanwhile, won the women’s division in the marathon for the second straight year and improved her time by about one minute. But it was no picnic. "I’ve run 12 marathons, and this one is by far the toughest," Retterath said. "Whoever designed the last part of this course is a masochist. You’re running on rocks and dirt and, it’s very steep. "It’s just plain miserable." In Saturday’s shorter Crater Lake Rim Runs: Trevor Hanlin of Grants Pass won the 13-mile event in 1:22:24. The Grants Pass High senior-to-be pulled away from the pack over the hilly last half of the race. "I happen to really like running hills," Hanlin said. Hanlin got ready for the race by participating in the Steens Running Camp in Eastern Oregon. "The camp helped my mental toughness big-time," he said. Jamie Tuchscherer of Klamath Falls took the women’s division. Monty Gregg of Redmond and Liz Lindgren of Klamath Falls won the men’s and women’s divisions of the 6.7- mile run. Gregg was timed in 38:04 and Lindgren in just over 41 minutes. 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