Holiday Party Scheduled for Wed. 12/12/12 at Timothy’s
We’ve again reserved the upstairs room at Timothy’s, 100 Creek View Rd. off Paper Mill Rd. in Newark for the club’s Holiday Party. It will be on Wednesday, December 12 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. You buy your drinks and the club provides food. This is always a good time to renew your dues for 2013. Invite prospective club members to come as well. Your input will be appreciated on potential award winners for 2012 and club events for 2013. Get your club shirt if you’ve never received one. Please RSVP to Rachel (see Events page) so we have an idea of how much food to order. Last two years, over 50 attended.
Group runs continue throughout winter
Come out and run with us, even if you never have before. As long as it isn’t too icy, we’ll be out there at Delcastle Rec Area each Wed & Thurs 6pm and meeting in front of Panera on Main St Newark Sundays 8am.
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From Theresa Kauffman:
I wanted to pass along some wonderful news about two future PCVRC members. The Eastern Region Championships for Junior XC was held Sunday at Killens Pond. DJ Farren & Liam Kauffman both ran in the Boys Bantam 9/10 yr race which was 1.86 Miles. The top 20 would qualify for the National XC Race in Indiana.
DJ Farren placed 11th in 12:48
Liam Kauffman placed 20th in 13:51
I think Dad & Mom will be in trouble at the next 5k!
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Veteran’s Day Marathon
On Sunday I completed the Veteran’s Day Marathon in Black Lick, PA. It was my 91st and I was almost a hour slower than at Hartford last month. Carolyn completed her third half-marathon. To read about my experience, go to: http://mccorq.blogspot.com/
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Marine Corps Marathon
From Stacey Haddock Schiller:
Joel and I joined several friends in running the 2012 Marine Corps Marathon a couple of weeks ago. As many of you know, “The People’s Marathon” is one of the four largest marathons in the United States and, being as it was the first marathon for most of our group, was really a great race for us to do. Mostly flat, with great scenery, it was a well-staffed race with lots of energy from the spectators and plenty of amenities for runners. And despite SuperStorm Sandy’s impending arrival, we were fortunate to make it through the race with minimal wind and no rain.
The best parts of the course were Haines Point, nice and flat with plenty of room to run, and the monuments/Mall portions. My least favorite parts: The seemingly endless 14th Street Bridge, the aggravating hill at Mile 26 (which Mike Monagle tells us isn’t by accident) and the loooong walk to collect our bags after the race.
As a friend told me before the race, “Less than 1% of people run a marathon.” And now that I have, I’ve gotta say that it’s a pretty good feeling. That said, since I didn’t hit my time goal, I guess I’ll have to run another…
(Stacey wrote a longer version in Town Square Delaware: http://townsquaredelaware.com/2012/11/08/the-marine-corps-marathon-a-reluctant-runners-journey-to-26-2/)
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Race Results:
Engineers Without Borders 5K:
17:57 John Costello, 1st Male Master (John is 51)