From President Ray
Big Numbers for PCVRC at Run The Bridge 10K
On Sunday 11/4, over 20 club members ran the Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge across the Ben Franklin to Philadelphia & back plus a loop around downtown Camden past the Battleship New Jersey and finishing on the baseball field at Campbell’s Field. It was chilly, with wind picking up after a while, but nearly 3,300 finished the race. This has become a major area race and the winning time was 29:15!!!
Our USATF team took 2nd place, led in points by our 88 year old rookie phenom Hugh Campbell, still getting used to the 10K distance. He had the 3rd highest Age-Graded score overall (89.7). With a time of 1:03:11, Hugh beat over 1300 runners!
Sue Simmons ran her first-ever 10k. Austin Gee was tops for PCVRC, finishing 29th overall. Our age-group award winners included: Jay Coughenour (2nd, 45-49), Greg Cauller (2nd, 50-54), Sarah Rusk (1st, 30-34), Epi Camacho (1st, 55-59), Lynn Knothe (2nd, 35-39), Dan Simmons (1st, 65-69), Carol Feole (3rd, 50-54). Sorry if I missed anyone, but we had such a huge team! I got to ride up with Epi and Hugh.
Run The Bridge is a great scenic race, but fills up almost two months in advance if you want to consider for next year. It’s fun watching for our fast friends among the leaders during the out and back on the bridge. You don’t have to be fast to be a member of PCVRC’s USATF Road or Off-Road teams. Just join USATF for 2013 ($30/year) at http://www.mausatf.org/join-membership.htm and indicate that you’re a member of our club (#025). Your results are then automatically scored. Contact Tom Steenkamer with questions:
Each of our USATF members who complete at least four of the series races have received free or discounted PCVRC membership for the following year, based on our team winnings. We’ll be posting the list of this year’s verified runners after the 11/24 Delaware Open XC 5K.
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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Wine Dinner Benefits PCVRC
On Monday, November 19th, Caffe Gelato is having a wine dinner. The cost is $62 pp, with $22 coming back to PCVRC for each club member who attends. For more information on the menu, directions to the restaurant etc, please see: http://caffegelato.net/reservations/special-dinner-events/. If you plan to attend, please call Caffe Gelato directly (302-738-5811) to make your reservation, and let them know you are a PCVRC member. There will not be special reserved seating for PCVRC members, but if you would like to sit at a table with other PCVRC members you can contact Claire Neilan () who will connect you with other PCVRC members attending the dinner.
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Atlantic City Marathon From Joe Rullo – 1st time marathoner
Did the Atlantic City Marathon on 10.21.12. Weather was amazing considering the change it saw a week later. Finished 122 overall of 2700 in 3:43.00. We crossed the finish line on the AC Boardwalk right in front of Ballys Casino. Ironic to think it wouldn’t be there eight days later. Sad. Next goal is to qualify for Boston.
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USATF Series
The Run the Bridge 10K, the eighth event in the MA-USATF Grand Prix Series, was held last Sunday. With over 3,300 participants, 17 club members ran and did quite well, both individually and representing the club in the series. Hugh Campbell, participating in only his second MA-USATF event, was again the club’s top age-graded runner, third overall in age-grading behind the race winner (a Kenyan) and the world-class Doreen McCoubrie. The race also had two club members, who are the first two Delaware male participants to do a 10K in the 80-84 age-group, Don Monagle and John Schultz. John now has the state record of 1:21:00.
The next and final events in the series are the Rothman 8K (Nov 17) and the Philadelphia Half and Full Marathons (Nov. 18). The club can combine scores from the three events and could have up to three full teams scoring. The club has already scored in seven events and is currently in fifth place in the team competition. One, two or three good team scores from the marathon weekend could improve upon the teams’ total, replacing lower scores from earlier events. Certainly the top five scorers will improve upon one of the earlier ones.
Race Results
Evansburg Ten Miler:
1:25:56 Carole Feole (corrected from 1:35:56)
Run the Bridge 10K:
Time – AgGrd (top Grades in bold)
36:19 73.933 Austin Gee
36:28 82.251 Jay Coughenour, 2nd 45-49
36:38 85.929 Greg Cauller, 2nd 50-54
37:33 83.755 Tom Steemkamer
38:15 80.986 John Costello
39:25 77.223 Sarah Rusk, 1st 30-34
40:18 80.025 Epi Camacho, 1st 55-59
41:41 73.491 Lynn Knothe, 2nd 35-39
42:32 73.354 Dirk Sweigart
43:53 79.567 Dan Simmons, 1st 65-69
44:54 71.269 Sheri Herrmann
46:33 77.658 Carole Feole, 3rd 50-54
46:57 65.389 Ray Christensen
50:48 76.083 Beth Howlett
63:11 89.739 Hugh Campbell
81:00 54.012 John Schultz, State Record for Male 80-84
105:16 43.794 Don Monagle
Delaware Futures 5K:
17:16 Matt Cutrona, 2nd Overall, 1st Master
23:29 Kelly Reph-Jones, 2nd Overall Female