Results from Veterans Day Run – top 75

Hunter	Stephen	17:33
Langtry	Andrew	17:58
De Rego	Gabriel	20:20
Sato	Dyson	20:22
Grady	Pam	20:38
Rosario	Heather	21:28
Sakai	Dean	21:32
Ibarra	Ray	21:38
Hylas	John	21:47
Rosario	Nathaniel	21:59
Phumage	Victoria	22:00
Hose	Uriah	22:02
Hunter	Lory	22:04
Okumura	Kevin	23:11
LaBrie	Colbie	23:26
Busek	Adam	23:32
Yamada	Roy	23:35
Freitas	Kelly	23:37
Blinn	DJ	24:07:00
Kanashiro	Harris	24:43:00
Belcher	Robert	24:45:00
Funai	Kaitlyn	25:35:00
Bean	Nina	25:35:00
Swanson	Jesse	25:40:00
Truesdell	Joel	25:55:00
Ayceo	Ryan	26:23:00
Spina	Catherine	26:24:00
Thero	Firmin	26:36:00
Nagai	Dennis	26:51:00
Wedemann	Veroonica	27:05:00
Wedemann	Joe	27:06:00
Nolta	Anthony	27:16:00
O’Connell	Tim	27:19:00
Nakamura	Dana	27:32:00
Ayceo	Raymond	27:49:00
Balderas	Jennifer	29:08:00
Yamada	Gerald	29:30.0
Sur	Peter	29:31:00
Tamada	Wendy	29:32:00
Vicente	Adrel	29:33:00
Pavao	Steve	29:34:00
Miamgtry	Andrew	29:34:00
Decleene	Therese	29:34:00
York	Alvin	29:52:00
Jack	Kaleo	30:25:00
Tagawa	Lynn	30:31:00
Ahuna’Leong	Muriel	30:51:00
England	Stacy	31:32:00
Cabarloc	Reyn	31:42:00
Adachi	Dave	31:42:00
Kay’Wong	Lucas	31:53:00
Kay’Wong	Alex	31:54:00
Shigeoka	Dennis	32:12:00
Morita -Zen	Amanda	32:23:00
Morita	Aaron	32:29:00
Tagawa	Miles	32:41:00
Swanson	Suzanne	32:49:00
Rosario	Josaih	32:49:00
Rosario	Naomi	32:50:00
Faulknew	Lisa	32:55:00
Quitoriano	John	34:06:00
Ahu	Kaala	34:24:00
Takei	Lance	36:43:00
Wegner	Herb	37:17:00
Arceo	Ethan	37:19:00
Arceo	Michelle	37:19:00
Rosario	Missy	37:24:00
Wong-Yuen	Chelsea	38:16:00
Ahu	Wendy	39:38:00
Kuramoto	Marie	39:42:00
Inouye	Eric	39:42:00
Jose	Tiana	40:33:00
Domingo	Kalana	40:33:00
Hanson	Paul	40:35:00
Makua	Malcom	41:04:00

