We would have been there, except we were in State College on our
annual wedding anniversary get-away weekend mystery tour. This year
it was to State College and everything blue-and-white. I did run a 5
km race which started and finished at Beaver Stadium. Hot and humid,
about a 160 runners. My age group (50's) was won in 19:20. It was
Penn State's certified course so it's accurate but that seemed fast
to me. Best parts of the trip: State College has a new minor league
baseball park (Almost as nice as Lancaster's), home of the State
College Spikes. We went Friday night and had a great time. Penn State
Creamery has 100 + flavers, and cheap too. Went there twice. And
grilled stickys at the Diner. Oh and two runners from Lancaster won
awards at the race. See y'all at Bowmansville.

--- In LRRClub@yahoogroups.com, "sil simpson" <csilrun@...> wrote:
>
> After reading Karen's tale of dodging lightning bolts, I feel a
little
> embarrassed about describing a mere 5K, but...
>
> The Lebanon Fair 5K is a fun little race. It starts and ends at the
Lebanon
> Fairgrounds, and the crowd was fewer than 100. Only a few Lancaster
faces
> were there - Dennis Faust, Greg Kerek, and I are the only ones I
remember.
>
> The course isn't tough, but the humidity made the run seem tougher
than it
> would be otherwise. And, many people thought that the course was a
little
> long. An extra 1/10 isn't a problem, but in a 5K, it certainly can
distort
> your time. Former state HS champ Wendy Nelson Barrett ran the race
and said
> that her time was about 1:20 off her last 5K, so that's a good
hint. And the
> winning time was 18:06, which is so slow a winning time that it's
slower
> than my lifetime PR.
>
> But I'm not complaining. I love these small races, and I hope to do
another
> one this weekend.
>
> As far as this race goes, the director said that next year they'll
have it
> on the rail trail which runs beside the fairgrounds on its way to
Mount
> Gretna.
>
> See you at the races.
>
>
> Sil
>
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