Orcas Island 50K results

The results are posted for Orca’s Island.  As expected, Adam Lint won the race for the men (full disclosure: I know Adam fairly well).   I know this guy’s under the radar screen, but if you look at what he’s been able to accomplish over the last year and a half, it’s pretty impressive — 3rd at US 50K Champs, 3rd at US 100K Champs, 2nd at US 50K trail champs, etc.  (photo to the right courtesy of the world’s best trail running photographer, Glenn  Tachiyama). 

While Lint didn’t quite beat Kyle Skaggs course record of 4:30, he was definitely close finishing in 4:32:49.  

With Krissy Moehl electing for the 25K option, Ellie Greenwood, team Montrail (Vancouver, BC) won a close women’s race:

 5.18.10 Ellie Greenwood
5.19.15 Nicole Seana
5.22.41 Shawna Wilskey

Full results can be found over at Rainshadow Running.  

The orcas race is well known for it’s stunning views from up on Mt. Constitution, but I’m guessing the fog put somewhat of a damper on that…although the higher peaks were visible above the clouds.  The temps were great for fast racing, and I heard that new race director James Varner did a stellar job.  

If you ran the race, would love to get your thouhgts.  Feel free to post comments below…

Updates:

Matt Hart has a video of the Orcas 50K up on his blog. 

In Matt’s video, it’s nice to see Adam Lint wearing an SRC jersey instead of that horrible West Penn Track Club one…all of us from Western Pennsylvania know that it’s the Pittsburgh Pharoah Hounds (not WPTC) that is the club for the “real” runners.

Krissy Moehl has a nice recap of Orcas Island that can be found here.