Chris Gregory edges Zach Johnson to win the Hilo Bay 10K run

Plc	Name	Div		Time	(min/mi)
1	Chris Gregory	20-29		37:27	6:01
2	Zach Johnson	20-29		38:12	6:08
3	Lyman Perry	40-49		38:49	6:14
4	Justin Pang	20-29		41:22	6:39
5	Paul Mauser	20-29		43:15	6:57
6	Stewart Miyashiro	50-59		43:52	7:03
7	Michael Daly	30-39		44:33	7:10
8	Nick Hagemann	20-29		49:14	7:55
9	Rob Van Geen	40-49		49:21	7:56
10	Andrew M Langtry	40-49		49:33	7:58
11	Kelly Freitas	50-59		51:21	8:16
12	Ray Ibarra	50-59		51:53	8:20
13	Raadha Jacobstein	30-39	F	53:20	8:34
14	Nikolai Shumov	≤19		54:36	8:47
15	Bill Golisch	50-59		55:25	8:55
16	Robert Belcher	50-59		55:32	8:56
17	Tim Orr	40-49		57:12	9:12
18	Charles Bostwick	50-59		57:52	9:18
19	Aaron Morita	50-59		59:46	9:37
20	Lynne Brauher	40-49	F	1:02:30	10:03
21	Anne Veillet	40-49	F	1:02:40	10:05
22	David Hammes	50-59		1:02:43	10:05
23	Jennifer Orr	30-39	F	1:03:37	10:14
24	Rick Otani	50-59		1:04:40	10:24
25	Jodi Kawakami	30-39	F	1:08:40	11:02
26	Archie Hapai	60-69		1:08:57	11:05
27	Joy Silbermann	30-39	F	1:09:05	11:07
28	Lisa Turner	30-39	F	1:10:46	11:23
29	Charlie Heaukulani	50-59		1:12:33	11:40
30	Nikole Morris	30-39	F	1:13:02	11:44
31	Lee Otani	50-59	F	1:19:14	12:44
32	Anthony Nolta	50-59		1:21:21	13:05
33	Kelley Heaukulani	40-49	F	1:29:45	14:26

Emily Wedeman Memorial 5 miler results

Joe & Veronica Wedemann

Joe and Veronica Wedemann were on hand for the Emily Wedeman Memorial race.  The 5 mile run/walk was established after the death of Joe’s mother five years ago.

Emily was a super volunteer at the Big Island Road Runners Club events and the club holds the race in her honor.

This year the BIRR raised $372 for the American Cancer Society in Emily’s memory.

Following are the results of the race in which 41 people participated by either running or walking the 5 miles:

1	Zach Johnson	29:32
2	Alan Ryan	29:42
3	Todd Marohnic	31:22
4	Louie Perry	31:30
5	Stewart Miyashiro	34:06
6	Alex Vu	34:49
7	Ferdinand Babas	34:59
8	Joe Wedemann	36:28
9	Nick Ah Yo	36:51
10	Dan Brodhag	37:11
11	DJ Blinn	38:28
12	Lyle Balingit	38:32
13	Krita Andrew	38:55
14	Milton Crutchfield	39:30
15	Wendy Yamada	41:35
16	James Hank	41:35
17	Andrew Langtry	42:48
18	Esther Kanehailua	42:57
19	Donna Wong Yuen	43:00
20	Daria Cunningham	43:22
21	Charlie Bostwick	45:12
22	Bob Erickson	45:14
23	Lynne Brauher	45:45
24	Veronica Wedemann	46:33
25	Eva Naniole	46:44
26	Ashley Hahm	49:00
27	Kim Furumo	49:13
28	Leroy Ridgeway	49:58
29	Rick Otani	51:32
30	Aaron Morita	53:22
31	Big Dog	53:22
32	Marie Kurimoto	53:22
33	Lee Otani	53:54
34	Kym Tagawa	54:12
35	Michael Gordon	56:06
36	Richard Alderson	58:26
37	Zeny Eakins	1:00:00
38	Jyson Breitbarth	1:01:23
39	Lori Breitbarth	1:01:27
40	Kelly Heaukulani	1:03:39
41	Charlie Heaukulani	1:03:39

Couples that run together have Fun together

Rudy & Noemi Arzaga

Couples that run together have fun together!

A perfect example of this can be found by taking the example of Rudy and Noemi Arzaga.

The couple has known each other for 19 years, been married for nine years and has three children. 

“We didn’t always run together,” Noemi said.  “I was the first one that started and Rudy would actually say that I was crazy.”

Noemi, who is a registered nurse at Hilo Medical Center, was encouraged to start running by coworker Dave Adachi.

“Dave is such a great coach as he encourages me and stayed with me the first time we ran together,” Noemi said.  “I ran very slowly, in fact it wasn’t even running as I barely jogged.”

Between the slow jogging there was lots of walking as Noemi needed to get herself into shape, but it didn’t take long before she was able to jog her first 8 miles with a Sunday running group.

“The first time I tried I could barely do a lap around Liliuokalani Gardens without stopping,” she said.  “But by having someone to help guide me I learned to pace myself and eventually built up my endurance.”

