Valley Forge Five Miler MA-USATF Grand Prix Series
Last Saturday seven PCVRC members towed the line to represent the club in the third race of the MA-USATF Grand Prix Series, the Valley Forge Five Miler. They scored well despite the expected depletion because some possible participants were still recovering from the Boston Marathon. The club scored 393.840 points and is currently in third place in the series. John Schultz has won his age group in all three events.
With MA-USATF’s overly liberal policy of allowing clubs to only score in seven events and with the events on Philadelphia Marathon weekend possibly allowing clubs to accumulate three team scores on that weekend, clubs could skip up to four events during the series and still place well in it. So standings are sort or irrelevant until late November. Am I a being a little too obvious here that I don’t like this policy? Consistency in participating in the events, which PCVRC has demonstrated for years, has less influence on the scoring than a few great performances by a small number of top runners if they show up for some of the events.
The next event in the Grand Prix series will be the Broad Street 10 Miler on May 6 in Philadelphia. The next event in the Off-Road series is the Triple Crown 10K Run at 10:00 A.M. at the Carpenter Recreation Area of White Clay Creek State Park off of Rt. 896, outside of Newark.
Valley Forge Five Miler Results:
30:09 81.537 John Costello
30:54 80.906 Tom Steemkamer
32:24 79.115 Epi Camcho
39.17 77.429 Beth Howlett
36:43 74.852 Dan Simmons
50:41 56.264 Jerry Herman
1:08:34 49.514 John Schultz
More Boston Recap
A longer version of this editor’s account of the 2012 Boston marathon, including the things Mark Lozier and I did and the people we met, before, during and after the race, is now posted on my blog: http://mccorq.blogspot.com/
From President Ray:
Delaware Marathon Course Marshals needed
For those not running a Delaware Marathon event, please contact Ray if you can volunteer to help keep runners safe in our Bancroft Parkway area of the course on Sunday May 13 7:15-9:30am, 9:30-noon, or both. It’s a critical place and we’ve barely had enough people to cover it in the past.
You’ll get a shirt and you’ll have fun. Let me know soon if you’re in or can bring a friend! 302-633-1482
Water Table at Delcastle 4/25
Club will have a table set up to offer spring water to runners, walkers, dogs at Delcastle Rec Area on Wed 4/25 530-730pm. It’s to show our banner, pass out brochures and introduce us to the community. Group run at 6pm as always. Drop by at any time for a couple laps or to socialize. Let Ray know if you can definitely man the table for any length of time.
Race Results:
Ronald McDonald 5K:
20:32 Lynn Knothe, 3rd Overall female, 1st 30-35
20:38 Michael Peyton, 2nd Male Master
20:49 Lisa Jalot, 1st Female Master
DVRTF One Step At a Time 5K
17:54 Greg Cauller, Ist Master, 3rd Overall
20:18 Lynn Knothe, Female winner
26:39 Rachel Bleacher, 1st 19-29, New PR!