Broad Street 10 Miler Alert
This was sent by Ed Maher, Grand Prix series director:

As you’re likely aware, this Sunday’s Broad Street Run could have as many as 30,000 runners. While there will be 8 separate wave starts with a “gun time” for each wave, there can still be a considerable time gap from the wave’s gun until the last runner in the wave crosses the start line. In consideration of this, our WMA% scoring for Broad Street this year will be based on the runner’s chip time. Please spread the word about this change among your club memberships.

Broad Street Expo days & hours are:
Friday, April 30, 2010 – 11 AM – 6
PM and Saturday, May 1, 2010 – 9 AM – 5 PM

The Phillies have a 7:05pm game on Friday, a 3:10pm game on Saturday and (fortunately) an 8:05pm game on Sunday. The Friday & Saturday games will undoubtedly cause traffic issues toward the later hours of the Expo! Please plan accordingly. …the Flyers round 2 playoff schedule is still TBD.

Broad Street gear check: the process is very different this year:
http://www.broadstreetrun.com/New_in_2010.htm

The LDR Committee will have a table at the Expo on both Friday & Saturday. We will be able to take new memberships and will display results of this year’s previous Grand Prix events.

Newark Reservoir 5K, Friday 5/7, 6:15pm start
All are invited to this free PCVRC event. If you’re
likely to run or would like to volunteer to help, email Nikki at
so we have an idea of numbers. The race will be “rain or shine”. If we have a few people who want to help, we could have water available on the course. If there is a big turnout, it would be nice to have some help with timing. Social to follow across the stream at Timothy’s.

DE Marathon volunteers needed:
Course Marshals for race day is biggest need. Please contact Ray at
if you’d like to help with any of the following:

Tue May 11 5:30 – 6:30 pm At 1-800 PACKRAT on Rte
896. Need ½ doz people to help fill the water storage containers
Fri May 14 4-7pm At Tubman We set up an assembly line
to stuff the 2000 runner bags. People arrive and leave when they need to.
Sat May 15 9 -11 At Tubman PRE-Packet Pickup – Pull packets/shirts, etc for large groups
Say May 15 11-2 At Tubman First shift
registration/packet pick up – Arrive 15 min early for instruction
Sat May 15 2- 5 At Tubman Second shift
registration/packet pick up – Arrive 15 min early for instruction
Sun May 16 5-7am At Tubman Early Race Day Packet Pickup We want to open by 5:15am
Sun May 16 730-1030 and/or 1000-1230 Course Marshals in Wawaset Park / Little Italy area

Triple Crown recap
On Saturday, Pike Creek Valley Running Club had a great turnout in the Triple Crown 10K at Carpenter State Park north of Newark with twelve runners scoring in the event. PCVRC scored the most points of the four clubs and is now solidly in second place by twenty points over the third place team. It also trails the first place team by about twenty points, but gained seven points in this competition. Apologies for the jumbled order of the results, but this is how they weren’t presented in the database. The grades in bold are the top five scores counted for the team score.

PLACE 10KTIME BIB FNAME LNAME G CITY ST AGE AGE%
99 1:01:16 340 Deborah Compton F Newark DE 61 64.907

76 0:57:08 351 Lorraine Fencer F Wilmington DE 49 59.393
106 1:02:48 416 Tara Huang F Wilmington DE 29 48.301
12 0:43:47 435 Epi Camacho M Wilmington DE 54 72.440
13 0:45:32 460 Ryan German M Newark DE 32 59.443
4 0:41:06 423 Tom Jermyn M Newark DE 47 72.911
2 0:36:34 463 Joshua Loren M Wilmington DE 29 73.473
14 0:45:39 404TC Mudhillon MuQaribu M Bear DE 30 58.963
24 0:47:10 427 Fred Shufflebarger M Unionville PA 61 71.413
38 0:50:39 391 Dan Simmons M Newark DE 62 67.094
70 0:56:23 433 Richard Szymanski M Wilmington DE 45 52.349 355.144

This writer had an up close chance to observe the action for I was going the reserve direction on the course while running the Triple Crown Marathon, which I completed in 5:53:40. I saw everyone twice since I was completing the first loop and then beginning the second as the 10K competitors went by. If you like fording streams and having to stop running in order to step over logs, this is the marathon for you!

