Anyone Can Make Run at Hillsea

Once again the Hillsea footrace lived up to its reputation as a great equalizer when a 70-year-old runner won the cross-country event Saturday at Central Park West in Huntington Beach.

The race, modeled after the Dipsea trail run in Marin County, is handicapped to give everyone a chance to cross the finish line first. Aurelio Camacho of Pico Rivera became the oldest winner, finishing the 7.57-mile course in 62 minutes 13 seconds. In 1997, 62-year-old Gina Faust won the race.

Camacho had a 22-minute head start on the scratch runners in the men’s age 24-34 division and was able to hold off Dave Olds, a 39-year-old from Los Angeles, by slightly more than a minute. Olds finished in 44:03 with a three-minute head start.

Newport Triathlon

It’s too late to enter the sold-out Ironman California, which will have its second running May 19 in Oceanside, but late entries are welcome at the Kring & Brown Newport Beach Triathlon May 20.

There’s a bit more than a week to train for the event, which is made up of a half-mile swim in the Newport Back Bay, a 13-mile bicycle ride and a three-mile run.

Details: (714) 978-1528 or https://www.pacificsportsllc.com

Waves of Joy

Bluetorch, the Irvine-based action sports media company, reintroduced its television show this week on Fox Sports Net.

The show is at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and today it will finish its report on the Swell XXL Big Wave contest. Bluetorch has exclusive rights to broadcast footage from the contest that was won by San Clemente’s Mike Parsons. Parsons was towed into a wave with an estimated 66-foot face at Cortes Bank, a shallow seamount 100 miles west of Dana Point.

Mountain Man

Joe Pierson, the resident mountaineer at REI’s Santa Ana store, will repeat his free seminar on preparing to climb Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, on May 19.

Pierson, who has climbed three different routes up Whitney, will lead a discussion on obtaining a permit if you didn’t get one in the lottery, logistical information, advice on which route to take and gear selection. The seminar starts at 11 a.m. Details: (714) 543-4142.

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