PCVRC Annual Awards Banquet
Save the Date! The PCVRC annual awards banquet will be held at Hartefeld National in Avondale, PA during the evening of February 21st.

We have a LOT to celebrate this year, so we hope you will all join us for an evening of fun, good food, and celebration of our achievements. Kevin Tresolini of The News-Journal will be our speaker. Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in journalism and will have many exciting stories to tell us!

A friendly reminder to renew your membership if you haven’t yet. March 1st is the deadline after which you will stop receiving this newsletter as well as all the other benefits. Don’t let that happen! You can either print off the form or renew online!

The Tyler Arboretum Trail Run is April 11th but registration is closing soon! The race is capped at 400 runners and they were over 350 this past weekend.

USATF – From Tom Steenkamer:
USATF Tyler Arboretum 10k Trail Run – Selling out
It’s that time again – the annual Tyler Arboretum trail run is quickly approaching a sellout.
That’s correct this fun 10k is Saturday April 11th and already has over 350 registered runners.
The race is capped at 400 entries due to parking limitations.
We still need 3 members to field a full team for this event.
Please check your calendars and get registered.

Ugly Mudder, Sunday 2/22/15
The 2015 USATF Off-Road Season kicks off in Reading, PA with the Ugly Mudder 7-mile trail run. Always a good time and plenty of post-race celebration to go around at the LeiderKranz. Day of registration is always available. Full race information is available here. Car pools forming now, contact Tom Steenkamer at for more info.

Couch-to-5k Spring Session
The next C25k session will start on Monday, April 6th. Darlise is looking for volunteers to help coach. Previous graduates are especially sought as they can inspire participants and show what heights can be achieved! E-mail Darlise at if you can help.

Central YMCA Indoor Triathlon/Duathlon
Joel Schiller is the race director for a very unique race. There are three stages: a 20-lap pool swim, a 15-mile SPIN bike ride and a 3-mile treadmill run. Start time slots run between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. You get to choose your start time and the order you do the stages in. Transition times do not count so you’re not penalized if your transitions are slower than most. If you do the duathlon you can choose from any of the three stage types!

Registration is only $20 (until January 31st, $25 afterward and day-of) and you get a tech t-shirt and a finisher’s medal! Here’s the link to sign up online. (Online registration closes on Feb. 26th. Day-of registration will be available, starting at 8 AM.)

Race Results, Reviews and Accomplishments
(No submissions this week.)

PCVRC Annual Awards Banquet
Save the Date! The PCVRC annual awards banquet will be held at Hartefeld National in Avondale, PA during the evening of February 21st. Sign-up forms are now available at http://pcvrc.com/banquet.php. You can either register online or mail in your form with a check to the PO Box via snail mail.

We have a LOT to celebrate this year, so we hope you will all join us for an evening of fun, good food, and celebration of our achievements. Kevin Tresolini of The News-Journal will be our speaker. Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in journalism and will have many exciting stories to tell us!

The Annual Banquet is one week away from this Saturday! You only have until Thursday to sign up!

Got some USATF updates to pass along. Please note that pre-registration for the Club Challenge this Sunday is not required but strongly requested. If you decide that morning to take the challenge you are more than welcome! You can always warm up afterward at Schaefer’s Canal House.

The Broad Street Run lottery registration ends this Friday, February 13th! All 2015 USATF members are guaranteed entry but you must register for the lottery!

The Ugly Mudder 7-mile Trail Run on 2/22 kicks off the 2015 USATF Off-Road Season! Come kick it off in high style.

A friendly reminder to renew your membership if you haven’t yet. March 1st is the deadline after which you will stop receiving this newsletter as well as all the other benefits. Don’t let that happen! You can either print off the form or renew online!

4th Annual Delaware Inter-Club Challenge 5k – Sunday February 15th, 1PM start
From Tom Steenkamer:
The date has been set for this year’s annual Inter-Club Challenge 5k. You may recall that we had to cancel last year’s event due to excessive ice covering on the Bellevue State Park course. This is a free run that attempts to solicit participation from as many of the Delaware running clubs in fun format. We hope to see a full contingent of our members out for a fun romp thru the park to be followed by a post-race celebration at Schaefer’s Canal House.

