Radnor Run Steeplechase 5K results
Pike Creek Valley Running Club had a great individual showing at the Radnor Run Steeplechase 5K on Aug. 22, the sixth event in the MA-USATF Off-Road Series. Josh Loren won the race and Austin Gee was third overall. The club had the second highest age-grade total and maintains its second place overall in the series. The final event in this series is the Delaware Cross Country Championships on November 27 at Brandywine Creek State Park. In the individual standings, Josh Loren leads the Open Male category by one point, Tom Jermyn is second male master behind by one point and Fred Shufflebarger leads the Senior Male category by three points.

Place Time Name Age Grade
1 18:09 Josh Loren 71.258
3 19:10 Austin Gee 67.304
21 20:57 Tom Jermyn 68.275
22 21:02 Tom Steenkamer 70.681
27 21:40 Chris James 60.846
38 22:38 Bob Kleszics 66.200
102 26:11 Rich Syzmanski 54.169
142 28:43 Lorri Fencer 57.690
224 32:43 Jim Durkin 55.272
333 42:18 John Schultz 47.478

NUN RUN 5K VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Ray is race director for http://www.NunRun5K.org. The race is Saturday 9/18 (day before RNR Philly Half). In return for providing volunteers, we’ll have a PCVRC table and our banner. If you won’t be running, please contact to volunteer – probably for traffic control or serving Twin Lakes beer from a keg! Any help is appreciated.

Northern Delaware Greenway Trail completed
For those who haven’t seen the article in last week’s News Journal:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010308270016

Race Results:
Congrats to Andy Jakubowitch, who completed Ironman Louisville in a total time of 10:20:43 (including a 3:38:40 marathon).

Tom Jermyn was second overall and first master in the Glasgow Fiasco 5K on Aug. 21 in a time of 18:04.

Pike Creekers comprised four of the top twelve finishers in the sparsely attended Judy Johnson 5K on Aug. 25. Chris James was second overall in 18:57.

In the Tim Russell Memorial 5K, an event timed by Races2Run in Hershey, PA, Lynn Knothe ran 18:42, a time which would win her many races around here. However, this event had money prizes five deep and drew a strong field. The female winner ran 16:43 and the male winner ran 14:37.

McCorq’s Fun Run is this Thursday.
McCorq’s Fun Run is rapidly approaching. Details are available at: http://www.pcvrc.com/eventlistitem.php?id=20. The more people who are here at six, the easier it will be to handicap the race and have a count for ordering food. Please park in the parking lot off of Milltown Road, in back of our house. There will be a sign near the entrance and more signs directing you to the back gate of our property. Do not park on Ipswich Drive because that’s where we will be running.

ONE LAST THING: We are in the midst of one more summer heat wave. It’s forecast to be 92 on Thursday and it won’t be far off the high of the day at 6:30 p.m. Be sure to drink plenty of water leading up to the run. Although this is a competitive event, it’s more important to have fun and have everyone finish the run safely. Everyone is a winner at McCorq’s. You don’t have to race if the heat is too much.

PCVRC Seeks Sponsors
To help put the club in a better financial position to offer more to members and prospective members, our Board has approved a Sponsorship program. As you’ll read on the website “Sponsor” page, there are multiple levels to allow businesses to select their degree of support. We feel that we provide valuable recognition, including the new “sponsor area” on most pages of our website. Please read through it and contact Ray or another board member if
you know of a business which may be interested (especially if operated by a club member or related to running or fitness).

Feel free to forward the sponsorship info. Any sponsor who commits to Gold or Silver levels within the next 2 weeks can have their logo included on this year’s DDC high quality race shirt.

Can your business (or one you know of) become a club sponsor?

Past week race results:
In the Eighth Highway One Group 10K in Dewey Beach, Mark Vilardo was second overall in 33:52. In the accompanying 5K Sheila Vilardo was the female winner in 21:15.

