From President Ray:
RRCA Runner Survey
As members of PCVRC, we are each members of Road Runners Club of America. In 2006 the RRCA conducted a survey of individual runners, certified coaches, and RRCA members. To ensure that we are working towards achieving our mission and objectives in our strategic plan, we are inviting you to complete our 2012 RRCA Runner Survey:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5i9nxqugxflp2yd/start

The RRCA is currently reviewing our Strategic Plan adopted in 2009. Responses to this survey are an important part of our review effort.

Wissahickon Trail Classic 10K recap
While over 18 club members ran the road race in NJ, at least 11 of us did Wissahickon, a hilly and technical trail race at the far end of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Thanks to all who came out! Humidity decreased by the 9am start so we had good weather, although the hills were slippery from Friday night’s downpour. With a record field of 500 finishers, Enos Benbow
and Josh Loren took 3rd and 4th places overall. Carol Giampietro won her age
group and has a nice big plant to show for it. See photos of both races at
our Facebook Group, www.tinyurl.com/pcvrc Thanks to Jen for our trail group
photo. Kim was photographer in NJ.

Luckily, the course is mostly shaded, so as long as you didn’t slip in mud
or turn an ankle on a rock, conditions were comfortable. Unfortunately,
Sheri Herrmann took one for the team with a bloody leg. The runner ahead of
her tumbled and brought Sheri down as well. Luckily, her kids were at the
finish to help her get patched up. Meanwhile, Josh had forgotten to wear
his number when taking off his shirt before the race. Dirk failed to hand
it to him in his first attempt, but was successful with the handoff at the
last minute so Josh had his bib for an official time for just the very last
tenth of a mile.

In other exciting news, Andrea Rubinoff was among 5 runners who got lost
when they missed a turn at one of the few places not manned by the otherwise
very helpful volunteers. Ron Horn was his usual humorous self and even with
the record participation, there were enough bagels, bananas & bars for all.
In a video of the early part of race, you can see lots of club singlets pass
by at USATF FB page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/289855916248/#!/groups/358196464199690/0

Editor’s Note: When this e-bulletin was prepared, the results were not yet in. They’ll be in next week’s e-bulletin.

B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k: Run or Volunteer
(our club’s new charity partner)

The 6th Annual B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k Run/Walk is Thursday, June 21st at Salesianum School starting at 6:45pm. As a partner of the B+ Foundation, PCVRC will help to fight childhood cancer because 46 kids are told they have cancer every school day. Join our team today by running, walking or donating to our Team Goal. Help us raise money for kids fighting cancer! Click the link below and then click “Join a Team”. Select “Pike Creek Valley Running Club” and then you’ll be prompted to register. If you have any questions please contact team captain Jim Steele at 530-7274.
https://www.elleevance.com/5K2012/SelectATeam.aspx?TeamSelected=NBI57687740

Or if you can volunteer, please contact Ray () soon. PCVRC will have a table set up to recruit members and in exchange hope that a few members can help on race day (registration, course marshal, etc). More info at http://www.BePositive.org
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Plans for Becky Yencharis’ 95th birthday celebration are underway.
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alph McKinney says that the gathering will be are 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.
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John Schultz turns 80 on June 22. Last March’s Hall of Fame inductee will join a suddenly strong contigion of men competing for 80+ running glory with other PCVRC members – Hugh Cambell, Joe DeRosa and Don Monagle.
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Scott Coffee 8K
Pike Creek Valley Running Club fielded a deep team in the Scott Coffee 8K in Moorestown, N.J. As part of the MA-USATF Grand Prix Series, the event brought out close to 900 participants, including nine full club teams. Anchored by one of the club’s newest members, 87 year-old Hugh Campbell, our team scored the most age-graded points, 417.286, outscoring the next highest team, South Jersey Athletic Club by 5+ points. Hugh had the second highest age-grade in the race, trailing only 73 year-old Sandra Folzer of Philadelphia Track Club. PCVRC’s team was so deep that the second top five members would have outscored three or four of the other teams in the competition. Rich Szymanski ran along with Hugh since he had not raced that far before. Rich reported that Hugh was carrying on a conversation with him. That means if Hugh can talk while he’s in a race, he can probably run even faster.

