Claire Neilan Sent Off
Thanks everyone who organized and all who attended Claire’s send-off on Monday night. The room was beautiful and Claire greatly appreciated everyone’s well-wishes!
(Photo Credit: Marianne Antonini)
Nominations are still being taken for club awards! Final decisions are being made on Sunday so the programs can be printed. E-mail me any nominations.
Delaware Running Company is having a Delaware Marathon kick-off event a week from now, on January 29th, at their Greenville store. Details below.
Tom Steenkamer is looking for more male runners for the 2015 USATF Off-Road racing team. E-mail him at if you are interested!
Tom is also looking for an assistant to help with recruitment, racing, organizing teams, etc. E-mail him at the above address if you can help!
USATF From Claire:
USATF Awards Luncheon
The USATF Awards Banquet has been postponed to February 7th due to this weekend’s storm. Details below. Thanks to Coach Jim Fischer for the update.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Annual Awards Luncheon, which will be 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
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 are now available at http://pcvrc.com/banquet.php. You can either register online or mail in your form with a check to the PO Box via snail mail.
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. 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!
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.
Delaware Marathon Kick-Off Event @ DRC
From Joel Schiller:
The Delaware Running Company store in Greenville is planning a January 29th in-store kickoff for the 2015 Delaware Marathon. 5–7 PM. Sign up in person and receive a $15 discount for the Marathon or 4P Relay Marathon, a $10 discount for the Half Marathon, and a $25 discount for the 8P Relay Marathon (our steepest discount yet!).
DRC will offer gift cards for marathon and half marathon registrations received that night. Afterwards, please join us for a soft social hour at the Brandywine Brewing Company (next door). The Delaware Running Company will once again be coordinating group training runs leading up to the race.
4th Annual Delaware Intra-Club Challenge 5k – Sunday February 15, 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.
Correction: The Club Challenge race is really an INTER-club challenge (between clubs), not an INTRA-club challenge (within a club). The item below has been updated to reflect this. Thanks to Mark Deshon for noticing it. Your editor will take an English refresher course while snowed in this weekend.
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 registration link.
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:
Dave Landon ran the Key West Half Marathon this past Sunday, finishing in 1:31:02, 3rd in his age group!
Kirsten Landon ran the Key West Hemingway 5k, finishing in 32:15! Awesome job!
26th Road to the Super Bowl 5k
(January 17th – Wilmington, DE)
Mike Piorkowski 22:46.9
Kelly Jones 23:30.0 (2nd AG)
John Schultz 39:07.0
Betty Olmstead 44:06.5
17th Key West Half Marathon
(January 18th – Key West, FL)
Dave Landon 1:31:02
17th Key West Hemingway 5k
(January 18th – Key West, FL)
Kirsten Landon 32:15