The host club this year is the Middletown Athletic Club who are anxious to entertain us with another 5k run on Sunday, February 15th at Lums Pond State Park. Start time will be 1PM. The race will be conducted on the marked 5k high school cross country course. Once again our good friends at NOVA Timing have volunteered their services and equipment for the day.

Scoring
From the inception of this race we have always viewed this as a chance for all of the running clubs to come together for camaraderie and socialization. However, there is also a club scoring component.

Scoring – age-graded as in the past.

Club team scoring to be calculated:
Top 7 point scorers, MUST include:
– Two females
– Two runners over the age of 50

Advance registration is required to facilitate the club scoring.
Please use the following registration link.

USATF From Tom Steenkamer:
Broad St Run 2015 registration deadline
The Broad St. 10-Mile Run Lottery is now open. All runners must enter the lottery to be considered for entry. The entry deadline is this Friday, 2/13/15.

Don’t delay! Lottery registration is here. Note that all 2015 USATF members are guaranteed entry but MUST enter the lottery.

Ugly Mudder, Sunday 2/22/15
The 2015 USATF Off-Road Season kicks off in Reading, PA with the Ugly Mudder 7-mile trail run. Always a good time and plenty of post-race celebration to go around at the LeiderKranz. Day of registration is always available. Full race information is available here. Car pools forming now, contact Tom Steenkamer at for more info.

Couch-to-5k Spring Session
The next C25k session will start on Monday, April 6th. Darlise is looking for volunteers to help coach. Previous graduates are especially sought as they can inspire participants and show what heights can be achieved! E-mail Darlise at if you can help.

Central YMCA Indoor Triathlon/Duathlon
Joel Schiller is the race director for a very unique race. There are three stages: a 20-lap pool swim, a 15-mile SPIN bike ride and a 3-mile treadmill run. Start time slots run between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. You get to choose your start time and the order you do the stages in. Transition times do not count so you’re not penalized if your transitions are slower than most. If you do the duathlon you can choose from any of the three stage types!

Registration is only $20 (until January 31st, $25 afterward and day-of) and you get a tech t-shirt and a finisher’s medal! Here’s the link to sign up online. (Online registration closes on Feb. 26th. Day-of registration will be available, starting at 8 AM.)

Race Results, Reviews and Accomplishments:
Tom Jermyn won the Master’s race at the Run to the Plunge 5k on January 31st, finishing in 20:17! Awesome job Tom!

(Photo Credit: Paula Jermyn)

Run to the Plunge 5k
(January 31st – Rehoboth Beach, DE)

Tom Jermyn 20:17

PCVRC Annual Awards Banquet
Save the Date! The PCVRC annual awards banquet will be held at Hartefeld National in Avondale, PA during the evening of February 21st. Sign-up forms are now available at http://pcvrc.com/banquet.php. You can either register online or mail in your form with a check to the PO Box via snail mail.

We have a LOT to celebrate this year, so we hope you will all join us for an evening of fun, good food, and celebration of our achievements. Kevin Tresolini of The News-Journal will be our speaker. Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in journalism and will have many exciting stories to tell us!

The Annual Banquet is two weeks away from this Saturday! The registration deadline has been extended to February 12th. The form is online. You don’t want to miss it!

The USATF Awards Banquet is this Saturday, February 7th!

The INTER-Club Challenge is February 15th, just over a week away! Details below.

Tom Steenkamer is looking for more male runners for the 2015 USATF Off-Road racing team. E-mail him at if you are interested!

Tom is also looking for an assistant to help with recruitment, racing, organizing teams, etc. E-mail him at the above address if you can help!