The next event in the Grand Prix Series is PCVRC’s own Delaware Distance Classic 15K on October 7.

In addition to the team victory, the following all had individual achievements, each earning a sport watch as an award:
Mike Digennaro, 3rd Overall
Chris Steenkamer, 1st 15-19
Sarah Rusk, 1st 30-39
Lynn Knothe, 2nd 30-39
Matt Cutrona, 3rd 40-49
Greg Cauller, 2nd 50-54
Hugh Campbell, 1st 80+

Scott Coffee Rotary 8K MA-USATF Results:
Age Gr. – Time – Participant
88.809 48:24 Hugh Campbell
85.681 28:45 Greg Cauller
83.708 29:40 Tom Steenkamer
81.423 26,28 Mike Digennaro
78.601 27:53 Chris Steenkamer
77.626 36:30 Carole Feole
76.871 29:37 Matt Cutrona
76.158 31:40 Sarah Rusk
75.774 36:03 Dan Simmons
75.112 33:21 Lee Kauffman
73.596 40:58 Vic Zwolak
73.206 33:13 Lynn Knothe
69.821 43.51 Jim Durkin
65.923 42:36 Dave McCorquodale
60.341 46:59 Jerry Herman
48.915 48.23 Rich Szymanski

A Review of the Ottawa Marathon by Dirk Sweigart:

Boston was awful; Ottawa was awesome! While the US was sweltering in a heat wave over Memorial Day weekend, Ottawa had perfect weather for Canada’s premier running festival. Departing Friday after work with a quick overnight in Syracuse, NY, we arrived in Ottawa just in time for the Expo traffic jam. The expo wasn’t much to speak of in comparison to the Philly or Boston expo, but Sheri did find a really nice pair of running shorts! Not realizing how large the running festival was (45,000 in total for all events), we were surprised to learned there were 2k, 5k, and 10k races taking place Saturday evening with a world class field running the 10K. We learned by talking with other spectators that apparently the 10K offers a large purse for the winners. It was cool watching the elites go off. We’d never been spectators at a big race before. After the 10K start, we found the restaurant district off of George Street and enjoyed a great pre-race meal (but limited our wine intake!).

Race day dawned at 14 degrees C (that’s about 56 degrees F) and cloudy – perfect running weather. The marathon went off at 7:00 am with the half starting at 9:00 a.m. Forget miles, everything was in kilometers – thanks goodness for our Garmins! All the kilometers were marked but there were few timed splits. The race was well supported with water, Gatorade, gels and Vasoline. The crowds were amazing when we were in the city, but there were park areas where it was just you and the other 5500 other marathon participants. The course was very flat, only a couple of hills which were more like speed bumps.

Ottawa, being the capital of Canada, is a very cool mix of old and new, government and residential, beautiful parks and a mix of French and English. People would shout at us, “aller! courir!” (French for “go! run!”) Part of the race was along water, covering two bridges. But during the middle of the race, we ran into the Province of Quebec and the City of Gatineau.

For the last couple of kilometers, the sun came out and the people became wall to wall, lining the course and yelling from the barriers. You could see the finishers covering the final 1K across the river and you knew that soon you would turn the corner to the finish. I really liked the countdown signs (500M, 400M, 300M…). Done! Sheri and I both PR’d

This is a great marathon for first-timers or a PR unless you can’t handle kilometers. Very flat and well-supported, early morning start and the Canadians are so friendly! The weather we got was typical (52 to 73 degrees). Good choice for a destination run!
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Race Results:

Ottawa Marathon:
3:21:55 Dirk Sweigart, Boston Qualifier
3:35:09 Sheri Herrmann, Boston Qualifier

Kay’s Kamp:
21:14 Kelly Horowitz, Overall Female Winner

A Better Delaware- First in Service 5K:
19:34 Sarah Rusk, Overall Female Winner

Highway One Pictures 5K:
17:00 Enos Benbow, Overall Winner
17:50 Greg Cauller, 2ne Overall, 1st Master
20:16 Lynn Knothe Overall Female Winner
20:42 Lisa Jalot, 2nd Female, 1st Master