Ronald McDonald 5K
Also on Saturday club member Mark Vilardo was the overall winner of the Ronald McDonald 5K, now held at the Wilmington Riverfront, with a time of 15:57.

Ocean City, MD. Half
Meanwhile, farther down the peninsula on Saturday, Jack and Kelly Horwitz ran the Ocean City, MD. Half-Marathon. Reports Jack: Kelly was 2nd female in 1:33:25 and I ran a respectable 1:42:16. The exciting news is that Kelly’s 20 year old neice ran a 1:38:16 in only her second half marathon. There may be some genetic link that could benefit PCVRC in the future!

Country Music Marathon results
And then, there’s the story of the Country Music Marathon and Half-Marathon, which was also on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. Club VP Claire Neilan headed up our group for the Half while Club President Ray Christensen reports on the Full:

Tony Chelpaty & I left the room at 5:45 a,m., after watching weather forecasts
for the 10th time in 24 hours. It was warm and humid enough that no
throwaway was required. We walked up West End Ave towards bag check in the
park. Upon approaching the start area, the announcer said “The only change
is that start time has been moved up 15 minutes to 6:45.” Well that’s pretty
darn significant, so we quickened the pace to drop our bags and head for the
potty line, wondering when and how the time change was made public.

Although there was too much talking and not enough music, the announcer felt
no urgency to continue repeating the critical time change message, so
luckily Tony informed the other Rebels as they approached. No rain yet, so
we figured that things were looking up, even though the high was expected to
be 74. Of course, the 6:45 start found runners scrambling into position, with
lots of bewildered participants walking on sidewalks in the opposite
direction during the first several blocks after the gun went off. With
31,000 runners, the wave start helped us find a reasonable pace. But being
in corral 2 of 31 was a bigger help. Mostly downhill for the 2 miles to
downtown helped us relax. Tony and I would run mostly side by side for
almost 10 miles as he pulled me up many of the climbs. Bands rocked us and
high school & grade school cheerleaders pumped us up as advertised.

At 2 miles, we turned on 4th Ave to head back out on Demonbreun Street.
This first big loop included lots of gentle rolling and was highlighted by
the “Musica” statue of naked dancers and a couple ‘beer stops’.
Water/Cyclomax stops were large and well-staffed with spirited volunteers.
Even narrow, tree-lined streets were appropriately full of record studios as
we toured Music City. A slight breeze sometimes was a headwind, but felt
good in cooling us off. Several long stretches of runners coming the
opposite way were fun and back downtown we eventually arrived at the 11.5
mile split off of the half marathoners, which greatly diminished our
numbers. Tony’s pace slowed, so a gap was developing between us. I was
also de-motivated realizing that we still hadn’t reached the halfway point.

Two minutes ahead of our 3:30 time pace was reasonable, but with spaced out
runners, it was harder work. I settled in to a true 8:00/mile pace
(maintaining the 2 minute cushion) for a few miles, but although there were
less hills in the 2nd half, the sun sometimes peeked out to intensify the
heat. We silently ran on some wide industrial streets until enjoying a
scenic 2 mile stretch on a levee along the Cumberland River. A short but
steep downhill signaled our turn back to town to complete this second loop.
At mile 19, we re-joined the throng of half marathoners as they headed for
their finish, crossing the bridge towards the Titans football stadium. At
mile 20 there were plenty of finish area spectators, but then we were eerily
alone again for the final 10K.

