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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.
With this quote in mind: What is wrong with this picture? I hope you would be setting the example, a good one, by actually walking up those stairs. Come out to a one of our many Fun Runs. We'll help you get in shape so that you won't need or even more importantly, want to take the escalator.
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| Swarthmore Fun Run - Every Wednesday - Our Most Attended Fun Run! |
39 runners and walkers joined up at the Swarthmore Fun Run last night. 15 people went to Swarthmore Pizza after the run to enjoy good food, drink and friends. Remember, you don't have to run to join us for dinner. Come on out and join in the fun. All abilities are welcome both to the run/walk and to eat.
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| WDF Pictures and Thank You |
Here is a link to pictures taken by John Greenstine. WDF Pictures
I want to thank all the volunteers who came out Saturday for the Women's Distance Festival 5K Cross Country Run. I appreciate everything that everyone did on Saturday. An extra thank you to Shirley Weber who put together the food and drinks for all the runners and volunteers, Steve Whitmore for organizing the course marshals, Amy Binder for her quick writing at the registration table and John Greenstein for the beautiful pictures. It was a gorgeous day and the club received many, many thank you's for hosting this race.
Thank you,
Dawn
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| Delco Cross Country Championships |
The forty ninth annual Delaware County Cross Country Championships were successfully directed by our club last Saturday October 6 at Rose Tree Park, Media. Seven hundred and fifty six runners from twenty Delaware County high schools registered for the event. Five hundred and forty nine runners finished the course. The weather was partly cloudy with temperature in the seventies.
The Cardinal OHara boys team won for the fourth straight year with a blowout score of 19 points. They are currently ranked 5th in the nation for high school teams. Strath Haven girls won their second straight championship with 65 points. OHara was a close second with 71.
Many thanks to meet directors Steve Whitmore, Tom Brazill, and Martin Deeney who all did an excellent job with the meet. Many thanks to all the other volunteers who contributed to the meet including Ted Jones,Amy Binder, Jon Greenstine, Bridget Morse, Bob Fyfe, Dawn Patterson, Fran Deeney, Mark Deeney, Bryan Deeney, Mike Gormley, Terry Adamson, Jen Sacher, Chrissy Ribble, Diane Lista, Kelly OBrien, Katie Douglas, Bob Zwaan, Bill Weber, Shirley Weber, Dean Dennis, Mike Metague, John Ashton, Cheryl Cantlin, Tony DiLucido, Pat Hicks, Bob Magalon, and Byron Mundy.
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Race Results
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 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
2nd Annual Runnin' Trails for Waggin' Tails 5K - 9/30/2012
39 - Kevin Bohrer - 30:44
Women's Distance Festival 5K Cross-Country Race - 10/6/2012
Maria Newport - 28:31 (1st in age grp)
Cara Greenspan - 29:08 (2nd in age grp)
Bridget Morse - 33:28
Maridel Whitmore - 33:38
Meg Nilan - 34:02
Liliya Yatsunik - 34:40
Kathy Adamson - 35:12
Rita Jordan-Keller - 35:55 (2nd in age grp)
Joan Boselli - 38:12
Jen Patterson - 39:50
Delco Cross-Country Alumni 5K Race - 10/6/2012
26 - Greg Brazill - 23:02
52 - John Ashton - 24:51
West Mt. Airy Day Neighborhood Blocktoberfest Day 5 Mile Run - 10/6/2012
37 - Katie Douglas - 37:40 (First Female Overall)
55 - Kevin Kelly O'Brien - 40:24
Delaware Distance Classic 15K - 10/7/2012
60 - Maryann Cassidy - 2:04:03
Springfield Run for Heroes 5K - 10/7/2012
48 - Bob Fyfe - 19:42 (1st Master)
24 - Steve Whitmore Jr. - 20:02
38 - Glen Bowman - 20:26
Blues Cruise 50K Trail Race - 10/7/2012
46 - Paul Randolph - 4:28:14
17 - Julian Randolph - 5:56:38
Steamtown Marathon - 10/7/2012
34 - Mike Nichols - 3:03:39
58 - Larry Filtz - 3:21:25
Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run - 10/7/2012
28 - Brandon Lausch - 2:23:27
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Upcoming Races this Week
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
9:00 AM
Hotfoot 8.8
8.8 K and 8.8 Mile - start together, you choose mid-race which distance you're doing. Finish line is INSIDE the fire station!
Location: Fort Washington Fire Co, Station 88, 1245 Fort Washington Ave Fort Washington, PA
Website: www.actsportsmanagement.com
Saturday, October 13, 2012
8:45 AM
15th Annual Great Eastern State Breakout Race
5K Race and Kid's Fun Run
Location: 22nd and Brown Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Website: www.breakout5k.com
Contact: Nina Liou
Saturday, October 13, 2012
9:00 AM
Penn Wynne Run/Walk
5K Run / Walk
Location: Penn Wynne Library, 130 Overbrook Parkway, Wynnewood, PA 19096
Website: www.runtheday.com
Contact: Chris Simpkins
Phone: 610-955-7079
Saturday, October 13, 2012
10:00 AM
5th annual Bark in the Park Dog Walk
2 Mile Walk
Location: Rose Tree Park, Media, Pennsylvania
Website: www.delcospca.org/
Contact: Justina Calgiano
Phone: 610-566-1370 x 231
Saturday, October 13, 2012
9:00 AM
Halloween Hustle Philly
5K Run / Walk
Location: Lloyd Hall, 1 Boathouse Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Website: www.brynmawrrunningco.com/wpp/?page_id=335
Contact: Samantha Powell
Sunday, October 14, 2012
9:30 AM
Martins Run 5K to Defeat Dementia
5K Run / Walk and 1 Mile Walk
Location: Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Website: www.martins-run.donorpages.com/5KRun2012/
Contact: Rich Pezick
Phone: 610-353-7660 x253
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The Honorable Clan of the Long-Distance Runner
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By Amby Burfoot and George A. Hirsch
NY Times Sports
As amateur marathon runners for nearly 50 years, we were surprised when our sport made headlines recently for an unusual reason.
