Eventual race winner Robert Bondurant (108) and runner-up Christopher Brooks duel up a hill. (Sean Callahan photos)
Getting ready for the race.
The Kettles Trail glimmers in the rain.
Humanity surges to the top.
The Goheen twins. (Photo courtesy Dena Royal)
The heavens burst Saturday morning and it was somehow appropriate.
As the first Goheen Twins Memorial 5K Run/Walk sent runners up Coupeville’s Kettles Trail, the slashing rain failed to deter the sizable turnout.
Set up to honor the lives of Janesah and Janeah Goheen, twin sisters who were killed by a reckless driver on Halloween night 2013, the race recalled one run in the past.
Debbie Goheen, the twins mother, shared with race organizers that the last 5K Janesah had run in came under rainy, gusty weather.
She finished that race, and Saturday, so did all those who came to keep alive the memory of her and her sister.
Robert Bondurant of Chimacum took the inaugural title, covering the course in 20 minutes, two seconds.
Hot on his heels were Christopher Brooks (20:19), Matthew Ortega (24:08) and Eric Brooks (24:49), all from Oak Harbor.
Mary Chamberlin of Oak Harbor was the top female finisher (25:28), rounding out the top five.
Coupeville Sports 