I was struggling to try to maintain a sub-3:30 finish, but was losing
ground. Another stretch along the river and around a park helped make loop
3 more bearable. Just before mile 24, I was passed by the 3:30 pacer (whom
we had not found in the corral). That was disheartening, since I couldn’t
stay with him. To make matters worse, he was alone, having lost his entire
group. A lone runner carrying a pacer sign is depressing. Then we again
experienced the oncoming runners, as the clouds darkened and a few raindrops
fell. I hadn’t totally lost my stride, but didn’t have the legs to move
faster. Mile 25 was good to see, but just before the last water stop I was
surprised to see a steady stream of runners coming around a corner to join
us. I was afraid to ask what brought them there and even wondered if I had
made a wrong turn but I definitely had not run on this street before.
Besides, all of my concentration was focused on finishing.

The sore left Achilles that had hampered my training could be felt since
mile 8, but never really worsened and I didn’t encounter any other specific
aches or pains. Only hills and humidity to blame for a tough run. I was
moving at a faster pace than the main group, so passing runners was a
positive, but sharing my finish time with slower runners was a negative,
especially since I still didn’t know where and when they’d been diverted. I
enjoyed the home stretch as much as possible, with a half-hearted kick being
cheered by a good number of spectators and my 3:32:30 chip time didn’t
really make me unhappy.

Less than 2 minutes after finishing, rain started falling and lightning was
visible. Wind kicked up as I collected medal, blanket, water, bananas and
whatever I could fit in my Race-Ready shorts pouch. Of course, most of the
25,000 half marathoners had already finished so the finish area was mobbed.
It was also very chaotic, with few signs explaining where to go. By the
time I found bag check (at furthest point from the finish), I had declared
that organization was a mess. By now, it was pouring and people were
crowding under tents, stadium entrances and anyplace else for shelter.
Since I found myself near the beer tent, I grabbed one and squeezed in with
other storm victims. The rain would not stop, so I kept eating my
provisions and grabbed another beer. The wind and downpour only got worse,
so I finally did some stretching with one hand while holding the foil
blanket closed with the other, since it was windy, wet and cool. I spoke
with 2 different young guys who had completed their first marathon, one in
3:37 and one around 4 hours, who turned out to be one of the last to pass
before runners started getting diverted at mile 20.5 or so. They were
happy. I also spoke with 2 ladies who had been diverted while trying to
complete their first marathon. They were sad — as were many others.

Mainly due to the weather, the marathon portion of the race had become a
fiasco. I wondered how they’d figure finish times and even who had finished
the full, since there were no mats past the diversion point. I later found
out that Tony had created his own diversion course, finishing in the half
marathon chute. Dar had been part of the regular diverted group. Race
management would eventually go through results by hand to determine which
“category” each runner fell into (including the previously discussed
“marathoners being diverted to the half marathon finish”, essentially
running the half marathon. About 720 of us completed the full, another
1,000 diverted to 21 or so miles and maybe 2,000 being forced to run the
half. Don’t expect too many good reviews at MarathonGuide.com!

There was still one more “leg” to my adventure. Certainly the 10 half
marathoners in our group had headed to the hotel or downtown to seek proper
shelter in a bar. As the beer tent was being torn down, I started my wet 2
mile walk across the bridge through downtown towards the hotel. Several
other stragglers were also limping back across the bridge and I started
talking with another idiot who happened to be headed to a hotel even farther
up the street than ours. We joked with each other as a deluge of rain fell
on us and lightning sometimes lit up the sky. Every corner was like a river
crossing and soon many of the sidewalks were 2 inches deep with water. It
wasn’t the safest thing to be doing and I told him that his wife was gonna kill him.
Full story, with photos, of our weekend trip will be online at
http://www.RebelRunners.com by Saturday.

PCVRC Nashville runners (all are Half unless noted):
Ray Christensen (full) 3:32:30
Tony Chelpaty (self-diverted from full)
Claire Neilan 1:47:06
Gelsomina Paolini 2:09:43
Rachel Bleacher 2:14:51
Lori Culnane 2:14:52
Jordan Fridman 2:14:52

For the perspective of another person on Nashville, see the account from Dana Casanave, who is attempting to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks to raise money for aids orphans in South Africa. Being one of the people diverted from the marathon course, she went to a local gym and ran over five miles on a threadmill in order to complete 26.2 miles. http://www.52beginnings.com

Save the Children 5K
On Sunday, David James won the Matthew Bowers Save the Children 5K in Newark in 19:21.

