From President Ray:
RRCA Runner Survey
As members of PCVRC, we are each members of Road Runners Club of America. In 2006 the RRCA conducted a survey of individual runners, certified coaches, and RRCA members. To ensure that we are working towards achieving our mission and objectives in our strategic plan, we are inviting you to complete our 2012 RRCA Runner Survey:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5i9nxqugxflp2yd/start
The RRCA is currently reviewing our Strategic Plan adopted in 2009. Responses to this survey are an important part of our review effort.
Wissahickon Trail Classic 10K recap
While over 18 club members ran the road race in NJ, at least 11 of us did Wissahickon, a hilly and technical trail race at the far end of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Thanks to all who came out! Humidity decreased by the 9am start so we had good weather, although the hills were slippery from Friday night’s downpour. With a record field of 500 finishers, Enos Benbow
and Josh Loren took 3rd and 4th places overall. Carol Giampietro won her age
group and has a nice big plant to show for it. See photos of both races at
our Facebook Group, www.tinyurl.com/pcvrc Thanks to Jen for our trail group
photo. Kim was photographer in NJ.
Luckily, the course is mostly shaded, so as long as you didn’t slip in mud
or turn an ankle on a rock, conditions were comfortable. Unfortunately,
Sheri Herrmann took one for the team with a bloody leg. The runner ahead of
her tumbled and brought Sheri down as well. Luckily, her kids were at the
finish to help her get patched up. Meanwhile, Josh had forgotten to wear
his number when taking off his shirt before the race. Dirk failed to hand
it to him in his first attempt, but was successful with the handoff at the
last minute so Josh had his bib for an official time for just the very last
tenth of a mile.
In other exciting news, Andrea Rubinoff was among 5 runners who got lost
when they missed a turn at one of the few places not manned by the otherwise
very helpful volunteers. Ron Horn was his usual humorous self and even with
the record participation, there were enough bagels, bananas & bars for all.
In a video of the early part of race, you can see lots of club singlets pass
by at USATF FB page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/289855916248/#!/groups/358196464199690/0
Editor’s Note: When this e-bulletin was prepared, the results were not yet in. They’ll be in next week’s e-bulletin.
B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k: Run or Volunteer
(our club’s new charity partner)
The 6th Annual B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k Run/Walk is Thursday, June 21st at Salesianum School starting at 6:45pm. As a partner of the B+ Foundation, PCVRC will help to fight childhood cancer because 46 kids are told they have cancer every school day. Join our team today by running, walking or donating to our Team Goal. Help us raise money for kids fighting cancer! Click the link below and then click “Join a Team”. Select “Pike Creek Valley Running Club” and then you’ll be prompted to register. If you have any questions please contact team captain Jim Steele at 530-7274.
https://www.elleevance.com/5K2012/SelectATeam.aspx?TeamSelected=NBI57687740
Or if you can volunteer, please contact Ray () soon. PCVRC will have a table set up to recruit members and in exchange hope that a few members can help on race day (registration, course marshal, etc). More info at http://www.BePositive.org
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Plans for Becky Yencharis’ 95th birthday celebration are underway.
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alph McKinney says that the gathering will be are the House of William and Merry, 1336 Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin at 6:30, Friday, July 20th (Becky’s BD). Merry (part of the namesake of the restaurant) is the daughter of Noel Reylea, a good runner of an earlier generation, who held the women’s 45-49 marathon state record from 1991 to 2007. Call Ralph at 652-0532 if you wish to attend.
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John Schultz turns 80 on June 22. Last March’s Hall of Fame inductee will join a suddenly strong contigion of men competing for 80+ running glory with other PCVRC members – Hugh Cambell, Joe DeRosa and Don Monagle.
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Scott Coffee 8K
Pike Creek Valley Running Club fielded a deep team in the Scott Coffee 8K in Moorestown, N.J. As part of the MA-USATF Grand Prix Series, the event brought out close to 900 participants, including nine full club teams. Anchored by one of the club’s newest members, 87 year-old Hugh Campbell, our team scored the most age-graded points, 417.286, outscoring the next highest team, South Jersey Athletic Club by 5+ points. Hugh had the second highest age-grade in the race, trailing only 73 year-old Sandra Folzer of Philadelphia Track Club. PCVRC’s team was so deep that the second top five members would have outscored three or four of the other teams in the competition. Rich Szymanski ran along with Hugh since he had not raced that far before. Rich reported that Hugh was carrying on a conversation with him. That means if Hugh can talk while he’s in a race, he can probably run even faster.
