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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.
" Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
Thomas Jefferson With this quote in mind: Come join us at one of our many Fun Runs. Or woman for that matter. A good way to achieve your goals or to adjust your attitude is to join your friends for a run. I hope to see you adjusting soon. |
Swarthmore Fun Run - Wednesday |
27 runners and walkers were out last night at a damp and rainy Swarthmore Fun Run. ? people came out to Swarthmore Pizza afterwards for good food and laughs. (I missed the dinner, too wet.) Come on out and join in the fun. All abilities are welcome. |
Something for the Ladies? |
Ladies, do you need an incentive to go jogging? How about Ridley Park (the town, not the park)?
"When I heard one morning last week that Cooper was shooting a scene by Ridley Lake I could stand it no more. I had to go Bradley-hunting myself! I arrived to find Shaw Road in Ridley Park full of trailers and equipment. The crew was filming Bradley in a jogging scene, as he ran up and down Hilltop Rd., near the Haverford Rd. bridge. Most of the crew looked pretty bored as they endured monotonous take after take of the actor running the same distance. But the neighbors were another whole story- they were stoked!"
- By Peg Degrassa in the News of Delaware County
That's right, Bradley Cooper in Ridley Park!!! Hey, whatever works and gets you out on the road. The whole article can be read at the link below.
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Delco RRC Board Meeting - Tuesday Oct 18th |
The next Board meeting is Tuesday October 18th at 7:30. We will meet at Covenant United Methodist Church of Springfield. Address is 212 W. Springfield Road, Springfield, PA 19064.
The meeting will be held in room 3. All are welcome to attend. |
Volunteers Needed for WDF and Delco Cross Country Championships |
Volunteers are needed for this Saturday's Women's Distance Run and Delco Cross Country Championships. Please help out if you can. Volunteers for the WDF are asked to be there by 9am but earlier would be better as there are course set-up needs and course marshalls that will need to be placed. Registration help will also be needed. If you can't volunteer, how about running the race?
The Cross Country Championships start at 1pm and volunteers are needed to be there by noon. Everyone is welcome to run the Alumni race prior to the start of the meet. This is a good and very challenging 5K cross-country course.
Thank you in advance for your support. |
Women's Distance Festival - October 15, 2011 |
October 15, 2011
10:00 am Rain or Shine
Women's Distance Festival
Rose Tree Park
(1671 N. Providence Road, Media, PA)
Delco RRC presents an RRCA event cross-country style!
BUDDY UP: Join our TRAINING RUNS in September and tackle this great cross-county course with assurance. Free training runs on the Rose Tree course every Thursday starting September 15th at 6:30 PM sharp.
Entry fee: $15.00 by September 23, 2011
$20.00 September 24th till the day of the race
$5.00 discount ages 18 and under
Special Buddy up Discount: 2 entries for $25.00 when MAILED TOGETHER by September 23rd
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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
LBI 18 Mile Run - 10/9/11 53 - Jack LaBar - 2:23:59 56 - Steve Whitmore - 2:30:48 Run for Heroes 5K - 10/9/11 42 - Doug Milana - 26:55 Delaward Distanc Classic 15K - 10/9/11 51 - Kevin Cetroni - 1:15:50 |
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Pumpkin Maple Muffins
1 3/4 C. whole wheat pastry flour (or substitute any whole wheat flour)
1/2 C. pecan meal (1.5 oz. pecans, ground)
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1/3 C. maple syrup
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1 C. pumpkin puree (I use canned)
1/2 C. buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 C. butter, melted
1/3 C. raisins
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Whisk together in a large bowl flour through cinnamon.
In a separate bowl, whisk together syrup through raisins.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. Immediately spoon batter into a greased 12-cup muffin tin.
Place in the center of a preheated 375 degree oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. Check muffins after 20 minutes, muffins are done when you lightly touch the top of one of the muffins and it springs back. Let cool for five minutes in the pan and then remove muffins and let cool completely on a wire rack.