4th Annual Delaware Inter-Club Challenge 5k – Sunday February 15th, 1PM start
From Tom Steenkamer:
Happy New Year everyone,

The date has been set for this year’s annual Inter-Club Challenge 5k. You may recall that we had to cancel last year’s event due to excessive ice covering on the Bellevue State Park course. This is a free run that attempts to solicit participation from as many of the Delaware running clubs in fun format. We hope to see a full contingent of our members out for a fun romp thru the park to be followed by a post-race celebration at Schaefer’s Canal House.

The host club this year is the Middletown Athletic Club who are anxious to entertain us with another 5k run on Sunday, February 15th at Lums Pond State Park. Start time will be 1PM. The race will be conducted on the marked 5k high school cross country course. Once again our good friends at NOVA Timing have volunteered their services and equipment for the day.

Scoring
From the inception of this race we have always viewed this as a chance for all of the running clubs to come together for camaraderie and socialization. However, there is also a club scoring component.

Scoring – age-graded as in the past.

Club team scoring to be calculated:
Top 7 point scorers, MUST include:
– Two females
– Two runners over the age of 50

Advance registration is required to facilitate the club scoring.
Please use the following registration link. Registration

Couch-to-5k Spring Session
The next C25k session will start on Monday, April 6th. Darlise is looking for volunteers to help coach. Previous graduates are especially sought as they can inspire participants and show what heights can be achieved! E-mail Darlise at if you can help.

Central YMCA Indoor Triathlon/Duathlon
Joel Schiller is the race director for a very unique race. There are three stages: a 20-lap pool swim, a 15-mile SPIN bike ride and a 3-mile treadmill run. Start time slots run between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. You get to choose your start time and the order you do the stages in. Transition times do not count so you’re not penalized if your transitions are slower than most. If you do the duathlon you can choose from any of the three stage types!

Registration is only $20 (until January 31st, $25 afterward and day-of) and you get a tech t-shirt and a finisher’s medal! Here’s the link to sign up online. (Online registration closes on Feb. 26th. Day-of registration will be available, starting at 8 AM.)

Delaware Distance Classic Donations
The club received a nice Thank You this week from Delaware City for our donation to their Playground Fund. Your participation in the Delaware Distance Classic also benefited the Ursuline Academy, the Daughters of the British Empire, Delaware City Police, the Bear YMCA and the Mike Clark Legacy Fund! All the recipients thank you profusely!

Race Results, Reviews and Accomplishments:
Dan Feeney was one of only 13 Elite Male finishers (plus 4 DNFs) in the 2015 Punta Guilarte CAMTRI Triathlon American Cup race in Punta Guilarte Arroyo, Puerto Rico this past Sunday!!! He did a 1,500m swim, a 40k bike leg and then a 10k run, all in 2:07:24! What’s more is the elite males didn’t even start until 3 p.m. in the afternoon! No cool race, just get up and get going for these guys. They were literally the last group to race that day and Dan rocked it!

Zach Chupa won the Race on the Big Day 5k this past Sunday, finishing in 16:58:3!

(Photo Credit: Mark DeNio)

Jake Landon came in 3rd overall in the Race on the Big Day 5k, finishing in 18:27.3! I have to apologize to Jake because neither my in-race pictures or awards ceremony pictures of him came out. Guess he’s just too fast for my camera!

Dave Landon, Jake’s dad, is not too fast for my camera. He finished in 19:01.3, winning his age group! Awesome job!

Betty Olmstead finished 2nd in her age group, finishing in 43:57.3! Great job Betty!

Punta Guillarte CAMTRI Triathlon American Cup
(February 1st – Punta Guilarte Arroyo, PR)

Dan Feeney 2:07:24

2nd Race on the BIG Day 5k
(February 1st – Wilmington, DE)

Zach Chupa 16:58.3 (1st Overall)
Jake Landon 18:27.3 (3rd Overall Male)
Dave Landon 19:01.3 (1st AG)
Mike Piorkowski 22:41.3
Noel Dietrich 29:16.0
Chrissy Hower 37:31.3
Betty Olmstead 43:57.3

Claire Neilan Sent Off
Thanks everyone who organized and all who attended Claire’s send-off on Monday night. The room was beautiful and Claire greatly appreciated everyone’s well-wishes!