Also participating in that race after months away with a mysterious debilitating problem was April Hubbard, who has finally recovered. After many inconclusive medical tests, she believes the problem may have been brought on by an auto-immune response to a series of bee and wasp stings. This writer happened to meet April out in White Clay Creek State Park on Friday while helping to set the trail for the Triple Crown races. She told me she feels like a real runner again because she fell on trail. Yeah, I’m a charter member of that club! Welcome back, April!

Boston Marathon – Monday April 19:
Former four-time winner of the Boston Marathon, Robert Cheruiyot could not compete this year because of injuries. So who won? Robert Cheruiyot! Well, a different one, from the same region of Kenya, but not related. This Robert Cheriuyot is only 21 years old, but he smashed the course record, by over a minute to finish in 2:05:52. In a decisive move he pulled away from last year’s winner, Deriba Merga in the Newton Hills after the two had broken away from the rest of the elite men. Americans Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighin were fourth and fifth overall. Top Delawarean was Steve Sinko in 2:28:25, 56th overall.

The women’s elite race was the unusual move to the leader breaking from the group in Wellesley, several miles before the hills of Newton where moves are traditionally made. At one point Teyba Erkesso built a 2:15 lead, but it dwindled toward the end as Tatyana Pushkarena closed on her in the last few miles. In the end Erkesso held on to win by three seconds, in 2:26:11. No elite American women entered the field this year and the first American woman was Paige Higgins, who ran 2:36:00.

Here are the times of the participating PCVRC members:
Wes Stafford – 3:15:22
Mike Brown – 3:18:17
Lee Kauffman – 3:22:07
Theresa Kauffman – 3:31:50
Chris James – 3:35:41
Paul Schweitzer – 3:45:19
Paul Nemeth – 3:57:44
Margie Hughes – 3:59:27
Mark Lozier – 4:17:34
Barbara Chelpaty – 4:33:33

Race for Wishes 5K, Think First 5K
Club members Greg Cauller (17:46) and Lynn Knothe (20:09) were the male and female winners of the Race for Wishes 5K.

Club member Epi Camacho was second overall at the Think First 5K in 18:34.

Valley Forge Revolutionary Five Mile Run
Pike Creek Valley Running Club had a group of nine participants in the Valley Forge Revolutionary Five Miler on Sunday. This was a good turnout for Boston Marathon weekend and the club had a good score of 388.757. The club moved up from seventh to fifth in the overall club standings after three events(with the first two combined for one score). However, it is becoming clear that the competition this year is much deeper with twelve teams competing. Since the lowest score is dropped from the final total, even the teams which have missed a race are still in it. In the second chart below, note that the top six teams are all within 15 points of each other.

Here’s a closer look at these teams:
* South Jersey Athletic Club has won the team competition for a number of consecutive years. Several of their top runners were in Boston in past weekend. They will probably score better in coming races.

* Runaway Success, the current leader in competition, was second last year. It is led by Doreen McCoubrie, who won the Caesar Rodney Half-Marathon last year, and Scott Lebo. Both appear to be national class runners.

* Downingtown Running Club, which was fourth last year, is led by another national class runner, Matthew Sandercock and 23 year-old Samantha Howard.

* Bryn Mawr Running Club and Moorestown District Running Project are clubs which are built around running stores. Traditionally this type of club has young fast runners who only show up for a few fast races – the Adrenaline 5K, the Broad Street Ten Miler and the Philadelphia Marathon races. However, according to Robin Jefferis, Long Distance Running Coordinator for MA-USATF, while the young fast runners may only show up occasionally, the clubs intend to field teams for the entire series. This means they won’t run away with the competition, but they’ll be in the mix.

* Greater Phila TC, Rosemont, and Pineland Striders most likely will field teams through the entire competition.

* TNT Racing Int’l Track Club, a new team, was led last weekend by former PCVRC member Kareem Lanier and is composed mostly of people from the Lincoln University area.

