Results For First Walnut Creek Half-Marathon

The first Walnut Creek Half-Marathon is in the books.

Here are the results of Saturday's races that went from downtown out Ygnacio Valley Road and back.

In the half-marathon, Brandon Hebbert of Pleasant Grove, Utah, won in 69:01. The female winner was Caitlin Smith of Oakland in 83:40   There were 1,229 in the race.

In the 10K competition, Mark Pilja of San Francisco in 33:06. Angie McMurtry of Massillon, Ohio, in 46:15. There were 380 harriers in the race.

In the 5K, Matthew Whitman of Walnut Creek broke the tape at 19:09. Shala Simms of Concord won the women's division in 19:51. There were 401 races.

A blogger who goes by the handle of BeyondLimits made the Walnut Creek her first half-marathon. She blogs about a spill she took as she hit a curb in a moment of inattention while taking a sip of water.

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