From Club President Ray:
Waffle Cone 10 Miler
Club member Ryan German did another commendable job with his 3rd annual 10 mile road/trail hybrid race. Spectacular weather helped bring out 350 participants. Over 30 PCVRC members ran, including 2nd place overall finisher Enos Benbow, who’s warming up for NYC Marathon. At least 5 other members volunteered.
Dry weather kept our shoes from getting muddy and the scenic course kept us from getting bored. As Ryan has hoped, numbers are increasing each year as word gets out about the great breakfast, beer, and delicious gelato cones after the race. And with the warm sunshine, standing in long lines to get them wasn’t a problem. Age group winners and runners-up score generous gift certificates to Caffe Gelato. Tech shirts for all. If you haven’t yet done this race, plan on it for next year!
Philadelphia Marathon Plans
If you’re running the Philly Full or Half, let me know at We’ll put the list in a coming eBulletin and maybe help make plans for carpools both to the Expo for packet pick-up and to race day to save on parking fees and alleviate traffic headaches. Include any non-PCVRC friends that may want to share rides.
Philly Marathon Expo Speakers?
Area running clubs have been invited to give presentations on a side stage during the Fri/Sat Expo. I proposed a topic of “Better Results by Joining a Running Club”. It would be a talk followed by Q&A of how running with partners or a club makes it easier and more fun to achieve running goals. Our slot is 30 minutes starting at noon on Sat 11/19. Let me know if you’d like to be part of it by saying a few words, explaining why you joined the club, or just being there for moral support.
2 USATF Series Races on Sunday
If you haven’t already, contact Rich to inform him if you can be a member of our team for Radnor road race or Evansburg trail race. Help us continue to field complete teams as the season winds down! If you’re not a USATF member this year, also on Sunday is a 10K and 5K E-Racing the Blues at the Riverfront. www.eracingtheblues.org The 10K is an RRCA Championship race.
From Treasurer Joel: DDC Report
At a Delaware Distance Classic wrap up meeting that was held at President Ray’s house on October 17, I presented the following financial recap of the 29th Annual Delaware Distance Classic 15K. The event attracted 375 registrants and had 348 official finishers, a 16% increase over the 299 official finishers in 2010. The race generated gross revenues of $14,720, a 94% increase over the $7,588 in revenues generated in 2010. The surge in revenue was caused by increasing registration fees by $5 and by attracting $4,000 in sponsorships (vs. $750 in 2010). The race committee did an excellent job of keeping expenses in check, resulting in a net revenue to the club of roughly $6,200 versus $1,275 in 2010 net revenue.
The race committee has approved a $750 donation to the Mike Clark Legacy Foundation; a $250 donation to the DE Fund for Kids; and a $250 donation to a charity to be determined by Wilkinson Roofing & Siding, the event’s presenting sponsor. Co-race directors Ray Christensen and Jim Steele were presented with commemorative race bibs for a job well done.
Boston Bus
Some club members have received information from Doug White about the 2012 Delaware Sports Club Boston Marathon bus trip. If you would like that info, you may contact Doug at or reply to me. The info is too long to add to this bulletin.
From Tom Fort:
The Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame will hold its annual banquet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22 at Cavaliers Country Club. This year the following will be honored: Sally Andersen, Chuck Durante, Ralph Heiss, Bill MacLachlan and Gil Mahla. To obtain a ticket reservation form, contact Tom at or reply to me.
Race Results:
Caffe Gelato Ten Miler
56:12 Enos Benbow, 2nd Overall
1:00:53 Greg Cauller, 1st 50-54 (1st Master)
1:01:35 Jay Coughenour, 1st 45-49
1:01:53 Andy Jakubowitch, 3rd 30-34
1:06:56 Michael Brown, 2nd 50-54
1:09:16 Ryan German
1:11:21 Dirk Sweigart
1:11:31 Mchael Peyton, 2nd 40-44
1:12:00 Chris James
1:13:13 Dava Baca
1:13:29 Sheri Herrmann, 3rd 40-44
1:15:11 Dan Simmons, 1st 60-64
1:17:13 Ray Christensen
1:18:04 Theresa Cannon-Kauffman, 1st 45-49
1:24:49 Jim Steele
1:25:26 Jose Rodriguez
1:32:02 Andrea Rubinoff, 1st 55-59
1:32:44 Jack Horowitz
1:35:18 Bruce Hubbard, 1st 65-69
1:35:42, Bob Bennett, 2nd 65-69
1:37:03 Jordan Fridman
1:37:10 Shannon German
1:40:07 Lori Culnane
1:40:07 Claire Neilan
1:40:09 John Culnane
1:40:31 Tony Chelpaty
1:43:44 Leonora Wagner
1:55:48 Stacey Shiller
1:56:33 Misty White
1:56:37 Alan Fink
2:14:01 John Schultz, 2nd 70+
Queen of the Roses 5K
28:05 Dan Feldstein, 2nd 55-59
Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Marathon
4:45:31 Dave McCorquodale
Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Half Marathon
2:44:32 Carolyn McCorquodale, 3rd 60-69, PR
Short recap to the Delaware & Lehigh races: This was a new race venue, which started on a new rails-to-trail section along the Lehigh River from Northampton to Slatington, PA. We parked at Slatington and were bused to Northampton. Unfortunately one bus broke down and delayed the start for a half hour.
The new section of trail is beautiful, close to the raging Lehigh and mostly shaded with a smooth, fine gravel surface. After ten miles, the marathoners took a paved side trail for get in four miles before going back on the main trail. The three miles to the finish (for the half-marathoners) had apparently experienced some erosion from the heavy August rains and our feet scuffled from the unevenness of the surface. Carolyn did not like the finish of the half, which went up a hill, around a historic building and returned back to the finish line. This area had stone gravel, instead of the fine gravel on the earlier portions.
At mile 17 of the marathon, we veered off the trail along the river and basically had to walk up a steep, rocky gravel section to an upper trail. The upper trail had lots of small rocks imbedded in the dirt. That’s fine for a true trail marathon, but inappropriate for this race, which is basically a road marathon. After three miles there was a sharp paved descent, too steep for actually running, and then level running to the end.
Some pluses were the enthusiastic volunteers, lots of good food at the end, and the unique awards – a lacquered piece of slate with the award on it, ready for hanging (now you know how the town got it’s name).
Recommendation: The current venue is fine for a half marathon, but not for the full. I have suggested to the director that by having the events start and finish in Slatington, going southeast and returning northwest, they would avoid busing problems, use less police, have less water stops, and have a much faster marathon course. The marathon should start an hour before the half. The hotel where the packet pick-up was, which is about six miles from Slatington, is the closest place to stay.
Personally, I learned at valuable lesson: I should have carried some chewable Pepto-Bismol tablets, the lack of which added miles of discomfort and about 25 minutes to my finishing time (and incidentally denying me a slate plaque as I finished 1:30 in back of the third person in my age-group).