Claire Neilan Send-Off
Our illustrious president, Claire Neilan, is departing for the west coast in a few weeks. Join us this Monday to send her off in style!
Claire is departing to re-join her husband in San Francisco in a few weeks. We are getting together this Monday to give her a glorious send off. Join us from 5-7 pm at Bella Vista Trattoria & Pizzeria on Limestone Road. (Map) The club is providing pizza and appetizers and there will be a cash bar.
Dress warm because we’ll be out on the heated patio. Come say Good Bye and wish her well!
The Annual Banquet has more details below, including a speaker! Menu and registration are still being finalized. Save the date for February 21st @ Hartefeld Country Club. Details below.
Save February 15th for the annual Club Challenge race at Lums Pond State Park. Details below.
The USATF published a video from the National Cross-Country Championships and many Pike Creek runners appear in it! Details in the USATF section.
USATF Cross-Country Championships Videos
USATF published a video that features several Pike Creek runners! Another video was posted as well. Between the two videos among the visible are Theresa Cannon-Kauffman, Lynn Knothe, Kelly Jones, Traci Melvin, Keith Crispin, Tom Jermyn, Mike Brown, Greg Cauller, Dirk Sweigart, Sheri Sweigart, Kirsten Belair, Amy Blithe, Lisa Jalot, Lorri Fencer, Tom Steenkamer and David Wiechecki.
There are 2 runners I can’t identify in the 2nd video between 0:15 and 0:18. The first is wearing the red-and-gray singlet and the 2nd is wearing the gray with light-blue logo. If there are any others let me know. Also in the 2nd video there is a pack of Pike Creek runners from 0:53-0:57.
USATF Cross-Country Championships Article
Last week the News Journal published an article about the Championships. A nice picture of Kirsten Belair in action accompanies the article!
See News Journal article
USATF Awards Luncheon From Claire
Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Annual Awards Luncheon, which will be on Saturday, January 24, at noon at the George Clay Fire Hall, 426 Ford Street, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428. The awards will recognize achievements of 2014 in track and field, long distance running and youth athletics in the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as the athlete, official and club of the year, plus the Jesse Owens Award. The cost is $33 per person. Many PCVRC members will be receiving age group awards for their participation in the USATF Mid-Atlantic series. And of course, PCVRC won the road series and was 3rd in the off-road series! You can sign up here for the luncheon. After registering you can check your status here.
PCVRC Annual Awards Banquet From Claire
Save the Date! The PCVRC annual awards banquet will be held at Hartefeld National in Avondale, PA during the evening of February 21st. Sign-up forms will soon be available at www.pcvrc.com. You can either register online or mail in your form with a check to the PO Box via snail mail. We will let you know as soon as registration is available. We have a LOT to celebrate this year, so we hope you will all join us for an evening of fun, good food, and celebration of our achievements. We have tentatively scheduled a very exciting speaker too, and we will announce as soon as this person confirms.
UPDATE: Kevin Tresolini of The News-Journal will be our speaker. Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in journalism and will have many exciting stories to tell us!
2ND UPDATE: Nominations are now being taken for banquet awards. Feel free to e-mail me any nominations. Include who you are nominating, what award and why you think they deserve it. Final decisions are being made on January 25th. Next week’s e-bulletin will have more details on the awards given out last year.
4th Annual Delaware Intra-Club Challenge 5k – Sunday February 22nd, 1PM start
From Tom Steenkamer:
Happy New Year everyone,
The date has been set for this year’s annual Intra-Club Challenge 5k. You may recall that we had to cancel last year’s event due to excessive ice covering on the Bellevue State Park course. This is a free run that attempts to solicit participation from as many of the Delaware running clubs in fun format. We hope to see a full contingent of our members out for a fun romp thru the park to be followed by a post-race celebration at Schaefer’s Canal House.
The host club this year is the Middletown Athletic Club who are anxious to entertain us with another 5k run on Sunday, February 15th at Lums Pond State Park. Start time will be 1PM. The race will be conducted on the marked 5k high school cross country course. Once again our good friends at NOVA Timing have volunteered their services and equipment for the day.
Scoring
From the inception of this race we have always viewed this as a chance for all of the running clubs to come together for camaraderie and socialization. However, there is also a club scoring component.
Scoring – age-graded as in the past.
Club team scoring to be calculated:
Top 7 point scorers, MUST include:
– Two females
– Two runners over the age of 50
Advance registration is required to facilitate the club scoring.
Please use the following registration link. Registration
Couch-to-5k Spring Session
The next C25k session will start on Monday, April 6th. Darlise is looking for volunteers to help coach. Previous graduates are especially sought as they can inspire participants and show what heights can be achieved! E-mail Darlise at if you can help.
Central YMCA Indoor Triathlon/Duathlon
Joel Schiller is the race director for a very unique race. There are three stages: a 20-lap pool swim, a 15-mile SPIN bike ride and a 3-mile treadmill run. Start time slots run between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. You get to choose your start and the order you do the stages in. Transition times do not count so you’re not penalized if your transitions are slower than most. If you do the duathlon you can choose from any of the three stage types!
Registration is only $20 (until January 31st, $25 afterward and day-of) and you get a tech t-shirt and a finisher’s medal! Here’s the link to sign up online. (Online registration closes on Feb. 26th. Day-of registration will be available, starting at 8 AM.)
Race Results, Reviews and Accomplishments:
John Schultz ran the Icicle Run in 2:25:50.3, almost EIGHT minutes better than last year! Way to go John!
Dave Landon ran the PHUNT 50k in 5:59:38! THIRTY-ONE MILES in cold, freezing weather!!! (I was out there at Aid Station #2.) Dave said he was so cold at the end he couldn’t even untie his shoes! He’s very grateful his wife was waiting for him at the end. Great job Dave and Kirsten!
Dave Landon and Jake Landon both ran in the Chesapeake City New Year’s Day 5k. Dave won his age group, finishing in 18:56. Jake finished in 17:16. He came in 3rd overall, won his age group AND set a new PR, beating the old one by 28 seconds! Awesome job Jake!
Chesapeake City New Year’s Day 5k
(January 1st – Chesapeake City, MD)
Jake Landon 17:16
Dave Landon 18:56
PHUNT 50k
(January 4th – Elkton, MD)
Dave Landon 5:59:38
39th Icicle Run Ten-Miler
(January 11th – Wilmington, DE)
John Schultz 2:25:50.3