Andrew Boone, 30, of Bend won the Men's Elite title in the Pole, Pedal, Paddle, but there were many winners in different age categories. One of the more impressive victors is Ernie Gilpin. The 75 year old Bend man won first place in the new 75 and Older Division, because he's the first 75 year old to run the race: “It's the very, very first time in the history of the 35 year Pole, Pedal, Paddle they added the category. Because the highest had always been 70 and up. But when I got to be 75, I called and said there ought to be a category.” Ernie was the only participant in the 75 and Older Category. He did the Alpine and Nordic skiing, biked for 22 miles, kayaked for two and a half miles and sprinted a half mile. Gilpin says he runs about two and half miles every day. He says he's not the fastest, but he's still out there doing it.