Holiday Party, State of Club, DDC Summary, Race Results
Upcoming Club Events: Holiday Party
Mark your calendars for Monday, December 7th at Timothy’s Newark for the annual PCVRC Holiday Party from 6 – 9 pm. Great opportunity to connect with the running community and renew your membership for 2016! (While the party is free to club members, non-members are welcome for a small donation to our club.)
RSVP through the Facebook event or directly to .
PCVRC – State of the State
At our Board meeting earlier this month, the group talked about the need for new blood, new energy and new thinking to take PCVRC into the new year. While our finances are solid, a club like ours is unsustainable without membership growth and increased participation in club offerings and events.
In 2016, we will have openings to oversee club membership, lead C25K, recruit DDC and club sponsors, plan education events and support the club’s social committee, including assistance with an inter-club challenge. Please give some thought to volunteering in one or more of these areas. Any club member is welcome to lead or lend support, and I’m happy to provide additional information about each of these positions.
In the meantime, we’ll be fielding a club survey to hear from members what’s working well, what isn’t and what we should consider to make PCVRC a club that everyone wants to join!
Thanks for your continued support and participation!
Stacey
Delaware Distance Classic Summary
Once again the club executed a wonderful event for area runners in Delaware City on Sunday, October 11th. In the New Balance Brandywine & Christiana Delaware Distance Classic 15K Road Race presented by M&T Bank, there were 265 finishers, including men’s overall winner Chris Warren (47:59) and women’s overall winner Liz Swierzbinski (56:47). The race was the official 15K of the Mid-Atlantic USATF Championship Grand Prix Road Series.
The weather conditions were near perfect for all of our participants and after the race it was very enjoyable to present awards on the deck of Crabby Dick’s. The club awarded $750 in prize money to the top 3 overall men and women as well as the top Master’s finishers. PCVRC finished 2nd in the age graded scoring for the day with 16 USATF team members completing the DDC15k. PCVRC had outstanding contributions from Greg Cauller, Carole Feole, Kevin Cataldo, and Mike O’Brian whose finishing times all age graded to better than 80% – the benchmark for a nationally competitive time.
As a celebration and graduation of our “Couch to 5K” program, we also hosted a 5K race. We had 38 finishers including John Costello (18:24) and Joanne Baird (19:53) as our respective men’s and women’s winners.
We’d like to thank all of our club member volunteers for their time. From registration to course set up, awards, traffic assistance, course marshals, bike leads, water stops, photographer and clean up, we cannot put on a great race without you! We’d really love to have you all back next year.
To find results and photos, please visit DDC15K.org. Also, please support all of our gracious sponsors which can also be found on our website. Without their support we would not be able to put on this great event.
Thanks!
Joel, Jim & Ray
New Members
Welcome our new members:
Melanie Arnold
John Patrick Bradley
Bill Farquhar
John Schlosser
Rebecca Wright & Paul Hoyle
Race Results
If you’d like to submit your results to me or to Stacey, they will be included in an upcoming bulletin (We don’t publish unless you let us know your results). Our members can be found running (swimming and biking, too) everywhere!
Emily Zaitz: Chester River Challenge Half Marathon: 2:02 (2nd AG, 48th overall); KISS Family & Friends 5K: 25:56 (1st AG, 4th overall); JFK 50 Miler: 11:10
Jim Steele: Café Gelato 10-Miler 1:29:17
Rebecca Wright: Atlantic City Marathon 4:04
Paul Hoyle Xterra World Championships Maui Hawaii: 3:54
Nancy Welch: Ironman Florida 14:49
Erin Graves Ocean City 10-Miler 1:13:45 (1st AG)
Andy Jakubowitch Ocean City 10-Miler 1:00:37 (2nd Overall)
Philadelphia Marathon 11/22/15:
Christina Xia: 4:26:10
Chrissy Hower: 5:52
Rothman 8K 11/21/15
Matt Cutrona: 29:14
Tom Steenkamer: 30:24
Kirsten Belair: 31:58
Jerry Herman: 52:37
Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon 10/31/15:
Matt Cutrona: 1:22:28
Wesley Stafford 1:40:04
Don Ropp 1:40:36
Annie James 1:42:21
Traci Melvin 1:44:27
Jim Steele: 1:49:59
Michelle Zechman 1:54:15
Susan Snavely 1:57:07
St Francis 5K (PCVRC members representing Lori Culnane’s Heartbreakers Team):
Wesley Stafford 20:30:1
Jim Steele 24:08:0
Tony Chelpaty 24:13:6
Michelle Zechman 24:21:8
Rich Szymanski 24:23:3
Lori Culnane 25:00:1
Barbara Chelpaty 35:13:6 (another run enjoyed with her sisters)
Carll Human – Half Fanatic Jupiter Level (9 Half Marathons in 9 States in 12 Months)
Recent Races:
Kroll’s Bizmark, ND Half Marathon 1:50:25 (5th AG) 29th Half Marathon in 22nd State since 09/2008!!
Urban Bourbon Half Marathon, Louisville, KY 1:54:26 (#30 Half Marathon, 23rd State)
DDC 15K 1:14:57
Richmond Anthem Marathon:
Wesley Stafford 3:19:25
Ray Christensen 3:42:56
Michelle Zechman 4:15:40
Pike Creek Valley Running Club Membership Fee Structure and Renewal Policy
The current dues are $25 per membership, which includes family members and significant others, and covers membership for the calendar year. The renewal period runs from October 1st through March 1st. If you are planning to remain a member of PCVRC, you must renew by March 1st. On March 1st, those who have not renewed are not eligible for club member benefits such as the eBulletin, member pricing at banquet, free Boston Send-off party, etc.
Any member who races for PCVRC in 4 or more USATF races a calendar year, and is a member of USATF, will receive complimentary PCVRC membership for the following calendar year.
New members who join on or after June 1st but before October 1st will pay a reduced rate of $15 to cover membership for the remainder of the current calendar year, then are subject to same renewal policy as current members stated above. Anyone who joins on or after October 1st would pay $25 that would cover them for remainder of current calendar year and the entire following calendar year.
To sign up or renew you can go to the Join/Renew page in the below links section.
If mailing, send a check or money order (payable to PCVRC) to:
PCVRC
PO Box 3259
Wilmington, DE 19804