always an excuse alan

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From: AlanK <alan.kaylor@...>
To: "LRRClub@yahoogroups.com" <LRRClub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [LRRClub] f work I am watching the boston marathon day

 

I'll try to make it.  I need to finish my taxes first

From: Carli Moua <carlimoua@...>
To: LRRC <LRRClub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 9:27 PM
Subject: [LRRClub] f work I am watching the boston marathon day

 

I'm having f work day at my house this year...

1514 Manor Street columbia

Monday April 16

starting at 8:30

the women's race starts at 9:30, the men's at 10:00

that gives you an hour to run

I will make waffles and coffee and you can bring anything else you want to share

hope to see ya then

Carli

http://www.midatlantictiming.com/resultsdetail.php?did=193

In Hershey. The old timers here rememember (maybe they can) when 10 k was sort
of the the standard road-race distance. You could find one almost every week.
The old Adamstown race was a 10k, so was the old Elizabetown race (several
courses) the Run for Peace, also in E-town, the Chocolate Chase in Hershey, and
the old Appalachian AC also held several 10 k's. But in recent years it's almost
disappeared in favor of 5 k's.  But there are still some. This was a big event
in Hershey, with 1,489 finishers, and a 7 A M start. Wow, almost 1,500 runners
for a 7 AM start. The early start was necessary because about a mile and a half
of the course ran thru Hersheypark and it had to be before the park opened for
the day. It was an interesting course, with no mile markings but kilometer
signs, even quarter kilometer signs, (every 250 meters, 4.25 km, 4.50 km, 5.00
km, 5.25 km. . . . ). Good, well organized event.

  What was interesting was there were 570 male finishers and 919 female
finishers. Is this representative of road races (what about trail races?) in
general or was it just a strange ratio related specifically to the Hershey race?

Anyway, it was good to have a 10 km back on the schedule. I'd forgotten how hard
they can be.

Just an fyi...the Turkey Hill Country Classic, used to be a 10k only race but now both a 5k and 10k event, is coming up on May 5th.  This is a well organized race as well if you never had the chance to attend.   

Travis.

On Monday, April 16, 2012 8:57 AM, carbobob <blong@...> wrote:
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FYI - Rt 625 between Knauers and the park office is closed down. The Saw Mill
parking lot is accessible from the other direction or by going thru
Gogglersville and Mohton.

So as the flowers and trees come into full bloom so does the racing season.
Seems like they are EVERYWHERE!!! Here are a couple local ones you may want to
consider...

This weekend!
April 21 9am: Iron Rail 5k in Lebanon (http://ironrail5k.dviolc.org/)

Next weekend!
Suprisingly quiet locally... Stadium climb up in Hershey on the 29th
though(http://lunginfo.org/stadiumclimb)

May 5th
Town Square 5k in Manheim (http://townsquare5k.wordpress.com/)

First Annual Lancaster Runs for Rafiki 5k
(http://www.lrrclub.org/www.rafikiafrica.org)

May 12th
LRRClub's MRS SMITH'S CHALLENGE in Lancaster County Park
(http://www.lrrclub.org/mrs_smiths.asp)

Susquehanna Valley Pregnancy Services 5k w/ 2 LOCATIONS... South Hills Park in
Lebanon or Cavalry Church in Lancaster. Claims to have a HUGE kids zone.
(http://www.lrrclub.org/apps_raceresults/SVPS_2012_Race_App.doc)

Miles for Mom's 5k at Lancaster Catholic High School (great warm up for Mr's
Smith's :-)) (http://www.momshouselancaster.org/?page_id=1273)

May 19th
Mt. Gretna Got the Nerve Tri
(http://www.getupandmove.org/gotthenerve/register.php)

New Balance Girls on the Run 5k at F&M College (http://gotrlancaster.org/)

CPRS Hands That Heal, Hearts That Care 5k on the Lancaster Mennonite HS XC Trail
(http://www.cprsweb.com/)

May 20th
Millersville Mile (http://millersvillemile.homestead.com/)

Not to mention many More to come over the summertime (including Smith's!
Challenge, another LRRClub run event. http://www.lrrclub.org/mr_smiths.asp)

The Cocalico Community 5k is next weekend (4/28 @ 8:30am) as well.  Small but fun race in the Denver area.  89 participants last year.  The race starts and ends at Cocalico HS (Eagle Stadium).

Travis.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:04 AM, lrrclub <lrrclub@...> wrote:
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** only 19 initial entries remain in the 100 miler - RRCA's 100 mile national Ultra Championship  race

** there is a possibility that more entries will be allocated to the 100 but it will depend on cancellations in the 50K and 100K, so it is not guaranteed

** to free up everyone's Memorial Day weekend, the next group training run / hike will be Saturday May 19th - more details to follow - mark your calendars

Tom Jennings, RD

** The 100 is now sold out but not everyone has submitted their personal check or money orders (for this race as well as the 50K and 100K races), so to be put on the waiting list email me at rd_oc100@...

** Since the 100 is RRCA's national Ultra Championship race, cancellations in the 50K and 100K will try to be applied towards the 100 mile race.  As a result, the waiting lists for the 50K and 100K are CLOSED, and very limited entries - if any at all - will be allowed into the 50K and 100K off of their waiting lists.

** Next group training run / hike - Saturday May 19th at 8 AM - see the race websites TRAINING RUNS  page.  Approximately 40 to 50 people will probably be on the trails that day, especially a large Ohio / Cleveland area contingent.  Stop on out to Oil Creek State Park and do your reconnaisance mission early.

** Need a great summer trail race?  Want it to be near Oil Creek State Park so you can scope the OC100's Gerard Hiking Trail out while attending the race?  Then try the nearby RUN BETWEEN THE SUNS  12 hour double-track trail race on June 30th.  5 mile loop trail course that is challenging but runnable.  Solo and 2 and 4 person relay teams.  $80 before May 15th, then it ups to $90 until June 15th, then $100 thereafter.  Just 9 miles southwest of OC100's Oil Creek State Park -  directions from aid station # 2 in Petroleum Center PA  so you can check it out on the May 19th group training run or if you are in the area.  RD's Jeff and Heather Nelson run OC100 aid station # 1 at Wolfkill Run that won the "best aid station award" the first two years and were neck-and-neck last year for the top award as well... so you know it will be a great race!  Jeff is our OIl Creek 100K course record holder and finished 3rd in the OC100 last year in his first 100 mile attempt.  You can see who has registered (and register) for the RBTS 12 hour trail race at this link:

http://www.runrace.net/findarace.php?id=12182PA

Tom Jennings, RD

Alright fast guys (Evan). What happened to the lead pack in the big 5 k
Saturday? Loose their way? Did they come back? The article in the newspaper
wasn't very clear. I was at a small 5 km in Lebanon last week where the top six
guys blew thru the turnaround also. Maybe you guys are running so fast that your
vision blurrs. Us slowpokes don't seem to have those problems. We just have to
stay ahead of the trailing police car and get done before dark.

So (Evan top 10) what happened?