McCorq’s Fun Run Handicap Challenge Recap & Results
Name – Best time – Handicap Start – Finish – # Net Time
Sue Simmons 35.01 17.42
42.14 28 42.14
Tara Huang 35.01 17.42
42.16 29 42.16
Sharon Miner 34.09 16.51 0.51 37.11 23 36.21
Steve Thorpe 32.53 15.35 2.07 34.46 3 32.39
Leonora Wagner 30.01 12.43 4.59 35.32 7 30.32
Rachel Bleacher 30.01 12.43 4.59 32.48 1 27.48
John Schultz 29.12 11.54 5.47 39.16 26 33.28
Ralph McKinney 28.46 11.28 6.14 36.43 20 30.29
Lori Culnane 28.31 11.13 6.29 42.58 31 36.28
Paula Jermyn 28.15 10.57 6.45 34.59 4 28.14
Jerry Herman 28.01 10.43 6.59 36.35 18 29.42
Jordan Fridman 27.43 10.25 7.17 36.25 16 28.25
John Culnane 27.01 9.43 7.59 36.31 17 28.31
Jim Bray 26.03 8.45 8.56 36.41 19 27.43
Claire Neilan 23.05 5.47 11.55 42.49 30 31.04
Rich Syzmanski 22.31 5.12 12.31 38.52 25 26.22
Glen Beringer 22.09 4.51 12.51 34.26 2 21.35
Megan Hain 22.01 4.42 12.59 36.11 14 23.11
Jack Horowitz 21.41 4.23 13.19 35.33 8 22.14
Kristen Stump 21.38 4.19 13.22 35.43 11 22.21
Jim Steele 21.01 3.43 13.59 36.51 22 22.51
Ray Christensen 20.31 3.13 14.29 36.21 15 21.51
Dan Simmons 20.27 3.09 14.33 36.45 21 22.12
Kelly Horowitz 19.58 2.39 15.02 36.02 13 21.01
Dirk Sweigart 19.55 2.37 15.05 35.56 12 20.51
Karl Kalbacher 19.51 2.33 15.09 35.38 9 20.29
Chris James 18.57 1.39 16.03 35.21 5 19.17
Epi Camacho 18.41 1.22 16.21 35.23 6 19.03
Tom Steenkamer 18.23 1.05 16.37 40.51 27 (22.09) 24.13
Andy Jakubowich 17.55 0.37 17.05 35.41 10 18.36
Tom Jermyn 17.18 17.42 37.34 24 19.42
Above is the database from McCorq’s Fun Run Handicap Challenge. It is sorted according to the amount of handicap people received.
This year we had 31 participants, the largest group yet for the Fun Run. Thanks to all those who contributed prizes as there were extras for the taking after everyone had one selection. Thanks to Margie Hughes and her daughter Jenny and to Adrienne Kalbacher, Tricia Szymanski and Dan Weintraub for volunteering to make sure the runners followed the course, were safe at the major intersections, and took a finishing number.
Taking a finishing number was very important as was the fact that a few people kept their own time. That is because McCorq again had problems using a watch for the finishing times. A few of the splits weren’t recorded. Consequently, using the times of people who recorded their own, McCorq was able to reconstruct the finishing order as best as possible with times close to the actual time – in all cases probably within 10 seconds of the actual time. The problems came when several people finished together in the middle and latter stages of the finishing. (Note that no times end in zeros because the format I was in would change those times into something else and I was too lazy to correct the formatting. All those times were changed to end in “1” or “9”.)
Congratulations to Rachel Bleacher, this year’s winner of the McCorq’s Fun Run terrible tee shirt. Now she’s obligated to bring it back next year to pass on to the next winner. Rachel ran more than two minutes faster than she predicted. Only three other people got under their best time/predicted time for the last twelve months.
Not including the handicap, the fastest runners were Andy Jakubowich for men and Kelly Horowitz for women. Tom Steenkamer managed to be this year’s late arrival at the start line as he was warming up and showed up almost two minutes later than his handicapped start should have been. His actual running time is noted in parentheses.
Race Results:
Rock and Roll Half-Marathon. Virginia Beach
1:30:59 Chris James
1:35:12 Ray Christensen
1:45:52 Rich Szymanski
2:06:12 Tricia Szymanski
2:27:07 Gelsomnia Paolini
President Ray says: “We all enjoyed the spectacular weather as well as headliner concerts by Chicago, Pat Benatar & REO Speedwagon. I’m all rocked out!”
Lions Club Dewey Beach 5K
15:35 Mark Vilardo, Overall winner
North Central Railroad Trail 20 Miler, Freeland, MD
2:36:24 Theresa Kauffman, 3rd 45-49 -training for Marine Corps Marathon
3:08:08 Dave McCorquodale, 1st 65-69
Labor Tain Endurance Trail Run 50K, Reading, PA
10:11:12 John Schultz