SIMONETTI WINS BRIDGE VALLEY AND SERIES

Sarah Simonetti won the Bridge Valley 5K Race for Autism on April 25th. This
was her fourth consecutive Panera Bread Bucks 5K Series win. With this win,
Sarah clinched the Series Championship. She was also the Series Champion in
2008.

This year was the second year for the Bridge Valley Trailblazer race and the
first year as part of the Panera Bread Bucks 5K Series. A total of 687
registered runners raced to benefit the Bucks County Autism Support Coalition.
Simonetti's time, 20:07 on the most challenging course in the Series, broke last
year's women's record by more than 2 minutes.

Larry Hannon was the men's champion, finishing in 17:28, another course record.
The men's Series Championship is still very much up for grabs, with 3 different
runners having won the first 4 races. The complete Series Standings through the
first 4 races are now posted on www.bucks5kseries.com. This includes the
age-graded masters standings.

Following Hannon were Shawn McElhaugh (17:47) and Ben Derby (17:54). Among the
women, Lisa Glover was second (20:27) and Amy Schmidt was third (21:57). As was
the case with the men, all three women broke the previous course record.

Carl Goldschmidt won the Male Masters age-graded competition for the third time
with a rating of 78.5% and a time of 18:21. The rating is based on a world-wide
data base that, unfortunately, does not factor in the course degree of
difficulty or the temperature (the day was quite hot). Stover Wiggins was
second (73.5%, 22:01) and Christoph Stannik was third (73.5%, 19:35).

For the women, Lynda Terry was the champ, with a rating of 74.5% and a time of
24:53. She was followed by Catherine Thompson (67.3%, 24:50) and Jane Ferro
(65.9%, 25:22).

Every Panera Bread Bucks 5K Series race has an accompanying 1 mile Fun Run.
This is how the Series encourages young runners and prepares them for the 5K
races. The Bridge Valley Fun Run was outstanding – more than 450 students and
parents signed up for the run.

Don't forget that Kumon's "Run to Read" program is in full swing again this
year, allowing all kids who complete at least 3 One Mile Fun Runs or 5Ks (or any
combination of three runs) to earn a free book from Kumon. To date, there are
77 children participating and several have already received their first book.
Bring your child to the Fun Run table at the next race and start "Running to get
Reading".

You can see videos of the races and fun runs at www.bucks5kseries.com, courtesy
of David Pajer and TrainingZone Sports. Just go to the home page and scroll
down to our B5K Video Theater. They are exciting to see and hear.

The next Series race is our first-ever, mid week event. It's the Johnny
King-Marino Sertoma 5K race, scheduled for 7:00 PM on May 13th in Doylestown.
It starts and ends at the Freight House restaurant and features pasta and cold
drinks for all runners. For more information and to register, please go to
www.bucks5kseries.com.

See you at the races,

Dick Patterson
April 30, 2009