Info from President Ray:
Club BBQ Recap
Around 35 members enjoyed a comfortable afternoon at White Clay Park on 7/21.
Special thanks to Rachel for arranging and Rich for grilling! Beer, soda and lots of food gave us the energy for a spectacular Wiffle Ball game. The “instant classic” final was 17-16, decided in the bottom of the 9th (or thereabouts). Rudy Antonini was one of the defensive stars and there were no reported injuries. After more burgers, dogs & salad, a few of the brave then played a competitive game of volleyball. Muscles were surely aching in the following days.

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Sunday Group Runs
A nice crowd of almost 20 met for the regular Sunday 8am Panera Run this week, despite the high humidity. Between our group and other runners and cyclists, it seems that everyone is pumped up from watching the Olympics. If you haven’t hit a Sunday 8am run, check it out. Most do an out-and-back course from Main Street into White Clay Park, so you can run as little or as much as you like. With 20 people, there are various paces and with others on the trail, you’ll never feel alone. No parking fees in Newark on Sunday mornings and most relax in front of Panera after running. Another option for next Sunday is…

Brunch at Boyle’s 5K Fun Run – THIS COMING SUNDAY
2012-08-05 Arrive after 8am for 830am start
Location: Boyle Estate, Mendenhall Village
35 Forest Creek Drive, Hockessin DE

Run at 8:30 AM – Nominal 5K course will be mapped or marked within Mendenhall Village, Limestone Hills and Limestone Road (Rt. 7). Feel free to extend or run it several times! Followed by Brunch – what, like 9:30ish?

Egg casseroles (sausage, spinach, etc.) plus mimosas will be provided by Denise! If you can bring something (bagels, fruit, water or your favorite breakfast specialty), please contact Denise. These are requested but not required.
Kickball if anyone has the energy, horseshoes if we don’t!
Contact: Denise (RSVP requested)
Email:
In addition, you should contact Dirk Sweigart (302-545-7047) to contribute a unique ingredient to our Boyle Bloody Mary bar.
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Delaware Distance Classic Updates
The 30th DDC is coming up on October 7 at Frawley Stadium at the Riverfront. Mark the date to either run or to volunteer. With the addition of our inaugural 5K race, we’ll need more volunteers than ever to assist with registration, course marshalling, and set-up/clean-up. (Details to follow on that.) Post race party will be bigger than ever (music, beer, pizza, random prizes,…) and improvements have been made to the course.

New Balance Brandywine & Christiana is our Title Sponsor and the 15K is presented by new sponsor M&T Bank. See www.pcvrc.com for links to each of our sponsors’ websites. We thank New Balance (Jamie Graham), M&T Bank, Harvest Market (Bob Klescics), Foot Care Group, Hockessin Athletic Club, Premier Wine, Access Labor (Rich Szymanski), Cheskin Chiropractic, Perpetual Motion Sport (Vince McIntosh), Caffe Gelato (Ryan German), B+ Foundation (Jim Steele) for their support!
…and on race day, you’ll be able to personally thank Dan Weintraub for supplying the beer!

Additional sponsors are still quite welcome. Proceeds benefit B+ Foundation, MCLF and the club. Registration is open at our site for online mail-in entry. First 400 15K registrants receive a New Balance tech shirt (similar to DE Marathon shirt).
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Find us on Facebook
Be sure to “join” our Facebook page and post info, race announcements, and photos anytime. There’s a link on club website or just go to www.tinyurl.com/pcvrc
DDC also has a page – just search FB for “Delaware Distance Classic”.

