I did my best Dan Verrington imitation, and watched my feet the entire last 2 minutes of the race. Rich Bolt passed Casner on the hill, and closed to within 35 seconds of the first. At the top of the lookout tower Rich held court, pointing out the various mountain peaks and trails. Casner finished in third running his own race. Upon reflection, Mike ran the way you have to run a mountain race, as hard as you can start to finish.
Mountain running is unique as every course is different.
I won't pretend to know anything about masters running or women's running, everything that follows about either is taken from the printed results. I did get to view some of the racing going on, as a group of us ran down Pack. It does afford an opportunity to cheer on fellow runners, and check out what teammates are doing whilst warming down. The circuit competition has really heated up in the male 00-39. Only six points separate the top four.