Once Noemi got her confidence level up she then began asking Rudy to try running with her.  “Rudy seemed to have no interest in running at all from the very start,” she said.  “In fact when I would ask him to join our group on the Sunday morning runs Rudy would say ‘you’re crazy’.”

In 2008 Noemi successful completed her first official race when she ran from Pepeekeo to Hilo, a distance of 10.8 miles in pouring rain.

“There was lightning and thunder and the rain never stopped,” Noemi said, “and I heard the never ending ‘you’re crazy’ from Rudy.”

As time went by Rudy began to gain weight and developed high blood pressure problems. 

“Rudy started having eye twitching and he couldn’t bend down much to install heavy cabinets and floor installations,” Noemi said.

Rudy is the owner of JNR Works, LLC where he fabricates custom made cabinets and does floor and tile installation and being physically fit is an important component of his daily duties.

With the start of some health related issues Noemi was able to convince her husband to join her Sunday running group which was headed by Hilo Internist Doctor Aaron Morita.

Their Sunday group is comprised of a number of health care professionals which include Dr.’s David Nakamura, Melanie Arakaki and Eric Helms along with a number of RN’s from the Hilo Medical Center.

It didn’t take long before Rudy discovered his love for running and now he is the one that encourages Noemi to get out and get going.

The couple has developed a love for long distance running with both running in numerous marathons (26.2 miles) over the course of the last several years.

Just this past year Rudy ran and finished five marathons and a half marathon while Noemi completed four half marathons and one full marathon.

“Rudy is more health conscious than me and that is highly visible just by looking at us,” Noemi said.  “I love to eat and I reward myself with food after running.  In fact, food is highly up there as one of my reasons why I run.”

Noemi credits Rudy with her love for food by saying, “he is such a great cook and if I didn’t run or exercise I would probably be double and a half my size by now.”

Rudy is into eating large salads and according to Noemi he has better control than she in eating.

The couple were both born in the Philippines and moved to Hawaii when they were 14 years of age, with Rudy attending Pahoa and Noemi at Hilo High.

“A friend introduced us while we were in high school,” Noemi said.  “Rudy was on the varsity basketball team and I gave cross country an unsuccessful try.”

The couple credits the enormous encouragement they receive from their Sunday running group as the reason for their success and they also give kudos to family members who will care for their children when they go out for a run.

“We have great support from family and friends which make all of this possible,” Rudy said.  “Without their help we wouldn’t have been able to achieve any of our exercise related goals.  We are very blessed to have them in our lives.”

“We take pride with what we both have and God has blessed us with three wonderful children and with having a strong relationship,” Noemi said.

The couple that runs together have fun together which was the lead in this story is very applicable to the Arzaga’s as they share a common bond beyond that of a typical couple.

“We have a unique relationship in which Rudy is my first and only love and I was his first and only as well,” Noemi said.  “We hope to remain that way as we feel the love is strongly growing.”

Rudy and Noemi just completed the Big Island International Marathon on Sunday and are looking to do many more running adventures together.

Big Dog believes that the more fun couples have together the greater their value of self and each other.  The more fun they share with others, the more fun they have and the cycle continues.

And someday should you happen to see a fun loving, healthy, retired teacher jogging around your neighborhood remember to smile, say “woof” and never shy away from “Running with the Big Dog.”

Email the Big Dog at waiakeabigdog@aol.com.

Making Healthy New Year Resolutions

We’re almost done with 2010 and I can honestly say I am looking forward to 2011.  Health wise 2010 was one of the most difficult for me as I was hampered by a variety of age related problems.

I probably spent more time in the hospital this past year than I have in my entire 63 years.

I’ve been told that my electrical wiring has malfunctioned which created a few unexpected problems, the biggest coming with atrial fibrillation/flutter where my heart would get stuck at 140 beats per minute and not return to a normal rhythm.

Hilo Hospital performed a couple of electrical cardio versions to get the heart rate pumping normally, but it would return to abnormal levels following long runs or stressful situations.

This led to several months of sleepless nights and not being able to run, but I continued to walk to maintain my healthy weight.  And walk I did, seven miles a day at a brisk 15 minute per mile pace.

