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Delco Road Runners Club Mission
A. To promote regular running as a life-long activity that will enhance the physical, mental and emotional well being of people of all ages.
B. To sponsor weekly fun-runs in Delaware County neighborhoods for fun and fellowship.
C. To promote communication and camaraderie among area runners.
D. To facilitate competitive racing and team competition for all interested members.
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| Hello Delco RRC |
Have something interesting to add to the email? Forward it to me at info@delcorrc.com. Thanks to those that always give me support. "If it is to be, it is up to me."
Brian Crane - Creator of the Pickles cartoon With this quote in mind: Ten very powerful words when strung together. It is up to you to be whatever you want. Good luck! Come join us at one of our many Fun Runs. We'll be happy to help you out. |
Tyler Trail Race Volunteers - April 2nd | |
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Spring Fling - Save the Date - April 9th |
Hi Everyone!
Please note that the Spring Fling is quickly approaching and we need to get the numbers to the caterer very soon. If you are planning to come to this event and have not yet paid, please do so. You may find Mary Beth in person or mail her a check at the address below.
It's time to kick off your running shoes and put on your dancing shoes for an evening of dancing, dinner, and laughs as we get together for our annual Spring Fling. Join in the dancing as our instructor/ DJ teaches us simple and fun dances in between letting us loose to dance our own way to favorite songs. If you need a bit of fresh air, a deck overlooking the river is just outside.
This year's Spring Fling will be held at the West End Boat Club (500 West 2nd St., Essington, PA 19029) on April 9 from 7 PM to 11 PM. The cost is $25 per person and will include dinner and dancing. There will be a cash bar. Cash or checks (made payable to Delco RRC) may be mailed to Mary Beth Mundy at 214 Blunston Ave./ Collingdale PA 19023. Please RSVP by April 1, 2011. Questions can be emailed to marybethmundy@yahoo.com or diane.rowe@gmail.com. |
Swarthmore Fun Run - Wednesday |
34 runners and walkers were out last night at the Swarthmore Fun Run. 18 people came out to Swarthmore Pizza afterwards for good food and laughs. Come on out and join in the fun. All abilities are welcome. |
2011 Membership Renewal Drive |
2011 Membership Renewal Drive If you haven't already done so please fill out your membership form for 2011. Here is a link to the form. Please print and fill out this form then - mail your completed form to DELCO RRC, P.O. Box 1811, Media, PA 19063 OR - give your completed form to any board member ***Newer members that have joined on or after 9/1/10 do not need to submit a form for 2011.**** PLEASE SUBMIT FORMS BY 4/11/10 No update this week. |
How Sports May Focus the Brain |
Who can cross a busy road better, a varsity wrestler or a psychology major? That question, which seems to beg for a punch line, actually provided the motivation for an unusual and rather beguiling new experiment in which student athletes were pitted against regular collegians in a test of traffic-dodging skill. The results were revelatory.
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The Running Place and Excel Physical Therapy |
This Friday, April 1st, is the special night set aside exclusively for the DELCO RRC at The Running Place (TRP) from 6:30 p.m. to about 8:30 p.m.
Excel Physical Therapy will be providing a free Functional Movement Screen (FMS) to those who signed up. (Please see previous Delco RRC newsletters for description of FMS.) Although at this time all slots are full, Excel has offered to provide a free Functional Movement Screen (FMS) at its facilities at a later date for anyone wishing to do so and attending the Delco RRC Night at TRP this Friday. In addition to the FMS, this Friday Excel Physical Therapy will provide injury screens and advice.
Also, TRP will provide discounts on shoes and apparel to all Delco RRC members, as well as free beer and pizza.
Thanks,
Pattie and Bill at The Running Place
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Races to Run this Week | |
Saturday, April 02, 2011
9:00 AM Get the Lead Out
10K / 5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Run / Walk
Location: Wissahickon HS
Website: www.2young2go.org/race/regWorks.php
Contact: Bill Kasenchar
Phone: 215-313-8698
Saturday, April 02, 2011
3:00 PM St. Tim's 5K Fun Run / Walk
5K Fun Run / Walk - Proceeds from this race will be going towards St. Timothy's and their Community Out-Reach Programs including The Life Center of Eastern Delaware County, which provides food, clothing and shelter to many men, women and children in need of support.
