From the President:
Delaware Marathon thanks PCVRC
The club received a thank-you letter along with a check from the Delaware Marathon race organization in appreciation of members’ volunteer efforts for that event. PCVRC, in turn, thanks Course Marshal coordinators Rich Szymanski & Kate Fisher-Shute along with many others who manned the course, stuffed packets, loaded water and assisted in other ways with the event! Here’s the text of the letter:
Re: Delaware Marathon Contribution
We are very pleased to present the Pike Creek Valley Running Club with a check for $250 in support of our eighth annual Christiana Care Health System Delaware Marathon Running Festival presented by New Balance Delaware, which was held in Wilmington, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. We thank you for your help on race weekend and we hope you’ll continue to support our event in the years to come.
Sincerely yours,
Wayne S. Kursh & Joel S. Schiller
Delaware Marathon Running Festival
Successful DDC 15K Kick-off Meeting
On Monday 6/20, 10 club members met to plan and brainstorm for this year’s Delaware Distance Classic. Rachel, Joel, Jim, Ray, Rich, Jerry, Dean, Coach Fischer, Karl & Tom J. were joined by a representative of Boys & Girls Club of DE (which receives a donation from race proceeds). It was great to have so many share ideas and to volunteer to help with various aspects of the event!
We expect to make an “opening announcement” in mid-July, which will include our list of sponsors and event highlights. We hope to add music and possibly beer to the festivities. We also hope to increase registration to 400 runners or more. Please help! As our club’s signature event, all members are encouraged to participate either as a runner, a volunteer, or a sponsor – so unless you’re running a marathon or getting married on Oct 9, make a note on your calendar!
Our next planning meeting is 7pm on Tues July 5 at Ray’s. All are invited, even if you can’t play a major role. We’ll continue to assign pre-race and race-day responsibilities. For now, if you can’t attend meeting but can commit to helping with registration, as a course marshal, or general set-up/clean-up, contact Ray at 633-1482 or .
Weekly Group Runs
In recent weeks, both the Wed & Thurs 6pm runs have had low attendance. If it’s hot, just bring water. You’re always welcome! If Delcastle is inconvenient at those times, we hope to see you at one of our upcoming fun runs. See the Events Calendar at pcvrc.com.
From Rich Szymanski: The crab feast and Crabowitz 5K fun run is set for Thursday, June 30th at 6:00-6:15. from the Szymanski house. Last year we added the “Crabowitz” 5K prior to the crab feast and we will again be doing the run prior to the “eats”. While it started out as an “I hate Jack 5K” aka “Crabowitz”, we will keep the crab theme this year but will have a different meaning behind the crab.
Crab /Cancer is the fourth sign of the zodiac and we thought we’d emphasize the cancer this year and de-emphasize the “I hate Jack” and in the spirit of that, we will have a donation jar for anyone that would like to donate on behalf of the American Cancer Society. Ok..well, we will still probably make Jack wear the crab head piece..that’s just plain “ole” fun J
We will provide crabs and pizza , water and soda and please ask that you bring your favorite adult beverage of choice. So that we have an accurate head count and have enough for all, please do let us know if you’ll be able to come! I you decide at the last minute do not hesitate to show up. There are always lots of crabs left over.
This is also a dog friendly event.. make sure you bring your dogs, kids and spouses or whom ever you wish.
Where: 709 Haddon Road, Wilmington DE
Date: Thursday, June 30th
Time: 6:00 – 6:15
Annual Pike Creek Summer BBQ
2011-07-16 Saturday 2:00 pm
Location: 2421 W. Parris Drive – Cedar Crest
Join us for our Annual Summer BBQ hosted by Rachel Bleacher. All members and their families are invited to join us for good food and friends. As always the club will be providing the hot dogs and hamburger and beer. All you need to bring is your favorite side dish to share.
Please RSVP by July 10th so that we can make sure that we have an adequate amount of food for everyone.
Hope to see you there!
Contact: Rachel Bleacher – Events Coordinator
Email:
Race Results:
The Independence School 5K
23:24 Theresa Kauffman 1st Female Master
The Middletown 150th Anniversary 5K
19:24 Epi Camacho, 2nd Overall and first Master
Westside Health 10K
37:39 Greg Cauller, Overall winner and 1st Master
41:52 Epi Camacho, 4th Overall
42:17 Lynn Knothe, Overall Female winner
Westside Health 5K
18:29 Greg Cauller, Overall Winner and 1st Master
20:30 Lynn Knothe, Overall Female winner