Tucson masters class runner David Dobler took care of business long before the Flagstaff invasion settled in Saturday.

Dobler won the 5-kilometer preliminary portion of the Get Moving Tucson 10-Miler with some grand design in mind.

“I’m going to train to try to beat the masters American record in the steeplechase,” said Dobler, 46, who clocked in 15 minutes, 59 seconds. “I think it’s realistic.”

Later, Flagstaff runners Jared Scott and Trina Painter won the men’s and women’s 10-mile runs through the winding downtown Tucson course.

Scott won in 52:42 over runner-up Ian Johnson (53:06).

Painter (1:01:48), a nationally renowned masters runner, outdueled Tucsonan Paula Morrison (1:03:28) in the women’s race.

“I haven’t been training as much as I should,” said Morrison, 35, who led the first five miles. “We sort of switched leads and she got me.”

Painter, 42, accompanied by her two young daughters, has fond memories of Tucson and it was again a charm.

“I raced here and won in high school, junior college and now as a pro,” she said.

The course drew her interest.

“I felt us doing loopy loops, but it held your interest,” she said. “You have to keep your mind on it. It was fun to see the different parts of Tucson.”

Scott, 26, a former University of Colorado 1,500-meter competitor and a member of the 2004 NCAA cross country champion, was doing a training test for his marathon next winter in the Phoenix P.F. Chang event.

So far he agrees with the change in training regimen.

“It’s easier than the fast stuff that hurts,” he said. “This is more aerobic, steady, and being in Flagstaff and the (natural) beauty makes it fun.”

Dobler, in his younger life a steeplechase champion, is into a steady diet of interval training for the unique 3,000-meter, jump-the-water and hurdles a steeplechase requires.

He is aiming for the 33-year-old American record of noted trainer and author Hal Higdon (9 minutes, 18.6 seconds).

“I feel pretty good for 46,” he said. “I can do a 75-second quarter (mile). To be on for the U.S. record, you have to do 82s. The world mark takes 79s.”

Pima sports

• The Pima football team lost 71-0 to host No. 2 Snow College on Saturday. The Aztecs are 0-7.

• The Aztecs beat Cochise 3-2 in women’s soccer in Douglas. Brooke Schmelter, Kelcee Newell and Alexa Garzelloni scored in the win.

• The No. 5-ranked men’s soccer team topped Arizona Western 5-1. Travis Sanchez scored twice in the victory.

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