Location: St. Timothy's Lutheran Church, 535 Lamp Post Lane, Aston, PA 19014
Website: www.runtheday.com
Contact: Catherine Vicente
Phone: 610-551-2218
Saturday, April 02, 2011
9:00 AM Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Race
THE RACE HAS FILLED - TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR - The Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Run will become your favorite early-spring race. Runners of all speeds and abilities are welcome to test themselves against this fast and challenging course. It runs through the heart of the beautiful and historic Tyler Arboretum in suburban Philadelphia and features many elevation changes and four shallow creek crossings. The field will be limited to 400 runners in 2011. Sign up now to grab your spot in the field. This 18th annual race is presented by the Delaware County Road Runners Club, one of the oldest and best known running clubs in the Philadelphia area. Delco RRC is affiliated with the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
Location: Tyler Arboretum, 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063
Website: www.TylerTrailRun.com
Contact: John Greenstine
Phone: 610-891-0806
Email: click to send email
Saturday, April 02, 2011
10:00 Run Walk Roll for Brain Injury
5k track and timed course; for beginner runners, a fun, supportive run; for kids, families, and those who don't run, a healthy 1 mile walk; for those on two wheels, a good 1 mile roll.
Location: Tyler State Park, 101 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA
Website: www.active.com
Contact: Rachel Bastian
Sunday, April 03, 2011
3:00 PM 6th annual Kevin Cain Make My Day
5k Run and 1 Mile Walk
Location: Havertown, PA (Annunciation Parish Hall)
Website: www.runtheday.com
Contact: Rose Cain
Sunday, April 03, 2011
8:15 AM New Hope-Solebury
5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Run
Location: New Hope Solebury Upper Elementary Gym, 180 W. Bridge St., New Hope, Pa
Website: www.bucks5kseries.com/11_rc2_nh-s.htm
Sunday, April 03, 2011
10:00 AM April Fool's Run
7K and 11K Runs - The course will take place on the Atlantic City Boardwalk with a 7K, yes a 7K and an 11K, you heard it right. Race Start will be in front of Showboat Casino. Beer at the finish line, entertainment, the entire race on the boardwalk.
Location: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
Website: www.acmarathon.org
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| Race Results - send in your race results to info@delcorrc.com | |
 When you send in your race results, please include the following: Name of race, date of race, your age, time, any age group award. Thanks
Sun Trust National Marathon - 3/26/11
43 - Greg Milbourne - 3:47:16
Caesar Rodney 1/2 Marathon - 3/27/11
37 - Chris McGoldrick - 1:22:14
44 - Paul Randolph - 1:23:25 (3rd in age grp)
37 - Cecile Daurat-Thompson - 1:30:50 (3rd in age grp)
32 - Mike Nichols - 1:32:06
45 - Matt Morse - 1:36:39
60 - Nick Sacchetti - 1:37:33
56 - Larry Filtz - 1:37:36
56 - Steve Whitmore - 1:38:15
41 - Noreen Beresford - 1:40:20
53 - Jack LaBar - 1:40:37
63 - Byron Mundy - 1:41:20
37 - Carrie McGoldrick - 1:43:06
50 - Mike Gormley - 1:45:16
52 - Bill McGurk - 1:47:12
38 - Janet Smith - 1:49:15
45 - Diane Lista - 1:54:46
44 - Jeff Crasky - 1:55:40
41 - Susan Affleck - 2:00:34
60 - Terry Adamson - 2:03:59
31 - Diane Rowe - 2:09:12
46 - Bridget Morse - 2:09:17
60 - Diane McManus - 2:17:25
46 - Meg Nilan - 2:17:20
57 - Kathy Adamson - 2:17:20
58 - Maryann Cassidy - 3:03:21
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| Happy Birthday!!! |
 Upcoming Delco RRC birthdays this week: Shane Kokoska and Michelle Waters (Thu 3/31), Doug Milana (Sun 4/3), Terry Adamson (Tue 4/5), Amy Binder (Wed 4/6). Stay young by joining us on one of our many Fun Runs and make new friends. |
| Book Club |
 The next Book Club meeting will be at 1:30 on April 10th at Shirley's home. Contact Shirley at weber720@comcast.net
The next book is Tinkers by Paul Harding. 2009. 192 pages. Winner of 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
An astonishing first novel of memory, consciousness, and man's place in the natural world.
An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs, wool jackets, rusty tools, and the mangled brass works of antique clocks. Soon, the clouds from the sky above plummet down on top of him, followed by the stars, till the black night covers him like a shroud. He is hallucinating, in death throes from cancer and kidney failure.
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost seven decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.
Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation to the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.
All Club members are welcome to take part. Email me at info@delcorrc.com if you have any questions. |
| Pictures |
 If you take pictures at club events or already have pictures of recent club events/races, we have set up a Picasa web account for club members to use. This will enable the Club to keep an archive of pictures in one location which will be viewable by everyone. If you are interested in uploading pictures to our site, contact me and I will give you the login information. Click HERE to email me and get the needed information. Bill
Click HERE to view previously uploaded pictures. |
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Message Board - If you have something to get out in a hurry, this is the place to do it.
Emails - If you want to have something posted in the weekly email, contact me (Bill) at this info@delcorrc.com. | |
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Remember, this is your forum to get information out to the club. Please send in your ideas.
Sincerely,
Bill McGurk
Delco Road Running Club |
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