Blue Hen 5K:
18:33 Jay Cougenour, 1st Master

Independence School 5K:
20:31, Lynn Knothe, 2nd Overall female

Annual Crabowitz Feast
What: 5K run & Crab Feast
Date: Thursday, June 14th
Time: 6:30ish
Where: Szymanski House (709 Haddon Road, Wilmington DE 19808)

Please mark June 14th on your calendars to join us for the 4th annual Crabowitz 5K fun run and crabs! We will be supplying crabs and pizza and our own Brewmaster Tony BBQ , will once again be making the ‘Rebel Ale’ ! All family members and pets welcome!

Please bring your drink of choice and let us know if you can attend so we can have a head count. E-mail .

Last year we started something new by raising money for American Cancer Society/American Cancer Research.Because of your generosities we where able to raise over $1,000. We would like to continue the tradition and have selected the B+ Foundation as the Charity. The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation honors the life of 14-year-old Andrew who battled leukemia and sepsis before leaving us on July 14, 2007. Andrew’s B+ blood type became the perfect message � Be Positive � to reflect how Andrew lived his life and how he inspires others to do the same.The B+ Foundation is about kids helping kids fight cancer — by providing financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer, and by providing childhood cancer research grants.

From President Ray:
B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k: Run or Volunteer
(our club’s new charity partner. There’s now a link on our site)

The 6th Annual B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k Run/Walk is Thursday, June 21st at Salesianum School starting at 6:45pm. As a partner of the B+ Foundation, PCVRC will help to fight childhood cancer because 46 kids are told they have cancer every school day. Join our team today by running, walking or donating to our Team Goal. Help us raise money for kids fighting cancer! Click the link below and then click �Join a Team�. Select �Pike Creek Valley Running Club� and then you�ll be prompted to register. If you have any questions please contact team captain Jim Steele at 530-7274.
https://www.elleevance.com/5K2012/SelectATeam.aspx?TeamSelected=NBI57687740

Or if you can volunteer, please contact Ray () soon. PCVRC will have a table set up to recruit members and in exchange hope that a few members can help on race day (registration, course marshal, etc). More info at http://www.BePositive.org
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Tuesday, June 5th marks the beginning of the Howard M. Laws Summer Cross Country Series at Bellevue State Park off Marsh Rd. This is a six-race series, on every other Tuesday evening through the summer. Registration starts at 5:30; races begin at 6:30. Registration is only $5.00 per race or $25.00 for the entire series with shirt. It’s purpose is to help to develop and to prepare school-age athletes for the fall cross-country season. It’s always a good dose of humility for an older runner to have kids decades younger make you eat their dust. But it’s great to see the running traditional carrying through to younger generations. If you are not familiar with this event, after parking and walking out to the gravel oval, the pavilion across the lake is where the sign-up occurs. The bridge leads you right there.
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Bob Potts Marathon
Club President Ray and I went to York, PA for the Bob Potts Marathon last Sunday. We both have positive feelings about the entire experience. For me, I was attempting for the first time a marathon only one week before a previous marathon. Lesson learned: One week is not enough time for me to recover to run a marathon up to my capabilities. For an extended version of my observations, go to: http://mccorq.blogspot.com/2012/05/two-marathons-in-eight-days-experiment.html

Ray admittedly was not as well trained as usual for a marathon attempt. Nevertheless, Ray came within three minutes of the new Boston Qualifying standard, despite warming temperatures, which definitely affected everyone during the latter half of the distance. Ray has his experience chronicled here: www.RunMarathonMan.com/bobpottstrailmarathon12.php.
For a sneak preview, here is a humorous incident that Ray recounts:

Why did the chicken…?
There’s always comic relief somewhere along the way and mine came about 15 miles in. I was approaching one of those enthusiastic crowds of spectators with an attractive lady conveniently in front of me. Suddenly, a brown chicken darted in front of her from the side of the road and I could hear her softly scream while raising her arms. The equally frightened chicken ran with her for a stride or two and never did finish crossing the road. But just when I thought it was safe, the chicken spotted me and decided to run a few more strides alongside. I laughed out loud, which is a good way to relax a tense body.