On Nov. 2nd I returned to Straub Hospital on Oahu for my second ablation with Dr. Hingson Chun and have now slowly begun the process of rebuilding my endurance so that I can once again run.

I know 2011 will be the best year ever for me because with all those elevens, I was born on 11/11, and married on 1/11 so 2011 will have significance and “will be my best year ever” according to my wife, Randee.

I have a simple resolution going into the New Year and that is to be able to run my first 5K (3.1 miles) race without walking.  I don’t care what time I do it in as long as I am able to jog the entire distance without pausing due to loss of breath.

Jan. 1, 2011 I will be at Coconut Island to host and run in the New Year’s Day Resolution Run/Walk which begins at 9 am.  The public is invited and all you need to do is sign in and be willing to have some fun.

Following the event Big Dog Productions will provide snacks and Keith Aoki from Anheuser-Busch will provide Vidration Sports Drinks, while supplies last.

The great thing about announcing Resolutions is that the chances of achieving a positive outcome is much higher than if you kept your resolution to yourself because you have others watching to see if you can conquer your dream. 

Doc Morita

Hilo Internist, Dr. Aaron Morita, had the following health and fitness resolutions for the upcoming New Year.

“My health related resolutions for 2011:  Eat less and more wisely.  Lose another 5 to 7 pounds so I can run better with less load on my legs and manage my metabolic risk factors with minimal or no medications for many more years, Doc Morita said.

“I’d like to work at managing stress better as our government, Medicare and health insurances in general are making it more and more difficult to practice medicine by having to follow oodles more regulations that make it harder (more red tape) to provide timely evaluation and management services to patients while at the same time avoiding financial hardships or trouble to the very complex business of medicine,” Morita said. 

Pete Hoffman

Hawaii County Council, Vice Chair, Pete Hoffmann just completed his 29^th Honolulu Marathon a few weeks ago also has a resolution for 2011.

“For me, I intend to make certain that I complete at least one 13 mile run each month during the New Year,” Hoffmann said.  “I’ve never been able to do that, but I feel I must get out of the comfortable rut in which I usually find myself and at my age I must do better.”

Hoffmann has promised himself to do at least one more marathon to reach number 30.

“My wife is threatening divorce if I go beyond doing my 30^th Honolulu Marathon,” Hoffmann said with a grin.  “Someone needs to remind me why I like this insanity.”

Jerry Chang

For State House Representative Jerry Chang his healthy resolution is a simple one.

“I’d like to run 3 miles at least four times per week,” Chang said.  “I would also like to cut down on oily foods while increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables that I eat.”

Making resolutions that are realistic are important and provide us with a reachable goal as well as a measuring stick into our progress.

Howard Ainsely

Howard Ainsley, Hilo Medical Center CEO, had the following resolution:

“My resolution for 2011 is to be more consistent in my wellness plan of improved health and life balance,” Ainsley said.  “I want to be more disciplined in workouts (tennis, body boarding, cycling), explore more of beautiful Hawaii with my wife, reduce my body fat while increasing stamina and endurance, make application for doctoral program, and to assist people in need without asking anything in return.”

Ainsley is also hoping to bring a greater value to the Hilo Medical Center team of employees and physicians as they try to improve and grow health care resources and outreach for our community.

Howard Ainsley, Pete Hoffmann, Aaron Morita, Jerry Chang and I are all looking to make positive contributions in a New Year that brings with it the opportunity of hope and the promise of knowing that all things are possible.

There is always room for improvement from being more patient with your children or more loving towards your spouse, positive change at a higher level is within our reach.

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man (person),” Benjamin Franklin wrote.

If you’re looking at starting the New Year out in a healthy way then join us at 9 am in the parking area of Coconut Island on Jan 1^st and let’s do as much as we are capable of doing with like minded people.

And someday should you happen to see a jogger trying to make the most of life’s blessings remember to smile, say “woof” and never shy away from “Running with the Big Dog.”

Email the Big Dog at waiakeabigdog@aol.com.