Photo by Evan Thomas, OutThereColorado.com
BY SCOTT KANIEWSKI, THE GAZETTE
Robert Cheseret found himself in a head-to-head race with James Boitt in the last 100 meters of Saturday’s Classic 10K in Colorado Springs. As the two reached the last 50 meters Cheseret used his long legs and started kicking. He pulled away from Boitt to win his first race of the season by 5 seconds with a time of 29 minutes, 42 seconds.
“I’ve been working with my speed, that’s what helped me at the end there,” said Cheseret, a native of Kenya. “Basically, it was neck and neck up to the last (50 meters) and I started to kick.”
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Cheseret and Boitt ran in a pack with two others for the first three miles. But Cheseret and Boitt pulled away and ran even up to the last 50 meters. Arvada’s Michael Aish finished third (29:59).
“When we were coming halfway, we were 10 seconds away from the record,” Cheseret said. The Colorado Springs resident was hoping to set a course record, but fell 12 seconds short.
“This was my first win,” Cheseret said. “It feels great.”
On the women’s side, New Zealand’s Fiona Docherty won in 33:33, a personal best.
“It was good to get out there ... and get my name out there,” said the Boulder resident who is in the middle of training for the Chicago marathon.
The former triathlete switched her focus solely to running about a year and a half ago. Docherty is hoping to qualify as a marathoner for the New Zealand Olympic team.
“Because that was my strongest discipline,” Docherty said. “I love it. I don’t miss triathlons whatsoever.”
Her running is paying off. Tera Moody, of Colorado Springs, finished second (33:58) and Boulder’s Colleen DeReuck, 46, finished third in 34:17.
“I really see the progression in my running,” Docherty said. “My times are getting faster and faster.”
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