Recommendation: The Bob Potts Marathon is relatively small(425 finishers), which can make it seem a bit lonely later in the race. Crowd support is only possible at road intersections, but those who were there were enthusiastic. Plenty of hydration stations and a couple of gel places. After the first road mile, the rest of the race is on a flat, gravel rails-to-trails path. The price is reasonable, the organization is great, rooms can be had at fairly low prices if you avoid the host hotel, plenty of places to eat. One Delawarean even drove up that morning for the 6:30 A.M. start.
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I posted information about the stopping of the Green Bay Marathon on Sunday on the club’s Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/289855916248/. What is your opinion of this decision?
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Steve Thorpe’s Windemere Marathon
I choose the Windermere Marathon because I wanted to visit a long time friend, Dave, who lives about 25 miles south of Spokane. This was my 18th marathon and my 10th state. I flew out on a Thursday and stayed with Dave and his wife on their 160 acre ranch. Dave is a nuclear engineer Monday through Thursdays at the Hanford Washington nuclear plant and a fix-it man Friday through Sundays.

On Friday I went back into Spokane to pick up my race packet and to spend the night at the race host hotel, The Red Lion Hotel at the Park. The expo, a disappointment, was in the Spokane Convention Center, but none of the vendors sold running gear. A volunteer directed me to a nearby running store, Runners Soul, so I could replace the GU I had mistakenly left at home. The store had several pieces of running memorabilia, signed shirts and shoes by runners such as Don Kardong and Dean Kananzes and a great staff. My pre-race dinner was at Sushi.com with another friend, Scott, who is a professor at Gonzaga University School of Law; more on Gonzaga later. Yes, I did eat sushi, but also had a bowl of Soba noddle soup.

There were no restaurants open early Saturday morning. I needed to catch the shuttle to the start line, in Post Falls, Idaho, by 6:00 a.m., so I had a Cliff Bar. The hotel shuttle driver insisted on giving me a ride the block and a half to the site where I needed to catch one of the school bus shuttles. They let the marathoners on the bus first, 18 of us, and then the half-marathoners, about 50. The school bus driver closed the door and said “Does anyone know how to get to the interstate?” The women sitting next to me quipped,”If we were leaving the elementary school she would know how to get there.” The driver had been asked the night before the race to help shuttle us runners. Since most of the runners were local they knew the way. It was about a 40 minute trip and we had to make one stop to discharge the half-marathoners. I never saw them again.

The marathon started at 7:00 a.m. and the temperature was in the low 50’s and overcast. By the end of the run it was sunny and in the mid-60’s, but with a nice cool breeze at your back. The course was on a recreation trail along the Spokane River. Due to the recent snow melting the river was raging. A kayaker had died on the river two days before the run. Water stops were plentiful, every two miles, with water and Heed (an electrolyte) at each stop and gel and Gummi bears at a few stops. At one of the water stops some young volunteers were chanting, increase your speed with Heed. At the end of the race you could vote for your favorite water stop. The two most memorable were the ones were the men wearing grass skirts and coconuts, you can guess where, and the one at Gonzaga University where they had painted their faces and bodies blue. That was a little scary!

During the run I followed McCorq’s advice and drank my electrolytes and kept my head up. It was a long 5 1/2 hours. I started at a 11:30 to 12:00 minute per mile pace for about the first 20 miles and then dropped steadily back and ended with an average of 12:39. In my age group, 60-64, I finished 7th out of 10. I didn’t know it but the person who finished 8th in my age group was just 3 seconds behind me. I missed most of the post race party and food; there was one green banana left and some vegetable soup. The hotel let me check out late, so I took a shower and headed back to the ranch to help Dave put in a fence corner rock jack (see the picture) and re-do a cattle guard crossing.

Overall the race was well organized and I love my long sleeve shirt (see the picture). I would consider running it again since I could visit Dave and do some more work on the ranch. Once in a while it’s wonderful to be in a place where you can’t hear a vehicle or see another house.

