Mike Derr Tops Spring Valley Runners at Coronado Valentine's 10K

Mike Derr, Emmanual Deck, and Alice Klarkowski were the only runners from Spring Valley Sunday morning in the Coronado Valentine’s 10-kilometer run.

Some 1,200 runners entered the race (see attached), which began and finished at Tidelands Park with the San Diego-Coronado Bridge looming in the background on a cool overcast day with occasional drizzles.

But the morning was brightened by the many couples entered in the 6.2-mile run, including La Mesans Charlene and Tracy Giordano and Florian and Farah Hedwig.

Derr, 49, finished 31st overall in the field of more than 1,200, averaging 7:35 per mile.  He finished with a total overall time of 47 minutes, 17 seconds, good for fourth overall in his M45-49 age group.

Klarkowski, 28, was the next Spring Valley runner to finish. Her pace of 9:36 per mile pushed her to an overall time of 59 minutes, 50 seconds. She ranked 205th overall.

Deck, 34, had a pace of 9:53 per mile, finishing the race with an overall time of 61 minutes, 40 seconds. He was 256th overall.

The top finishers were Scott Bauhs, 25, of Mammoth Lakes, clocking 29:42, and Angela Bizzarri, 23, of San Diego, finishing in 33:31. Complete results are here.