In the Olde New Castle Five Miler, Kelly Horowitz was the female winner in 33:05. Twelve other Pike Creekers won age group awards. The club has a couple of connections to the race as Rudy Antonini has been a long-time member of the race committee and race director Jim Steele joined PCVRC the evening before the race at the club’s fun run at Glasgow Park. Not coincidentally, Rudy wore race number 1. It is not clear to me, why I was given race number 2. Results can be seen at: http://www.trisportsevents.com/pdfs/Results_10_Old_New_Castle_5_Mile_Run2.pdf.

From Dirk Sweigart:
You’re all invited to Happy Hours with me at Catherine Rooney’s Thursday night 8/19. I “won” this somehow so what the heck. Here’s the scoop. Time is 6 PM to 8 PM Thursday August 19th. For those who are “in the party”, beer is $2, rail drinks $2 and house wine $4. They will give us an appetizer for every 5 people. In the interest of full disclosure, I get a $10 gift card for every 10 people but…just so you know I mean the best, the first drink is on me for every single person providing you introduce yourself and are a friend of a Rebel or a Pike Creeker.

I am also trying to put together a run for 5 PM so if you prefer to run first then party (like me).

Also, I know many of you run at Delcastle Thursday night…so go ahead and then come down afterwards. You can surely get there by 7:59 and the deal is still good right up until the clock strikes!

An RSVP would be nice as CR’s would like a count….but not required. Or call me at 302-545-7047. Hope you can drop in!

McCorq’s Fun Run: send your recent 5K best time
McCorq’s Fun Run is rapidly approaching. All the details are available on events page.
However, I’m still waiting for people to start sending me their best 5K times of the previous 12 months. I also want to remind people that the motto of the run is “Everbody’s a winner!” That has literally been true because the participants are willing to bring running related prizes, including things they’ve won at races, but can’t use themselves. Everyone wins something. So let me know if you have items to contribute before I panic and go to a dollar store!

Glasgow Park fun run this Friday
Adam Shilling is helping organize a 5K fun run on 8/13. Free to members and guests. “Registration” starts at 6:00pm for a race time of 6:15. Directions & parking info at events page.

News from the President:
New Balance, Delaware sponsors PCVRC
Part of our effort to improve the club involves raising funds so we can promote events and provide more services to members and the local running community. We’re working out details of a sponsorship program and are happy to announce that New Balance (Brandywine & Christiana stores) has presented PCVRC with a $500 donation.

Store manager Jamie Graham (a Certified Pedorthist) has also agreed to offer all PCVRC members a 20% discount at both locations! Just mention that you’re a member and they will confirm your name in their database. Jamie specializes in fitting you in the proper shoe and sometimes runs with us at Delcastle on Thursday evenings.

We’re seeking additional sponsors, who will receive the benefits of links on our website, logo on the DDC race shirt, a “Links for runners” ad in our
eBulletin and more. A “PCVRC Sponsorship” PDF will be distributed soon. If
you know of a potential sponsor, just forward the info to them or contact Ray with any questions.

Delaware Marathon recognizes club’s assistance
Club members (& DE Marathon running festival organizers) Wayne Kursh and Joel Schiller recently presented PCVRC with a $250 check “in thanks for our help in making the event run smoothly.” Thank you again to all of you who volunteered to load water into containers, stuff runner packets, work as course marshals, and offered other forms of assistance!

McCorq’s Handicapped 5K Challenge
McCorq’s Handicapped 5K Challenge will be in three short weeks. Send in your best 5K time of past year. All the details are available at the events page.

Past week’s race results:

In the Kids Fund 5K, Matt Cutrona was the overall winner in 17:38 and Lynn Knothe was the female winner in 20:10. Tom Jermyn was 4th overall and Epi Camacho was sixth overall.

Mark Vilardo was second overall at the Classic Catering 5K at the Rusty Rudder in 15:54.

