Wednesday, April 17, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
RUMBLE: Event
drew hundreds of
runners to Sisters
RULLMAN: Book is
available at paulina
Springs Books
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near 100 did so this year 4
although the unofficial count
of dogs starting the race was
probably closer to 70.
Jared Bassett (no pun
intended) came through as
the winner by just over a
minute in the 20-miler in a
time of 2 hours 7 minutes and
21 seconds. Rachel Drake of
Portland won the women9s
division in 2:20:30 and fin-
ished sixth overall.
Ian Do b so n , fo rmer
Stanford and Olympic run-
ner who grew up in Klamath
Falls and now resides in
Bend, finished fourth overall,
but finished first in the <run-
ner with dog= category. He
and his buddy Chap finished
in 2:14:37. Devon Calvin, a
former runner for the Sisters
Outlaws, was the top finisher
with local ties, placing fifth
in 2:20:22.
Other local finishers in
the 20 mile race included
Ben Fullhart (2:44:49), Riley
Willitts (2:49:52), Jennifer
Horrocks (3:22:18), Phoenix
Ries (3:29:12), Chantel
Welch (3:29:42), Annie
Winter (3:29:58), Mary Jane
Schulte (3:40:37), Gene
Trahern (3:57:30) and Kelly
Davis Martin (4:57:03).
A total of 347 runners
completed the 20-mile
course, which traverses the
Peterson Ridge Trail after
starting at the junction of
Edgington Road and the
McKenzie Highway. The race
finishes on the track at Reed
Stadium.
The 40-mile race covers
horses. The mom-and-pop
stores disappear and the big
box stores take over.=
Rullman wonders if the
character honed on the fron-
tier can actually adapt to such
changes.
<Adaptability has been one
of the hallmarks of the West,=
he said. <That9s one of the
questions I9m asking: As we
homogenize everything, how
can you do that?=
Rullman cites local support
in bringing <The Bunkhouse
Chronicles= to life. Sisters
photographer and graphic
designer Lynn Woodward
shot and designed the cover.
And Rullman appreciates
his experience working with
Nugget editor Jim Cornelius.
<It9s nice to be able to
bounce ideas around and be
back in the bunkhouse a little
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
2008 Olympian Ian Dobson and his dog placed third overall and first for
runners with dogs in the 20-miler.
the same course in the first
half and continues south-
west on trails and dirt roads
beyond Crossroads.
Mario Mendoza, an elite
runner living in Bend, won
the 40-mile race in a time of
4:08:40, which translates to
approximately a 6-minute-
and-13-second pace per mile.
He nipped Tyler Green of
Portland by just 29 seconds.
Ashley Nordell of Sisters
dominated the female field,
winning by nearly a half an
hour in time of 4:58:58.
Zander Albertson ran
steady throughout his first
40-mile race and finished
in 6:53:05 for 44th place
overall.
<It was all right out there,=
he said afterwards. <It was
actually fun.=
A total of 95 runners fin-
ished the 40-mile race.
Director Meissner, a long-
time supporter for Sisters
High School and Sisters
Middle School cross-country
and track programs, donates
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some of the proceeds of the
race to those teams. Members
of those teams, along with
coaches, provide much of the
race-day logistics and support
at aid stations, road crossings,
and the finish line.
<It9s a win-win-win for
the Sisters community,= said
Meissner. <Runners come
from all over and have a
memorable, high-quality
experience. The community
gets tourism dollars, and the
teams get some support for
their programs.=
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bit talking about ideas,= he
said. <Writing a column has
been a really good way to
hone my craft. You have a
word count and you have to
cut away a lot of fat.=
Rullman acknowledges
that not every column can
be a home run, but, he jokes,
<it9s like baseball 4 if you hit
three out of 10, you9re going
to the hall of fame.=
Rullman is also well aware
that not every reader appre-
ciates his outlook. He still
thinks they ought to pick up
a copy of the book, <because
it might surprise them.
Assumptions are a funny
thing 4 in both writers and
readers.=
<The
Bunkhouse
Chronicles: Field Notes From
The Figure 8 Ranch= is avail-
able online through the usual
sources, directly through
https://smokecreekpress.
com and locally in Sisters
at Paulina Springs Books.
Rullman plans an author
event at Paulina Springs on
June 22.
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