* The most intriguing new team is Athena Track Club, which blew away the competition at Valley Forge and is currently in second place. This club was established in 2006, locally based in Southeastern PA, as a national club for masters women and has competed in numerous track and field events. Now, it appears to be attempting to field a team for the Grand Prix series with a very small group of runners. Through three races, the club has only had seven participants: Lorraine Jasper and Julie Hankin, two women who have been on the area running scene for many years, Linka Hawke, another masters runner about equal in ability to those women, the husband and wife duo of Greg Watson, a former professional biathlete and Cecily Tynan, 22 year-old Molly Pritz, who appears extremely talented, and 80 year-old Patrick Nutt from Kennett Square, who is well-known to older area runners. Can this small group continue to field teams through the entire series? Time will tell.

The bottom line is that the MA-USATF Grand Prix series will be the most competitive it’s ever been. The key of PCVRC will be an it’s been in the past – consistency. If the club can continue to field competitive teams through the entire series, it stands a chance of attaining one of the higher club positions when it’s over.

Name – – – – – – Time Age Grade
LOREN JOSHUA WILMINGTON DE 8 26 53 79.417

CAMACHO EPI WILMINGTON DE 46 31 45 79.370
SHUFFLEBARGER FRED UNIONVILLE PA 85 33 54 78.958

COMPTON DEBORAH NEWARK DE 374 41 39 76.150

SIMMONS DANIEL NEWARK DE 140 36 4 74.861

COFFIN DEAN WILMINGTON DE 106 34 47 67.944
DURKIN JAMES ARDMORE PA 662 46 13 64.695
NEILAN CLAIRE NEWARK DE 291 40 5 61.164
SZYMANSKI RICHARD WILMINGTON DE 457 43 3 54.472

CLUB ADR – ROD COMP VFR
Runaway Success 405.322 398.249 803.571
Athena T C 392.656 410.775 803.431
Downingtown RC 404.856 395.931 800.787
Bryn Mawr RC 419.265 377.645 796.910
Pike Creek Vly. RC 402.743 388.757 791.500

South Jersey AC 409.269 379.509 788.778
Greater Phil TC 403.435 372.739 776.174
Rosemont 370.853 368.869 739.722
Moorestown DRP 416.334 321.521 737.855

Pineland Striders 370.855 343.415 714.270
TNT Racing Int’l Track Club
Breakneck T C

The next event in the Off-Road Series is the Triple Crown 10K this Saturday at Carpenter State Park on 896 above Newark. In addition to being part of the series, the event is directed by club member John Mackenzie and benefits area homeless shelters. For more information, go to: http://www.traildawgs.org/

Final Reminder – Boston Send-off Party:
We will again be meeting at the Hunter’s Den, 3517 Old Capitol trail, Wilmington, DE 19808. As always we have this of the last Wednesday evening before the Boston Marathon, this year April 14, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Weekend highlights:
Tom Jermyn was the top masters runner and second overall in the JoJo D’Occhio Fdn. 5K in 17:46

Theresa Kauffman was the overall female winner of the Prompt and Play 5K in 21:01.

Club members at the Garden Spot Marathon and Half-Marathon:
Austin Gee ran a 2:51:29 to finish fourth overall and 1st in the 20-24 age group. Although he had hoped to run closer to 2:45, he siad that there were “more hills than I thought”. (See account below.) Austin also was part of the winning relay team, the Negative Splits, along with Josh Loren and two other men, which finished in the same time of 2:51:29. Essentially the other members of the relay team acted as pacers for Austin.

Dave McCorquodale (me) finished the marathon in 4:20:45, good enough for third in the 65-69 AG. The first finisher in the AG, who is 67, finished in 3:43:56. Ironically the first 60-64 male ran 4:48:18.

Steve Thorpe ran 5:34:07.

Dirk Sweigart ran 1:34:37 in the half-marathon and was first in the 50-54 AG. His first place finish was made possible because top three male masters finishers were all over 50.

