From President Ray:
Delaware Marathon Course Marshals needed
For those not running a Delaware Marathon event, please contact Ray if you can volunteer to help keep runners safe in our Bancroft Parkway area of the course on Sunday May 13 7:15-9:30am, 9:30-noon, or both. It’s a critical place and we’ve barely had enough people to cover it in the past.
You’ll get a shirt and you’ll have fun. Let me know soon if you’re in or can bring a friend! 302-633-1482
Club Dues Payment can now be made online
We’ve created a PayPal button at www.pcvrc.com/join.php so new members and renewals can be paid using your credit card. There are still a handful of members who haven’t yet renewed for 2012, so check it out. Online dues are $26 to cover the credit card fee (but cheaper than Active.com!). New members are still requested to complete the member form and sign it.
Triple Crown recap From Tom Steemkamer:
This past Saturday marked the running of the 15th annual Triple Crown trail races sponsored by the Trail Dawgs. As the week progressed I found myself becoming more anxious about how we were would be able to fill out the team. As of Tuesday I had received entry confirmation from only four of the usual off road team. We had Lorri Fencer confirmed to fill the required female, but were still one short. As usual Rich told me not to stress and that we would be fine by Saturday. With injuries and other conflicts I was not as confident. Sure enough on race day we would place 12 PCVRC team members on the starting line.
The race director announced that the course would be run in the reverse direction for this year. This was going to be interesting. We’d now start with a short 200 meter sprint to a 180 turn around the tree line followed by a mad dash down the steepest hill on the course and into the single track. After the usual prerace instruction from the RD and a blessing of the runners the RD fielded last minute questions from the runners. In response to the question about mile markers on the course – the reply provided – “No, after all it does not matter. Remember, no matter where you go, there you are!” (Extra credit if you can identify the source of that quote.)
The runners received the start command and the mad dash to the trail head begins. I had good position on the outside to make a wide turn around the tree line and then gain some separation from the pack before we hit the downhill. At the bottom of the downhill a hard left and then right brought us onto the trail and immediately there was a casualty. At the base of the hill a small footbridge covers a shallow stream. A runner somehow caught his foot on the edge of the platform and performs a complete belly flop/slide across the bridge. He promptly bounced up and continued on. We applauded his effort and gave him a 9.5 for style! Passing him on the first hill climb we assessed the damage and noticed he was remarkably unscathed. The balance of the run proved uneventful.
In my opinion running the course counter clockwise provides a bit more of a challenge; the uphills are longer, the downhills shorter and that finishing climb from Hopkins Rd past the Arc Monument is a real beast. The best part of this event is the post-race BBQ. Burgers, dogs and cookies too. A great day on the trails. Thanks to all who supported the PCVRC off road team!
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Running on “home turf” a dozen club members participated in the Triple Crown 10K at Carpenter Recreation Area on White Clay Creek State Park on Saturday. The club tightened its grip on third place in the standings and narrowed the gap to less than 15 points with second place Rosemont. Fresh off his “jog” at Boston, Andy Jacubowitch was second overall in the event. Tom Jermyn, whose meniscus injury is confining his physical activity to more bike riding than running, post a few great photos of the event on the club’s Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/289855916248/
Triple Crown 10K
Time – Age Grade – Name
39:00 68.36 Andrew Jacubowitch
42:32 73.95 Tom Steemkamer
44:27 72.57 Epi Camacho
45:58 69.00 Bob Kleiszics
47:57 65.07 Dirk Sweigart
51.50 61.27 Sheri Herrmann
51.53 66.68 Dan Simmons
54.45 63.54 Lorri Fencer
54:51 54.96 David Baca
1:01:07 61.54 Andrea Rubinoff
1:03:28 56:03 Dave McCorquodale
1:38:16 43.47 John Schultz
Blog
I was pleasantly surprised to find that when I posted a link to my blog http://mccorq.blogspot.com/ and my latest article Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards: Time to Use Age-Grading on Facebook on April 26, that the blog was viewed 40 times that day. Apparently, the idea is of interest to people. However, no one left any comments. So I have no idea whether people agree. Now those of you who don’t connect to Facebook may read it also. Please feel free to comment (on any of the articles.)
No other race results to report from the weekend. But this coming weekend is jam-packed with the Broad Street Ten Miler and the Jersey Shore Marathon (John Schultz) plus eleven 5Ks in Delaware, eight of them in northern New Castle County.