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Deseret News Marathon, Salt Lake City
This editor completed his 88th marathon in Utah last Tuesday. I would venture to say I’m the only club member who has done a marathon on that day of the week. Find out why on my blog as I recount my experience and as an added bonus give my recommendations on a Utah running trip (marathon account below Utah trip story). http://mccorq.blogspot.com/
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Race Results:

Buffalo Stampede 5K:
17:55 Tom Steenkamer, 3rd Overall

Deseret News Marathon, Salt Lake City, Utah
5:09:02, Dave McCorquodale, 2nd 65-69

North Beach College Day 5K:
16:47 Enos Benbow, Overall Winner
21:16 Lisa Jalot, 1st Female Master

5K for Our Kids’ Health:
18:00 Matt Cutrona, 2nd Overall
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Links for Club Members:
PCVRC Coming Events: http://www.pcvrc.com/eventlist.php
PCVRC News Bulletins: http://www.pcvrc.com/news.php

Wilkinson Roofing & Siding is a commercial roofer, represented by club member Rachel Bleacher! www.WilkinsonRoofing.com
New Balance Brandywine & Christiana stores offer a 20% discount to current club members. www.NBretail.com
Foot Care Group provides comprehensive care and treatment of the foot and ankle. www.FootCareGroup.org
Harvest Market provides organic and natural foods, nutritional supplements, and natural health care products. www.HarvestMarketNaturalFoods.com

Becky Yencharis’ 95th birthday
Becky Yencharis’ 95th birthday celebration will be at the House of William and Merry, 1336 Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin at 6:30, Friday, July 20th (Becky’s BD). Merry (part of the namesake of the restaurant) is the daughter of Noel Reylea, a good runner of an earlier generation, who held the women’s 45-49 marathon state record from 1991 to 2007. Call Ralph at 652-0532 if you wish to attend dinner. Feel free to just stop by for a drink and to wish Becky at happy 95th.

Annual Pike Creek Summer BBQ
2012-07-21 Saturday, July 21 3pm
Location: White Clay Creek Park – Carpenter Pavilion

It’s that time of year again for summer fun and the annual pcvrc summer picnic. As always the club will provide the beer, hotdogs and hamburgers. All we ask of you is to bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share.

With the different location and larger space the club would like to invite you to bring your softball gloves, frisbees or kickball to participate in some friendly club competition.
We hope to see new members. Bring the family!

If you have any questions about this event please contact me at

Contact: Rachel Bleacher – Events Coordinator

Double Trouble 15K MA-USATF Results:
Pike Creek Valley Running Club strengthened its hold on third place in the club standings in the series. The next race in the Off Road Series is the Radnor Red Run 5K Steeplechase on Aug. 19. Enos Benbow went on to run the course a second time and was the Overall Winner of the 30K.

1:16:09 63.00 Tom Steenkamer
1:05:51 62.50 Enos Benbow
1:24:30 56.85 Lisa Jalot
1:25:54 55.38 Dirk Sweigart
1:27:46 55.13 Bob Kleszics
1:43:05 51.40 Lorri Fencer
1:34:10 51.37 Sheri Herrmann
1:31:24 49.94 Rich Szymanski
2:35:23 42.91 John Schultz

Race Results:
Catherine Rooney’s Irish Pub 5K:

18:13 Matt Cutrona, 1st Master
21:29 Lisa Jalot, Overall Female Winner

Annual Pike Creek Summer BBQ
2012-07-21 Saturday, July 21 3pm

Location: White Clay Creek Park – Carpenter Pavilion

It’s that time of year again for summer fun and the annual pcvrc summer picnic. As always the club will provide the beer, hotdogs and hamburgers. All we ask of you is to bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share.

With the different location and larger space the club would like to invite you to bring your softball gloves, frisbees or kickball to participate in some friendly club competition.

We hope to see new members. Bring the family!
RSVP or if you have any questions about this event please contact me at
Contact: Rachel Bleacher – Events Coordinator

Double Trouble Trail 15K
On Sunday some of our club members participated in the next event of the Off-Road MA-USATF series. Official age-graded results aren’t available yet. Here are the times of members I found (thanks John Schultz for calling most of them into the NJ) and apologies if I missed anything. Officials results will be posted next week. See Lisa Jalot’s account of the event following the results.