Garden Spot as a race venue: These races are located in New Holland, Pa., a mere 45 to 60 minutes from anywhere in Northern Delaware. The races start and finish at the retirement community of Garden Spot Village, a retirement community where Dirk’s parents live. Many of the residents, including Dirk’s father, volunteered for the race. The races occur in beautiful, rolling, Lancaster county, past dozens of Amish farms.

This course has some unique things to experience: After the initial five miles were closed to traffic, the roads were open to traffic, but it was scarce. In fact the Amish buggies, pulled by horses cantering along, were almost as numerous as the cars. This meant that one had to be alert to dodge the small brown mounds left on the road. Occasionally one was greeted by the pungent aromas from where cattle were gathered or from fields with freshly spread manure.

The course featured one major hill, crested twice at mile 5 and mile 22. From the course map, it appeared that in between there weren’t many hills, but course maps are deceptive. In fact, the course constantly rolled with only a few miles of relative flat areas. While I was trying to maintain a pace about 9:30, going downhill from the first crest was such a drop that I ran an 8:36 mile. I commented to the guy next to me that I was going to pay for that on the way back. Sure enough on the equivalent mile returning, I clocked a 12:41 which included several minutes where the slope was too steep to run anymore and I walked.

Then there was the wind. Starting at 12 mph, it picked up after the first hour to constant speeds of 15 mph with gusts of 23 mph. After passing the half-marathon turnaround at about seven and a half miles, suddenly it seemed the runners were more exposed to the wind and constantly running into it for the next seven miles. Then we had the wind at our backs until mile 24 when again we had to run the last two miles into a headwind.

The volunteers were friendly; Good water, Gatorade and gel stops; enough food at the end. I highly recommend this venue as long as you aren’t looking for a PR. The races and relay were capped at a total of 1,100 and are probably going to be limited to that number in the future. Next year this race will occur two weeks earlier because of some construction going on in the area.

LDAF Half Marathon
Results of club members in the LDAF Half-Marathon which took place in Lewes on Sunday:
Adam Shilling 1:30:27 2nd 35-39
Wes Stafford 1:35:57 2nd 45-49
Carole Feole 1:42:43 1st 50-54

Boston Send-off / Spring Party
Not sure how many club members actually are signed up for Boston this year after the early close-out last November. But this get-together is more a welcoming of the spring running season and a good reason to get together to swap running tales and future racing goals. We will again be meeting at the Hunter’s Den, 3517 Old Capitol trail, Wilmington, DE 19808. As always we have this of the last Wednesday evening before the Boston Marathon, this year April 14, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
If you’re not yet a member, join and meet us!

Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Run – MAUSATF results
Last Saturday Pike Creek Valley Running Club had a team which did well in the Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Run. It scored 346+ points to finish second among the five teams in the race and it’s currently second overall after two events, trailing Greater Philadelphia Track Club by 20 points. However, the next two teams are close, so this will be an exciting competition this year. The next event in the series will be the Triple Crown 10K Run in Carpenter State Park, Newark. Club member John Mackenzie is the Race Director of this event. So let’s have a great turn-out.

The following club members age-group standings after to events are: Tara Huang, Tied for 1st, open Female; Josh Loren, T4th, Open Male; Tom Jermyn, T1st Masters Male; Tom Steenkamer, 3rd, Grandmasters Male; and fred Shufflebarger, 1st, Seniors Male.

Ray Christensen’s Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Run recap:

Weather for Saturday’s 10K in Media was a far cry from the warmth of CR weekend. It must have been under 30 degrees for the 9am start, but 360 runners enjoyed a fairly non-technical course through the beautiful park, highlighted by four stream crossings where we had the option of tip-toeing across on stones or splashing through for wet feet. With tech tees, tree seedlings and great food for all runners, it would have been a satisfying morning already. But with Josh, Tom J, Tom S and Fred all placing in their 10 year age groups, our team scored well. Lorri Fencer had a nice run as our all-important lone female runner. We always carpool, so if you’d like so check out some pretty places to run outside of Wilmington, join USATF and become part of our road or trail teams (see http://www.pcvrc.com/gp.php). Don’t worry about speed. That’s what the fast guys are for.

