Coupeville Sports

Fear the Beard! Paul Messner rumbles towards the finish line.

   Race volunteers (l to r) Allie Hanigan, Hailey Hammer, Madeline Roberts, Shelby Hall and Sydney Aparicio.

The owner of the velvet voice, race announcer Danny Savalza.

10K female winners.

10K winners: The Dudes.

The best female runners from the half marathon.

Half marathon male winner (and fan club).

John Fisken rediscovered Coupeville.

The Oak Harbor-based shutter bug braved the screaming, teeming hordes of folks who invaded Central Whidbey last weekend to capture images from the 2nd annual Race the Reserve.

For tons more poster-worthy images, jump over to http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/racethereserve2013, where he has images broken down into three albums for your viewing and buying pleasure.

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  Race support crew (l to r) Madeline Roberts, Shelby Hall and Sydney Aparicio strike a pose. (Tami Aparicio photos)

Moral support.

The Wolf Wrecking Crew: (l to r) Morgan Payne, Nick Streubel and Ben Etzell.

CHS seniors Breeanna Messner (left) and Amanda Fabrizi put on a prairie fashion show.

Abbie Martin and offspring, working the support station.

There is no way I’m doing that much typing!

As I looked at the results for the 353 people who competed in the second annual Race the Reserve Saturday, I could see three options.

One, reproduce all the results. My fingers slapped me in the face, repeatedly.

Two, just reproduce the results of Coupeville runners. But since huge chunks of competitors didn’t list a home town, someone would get left out, so other fingers would slap me, repeatedly.

Three, simply publish a link to the complete results. Which I’m doing. Go here: http://www.buduracing.com/raceresults/20130810_929.pdf#view=Fit and bask in the numberiffic results.

My fingers are happy. No slappin’ today.

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Crossing the finish line in a burst of speed. (Photos courtesy Marci Ameluxen)

Coupeville High School seniors work on assembling goodie bags for the runners.

I am the champion … of the Reserve!!

A smattering of early morning rain didn’t slow down the turnout for the second annual Race the Reserve Saturday.

The event, which consists of a 5K, 10K and half-marathon, run through Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve, with a finish at Coupeville Elementary, drew 353 runners.

The proceeds go to benefit the CHS Class of 2014.

Stay tuned for race results, which will be posted when available.

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God’s little race course.

Sam Landau gives the thumbs-up to last year’s race.

One week and counting.

The second annual Race the Reserve, which offers runners 5K, 10K and half marathon choices as they ramble through Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve, is set for next Saturday, Aug. 10.

The event, which helps to raise money for a safe graduation party for the Coupeville High School class of 2014, offers registration through race morning.

You can beat the crowds and register now at http://racethereserve.com/. Well, you can read the final two paragraphs of this story first, then go register, but you get my point.

Event day registration and check-in begin at 6:30 AM, with the first race kicking off from the Coupeville Elementary School (6 S. Main Street) at 8:30 AM.

For questions, contact racethereservewhidbeyisland@gmail.com.

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