From Theresa Kauffman:
I’m happy to report that on Saturday I ran the Beach to Beacon 10k [aka Joanie’s race because Joan Benoit trained on these roads in her youth]. [It]… has always been a “dream” race for me.

The temp. was 53 and ideal race conditions…the best in 11 years…the course and finish is spectacular. I understand the lighthouse was the first commissioned in the US-also the most photographed. With the ocean back-drop it was just breathtaking. It is also very competitive. Women’s winner ran a 29.55 and the top five men ran 27s. If you think the Masters are tough here..check out the results.

The race awards top 5 in each ag and I was lucky (by 8 seconds) to capture 5th place 45-49 in 43.20. The awards are based on CHIP time. My age-grade was 78.1% which is my highest ever. I guess the Maine air helped!

It is tough to get in.., I found that out the more I talked with people…. Also, Joan Benoit Samuelson told the crowd that she thanked her husband Scott for volunteering as HE DID NOT get in with regular or lottery registration. Now that says it all….

Personal note on the Around the Lake Marathon:
In my unkind review of this race in the last bulletin, I did not mention that there were no marathon finisher medals, that there were only awards for the top three male and female finishers with no age group awards, and the results did not include the ages of the finishers. So it has taken a while to ascertain where I would have finished in an age group, by finding the ages of the pre-registered people and matching those people to the names of the finishers, and that’s assuming that someone in my age group faster than me didn’t walk up the day of the race and register. Given all that, I would have finished 2nd in a 60-69 AG or first in a 65-69 AG. Small consultation! Mark Lozier believes he would not have placed in a 50-59 AG.

Club Events
See photos of our hot 7/24 Summer BBQ hosted by Mark & Sheila Vilardo here

Next Club 5K Fun Run: Fri 8/13 at Glasgow Park
Come and bring guests to our free 6pm Friday Fun Run (the evening before Old New Castle 5 Miler). See Events page for
details and to RSVP if you’ll be running or just attending.

More participants at Wed & Thurs group runs…
If you can ever make it to Delcastle at 6pm Wed or Thurs, go for it! We expect to have additional runners (and walkers too) as participants in The Wellness Community’s “Strides for Hope” program get ready for their marathon or half marathon at Rock’n’Roll Las Vegas in December. There will be new runners who appreciate advice as well as people to train with. Visit
http://www.wellnessdelaware.org/events/strides.php for information.

McCorq’s Fun Run Handicap Challenge will be, as always, the Thursday before Labor Day weekend, which is September 2. This year there will be a slight and, hopefully, fun twist to the course. The idea started in my attempt to get the start and finish to occur in front of my house, rather than in front of a certain cranky neighbor’s house. Details in a later e-mail. However, as past participants know, the handicap for the race is based on your best 5K time in the past 12 months. So its not too early to start letting me know the time you are going to use.

Race Results:
Matt Cutrona was second overall in the Kid Shelleen’s 5K in 18:02.
Theresa Kauffman was the overall female winner in the Kid’s health 5K in 20:55.
Mark Vilardo was the overall winner in the Venus on the Half-Shell 5K in 15:37 and Lynn Knothe was the overall female winner in 18:41. Mark broke his own age-group state record by seven seconds.

In what was almost a family clean sweep at the Dewey Beach Liquors 5K at the Cork, Mark Vilardo was the overall winner in 16:06, while wife Sheila was second overall female in 21:09. Mark and Sheila are our hosts for the BBQ on Saturday.

View photos of our 7/9 “Running of the Judge 5K” here

Somerville Road Runners Around the Lake Marathon
Mark Lozier – 4:03:45
Dave McCorquodale – 4:21:15

Review: Mark is trying to re-qualify for Boston and is pointing toward the Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon on October 10 for his serious attempt. We went to this marathon as a training run.