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Woman gives birth after running Chicago Marathon |
By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Amber Miller felt contractions just minutes after crossing the finish line at the Chicago Marathon. A few hours later, the suburban Chicago woman - who slogged her way through 26.2 miles while nearly 39 weeks pregnant - delivered a healthy baby girl.
"For me, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. I was running up until that point anyway," Miller told The Associated Press in an interview from the hospital where she was recovering Monday. "I am crazy about running."
Sunday's marathon was the eighth for the 27-year-old, who has been running for more than a dozen years. She found out she was pregnant with her second child days after signing up for the Chicago race and decided to play it by ear on whether or not she would run.
When the baby hadn't been born by Sunday, she got clearance from her doctor to run half. She completed it with a with a half-run half-walk approach, drinking lots of fluids and eating a lot along the way. She finished in 6:25:50, much slower than her usual marathon time, but still content.
"Lots of people were cheering me on: 'Go pregnant lady!'" she said. "I was expecting some negative comments. I don't remember anything."
It was not Miller's first marathon while pregnant.
In May, the Westchester woman ran the Wisconsin Marathon in 4:23:07 while 17 weeks pregnant with her daughter. In 2009, she ran the Indianapolis Marathon in 4:30:27 while she was 18 weeks pregnant with her son Caleb, who's 1.
Elite runners have trained while pregnant, but doctors say Miller is a rarity. She was 38 weeks and five days pregnant. Full-term is typically defined as 40 weeks.
Marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe ran 14 miles a day while pregnant and resumed training weeks after the birth of her first child. She won the New York City Marathon in 2007 just 10 months after delivery. American marathoner Kara Goucher, who gave birth to her son last year, also trained while pregnant, running 80 miles a week at times.
"It's probably the rare woman who is in good enough shape to run a marathon while pregnant. It's probably the exception more than the rule," said Dr. Priya Rajan, an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
Medical guidelines generally say that if a woman was a runner and healthy before she got pregnant, running during pregnancy is fine. Doctors even recommend exercise for low-risk pregnancies. However, medical experts agree that pregnancy is not the time to begin any exercise endeavors, such as starting marathon training for the first time. For pregnant runners, close monitoring by a doctor is recommended.
Miller who was looking forward to getting rest, said she the only effects she felt from the marathon, which she finished around 3:30 p.m., were blisters on her feet. She was just happy to see her daughter June, who was born at 10:29 p.m. at 7 pounds, 13 ounces with no complications.
If she had to do the whole day over?
"Definitely again," she said. "It'll be a story to remember.".
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Upcoming Races This Week | |
Saturday, October 15, 2011
8:30 AM Old School Trail Run
5 Mile Race or 1 Mile Adventure Walk - to raise money for the Challenged Athletes Foundation. CAF provide opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.
Location: Wissahickon Park, Forbidden Drive at Northwestern Avenue, Phila., PA
Website: www.oldschooltrailrun.com
Contact: Cliff Sharpe
Saturday, October 15, 2011
6:45 AM 14th Annual Great Eastern State Breakout Race
5K and 1/2 mile Kids Fun Run
Location: Brown Street Lawn, 22nd and Brown Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 19130
Website: www.breakout5k.com
Contact: Nina Liou
Phone: 215-235-2767
Saturday, October 15, 2011
9:00 AM registration; 10:00 race 5K - A Women's Distance Festival
A DELCO RRC CROSS COUNTRY EVENT. BUDDY UP: Join our training runs in September and tackle this great cross country course with assurance. Free training runs on the Rose Tree course every Thursday starting September 15th at 6:30 PM sharp. For course map, click on "Related Article" below. Sponorship opportunities available at reasonable rates.
The WDF celebrates the determination, dedication and grit of women runners, and this year we're doing it again cross-country style. Run on a softer, grassy surface that's kinder on the joints than pavement. Enjoy the challenge of the rolling hills and a single creek crossing. Last year, for the first time, we supported Philly Girls in Motion, a volunteer-driven organization that engages girls in activities that encourage fitness and good nutrition. In turn, the organization supports healthy body image, confidence and good decision making processes. Our generous 2011 race sponsors include The Running Place; Swiss Farms; State Farm Agent Rose Pennington; Robert Lista Plumbing 484-432-6039; Gormley Electric 484-432-1271; Custom Bagels; Burlap and Bean Coffee; Great Harvest Bread Co.