133 56:26 LORRI FENCER 49 60.129
28 44:47 EPI CAMACHO 54 70.822

85 52:02 RAYMOND CHRISTENSEN 48 58.071

13 41:36 TOM JERMYN 47 72.035

4 38:26 JOSH LOREN E M 29 69.904

41 47:25 FRED SHUFFLEBARGER 61 71.036

19 42:54 TOM STEENKAMER 51 72.144

Adrenalin 5K & Caesar Rodney times and USATF results
Pike Creek Valley RC had an excellent turn-out at both of the MA-USATF events held this weekend. The results for the MA-USATF races are printed below. These weekend was unique in that two of the MA-USATF races took place. So for this one-time circumstance, the scores for both events were combined as one event. If a runner competed in both, the higher age-grade was counted if it was among the top five club score; a second score by the same runner in the top five did not count and the next person’s age-grade was used. This combined event yielded 11 teams which qualified, which is most likely the highest number of teams yet competing to score in a MA-USATF event and there were several other teams which did not meet all of the qualifying thresholds.

Currently, after this first event, PCVRC stands sixth out of the eleven scored teams with 402.743 points. Currently in first is new team Moorestown District Running Project with 416+. However, it remains to be seen whether all of these teams will continue to turn out for the series races. Several teams, which appear to be organized around running stores, usually have a good showing at the Adrenaline 5K and, thereafter, participation in the other events is spotty. One new team is the Athena Track Club, comprised of husband and wife, Greg Watson and Cecily Tynan, who were the male and female masters winners of the Caesar Rodney Half-Marathon, plus Julie Hankin and Lorraine Jasper – two good long-time female area runners – and eighty year-old Patrick Nutt. It’s is questionable that this team will stay in the points chase through the series also.

Thanks to all PCVRC participants! Next up is the off-road 10K at the Tyler Arboreteum. The Valley Forge Five Miler is the next Road Series race.

USATF AGE GRADE COMBINED RESULTS
David James – 18:20 86.000 ADR
Epi Camacho – 1:25:54 80.694 ROD
Deborah Compton – 24:12 80.165 ADR
Thomas Steenkamer – 1:26:35 77.998 ROD
Robert Taggart – 22:23 77.885 ADR
Deborah Compton – 1:53:24 76.102 ROD
Theresa Kauffman – 21:22 75.819 ADR
Dirk Sweigart – 19:55 74.059 ADR
Carole Feole – 1:43:18 73.088 ROD
William Kauffman – 1:33:19 72.995 ROD
Theresa Kauffman – 1:39:33 72.359 ROD
Dirk Sweigart – 1:34:16 71.022 ROD
Kelly Horowitz – 1:34:44 70.162 ROD
Dean Coffin – 30:34 69.449 ADR
David McCorquodale – 2:00:38 63.650 ROD
Raymond Christensen – 1:44:01 63.291 ROD
Mudhillun Muqaribu – 1:34:26 62.707 ROD
Connie Montana – 1:56:45 61.085 ROD
Daniel Weintraub – 1:53:32 59.997 ROD
John Schultz – 32:49 59.929 ADR
Michael Peyton – 1:45:55 59.182 ROD
Jack Horowitz – 1:54:26 57.530 ROD
Tara Huang – 1:55:53 56.810 ROD
Ralph McKinney – 29:58 55.951 ADR
John Schultz – 2:44:08 54.478 ROD

Haddonfield (N.J.) Adrenaline 5K
David James – 18:20 1st 55-59
Dirk Sweigart – 19:55
Dean Coffin – 20:34
Theresa Kauffman – 21:22
Bob Taggart – 22:23 2nd 65-69
Deborah Compton – 24:12 1st 60-64
Ralph McKinney – 29:45
John Schultz – 32:49 3rd 70+