(Photo Credit: Marianne Antonini)

Nominations are still being taken for club awards! Final decisions are being made on Sunday so the programs can be printed. E-mail me any nominations.

Delaware Running Company is having a Delaware Marathon kick-off event a week from now, on January 29th, at their Greenville store. Details below.

Tom Steenkamer is looking for more male runners for the 2015 USATF Off-Road racing team. E-mail him at if you are interested!

Tom is also looking for an assistant to help with recruitment, racing, organizing teams, etc. E-mail him at the above address if you can help!

USATF From Claire:
USATF Awards Luncheon
The USATF Awards Banquet has been postponed to February 7th due to this weekend’s storm. Details below. Thanks to Coach Jim Fischer for the update.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Annual Awards Luncheon, which will be at the George Clay Fire Hall, 426 Ford Street, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428. The awards will recognize achievements of 2014 in track and field, long distance running and youth athletics in the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as the athlete, official and club of the year, plus the Jesse Owens Award. The cost is $33 per person. Many PCVRC members will be receiving age group awards for their participation in the USATF Mid-Atlantic series. And of course, PCVRC won the road series and was 3rd in the off-road series! You can sign up here for the luncheon. After registering you can check your status here.

PCVRC Annual Awards Banquet
Save the Date! The PCVRC annual awards banquet will be held at Hartefeld National in Avondale, PA during the evening of February 21st. Sign-up forms are now available at http://pcvrc.com/banquet.php. You can either register online or mail in your form with a check to the PO Box via snail mail.

We have a LOT to celebrate this year, so we hope you will all join us for an evening of fun, good food, and celebration of our achievements. Kevin Tresolini of The News-Journal will be our speaker. Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in journalism and will have many exciting stories to tell us!

Nominations are now being taken for banquet awards. Feel free to e-mail me @ any nominations. Include who you are nominating, what award and why you think they deserve it. Final decisions are being made on January 25th.

Delaware Marathon Kick-Off Event @ DRC
From Joel Schiller:
The Delaware Running Company store in Greenville is planning a January 29th in-store kickoff for the 2015 Delaware Marathon. 5–7 PM. Sign up in person and receive a $15 discount for the Marathon or 4P Relay Marathon, a $10 discount for the Half Marathon, and a $25 discount for the 8P Relay Marathon (our steepest discount yet!).

DRC will offer gift cards for marathon and half marathon registrations received that night. Afterwards, please join us for a soft social hour at the Brandywine Brewing Company (next door). The Delaware Running Company will once again be coordinating group training runs leading up to the race.

4th Annual Delaware Intra-Club Challenge 5k – Sunday February 15, 1PM start
From Tom Steenkamer:
Happy New Year everyone,

The date has been set for this year’s annual Intra-Club Challenge 5k. You may recall that we had to cancel last year’s event due to excessive ice covering on the Bellevue State Park course. This is a free run that attempts to solicit participation from as many of the Delaware running clubs in fun format. We hope to see a full contingent of our members out for a fun romp thru the park to be followed by a post-race celebration at Schaefer’s Canal House.

The host club this year is the Middletown Athletic Club who are anxious to entertain us with another 5k run on Sunday, February 15th at Lums Pond State Park. Start time will be 1PM. The race will be conducted on the marked 5k high school cross country course. Once again our good friends at NOVA Timing have volunteered their services and equipment for the day.

Correction: The Club Challenge race is really an INTER-club challenge (between clubs), not an INTRA-club challenge (within a club). The item below has been updated to reflect this. Thanks to Mark Deshon for noticing it. Your editor will take an English refresher course while snowed in this weekend.

Scoring
From the inception of this race we have always viewed this as a chance for all of the running clubs to come together for camaraderie and socialization. However, there is also a club scoring component.

Scoring – age-graded as in the past.

Club team scoring to be calculated:
Top 7 point scorers, MUST include:
– Two females
– Two runners over the age of 50

Advance registration is required to facilitate the club scoring.
Please use the registration link.