Location: Rose Tree Park, 1671 N. Providence Road (Rt. 252), Media, PA. Registration opens at 9:00 AM at gazebo.
Website: www.womensdistancefestival.com
Contact: Dawn Patterson
Phone: 610-804-3407
Saturday, October 15, 2011
9:00 AM Run for the Buds
5K and 1/2 Marathon
Location: Rockford Park, Wilmington, DE
Website: www.runforthebudsde.org
Contact: Sean Gilligan
Phone: 302-293-8365
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| Marathon runner caught bus to the finish line |
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By Anita Singh in The Telegraph - England
Rob Sloan claimed third place in the Kielder Marathon after completing the 26.2 mile course in an impressive time of 2:51:00.
But suspicions were raised by fellow runners bemused that they had not seen Sloan pass them during Sunday's race.
After initially denying any wrongdoing, Sloan admitted to hopping onto a bus at the 20-mile mark because he was feeling tired. He then re-emerged from a wooded area of the course and picked up the bronze medal.
Witnesses reported seeing him hide behind a tree until the first and second placed runners went past, then rejoining the race behind them.
The 31-year-old now faces dismissal from his club, Sunderland Harriers, and could be banned from taking part in future marathons.
Steve Cram, the former world record holder and organiser of the race in Kielder Water, Northumberland, said: "He was the only runner in the whole of the race who ran the second half quicker than the first half."
Sloan, a former Army mechanic from Downhill, Sunderland, was seen boasting to reporters minutes after completing the event. He described the race as "absolutely, unbelievably tough".
When his placing was brought into doubt, he was indignant.
"I'm upset and angry that someone wants to cast these aspersions. It's laughable, is what it is," he insisted.
However, after organisers launched an investigation, he confessed to hitching a ride.
The bus was one of 12 laid on to ferry spectators around the lakeside course, which has been dubbed "Britain's most beautiful marathon".
A statement from the organisers said: "The athlete who was disqualified on Sunday after initially placing third has admitted that he failed to complete the whole course of 26.2 miles.
"Rob Sloan of Sunderland Harriers had apparently made the decision to withdraw from the race at approximately 20 miles due to fatigue and after returning to the Leaplish Park area he decided to run the closing section of the course and crossed the finish line in third place.
"This was rightly questioned by several witnesses including the rightful third place finisher, Steven Cairns of Peebles, Scotland, who has been awarded the prize."
Sloan won a 10k race on Saturday and that result appears to hold firm.
He joined Sunderland Harriers a few months ago. Ann Lillie, club treasurer and vice-president, said: "It's a bit of a shock. We have a good reputation and obviously this has brought the club into disrepute.
"It's not the kind of advertising we need. We'll be discussing Rob's future when the executive committee meets next week."
The runner later awarded the bronze medal, Steven Cairns, was one of those who shared their suspicions with organisers.
Writing on Facebook, he said: "I was third the whole way but somehow I crossed the line and was given fourth! He has stolen my glory and my moment on the podium.
"I started to doubt myself as he was adamant he had gone past me. I could understand him taking the goody bag and the t-shirt but to do the press interview claiming he was third..."
In 2009, Anthony Gaskell, 69, became the fastest pensioner to run the London Marathon when he finished in a record three hours and five minutes.
However, it emerged later that he took a short cut that knocked 10 miles off the course and his name was removed from the results.young by joining us on one of our many Fun Runs and make new friends. |
| Happy Birthday!!! |
 Upcoming Delco RRC birthdays this week: Rita Jordan-Keller (Thu 10/13), David Dwyer (Tue 10/18), Chris Commans (Wed 10/19). Stay young by joining us on one of our many Fun Runs and make new friends. |
| Book Club |
Check back to see when the next meeting will be and what book will be discussed. |
| 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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Sincerely,
Bill McGurk
Delco Road Running Club |
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