Caesar Rodney Half-Marathon
(used band time, not gun time, mainly so I wouldn’t have a time over 2 hrs)
Mark Vilardo – 1:12:05 1st 35-39 4th Overall
Thomas Steenkamer – 1:26:35
Adam Shilling – 1:32:04
Wes Stafford – 1:33:39
Dirk Sweigart – 1:34:10
Chris James – 1:34:24
Kelly Horowitz – 1:34:31
Ryan German – 1:34:42
Theresa Kauffman – 1:39:31 3rd 45-49
Dan Simmons – 1:40:10 3rd 60-64
Tony Chelpaty – 1:42:02
Carole Feole – 1:43:14 3rd 50-54
Dave Farren – 1:43:21
Ray Christensen – 1:43:44
Epi Camacho – 1:47:54
Claire Neilan – 1:49:33
John Hand – 1:50:57
Lorri Fencer – 1:51:09
Deborah Compton – 1:53:16 2nd 60-64
Dan Weintraub – 1:53:24
Jack Horowitz – 1:53:54
Mark Lozier – 1:54:50
Tara Huang – 1:55:33
Connie Montana – 1:55:53
Florian Nettlesheim – 1:57:00
Dave McCorquodale – 1:59:42 2nd 65-69
Bruce Hubbard – 2:01:47
Elena Kupchik – 2:07:24
Rudy Antonini – 2:13:36
Lenora Wagner – 2:23:47
Jerry Herman – 2:30:14
John Schultz – 2:43:31

Caesar Rodney Teams with Pike Creek runners (accumulated time of top five finishers):
Rebel Pikers – 3rd Male Open – 8:40:56
Rebel Creekers – 1st Female Open – 8:56:08

Join us at Boston Send-off Party 4/14
Not sure how many club members actually are signed up for Boston this year after the early close-out last November. But this get-together is more a welcoming of the spring running season and a good reason to get together to swap running tales and future racing goals. We will again be meeting at the Hunter’s Den, 3517 Old Capitol trail, Wilmington, DE 19808. As always we have this of the last Wednesday evening before the Boston Marathon, this year April 14, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.

DE Sports Club Boston Bus
From Tom Fort: Delaware Sports Club’s Boston Bus Trip – We have about 10 seats left on the Boston Bus. We are relaxing the requirements in order to fill the seats. At this point, any one can join us and take in the Boston Marathon celebration. The only limit, we do not want bandits. Please contact Doug White for more information or to make a reservation. 302-588-4880 First come- first served.

Josh wins Catalina!
An item overlooked in the last bulletin: Congratulations to Josh Loren who won the Catalina Marathon on Catalina Island, California. This is a race run on gravel surfaces with constant elevation changes. Everyone describes the scenery as breathtaking. Josh won in a time of 3:02:04, bettering the second finisher by two and a half minutes.

Broad Street Run closing soon
Ralph McKinney reports that online registration for the Broad Street Run 10 Miler to be held on May 2 will probably close by next Thursday. However, it will still be possible to do mail-in registration.

Rome Marathon PCVRC runners
Congratulations to Tricia and Rich Szymanski for completing the Rome Marathon. Trish set a PR with a 4:40:38 time, while Rich finished in 5:17:03, which, according to club prez Ray is “a great time for his training plan”.

Trish’s recap:
Quick recap…. was warm! started out sunny and the warmest day so far but got overcast later on so that was good. NO toilet paper, before, during or AFTER the race in their toi toi (port o pots)…UGH! not sure how many people ran, but it was many more than i thought. it took us over 10 minutes to reach the start. rich and i ran together for the first 10, he kept telling me to leave him but was fine staying w- him until he just said go…so did try to make up time and got negative splits too..woo hoo. but i paid for it in teh end,,the last couple of miles were a struggle….

great medal, and very organized, and rich came in at 517, great time considering the no training! he was not that miserable either. omgosh..the wine here is amazing…!! and cheap!! the first night we got a couple bottles of wine, cheese and crackers and sat on the spanish steps and drank all night. of course, by then, only my sister and i were there..um..well, we couldnt find our way back to ourhotel…despite it being one block from spanish steps..ok..the wine was really good ok!!