The next event in the Grand Prix Series is PCVRC’s own Delaware Distance Classic 15K on October 7.
In addition to the team victory, the following all had individual achievements, each earning a sport watch as an award:
Mike Digennaro, 3rd Overall
Chris Steenkamer, 1st 15-19
Sarah Rusk, 1st 30-39
Lynn Knothe, 2nd 30-39
Matt Cutrona, 3rd 40-49
Greg Cauller, 2nd 50-54
Hugh Campbell, 1st 80+
Scott Coffee Rotary 8K MA-USATF Results:
Age Gr. – Time – Participant
88.809 48:24 Hugh Campbell
85.681 28:45 Greg Cauller
83.708 29:40 Tom Steenkamer
81.423 26,28 Mike Digennaro
78.601 27:53 Chris Steenkamer
77.626 36:30 Carole Feole
76.871 29:37 Matt Cutrona
76.158 31:40 Sarah Rusk
75.774 36:03 Dan Simmons
75.112 33:21 Lee Kauffman
73.596 40:58 Vic Zwolak
73.206 33:13 Lynn Knothe
69.821 43.51 Jim Durkin
65.923 42:36 Dave McCorquodale
60.341 46:59 Jerry Herman
48.915 48.23 Rich Szymanski
A Review of the Ottawa Marathon by Dirk Sweigart:
Boston was awful; Ottawa was awesome! While the US was sweltering in a heat wave over Memorial Day weekend, Ottawa had perfect weather for Canada’s premier running festival. Departing Friday after work with a quick overnight in Syracuse, NY, we arrived in Ottawa just in time for the Expo traffic jam. The expo wasn’t much to speak of in comparison to the Philly or Boston expo, but Sheri did find a really nice pair of running shorts! Not realizing how large the running festival was (45,000 in total for all events), we were surprised to learned there were 2k, 5k, and 10k races taking place Saturday evening with a world class field running the 10K. We learned by talking with other spectators that apparently the 10K offers a large purse for the winners. It was cool watching the elites go off. We’d never been spectators at a big race before. After the 10K start, we found the restaurant district off of George Street and enjoyed a great pre-race meal (but limited our wine intake!).
Race day dawned at 14 degrees C (that’s about 56 degrees F) and cloudy – perfect running weather. The marathon went off at 7:00 am with the half starting at 9:00 a.m. Forget miles, everything was in kilometers – thanks goodness for our Garmins! All the kilometers were marked but there were few timed splits. The race was well supported with water, Gatorade, gels and Vasoline. The crowds were amazing when we were in the city, but there were park areas where it was just you and the other 5500 other marathon participants. The course was very flat, only a couple of hills which were more like speed bumps.
Ottawa, being the capital of Canada, is a very cool mix of old and new, government and residential, beautiful parks and a mix of French and English. People would shout at us, “aller! courir!” (French for “go! run!”) Part of the race was along water, covering two bridges. But during the middle of the race, we ran into the Province of Quebec and the City of Gatineau.
For the last couple of kilometers, the sun came out and the people became wall to wall, lining the course and yelling from the barriers. You could see the finishers covering the final 1K across the river and you knew that soon you would turn the corner to the finish. I really liked the countdown signs (500M, 400M, 300M…). Done! Sheri and I both PR’d
This is a great marathon for first-timers or a PR unless you can’t handle kilometers. Very flat and well-supported, early morning start and the Canadians are so friendly! The weather we got was typical (52 to 73 degrees). Good choice for a destination run!
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Race Results:
Ottawa Marathon:
3:21:55 Dirk Sweigart, Boston Qualifier
3:35:09 Sheri Herrmann, Boston Qualifier
Kay’s Kamp:
21:14 Kelly Horowitz, Overall Female Winner
A Better Delaware- First in Service 5K:
19:34 Sarah Rusk, Overall Female Winner
Highway One Pictures 5K:
17:00 Enos Benbow, Overall Winner
17:50 Greg Cauller, 2ne Overall, 1st Master
20:16 Lynn Knothe Overall Female Winner
20:42 Lisa Jalot, 2nd Female, 1st Master
Blue Hen 5K:
18:33 Jay Cougenour, 1st Master
Independence School 5K:
20:31, Lynn Knothe, 2nd Overall female