Race Results: Some of these are several weeks old

Dover Duathlon:
48:07 Dan Simmons, 1st 60-64

Broad Street 10 Miler:
1:10:31 Kurt Hendrickson, PR
1:25:48 Deborah Compton

Run for the Dream Half Marathon (Williamsburg, VA)
2:08:48 Victoria Acker

Camino Latino 5K
20:09 Matt Coffin, 1st 19-29, 3rd Overall
20:30 Lynn Knothe, Female Winner

Girls On The Run 5K:
17:35 Andy Jacubowitch, 2nd Overall
17:40 Greg Cauller, 3rd Overall, 1st Master
20:32 Lynn Knothe, 1st 30-39

Bob Potts Marathon:
3:12:06 John Costello, 1st 50-54
3:32:51 Ray Christensen
4:54:13 Dave McCorquodale

Windemere Marathon
5:31:38 Steve Thorpe

From President Ray:
PCVRC Partners with The B+ Foundation
The board is pleased to welcome a new charity partner. We’ll be joining forces with the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation to help promote each other’s goals and activities.

Quite a few members are familiar with B+ (Be Positive) and their annual 5K race (6/21). From their www.BePositive.org website:
“The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation honors the life of 14-year-old Andrew who battled leukemia and sepsis before leaving us on July 14, 2007……The B+ Foundation is about kids helping kids fight cancer — by providing financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer, and by providing childhood cancer research grants.”

PCVRC has previously been partners with TNT (Delaware) and The Wellness Community, and continue to donate to Mike Clark Legacy Foundation.

The club and B+ hope to mutually benefit by publicizing each other, but also supporting each other’s events. We’ll soon be requesting both participants and volunteers for the B+ 5K (and our table at the event). In the meantime, they’ve got a fundraiser this Saturday May 19th:

1st annual The Starboard Restaurant and The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Fundraiser. Even if you’re unable to attend, check out the eBay auctions for the ultra cool VIP black cards. See
https://www.facebook.com/TheAndrewMcDonoughBePositiveFoundation

Another of their fundraisers is sending a team to The Hamptons Marathon (and Half) on Long Island (9/29). Participants are still welcome and their
members will be joining us at some of our own Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday group runs.

B+ will soon have their own page at www.pcvrc.com or visit their website for more details. We’re very excited about our new partnership!
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Annual Crabowitz Feast –From Rich Szymanski
What: 5K run & Crab Feast
Date: Thursday, June 14th
Time: 6:30ish
Where: Szymanski House (709 Haddon Road, Wilmington DE 19808)
Family friendly — bring the kids

Please mark June 14th on your calendars to join us for the 4th annual Crabowitz 5K fun run and crabs! We will be supplying crabs and pizza and our own Brewmaster Tony BBQ , will once again be making the “Rebel Ale” !

Please bring your drink of choice and let us know if you can attend so we can have a head count. E-mail .

Last year we started something new by raising money for American Cancer Society/American Cancer Research.Because of your generosities we where able to raise over $1,000. We would like to continue the tradition and have selected the B+ Foundation as the Charity. The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation honors the life of 14-year-old Andrew who battled leukemia and sepsis before leaving us on July 14, 2007. Andrew’s B+ blood type became the perfect message – Be Positive – to reflect how Andrew lived his life and how he inspires others to do the same.The B+ Foundation is about kids helping kids fight cancer — by providing financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer, and by providing childhood cancer research grants. Thanks!

PCVRC in News Journal
Wednesday’s New-Journal article on running featured PCVRC members Rich Szymanski, talking about age-graded running, and Jim Durkin’s achievements at the Penn Relays. See link on the club’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/289855916248/

USATF Results for the Broad Street Ten Miler:
79.469 55:51 Enos Benbow
78.127 1:25:48 Deborah Compton (great to see her running again)
77.816 1:21:22 Beth Howlett
76.639 1:14:29 Dan Simmons
73.274 1:08:47 David Baca
71.337 1:12:55 Sheri Herrmann
70.286 1:12:55 Dirk Sweigart
59.661 1:39:37 Jerry Herman
54.286 1:33:31 Elena Kupchik
48.836 2:00:18 Ralph McKinney

The next event is the Scott Coffee Moorestown Rotary 8K on June 2 in Moorestown, N.J. PVCRC plans to unveil its secret weapon at this event. Stay tuned.

