New Member
Welcome to Kristen Munoz who joins us via Bob Bodkin and the Shake, Rattle & Roll 5M where she toasted me. More from Kristen soon.
First Time
Fall Marathon season (and longer!) is once again upon us. Any number of us are preparing to run our first marathons while others are approaching 50 (marathons, not age although that is true as well). It seems an opportune time for the more experienced runners to reflect share the experience of their first time. I'll kick it off even though my marathon experience is limited.
My first was the 1978 Finger Lakes marathon, a point-to-point from Ithaca to Marathon NY. The course was rolling with a few good hills as that whole area is hilly but overall a net downhill. I was running 50-60 miles/week back then but not marathon trained as I had done very few runs over 15 miles. The race started on an October day around noon or early afternoon. There were maybe 50-100 runners entered. I remember it being sunny and in the 40s. I also remember rain and snow squalls somewhere around the 20 mile mark. We had water stops maybe every 5 miles and there was no such thing as gels of energy goop to take along the way. Your fuel was whatever you ate before the race. I was one of the last finishers in 4:03, coming in just as dusk was falling. They had already had the awards and everything was close to breaking up when I finished. It's hard to imagine anyone putting on such a casual and low-key event these days!
You can either post your experiences on this blog as comments or send them to me at bill.tuszynski@gmail.com.
Yo! Some Philly Help Over Here
Lisa Needham is registered for the Philly marathon but her running buddy Lory Meyers got shut out. let me know if you or someone you know has a place in Philly but can't run it and I'll hook you up with Lisa and Lory to work out arrangements.
Bad knees? Blame Mom and Dad
Interesting article about the possible genetic component of ACL injuries, a growing problem for young female athletes.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/phys-ed-are-bad-knees-in-our-genes/#more-36961
And Proud to be a Clydesdale/Athena
Not me yet, although that is one of my long-term goals. I personally like the pacer method of x pounds/inch of height to qualify. Otherwise, Manute Bol and Shawn Bradley would have been Clydesdales. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/weight-classes-aim-to-balance-races/?scp=1&sq=clydesdale&st=cse
Club Races
Dig out your torches, bright ideas, flares, burning bushes and various other forms of illumination for the Ghouls and Fools night trail run. This is a "race" everyone has to do at least once. If trail running is laid back, lower key and fun compared to asphalt, then these events are the frat parties of trail running.
Oct 23: Ghouls & Fools Night 6.5M Trail, Reading PA
Nov 13: Macoby Run Run 5M/5K/1M, Green Lane PA
Nov:27: Habitat for Humanity 5K, Quakertown PA
Nov 27: Historic Bethlehem Turkey Trot, Bethlehem PA
Nov 28: Dirty Bird 15K Trail, French Creek State Park, PA
Dec 4: Jingle Bell 5K, Bethlehem PA
Dec 12: Jingle Bell 5K, Malvern PA
Website
Visit the club website, www.buxmontrunning.com and check out the "Athlete Profile" page featuring short self-written bios of club members. That I'm on there proves you don't have to be a good athlete to be on the page! Send yours to either me or Tom Daugherty (tomdaugherty@verizon.net). Tom actually does the work in his function as webmeister.
Group Runs - Suggest Confirming With the Listed Contact On Any Given Week!
Wednesday: Upper Perk HS 6:00 PM - Speed Workout, Dean Johnson
Saturday: Tennis Zone (former Upper Bucks YMCA on California Rd.) 8:00 AM, Jerry Washcalus, Tom Daugherty or Bill Tuszynski bill.tuszynski@gmail.com
Saturday: Perkiomen Trail (Crusher Road) 8:00 AM, Bill Blair
Sunday: Lehigh Valley Parkway, 7:00/7:30/8:00 AM, Loops from 6.65-21+ miles, Gene Lund, Debi Golbreski
Sunday: Perkiomen Trail (Crusher Road) 10:00 AM, Randy Opdyke
Race Results
Everything from 5Ks to Half-Irons. I'm sore just from reading the results of these adventures! Kudos to John Guth for taking first at the Shake Rattle and Roll 5 miler even though he did a couple of detours that added to his distance. My AG2 was aided by there being only two 50-59 males entered.
10/3/10
Man Half-Iron Tri (349)
Ira Meyers - 5:33:45, 79th
Blues Cruise Trail 50K (204)
Rob Gallagher - 5:28:32, 71st
Neil Policelli - 5:42:19, AG1
Terry Rooney - 5:52:49, 107th
Pam Hughes - 6:04:24, 122nd
Wineglass Marathon (1,486)
Anthony Clark - 3:56:51, 671st
Dan O'Connor - 4:58:23, 1,320th
Hershey Half Marathon (1,971)
Kurt Dannerth - 1:42:46, 208th
Jill Forsythe - 1:42:55, 210th
Lauren Garges - 1:48:29, 368th
Bob Bodkin - 1:54:35, 565th
Lisa Needham - 1:56:20, 639th
Trick or Treat 5M (119)
Ilene Kane - 39:56, 19th, AG3
10/2/10
PA Megatransect 25M Trail (578)
Lori Johnson - 6:08:09, 77th
Marsha Latimer - 6:08:10, 78th
Laurie Reinhart - 6:49:04, 150th
Suzette Richardson - 6:51:30, 163rd
Dean Johnson - 7:37:14, 247th
Hands on House Half Marathon
Jon Vervoort - 2:14:46, 445th
Steve Foster - 19:11, 14th, AG1
John Guth - 19:27, 16th
Udon Beidler - 24:25, 87th, AG1
Bob Bodkin - 24:42, 90th
Shake Rattle & Roll 5M (48)
John Guth - 35:21, 1st
Michael Williams - 35:59, 3rd, AG1
Nolan Pernia - 37:35, 7th, AG1
Heidi Pernia - 37:39, 8th, 1F
Chris Maag - 39:12, 10th, AG3
Bob Bodkin - 40:29, 15th
Kristen Munoz - 43:32, 16th, Ag3
Bill Tuszynski - 46:58, 27th, AG2
Anita Williams - 50;54, 35th
River Place 5K
Terry Rooney - 20:53, 8th, AG1
Race Calendar (Club Races in Bold)
October
9: K of C 5K, Newtown PA, www.kofchennessy.com
9: John Dorrett 5K, Warminster PA, www.runtheday.com
9: Camp Muddy Bottom ~5M Trail/Obstacle, Alloway NJ, www.pretzelcitysports.com
10: Silver Goblet 10K/5K, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA,
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