1:05:51 Enos Benbow
1:16:04 Tom Steemkamer
1:24:30 Lisa Jalot
1:25:24 Dirk Sweigart
1:31:17 Rich Szymanski
1:35:33 Sheri Herrmann
1:43:18 Lorri Fencer
2:23:23 John Schultz

Double Trouble Recap – by Lisa Jalot

The 5th race of the USAT&F Off Road Series took place on Sunday, July 8 at French Creek State Park in Morgantown, PA. The Double Trouble is a 15 and 30K race in which participants can choose, either before or during the race, to do one or two loops on the rocky, rooty terrain of the park. In typical Ron Horn (Pretzel City Sports) fashion, we began the race following a brief organized heckling between the 15 and 30K groups where each group had to “repeat after me” (Ron) and just as a thunder and lightening storm hit the park.

I was told by a few running friends that the course was tougher than the Ugly Mudder, outside of Reading, but I beg to differ. It was fairly comparable however I didn’t feel there were places during the course steep enough to justify walking (even though I did) and that required literally climbing rocks, etc. like the Ugly Mudder course. All in all, the course was very technical and challenging and we were fortunate that none of the Pike Creek racers ended up with bumps, bruises and/or stitches, as in past years. Although very muggy, the hot weather did break a bit and we ran in low 80 degrees, in almost complete shade, as opposed to the 100+ degree weather experienced the day before. I’m sure being 50 minutes North of Wilmington helped matters also.

All participants received a tech shirt and glass complete with the Double Trouble logo. The after party was better than most and included hot dogs, bagels, make your own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, candy, cookies, bananas, oranges, water and Gatoraid, plus live acoustical guitar entertainment. I would have enjoyed a free cold beer afterwards but, those of you who know me, know I always bring my own so I was all set.

The state park had an impressive pool accessible for a small (?) fee of $8 pp. Since my husband Fred brought our four kids, we hit the pool afterwards and I was amazed how just splashing around with the kids helped ease my very sore muscles. Inside the pool grounds, we set up our chairs and small cooler on the grass, next to the last 1/8 mile of the course so we were able to cheer for most runners completing the 30K. Of course, most did not include Pike Creek’s own Enos Benbow who finished his second lap before most finished their first, winning 1st place for the 30K. All in all, it was a great race, well organized and one that I would recommend to others for the future, provided they are prepared for one of the tougher trail races.
Lisa Jalot

Race Results:
From Rich Szymanski:

Results from Bricks Multi-Sport Triathlon. Tricia and I were separated by only 30 seconds, and Mike and I by 28 seconds in overall time. A closer battle occurred between Tricia and Mike, with only two seconds separating their overall time. It was a good day for PCVRC members!!

Duathlon:
Tom Jermyn (1:12:34) third overall
Karin Pszcola (1:40:09) 2nd in age group

Triathlon:
Rich Szymanski (1:17:08) 3rd in age group
Mike Reph (1:17:36)
Tricia Szymanski (1:17:38) 2nd in age group
Kelly Reph (1:24:29) 2nd in age group

Firecracker 5K:
18:18 Matt Cutrona, 1st Master

Mimi’s Run 5K:
19:36 Sarah Rusk, 2nd Overall Female

An abbreviated Bulletin for a week with July 4 in the middle. Happy Holidays!
From Tom Steemkamer():

The USATF off – road series continues on Sunday, July 8th at 9AM with the Double Trouble 15k. Held at French Creek State Park in Pennsylvania the Double Trouble provides a scenic, shaded course over moderate (depends on your perspective) terrain. The start/finish area is adjacent to Hopewell Lake and the park’s swimming pool.

We are currently planning a post-race picnic for the team. Please contact me if you are interested in participating or contributing to the pot-luck picnic.

