It's time to fall into running

Finally, the summer heat is starting to break and area runners have a selection of interesting autumn fun runs coming up.

Interesting?

For starters, there's the Run With Robey event today at Empire Ranch Golf, an event that will include a 5-kilometer run and walk as well as a bench press competition, all set for an 8 a.m. start.

The event is being hosted by the committee for the re-election of Justice of the Peace Robey Willis.

On Sunday, the Trails and Tails for runners and walkers (as well as their dogs) returns to Spooner Lake. The event will feature 5- and 10K runs, in addition to a 2-mile walk, starting at 9:30 a.m. from the Lake Tahoe State Park campground at Spooner Lake. Late registration will open at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. A half-mile kids run will be held for participants 10-and-under.

Entrants are invited to bring their dogs, though leashes are mandatory.

The registration fee is $30, with proceeds going to benefit The Yerington Animal Protection Society for its low cost spay and neuter program.

Looking ahead, a full schedule of events are lined up for Lake Tahoe Marathon Week on Sept. 27-Oct. 1. A three-stage marathon (26.2 miles on three successive days) starts on Thursday, Sept. 28 and finishes on Saturday, Sept. 30. The regular 11th annual Lake Tahoe Marathon will be run on Saturday, along with a half-marathon, half-marathon, 10K and 72-mile ultramarathon around the lake. If that's not enough, a 5K run/walk and kids races will be held on Sunday, Oct. 1. And kicking off the week's activities on Sept. 27 will be an extreme golf event at Tahoe Paradise Golf Course - a 4K run/18 holes of golf (while carrying three clubs of your choice).

See laketahoemarathon.com for a complete schedule of events.

• Ross McMahon of Incline Village emerged as the overall winner of the 10K at the second Virginia City Silver Run held on Aug. 25. McMahon, 36, covered the highly challenging 6.2-mile course in a time of 46 minutes, 17 seconds to finish ahead of runner-up finisher, 16-year-old Jake McCain of Virginia City in 50:09.

Thomas McManus from Castro Valley, Calif., took third in 51:38, followed by Bill Devine of Incline Village in 52:02. Sarah McMahan of Incline Village was fifth overall and the first woman in 53:41, not far ahead of Incline's Deb Devine in 54:13. Of the 38 entrants in the 10K, only eight managed to finish the route in less than one hour.

Gloria Sosa, 16, of Carson City was the overall winner of the 2-mile race with a 15:13 clocking. Mike Bentley of Reno was second overall in 16:26, 60-year-old Jim O'Neil of Sparks was third in 17:51 and 10-year-old Jack Glogovac of Virginia City fourth in 19:58.

Dayton's Michael Polish finished first in the 2-mile walk in a time of 24:25.

Virginia City Silver Run

Aug. 25

10K

Overall: 1, Ross McMahon 46:17, 2, Jake McCain 50:09, 3, Thomas McManus 51:38, 4, Bill Devine 52:02, 5, Sarah McMahon 52:02, 6, Deb Devine 53:41, 7, David Noble 56:20,

8, Sage Dallas 58:18, 9, Thilo Wilhern 58:19, 10, Scott Capistrant 1:03:55, 11, Doyle Thompson 1:04:41, 12, Ray Little 1:04:47, 13, Megan Brandon 1:05:20, 14, Erika Sosa 1:06:11, 15, Elena Whittier 1:07:24, 16, Ben Dickson 1:07:48, 17, Bill Andrews 1:08:29, 18, Whitney Waldroup 1:10:09, 19, Jesse Ruppert 1:10:11, 20, Renee Stalcup 1:10:15, 21, Tom Wortman 1:11:33, 22, Michele Casey 1:11:40, 23, Chris Bailey 1:11:43, 24, Janet Josephsen 1:12:50, 25, Gigi Glogovac 1:13:37, 26, Karen Sikora 1:13:50, 27, F. Schlueter 1:14:14, 28, Marci Peterson 1:15:20, 29, Tom Josephsen 1:19:27, 30, Jennifer Morgan 1:22:07, 31, Rosemary Pressler 1:26:50, 32, Jim Baratti 1:27:05, 33, Tiffany King 1:31:59, 34, Jennifer Frisby 1:34:02, 35, Eleanor Curtis 1:46:07, 36, Jennifer McCain 1:46:09, 37, Shawn Chapman 1:49:20, 38, Diana Walker 1:49:22.

2-mile

Overall: 1, Gloria Sosa 15:13, 2, Mike Bentley 16:26, 3, Jim O'Neil 17:51, 4, Jack Glogovac 19:58, 5, Blanca Sosa 21:15, 6, Kathy Cano 21:43, 7, Ronald Burke 24:42, 8, Karen Decker 25:27, 9, Tiffani Curtis 25:37, 10, Jacob Pond 25:39, 11, Tyler Burch 29:09, 12, Jill Conners 31:47.

Walk results

Overall: 1, Michael Polish 24:25, 2, Linda King 25:53, 3, Joyce Hess 31:49, 4, Barbara Waite 38:45, 5, Saundra Burch 43:49, 6, Don Waite 53:44, 7, Cindy Wilkerson 1:04:17, 8, Maggie Walker 1:04:59 1:04:59, 9, Jon Walker 1:05:19.

(Onthe Run is wrtten by ErickStudenicka and DavePrice, both members of the Sagebrush Stompers running club and former sports writers for the Nevada Appeal. Contact them at dprice@sierrasun.com or 882-2111, ext. 362.