News from President Ray:
Pizza Run – Thursday 8/30 starting 6pm
6pm: Group run at Delcastle Rec Area, followed by pizza, beer & soft drinks starting around 6:45pm just steps from the park in Ray’s yard. Refreshments provided by the club. Members and prospective members are welcome to run, eat & drink. This event is in place of McCorq’s Friendly Fun Run (this would be 10th Anniversary!)
RSVP to Ray. If not running, let me know if you can help (directing people). Location is 2630 Crossgates Dr. Wilmington, DE 19808.
Not required to bring anything, but let me know if you’d like to contribute a salad, or can bring a couple lawn chairs.
Contact Ray: 302-633-1482 or
Nun Run 5K: Saturday 9/15 9am
I’m again race director for this fundraiser for Little Sisters of the Poor in Newark. Register at www.NunRun5k.org or please contact me if you can volunteer. We need 1-2 lead bikes as well as course marshals and volunteers to man the PCVRC table where we’ll recruit members and runners for DDC. Any help is appreciated. ALL proceeds go to serving the needy elderly at the residence. Pizza, Chic-fil-A, beer, chocolate milk, DJ music, goodie bags, raffle prizes!!!! Contact Ray with questions.
From Lisa Jalot:
“A friend and elite tri athlete from the Dover area has planned this unique marathon/half marathon for this October.” Lisa is referring to the Monster Mash Half and Full Marathon, which Dirk Sweigart and Sheri Herrmann did and reported onlast year. It will be October 20. For more information, see: http://www.piranha-sports.com/Race197.aspx
From Tom Steenkamer:
On Sunday August 19th 9 members of the PCVRC participated in the annual Radnor 5k Steeplechase. We were greeted by enthusiastic volunteers and optimal temperatures and relatively low humidity. The weather produced a record turnout of over 500 for the 9th annual “not your ordinary” 5k.
The race takes place on the grounds of the Radnor Hunt club in Malvern PA and is routed through open fields on grass trails over some rolling terrain that is usually reserved for equestrian activities. The race course provided ample challenges once again this year as the race director modified the flat first mile to include some additional equestrian obstacles to hurdle and a new water pit to slosh across. In total there were 20 obstacles and 2 water pits to traverse.
Austin Gee led the team finishing in 5th place overall and 1st in his age group. Austin credits his solid performance to his selection of race footwear – his XC spikes to provide better footing across the obstacles. Club member Meghan Hain was the 3rd female overall. PCVRC had a number of age group award winners who took home the cherished bobble horse trophies.
PCVRC performed well and for we managed to outscore the Greater Philly club on this day for 2nd team place in this race. A hearty congratulations and thank you to all who competed!
This year’s USATF club competition has been very close, and there are only a several points separating the top clubs. PCVRC is currently in 4th place in the Grand Prix (road series) heading into the DDC 15k race. In the off-road (trail series) we are currently in 3rd with a break in the action until the Evansburg 10 miler at the end of October.
We have a great opportunity to solidify our club position and maybe move up in the road series with three races remaining. There are also two off-road races. I encourage anyone who is planning on running the DDC 15k or any of the remaining races to join USATF. Once again USATF is offering an end of season membership discount for $10 if you apply online. All races in the series are age graded so your time may be the one the helps the team move up a spot!
Discounted USATF Membership Now Available
For the remainder of 2012, membership in USATF will be offered at the discounted fee of $10 for memberships that are processed directly online. Paper/mailed-in applications will continued to be charged the regular fees of $20 for youth or $30 for adults. Either way, USATF membership continues to offer many benefits.
Radnor Steeplechase 5K Results:
21:48 69.32 Tom Steenkamer
22:18 68.34 Bob Kleszics
23.10 66.90 Epi Camacho, 1st 44-49
19:40 65.59 Austin Gee, 1sy 25-29
23:46 63.07 Dirk Sweigart
25:13 61.03 Lisa Jalot, 1st 40-44
34:12 54.48 Jim Durkin, 2nd 70+
45:41 46.01 John Schultz
Also 24:24, Meggan Hain, 3rd Overall Female