Last month, The New Yorker published an article on the Michigan dentist Kip Litton, who digitally fabricated an entire marathon and outsmarted computer timing systems. Then Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice president, misstated the finish time of his only marathon. He told an interviewer he had run "a 2-hour-and-50-something" marathon when his actual time was 4:01:25. That was roughly equivalent to a golfer's claiming a 3 handicap when his typical round is 100.
We have rarely encountered tales like Litton's and Ryan's. For true distance runners, to lie about time or distance is to lie to ourselves, to diminish the importance of the many sacrifices we make to reach the starting line. Focus and discipline form the core of a runner's being; they are what make us put on a reflective vest and run six miles into the sleet at 6 on a dark winter morning.
There are no shortcuts to marathon success. Our race performances are sacred, but it is acceptable to refer to a marathon time up to, say, 3:13:59 as a 3:13, or 3:13 and change.
When we began running marathons, Alan Sillitoe's novella "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" was the phrase most often used to describe our pastime. How things have changed. The New York City Marathon on Nov. 4 has attracted 48,000 entrants. Yet we marathoners remain in most ways a small tribe. Only 0.5 percent of the United States population has run a marathon.
And we know one another because we have regular tribal gatherings, road races, every weekend in cities and towns across the country. We love to share our experiences. What fun would a race really be without the camaraderie, and excuse-making, after the finish?
"I went out too fast."
"The big hill came at the wrong time."
"I could have run 30 seconds faster if I had taken more fluids."
We're not saying that runners are fundamentally more honest than other people. But what we do, how we do it and whom we let into our world hold us to a certain unspoken but widely understood and accepted standard.
So we nodded knowingly when Litton's fellow runners said he hadn't appeared on road racecourses at certain key points. And when Ryan's transgression was first raised by Bill Walker, a 63-year-old former Marine Corps officer and registered Republican with a personal-record marathon of 2:29. Walker picked up on Ryan's vague contention and questioned it on a LetsRun.com message board. From there, a team of Runner's World editors, tribal chieftains you might say, did the necessary fact-checking.
Nonrunners often imagine that people can cover 26.2 miles only because they have lean, muscled legs and a highly developed cardiovascular system. Nothing could be further from the truth. The runner's most important organ, by far, is the brain - the source of our dreams, drive and determination. Almost a century ago, the great Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi said: "Mind is everything; muscle, mere pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind."
Amby learned this while a teenager. The son of a Y.M.C.A. director, and skilled at football, basketball and baseball, he reached his limit in those sports in 10th grade when innate speed and power began to trump practice hours. He was, in a few words, too skinny to excel. Distance running offered an outlet and greater rewards for high commitment. Six years later, he won the Boston Marathon.
At different times and in different individuals, the mind of the marathoner ranges widely: from steely toughness, to sparks of creativity, to generosity on a grand scale. Sometimes, it surprises us.
In the first mile of the 1979 Boston Marathon, George fell into step with a Bowdoin College student, Joan Benoit, and they agreed to run together. As the race unfolded, Benoit held second place among the women, the spectators shouting, "Second woman, second woman!" George got caught up in the excitement. As the miles went by, he began to feel that he belonged there with his new friend even though his 44-year-old legs were moving faster than they ever had. Benoit went on to win the marathon, and George achieved a personal record.
In 1984, Benoit won the Olympic marathon trials 17 days after arthroscopic knee surgery. She captured the gold medal in the first women's Olympic marathon several months later. To induce a relaxed, confident mental state while running on the steamy Los Angeles freeway, Benoit imagined herself home in Maine on one of her favorite coastal byways.
Running teaches all of us that goal-setting, persistence and tackling one mile at a time can lead to unimaginable achievements. Lessons are learned on the road, day by day, from personal feedback and experience.
As Dr. Jeff Brown, a Harvard psychologist and an author of "The Winner's Brain," said: "Negotiating a marathon requires many of the same mental characteristics needed in life. You have to control your emotions at times, activate your motivation when you're down, and develop resiliency in the face of difficult conditions."
Or as Oprah Winfrey put it after completing the 1994 Marine Corps Marathon in 4:29:20, "Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it."
As aging marathoners, we know that our slowing times don't diminish us. Like many of our friends, we run and compete for personal reasons. We have learned to take the measure of ourselves, and not to let others define who we are.
Decades ago, Dr. George Sheehan, the philosopher-king of running, often said, "Success rests in having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you were destined to be."
When we run, we will ourselves to be the best we can be. That is all that matters. Our tribe expects nothing less.
Amby Burfoot, the editor at large of Runner's World, has a personal best of 2 hours 14 minutes 29 seconds in the marathon. George A. Hirsch, the chairman of New York Road Runners and the former worldwide publisher of Runner's World, has a best of 2:38.
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| Happy Birthday!!! |
Upcoming Delco RRC birthdays this week: David Klein and Torpey White (Fri 10/12), Rita Jordan-Keller (Sat 10/13), Cheryl Cantlin (Tue 10/16). Stay young by joining us on one of our many Fun Runs and make new friends.
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| 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
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Sincerely,
Bill McGurk
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