Annual Pike Creek Summer BBQ
2012-07-21 Saturday, July 21 3pm
Location: White Clay Creek Park – Carpenter Pavilion

It’s that time of year again for summer fun and the annual pcvrc summer picnic. As always the club will provide the beer, hotdogs and hamburgers. All we ask of you is to bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share.

With the different location and larger space the club would like to invite you to bring your softball gloves, frisbees or kickball to participate in some friendly club competition.

We hope to see new members. Bring the family!

If you have any questions about this event please contact me at
Contact: Rachel Bleacher – Events Coordinator

Race Results:
Mom’s House 5K:
18:04 Creg Cauller, Overall Winner
20:45 Lynn Knothe, Overall Female Winner

Rusty Rudder 5K:
17:58 Greg Cauller, 2nd Overall & 1st Master

Policy on printing race results:
Mainly for newer members, I occasionally reiterate my policy for printing race results. Because there are so many short races these days, it would be quite a task to pick out all club runners and post their results. For local shorter events, I generally post the results of club members who finish near the top, but not of other members unless requested. In general, I try to post all club members results who run in USATF events and results of longer events (more than 10K). However, if you wish to have a result posted, please send me an e-mail with your results. A first race, a personal best, a new distance, the maintaining of a streak at a particular event – these are all important to you. So let us know. It goes without saying that you need to let me know about out of town events (other than fairly local ones).

From President Ray ()
Thanks to Supporters of B+ 5K
The club thanks all members who ran in, donated to, and volunteered at Monday’s B+ 5K at Salesianum in Wilmington. It is quickly becoming the largest 5K in the area and drew well over 1,000 participants despite being re-scheduled due to last week’s heat wave. Our club set up a table and the following members volunteered for set-up, registration or course marshal duties:
Rich Szymanski, Dan Weintraub, Pat Patnaude, Vince McIntosh, Jerry Herman, Bob Taggart & Jim Steele.

Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation will be primary recipient of donations from our Delaware Distance Classic 15K & 5K on October 7. Registration is open on our website. Please plan to run or volunteer!

Club Sponsors Needed
We’re seeking new sponsors for PCVRC/DDC to raise funds for new running programs and to support our charity partners! If you know of an organization that would like great benefits while contributing to healthy causes, see information at www.pcvrc.com/sponsor.php and contact Ray or Joel as soon as possible. Thanks to Harvest Market, Access Labor Service, and Party Pizza for being our first returning sponsors of the season.

Run Safely
With this weekend’s high temperatures, please be extra careful. Carry water if possible and run with partners. Fast or slow, long distance or short, run or walk, you’re always welcome at our group runs: Sunday 8am at Panera in Newark, or 6pm on Wed & Thurs at Delcastle. On Thursdays, we often hit dinner afterwards for some immediate recovery.
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Annual Pike Creek Summer BBQ
2012-07-21 Saturday, July 21 3pm

Location: White Clay Creek Park – Carpenter Pavilion

It’s that time of year again for summer fun and the annual pcvrc summer picnic. As always the club will provide the beer, hotdogs and hamburgers. All we ask of you is to bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share.

With the different location and larger space the club would like to invite you to bring your softball gloves, frisbees or kickball to participate in some friendly club competition.
We hope to see new members. Bring the family!

If you have any questions about this event please contact me at
Rachel Bleacher – Events Coordinator
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Volunteers Needed – From Tom Fort:
I am officiating at the Region 2 Junior Olympics at the University of Delaware track, Thursday, July 5 through Sunday, July 8. The meet day runs from 8:00 AM to about 4:00 PM each day.

We need volunteers to rake pits, escort runners from the clerking area to the event start, post results and do many other things which require no previous experience. It is a chance to see the Olympic athletes of the future.

Any volunteers, please let me know days and times that you are available.
Thanks
Tom fort – – 302-234-7803
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Race Results:
Kid Shelleen’s 5K:
17:59 Greg Cauller, Overall Winner & 1st Master
19:57 Lynn Knothe, Female Winner
20:48 Lisa Jalot, 1st Female Master