Delaware Marathon Relay Festival Results:
(Apologies is I missed anyone; please send name and team)

Marathon:
3:11:41 Matt Cutrona, 2nd 40-44
3:17:02 Sara Rusk, 1st 30-34
4:58:03 Frank Cebula
5:04:25 Dave McCorquodale
6:24:05 Mark Lozier
6:47:08 John Schultz, 3rd 75+

Half Marathon:
1:20:34 Greg Cauller, 1st 50-54
1:34:48 Dava Baca, 2nd 50-54
1:49:36 Beth Howlett, 1st 55-59
1:49:45 Claire Neilan
1:59:58 John Hand
2:00:17 Chris James
2:02:26 Elena Kupchik
2:10:32 Jordan Fridman
2:37:18 Lori Culnane

Four Person Relay:
2:30:34 New Balance Racing Team (Josh Loren), 1st Overall
2:46:59 New Balance Masters (Jay Coughenour, Tom Steemkamer, Tom Jermyn), 3rd Overall
3:09:38 Sole Train (Dirk Sweigart, Don Ropp), 7th
3:16:42 Master Off-Road Racers (Carol Giampetro, Carole Feole, Sheri Herrmann, Lisa Jalot), 1st Female Team
3:23:30 Rebel Triumph (Kurt Hendrickson, Andrea Ladany, James Steele)
3:26:08 Shower Szymanski and a 5 minute transition (Rich Szymanski, Rachel Bleacher)
3:34:18 Team Booawitz (Jack Horowitz, Kelly Horowitz, Kristin Stump)
4:03:15 4 Rebels 4 Ever (Lenora Wagner, James Bray, tony Chelpaty, John Culnane)

Eight Person Relay:
4:52:49 Midtown Brandywine Misfits (Sharon Miner)

Race Results:
First Tee DE 5K:
17:43 Greg Cauller, Overall Winner

From President Ray:
Critical: The club is short the number of volunteers it needs!
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
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Delaware Marathon Running Festival
Good Luck to all participating in the Delaware Marathon Relay Festival! Whether you are running the full marathon, the half-marathon, part of a relay team or a volunteer, it should be a great time and a celebration of running in Delaware!

Results of all club members will be posted if I find them. If you are a newer club member or a member of a relay team, don’t hesitate to alert me to your results and team names.

Race Results:
Delaware City Duathlon (5K run,16 mi. bike, 5K run), 4/21
(These are late; please clue me in to duathlons and triathlons if you are participating because I don’t normally check for those results.)
1:18:13 Josh Loren, 1st 30-34
1:33:36 Chris James, 3rd 35-39
1:34:10 Tom Jermyn, 3rd 50-54
1:38:08 Andrea Landany, 1st 45-49
1:41:01 Rich Szymanski
1:42:20 Darlise Dimatteo, 2nd 45-49
1:43:49 Don Ropp
1:44:31 Kyle Ropp, 1st <19
1:48:49 Kelly Jones-Reph, 2nd 35-39
1:49:51 Tony Chelpaty
1:51:55 Joel Schiller
1:56:09 Denise Boyle, 2nd 50-54
1:58:58 Paula Jermyn, 3rd 50-54, 1st Duathlon
2:48:31 John Schultz, 1st 70+

New Jersey Marathon
6:51:48 John Schultz, 1st 77-79

Broad Street Ten Miler
Apparently MA-USATF is having difficulty receiving the full results from the race organization. USATF results will be printed next week. Meanwhile, here are individuals times. Please send in your time if I missed it.
1:08:47 David Baca
1:08:54 Lee Kauffman
1:11:50 Michael Peyton
1:12:55 Sheri Herrmann
1:12:55 Dirk Sweigart
1:13:38 Don Ropp
1:14:29 Dan Simmons
1:21:22 Beth Howlett
1:35:48 Deborah Compton
1:33:31 Elena Kupchik
1:39:27 Jerry Herman
2:00:18 Ralph McKinney

Teal Ribbon 5K
17:43 Greg Cauller, 3rd Overall, 1st Master

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

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.