It was “interesting”, but I wouldn’t do it again. With this race starting at 7 P.M> on Friday evening, there were areas that were poorly lit. The asphalt sidewalk portions were rippled and even a few curbs, so when it got dark I found myself scuffling along. I ran in the street as much as the shoulders and traffic would allow to avoid that. The first couple of laps, where there was concrete, I ran on a little single track dirt path worn in the grass for softer landing. But I noticed small rocks sticking out, so I avoided that after dark. I suspect one guy tried running there and tripped. As I went by on the sixth lap, another runner called out that the guy’s face was bleeding.

The course had an initial section of .85 miles and then eight loops of 3.17. The timing mat caught our times at the end of each loop.

Another loop course problem – lots of 50 states slowpokes and relay walkers, for the 12 or 24 hour events, who would be two or three abreast on the sidewalk. Ignorant! The weather(about 74 at start, dry and breezy) was great compared to lately, but I have read and agree that anything above 60 degrees affects your body and slows you down some.

Recommendation: Avoid this one.

Scott Hodukavich: BOMF 20 in 24
The following is an account written by club member in exile (to South Carolina) Scott Hodukovich of his participation in the 24 race in Philadelphia last weekend. Many of the names referenced on Traildawgs

A final thanks to everyone that contributed in some way, even just an
encouraging word, to the Back on My Feet 24 hour run to benefit those less fortunate. I had a goal of $500 in contributions to BOMF and ended up with $656. Don’t forget – it’s a 501c, so donations are tax-deductable!
And special thanks to everyone that came up at the race to show their
support – was very much appreciated!

I’m better (but not much) with pictures than with writing, so here are
pictures from the race. They are also posted on FB, but this photoshow has
music and you can make it full screen if you want:
http://smilebox.com/playEmail/4d5467774d5467324e7a6c384d7a6b324e4441354d6a6b 3d0d0a&sb=1

I decided to run BOMF back in March when I was out in Philly for work and
running the course on my own on a rainy day. It seemed like a nice enough
course, with the rowers on the river and all. I knew Jen Erickson had run
it and I’d seen the Runners World videos of Jen Van Allen & Keith Straw.
So I was inspired by all them. I’ve never run 100 miles in 24 hours
before, so this seemed like a good place to try. It’s all flat – how hard
can it be? I did not know anyone else running it, but seemed like a good
excuse to come back for a visit.

It was a pleasant surprise to find out within the last month that 4 other
Traildawgs had also signed up. Jen Erickson was back along with Dave Resler
& Billy Oosterom. Even Jeff Englebrecht signed up again at the last
minute. They all sent out writeups to the Dawg list. I can’t add too much
more, but I will say it was a genuine pleasure to run with all of them.
Just wished I could have kept up…. Thanks to Dave for driving up and
back to Philly from Newark! If it was up to me, I would have slept all day
in the Azelia garden up there….

After I signed up & committed to raising $ for this race, was less
pleasantly surprised when I learned Laurie Reinhart was running Vermont.
Happy for Laurie, but wish I could have been there too. She crewed for me
at VT (along with Pete McLaughlin). She had a crew already lined up and
she had an amazing run. 24:37 – wow! VT is not exactly flat….. The
only one in our group who came close to that pace was Jen, who ran 11 1/2
laps or 94 miles in 24 hours. Bill, Jeff & I got in 10 loops each (84
miles). Dave did 9 loops. Jen, Jeff, Dave & Bill all beat their previous
BOMF distances. I still did not come close to 100m in 24h, but was a good
experience nevertheless.

Thanks to J-Lo for letting me hang out there all weekend! (J-Lo is getting
into exterras – Don’t tell the tabloids!)

Big, Big thanks to Roxanne & Dave Strine for driving out to Philly &
returning my cooler – filled with ice yet! You two are life savers…

Thanks to my Vegan Ironman friend Jen Clark who rode her bike out to come
lend support. Of course, all the Traildawgs too (Fred, Eva, Hunt, Steve,
and super speedy Angus). Was nice to hear from Greta overnight by phone.

