From Club President Ray:
Rich Completes Radiation & Chemo Treatment
Thanks a million to everyone for all your kindness, prayers, emails, cards, & gifts. We couldn’t have gotten through this without you. We are so very blessed to have such wonderful friends.
Let the healing begin…….
Love and hugs,
Rich and Tricia
Half Wit Half Recap
Ron Horn starts his intro to this ridiculous race with “Because A Mind is a Terrible Thing…” seven club members formed our USATF team for this trail race near Reading, PA. Only 2 had run it before. As you recall, Sunday morning in Wilmington was heavy rain & t-storms. Luckily, rain held off for much of the race, but 13.1 miles of hills, slippery rocks, roots, downed trees, and branches allowed only 30 of 368 to finish in under 2 hours.
Five of us earned age-group awards, including Enos Benbow who placed 3rd overall (1st in age group) in a very impressive 1:37:15. Fred, Sheri, Carole, and the amazing John Schultz also grabbed awards, while Andrea Rubinoff & I were just happy to finish without any broken bones. Lots of single file walking up hills. Lots of skidding out of control on steep downhills. Fred says he was stung by three bees. No one who’s run this course could forget the “128 Steps from Hell” to burn up your quads climbing a mountainside. My time was a blistering 2:20. Pretty humbling.
See some photos at our Facebook Group: www.tinyurl.com/pcvrc
As a team, PCVRC place third in the event and holds third in the series.
Name – – – – – Time Age Grade Total – top five
Enos Benbow Georgetwon DE M 29 25 1:37:15 60.82 262.46
Fred Shufflebarger Unionville PA M 63 25 2:13:55 56.18
Carole Feole Wilmington DE F 53 25 2:31:23 51.11
Ray Christensen Wilmington DE M 49 25 2:19:59 47.37
Sheri Herrmann Wilmington DE F 41 25 2:25:34 46.98
Andrea Rubinoff Bear DE F 5625 3:09:15 42.52
John Schultz Wilmington DE M 79 25 4:13:18 36.74
David Baca: Gearing up for a Boston Qualifying attempt
In the results below I note that David Baca took first place in the 50-54 age group in what I believe to be his PR so far for 5K. To put this in perspective, this time last year David was just getting back into running and ran a 25:33 5K time. Now he is almost five minutes faster. I should note that he ran 13 miles the day before the race. He has been putting in 50+ mile weeks and will be attempting a Boston Qualifying run at the Lehigh River Valley Marathon on September 11.
Theresa Kauffman raced the Amica 19.7 Triathalon in Boston yesterday and placed third in her age-group. Her time was 1:44:31. It’s been a goal of hers to finish a triathlon since she broke her arm falling of a bike two years ago while training for one.
From club member Ryan German:
We are very excited to let you know that this year’s third Annual Caffe Gelato Ten Mile Waffle Cone Run will be held on Sunday October 23, 2011 at 9:00am.
Online registration is available at: https://register.races2run.com/Register/?event=5910
All runners will receive a dry-release Delaware Running Company long sleeve shirt, post-race brunch, and a waffle cone of gelato. The course is a flat course starting on Main St in Newark, Delaware, running along the White Clay Creek to the Pennsylvania state line and back. The top three runners in each age-group will receive a $25 gift certificate to a Delaware restaurant. In addition, any runner who runs a PR will receive a $25 gift certificate to Caffe Gelato.
We hope to see you on October 23!
Editorial comment: Wish I could be there, but I’ve got a marathon scheduled that day. It’s a deep group of good prizes. If you’ve never run a ten miler before, then if you finish, you’ve run a PR, automatically getting you a gift certificate to Caffe Gelato.
Mccorq’s Fun Run is coming soon!
So it’s time to actually post all the information right here:
McCorq’s Friendly Fun Run 5K Handicap Challenge
2011-09-01 Thurs Sept 1: 6pm check-in
Location: 1235 Ipswich Dr. Sherwood Park II
The McCorquodales and Pike Creek Valley Running Club are inviting all club members to participate in the 9th Annual McCorq’s Friendly Fun Run 5K Handicap Challenge(on a wheel-measured 5K course) on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 1235 Ipswich Dr. Sherwood Park II. Start your Labor Day weekend with a race!
Three important items:
1. Non-club members are definitely welcome, but we ask $10 contribution to help offset club expenses.
2. There is always a good number of prizes; if anyone wants to contribute prizes, such as regifting items won at a race (not shirts), please contact me.
3. If you or a family member can’t run, but want to participate, we always have the need for volunteers, such as course marshalls.
Show up to sign in by 6:00 p.m. We will need to know the best 5K time you have run in the past year. Be prompt so that you can warm up before the 6:30 p.m. race; this will give us time to use your race times to set the order of runners.
This run will start near the our house, go up through the development of Sherwood Park II to Delcastle Recreation Center for one loop around and return to finish back at the startline. It will be a handicapped start, based on your 5K best time. The slowest runner will go first, then the next slowest, and so on to the fastest. In theory, everyone could cross the finish line at the same time. In actuality, someone has probably improved his or her running enough in the past year to be the winner. But if enough people donate prizes, even gag gifts, you soon learn why EVERYONE IS A WINNER at this event.
No cheating, please! This is for fun! Find out your best 5K time before you come. You can e-mail me in advance with the time at .
Afterward, we will gather in my house for food and beverages. If there are any requests, including a particular kind of diet soda, or dietary restrictions, let me know. The race will start near our house. We have gotten permission to use the parking lot of a law firm located directly in back of our house. This address is 1211 Milltown Road. Here is a Mapquest location for this address: See map for parking
(Ignore the fact that it says 1251 in the Mapquest info; that merely put the location where 1211 actually is.) Out of courtesy to the tenants of this building, no one park there before 5:00 p.m. and no double parking in case people are working late.
There will be a sign directing you into the parking lot and additional signs directing you to our back gate. If the lot is full, go around the block in either direction(see map and park on Ipswich Dr.) Our house(1235) is located on the south side about 100 feet west of Fountain Ct.
You may want to bring a towel. We have an outdoor hose to wash the sweat off.
RSVP is encouraged (not necessary) for current club members, but those who definitely know they are coming and already know what their best 5K of the past year is can e-mail it to me so I can get a start on the handicapping.
Race Results:
Half-Wit Half-Marathon (USATF results posted next week)
1:37:15 Enos benbow, 1st 20-29, 3rd Overall
2:13:55 Fred Shufflebarger, 1st 60-69
2:19:59 Ray Christensen
2:25:34 Sheri Herrmann, 3rd 40-49
2:31:23 Carole Feole
3:09:15 Andrea Rubinoff
4:13:18 John Schultz, 1st 70+
Delaware KIDS Fund 5K
16:57 Pat Boettcher, 3rd Overall
Outlet Liquors 5K
16:00 Mark Vilardo, Overall Winner
18:17 Matt Cutrona, 1st Master
Pace for Prevention 5K
18:05 Matt Cutrona, 2nd Overall, 1st Master
20:46 David Baca, 1st 50-54, PR
This race is uniquely distinguished by the fact that five of the first fifty finishers were men 65-69. Bruce Hubbard was second in the AG with his best time of the year of 24:46. This writer was fifth in this group.
Highway One Group 10K
33:22 Mark Vilardo, Overall Winner
Highway One Group 5K
22:42 Sheri Herrmann, 1st Female Master
Dewey Beach Lions Club 5K
16:20 Mark Vilardo, Overall Winner