Couch-to-5k Spring Session
The next C25k session will start on Monday, April 6th. Darlise is looking for volunteers to help coach. Previous graduates are especially sought as they can inspire participants and show what heights can be achieved! E-mail Darlise at if you can help.

Central YMCA Indoor Triathlon/Duathlon
Joel Schiller is the race director for a very unique race. There are three stages: a 20-lap pool swim, a 15-mile SPIN bike ride and a 3-mile treadmill run. Start time slots run between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. You get to choose your start and the order you do the stages in. Transition times do not count so you’re not penalized if your transitions are slower than most. If you do the duathlon you can choose from any of the three stage types!

Registration is only $20 (until January 31st, $25 afterward and day-of) and you get a tech t-shirt and a finisher’s medal! Here’s the link to sign up online. (Online registration closes on Feb. 26th. Day-of registration will be available, starting at 8 AM.)

Race Results, Reviews and Accomplishments:
Dave Landon ran the Key West Half Marathon this past Sunday, finishing in 1:31:02, 3rd in his age group!

Kirsten Landon ran the Key West Hemingway 5k, finishing in 32:15! Awesome job!

26th Road to the Super Bowl 5k
(January 17th – Wilmington, DE)

Mike Piorkowski 22:46.9

Kelly Jones 23:30.0 (2nd AG)
John Schultz 39:07.0
Betty Olmstead 44:06.5

17th Key West Half Marathon
(January 18th – Key West, FL)

Dave Landon 1:31:02

17th Key West Hemingway 5k
(January 18th – Key West, FL)

Kirsten Landon 32:15

Claire Neilan Send-Off
Our illustrious president, Claire Neilan, is departing for the west coast in a few weeks. Join us this Monday to send her off in style!

Claire is departing to re-join her husband in San Francisco in a few weeks. We are getting together this Monday to give her a glorious send off. Join us from 5-7 pm at Bella Vista Trattoria & Pizzeria on Limestone Road. (Map) The club is providing pizza and appetizers and there will be a cash bar.

Dress warm because we’ll be out on the heated patio. Come say Good Bye and wish her well!

The Annual Banquet has more details below, including a speaker! Menu and registration are still being finalized. Save the date for February 21st @ Hartefeld Country Club. Details below.

Save February 15th for the annual Club Challenge race at Lums Pond State Park. Details below.

The USATF published a video from the National Cross-Country Championships and many Pike Creek runners appear in it! Details in the USATF section.

USATF Cross-Country Championships Videos
USATF published a video that features several Pike Creek runners! Another video was posted as well. Between the two videos among the visible are Theresa Cannon-Kauffman, Lynn Knothe, Kelly Jones, Traci Melvin, Keith Crispin, Tom Jermyn, Mike Brown, Greg Cauller, Dirk Sweigart, Sheri Sweigart, Kirsten Belair, Amy Blithe, Lisa Jalot, Lorri Fencer, Tom Steenkamer and David Wiechecki.

There are 2 runners I can’t identify in the 2nd video between 0:15 and 0:18. The first is wearing the red-and-gray singlet and the 2nd is wearing the gray with light-blue logo. If there are any others let me know. Also in the 2nd video there is a pack of Pike Creek runners from 0:53-0:57.

USATF Cross-Country Championships Article
Last week the News Journal published an article about the Championships. A nice picture of Kirsten Belair in action accompanies the article!
See News Journal article

USATF Awards Luncheon From Claire

Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Annual Awards Luncheon, which will be on Saturday, January 24, at noon at the George Clay Fire Hall, 426 Ford Street, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428. The awards will recognize achievements of 2014 in track and field, long distance running and youth athletics in the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as the athlete, official and club of the year, plus the Jesse Owens Award. The cost is $33 per person. Many PCVRC members will be receiving age group awards for their participation in the USATF Mid-Atlantic series. And of course, PCVRC won the road series and was 3rd in the off-road series! You can sign up here for the luncheon. After registering you can check your status here.