Rebel Rich Symanski caught me by surprise on lap 5 when he ran up with a
cooler full of beer & gatorade – what more could you ask for? He even
cleared it with the local bike cops… As soon as I started lap 6, Rebels
Dan & Smarty show up and paced me in their van for a mile. Officially
you’re not allowed pacers on bikes, but don’t think I ever heard anyone say
cars weren’t allowed…. Smarty was back again at 5;30 am along with
Sharon for the pajama run. So was Tom Jermyn. And then Andrea came out
of nowhere too. Of course, newly married Tex was there all night working,
and I met Amy too. There were Rebels all over the place….

Columbia runners couldn’t be there, but they’ve been supportive in all kinds
of ways too. I also picked up a lot from Lisa “50 miles in 50 states”
Smith-Batchen who taught me the importance of keeping good posture and a
good stride in your walk breaks to improve you time.

Always a pleasure to see Ron & Helene Horn! Man, I miss Pretzel City
races…. There is nothing like a Half-Wit Half Marathon in South Carolina.

Hopefully I haven’t bored you all too much. Not sure what’s next. Maybe working with Greta to do her first 100! It’s just a number…..(OK it is a darn big one)
– Scott

Annual Club BBQ – Saturday 7/24
The PCVRC is hosting it’s annual Summer BBQ on Saturday, July 24.
Where: Mark Vilardo’s House – 222 Cornell Drive –
Bear, DE 19701

Time: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

As usual the club will provide hotdogs, hamburgers, beer, soda and water. We ask that each club member/family bring a side dish or dessert to share. Please also bring a lawn chair.

Please RSVP by 7/22 through the PCVRC facebook page or to so that we make sure we have enough food for everyone. Hope to see you there!

You can get directions using this
Mapquest location

Input needed for PCVRC club t-shirt
New club tee-shirt coming! The club needs your input on the design. At the last board meeting, it was decided that the club would design a new tee-shirt. It will be a gray shirt with green lettering and/or logo. The logo will be smaller and placed over the heart area. However, we would like to know members opinions on a couple of questions. Attached is a word document which has two drawings of the logo we have been using and a small version of the older club logo.

1. Do you prefer the logo we have been using, the older logo or something new?
2. If you prefer a new logo, do you have a design for it. Don’t worry. We will consult a graphic designer a new design is preferred and if no club member submits anything.
3. Is it OK if the club tee shirt has the name and website of the club on the back of the shirt? Or would you prefer the shirt have nothing on the back

The running of “The Judge 5K”.
About 15 runners and a couple of walkers gathered at Dirk Sweigart’s house in Drummond Hill last Friday evening to run an easy loop around the Judge Morris State Park grounds. For those who haven’t done it before, the loop is a bit over three miles long. Leaving from access near the development, the first half is mostly downhill and the second half is mostly uphill, whether one initially goes clockwise or counter-clockwise. Since it was in the 80s and humid, it was a bit tough although Theresa Kauffman had no trouble doing the thing twice. Club Secretary Jerry Herman got the “bloody-well-done” award after catching his foot on a root and skinning his right knee.

Dirk was a wonderful host, serving up burgers, dogs and beer along with a few side dishes people brought. Prez Ray treated us to an improved retelling on “The Great Pennsylvania Pot Bust”, which will soon be recorded by Arlo Guthrie for his Alice’s Restaurant Revisited album. And a splendid time was had by all. Most hope Dirk can host another get-together although we are also hoping that a huge bulldozer flattens out the terrain.

Race Results:
Epi Camacho was second overall in the Prevent Child Abuse 5K at Rockford Park in 19:16.
Mark Vilardo was second overall in Catherine Rooney’s 5K for Ulster Project in 15:33. Lynn Knothe was first overall female in 19:46.

Theresa Kauffman was first female runner in Mimi’s Run in 21:36 (after two loops of Judge Morris the evening before).
Mark Vilardo was the winner of the North Beach 5K in 15:54. Lynn Knothe was the female winner in 19:20.