Glasgow Park fun run this Friday
Adam Shilling is helping organize a 5K fun run on 8/13. Free to members and guests. “Registration” starts at 6:00pm for a race time of 6:15. Directions & parking info at events page.
News from the President:
New Balance, Delaware sponsors PCVRC
Part of our effort to improve the club involves raising funds so we can promote events and provide more services to members and the local running community. We’re working out details of a sponsorship program and are happy to announce that New Balance (Brandywine & Christiana stores) has presented PCVRC with a $500 donation.
Store manager Jamie Graham (a Certified Pedorthist) has also agreed to offer all PCVRC members a 20% discount at both locations! Just mention that you’re a member and they will confirm your name in their database. Jamie specializes in fitting you in the proper shoe and sometimes runs with us at Delcastle on Thursday evenings.
We’re seeking additional sponsors, who will receive the benefits of links on our website, logo on the DDC race shirt, a “Links for runners” ad in our
eBulletin and more. A “PCVRC Sponsorship” PDF will be distributed soon. If
you know of a potential sponsor, just forward the info to them or contact Ray with any questions.
Delaware Marathon recognizes club’s assistance
Club members (& DE Marathon running festival organizers) Wayne Kursh and Joel Schiller recently presented PCVRC with a $250 check “in thanks for our help in making the event run smoothly.” Thank you again to all of you who volunteered to load water into containers, stuff runner packets, work as course marshals, and offered other forms of assistance!
McCorq’s Handicapped 5K Challenge
McCorq’s Handicapped 5K Challenge will be in three short weeks. Send in your best 5K time of past year. All the details are available at the events page.
Past week’s race results:
In the Kids Fund 5K, Matt Cutrona was the overall winner in 17:38 and Lynn Knothe was the female winner in 20:10. Tom Jermyn was 4th overall and Epi Camacho was sixth overall.
Mark Vilardo was second overall at the Classic Catering 5K at the Rusty Rudder in 15:54.
From Theresa Kauffman:
I’m happy to report that on Saturday I ran the Beach to Beacon 10k [aka Joanie’s race because Joan Benoit trained on these roads in her youth]. [It]… has always been a “dream” race for me.
The temp. was 53 and ideal race conditions…the best in 11 years…the course and finish is spectacular. I understand the lighthouse was the first commissioned in the US-also the most photographed. With the ocean back-drop it was just breathtaking. It is also very competitive. Women’s winner ran a 29.55 and the top five men ran 27s. If you think the Masters are tough here..check out the results.
The race awards top 5 in each ag and I was lucky (by 8 seconds) to capture 5th place 45-49 in 43.20. The awards are based on CHIP time. My age-grade was 78.1% which is my highest ever. I guess the Maine air helped!
It is tough to get in.., I found that out the more I talked with people…. Also, Joan Benoit Samuelson told the crowd that she thanked her husband Scott for volunteering as HE DID NOT get in with regular or lottery registration. Now that says it all….
Personal note on the Around the Lake Marathon:
In my unkind review of this race in the last bulletin, I did not mention that there were no marathon finisher medals, that there were only awards for the top three male and female finishers with no age group awards, and the results did not include the ages of the finishers. So it has taken a while to ascertain where I would have finished in an age group, by finding the ages of the pre-registered people and matching those people to the names of the finishers, and that’s assuming that someone in my age group faster than me didn’t walk up the day of the race and register. Given all that, I would have finished 2nd in a 60-69 AG or first in a 65-69 AG. Small consultation! Mark Lozier believes he would not have placed in a 50-59 AG.