PCVRC Annual Awards Banquet From Claire
Save the Date! The PCVRC annual awards banquet will be held at Hartefeld National in Avondale, PA during the evening of February 21st. Sign-up forms will soon be available at www.pcvrc.com. You can either register online or mail in your form with a check to the PO Box via snail mail. We will let you know as soon as registration is available. We have a LOT to celebrate this year, so we hope you will all join us for an evening of fun, good food, and celebration of our achievements. We have tentatively scheduled a very exciting speaker too, and we will announce as soon as this person confirms.



UPDATE: Kevin Tresolini of The News-Journal will be our speaker. Kevin has over 30 years’ experience in journalism and will have many exciting stories to tell us!

2ND UPDATE: Nominations are now being taken for banquet awards. Feel free to e-mail me any nominations. Include who you are nominating, what award and why you think they deserve it. Final decisions are being made on January 25th. Next week’s e-bulletin will have more details on the awards given out last year.

4th Annual Delaware Intra-Club Challenge 5k – Sunday February 22nd, 1PM start
From Tom Steenkamer:
Happy New Year everyone,
The date has been set for this year’s annual Intra-Club Challenge 5k. You may recall that we had to cancel last year’s event due to excessive ice covering on the Bellevue State Park course. This is a free run that attempts to solicit participation from as many of the Delaware running clubs in fun format. We hope to see a full contingent of our members out for a fun romp thru the park to be followed by a post-race celebration at Schaefer’s Canal House.

The host club this year is the Middletown Athletic Club who are anxious to entertain us with another 5k run on Sunday, February 15th at Lums Pond State Park. Start time will be 1PM. The race will be conducted on the marked 5k high school cross country course. Once again our good friends at NOVA Timing have volunteered their services and equipment for the day.

Scoring
From the inception of this race we have always viewed this as a chance for all of the running clubs to come together for camaraderie and socialization. However, there is also a club scoring component.

Scoring – age-graded as in the past.


Club team scoring to be calculated:
Top 7 point scorers, MUST include:
– Two females
– Two runners over the age of 50

Advance registration is required to facilitate the club scoring.
Please use the following registration link. Registration

Couch-to-5k Spring Session
The next C25k session will start on Monday, April 6th. Darlise is looking for volunteers to help coach. Previous graduates are especially sought as they can inspire participants and show what heights can be achieved! E-mail Darlise at if you can help.

Central YMCA Indoor Triathlon/Duathlon
Joel Schiller is the race director for a very unique race. There are three stages: a 20-lap pool swim, a 15-mile SPIN bike ride and a 3-mile treadmill run. Start time slots run between 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. You get to choose your start and the order you do the stages in. Transition times do not count so you’re not penalized if your transitions are slower than most. If you do the duathlon you can choose from any of the three stage types!

Registration is only $20 (until January 31st, $25 afterward and day-of) and you get a tech t-shirt and a finisher’s medal! Here’s the link to sign up online. (Online registration closes on Feb. 26th. Day-of registration will be available, starting at 8 AM.)

Race Results, Reviews and Accomplishments:
John Schultz ran the Icicle Run in 2:25:50.3, almost EIGHT minutes better than last year! Way to go John!

Dave Landon ran the PHUNT 50k in 5:59:38! THIRTY-ONE MILES in cold, freezing weather!!! (I was out there at Aid Station #2.) Dave said he was so cold at the end he couldn’t even untie his shoes! He’s very grateful his wife was waiting for him at the end. Great job Dave and Kirsten!

Dave Landon and Jake Landon both ran in the Chesapeake City New Year’s Day 5k. Dave won his age group, finishing in 18:56. Jake finished in 17:16. He came in 3rd overall, won his age group AND set a new PR, beating the old one by 28 seconds! Awesome job Jake!

Chesapeake City New Year’s Day 5k
(January 1st – Chesapeake City, MD)

Jake Landon 17:16
Dave Landon 18:56

PHUNT 50k
(January 4th – Elkton, MD)

Dave Landon 5:59:38

39th Icicle Run Ten-Miler
(January 11th – Wilmington, DE)

John Schultz 2:25:50.3