Get Going
Registration opened on January 1 for the Mt. Penn Mudfest, held every year on Easter Saturday (April 7 this year). This 15km event is the premier Eastern PA trail race, featuring such lunacies as the in-race egg hunt, the raw egg carry for Godiva chocolate, a marshmallow peep stop (and alternative beverages) plus a traditional pig theme. The course has the usual rock, roots and hills and features 4 stream crossings, which can be bracing in the early spring. This is the one trail run you should do if there is only one on your bucket list. You have to register through www.PretzelCitySports.com and the race usually sells out its 800 spots by sometime in March.
Race Director Training
Want to be a race director? You've seen me do it which proves it can't be that hard. But there is training available through a seminar in Ambler on January 14. According to the organizer, "Our first local Race Directors' Symposium will be held in Ambler on January 14th, and I encourage you to attend the event. A more detailed program can be found here. If you have someone else who will be helping with Souderton Charter School's 5K (or any other race directors) please forward this to them as well - everyone's welcome. We've watched running grow phenomenally in the area in recent years, and I believe that by exchanging information among ourselves, local race directors will continue to improve the quality, growth, and success of our running events. I'm confident that you'll gain a lot of very valuable information at this unique event -- from experienced speakers, and by sharing information with other race directors! It's also very likely that this event will lead to a consortium of local race directors, who will exchange and benefit from each others' knowledge and experience on an ongoing basis."
Go to http://www.runtheday.com/Race%20Directors%20Workshop for more information and registration details.
Club Races
A bit of a break until Pretzel City Sports tortures us with the Chilly Cheeks and Ugly Mudder in quick succession.
Jan 15: Chilly Cheeks 7.2M Trail, Reading PA
Feb 26: Ugly Mudder 7M Trail, Reading PA
Mar 3: Rotary Run for Youth 4M/10M, Quakertown PA
Mar 15: Hooligan Hustle 5K, Reading PA
May 2: Cinco de Mayo 5K, Quakertown 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. Tom actually does the work in his function as webmeister.
Race Results
New Year's weekend was busier than Christmas. Hope our 1/1 runners weren't to dehydrated from the night before.
1/1/12
Resolution Run 5K (523)
Geoff Simpson - 22:08, 45th
Carolyn Brzezinski - 23:48, 74th, AG3
Michael Simpson - 31:32, 290th
Andrew Simpson - 53:48, 505th
Cham-Pain 5K (333)
Art Burger - 22:53, 90th
Hilary Goodman - 23:00, 94
Lou Coppens - 24:05, 119th
Matt Ryan - 26:19, 188th
Stephen White - 27:44, 226th
Jim Higgins - 28:53, 258th
Barbara Burger - 33:08, 306th
12/31/11
Peepfest 5K (636)
Michael Womelsdorf - 19:55, 23rd
Rob Gallagher - 19:56, 24th, AG2
Steve Foster - 20:46, 31st, AG2
Nolan Pernia - 22:45, 58th
Heidi Pernia - 22:51, 59th, AG1
John Guth - 23:23, 72nd
JP Gallagher - 25:32, 131st
Mary Latza - 25:37, 134th
Udon Beidler - 26:19, 158th, AG1
Zach Pernia - 29:34, 266th
Cesar Pernia - 29:35, 267th
Becky Bodkin - 31:24, 326th
Race Calendar (Club Races in Bold)
January
8: Predict Your Time 5.3M, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
8: Shiver By The River 10K/5K. Reading PA, www.pagodapacers.com
14: Fire & Ice Cyclecross, Danville PA, www.meatybeaty.com
15: Chilly Cheeks 7.2M Trail, Reading PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
15: Polar Bear 8M, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
21: Polar Bear Trail Run/Hike 5K, Lancaster PA, www.lancastersierraclub.com
22: Honest Abe 4.6M, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
29: Terrible Tyler 15K, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
February
5: Pick Your Way 5K, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
5: Super Bowl 10K, Allentown PA, www.lvrr.org
11: PA Snowshoe Championships 5K/10K, Drums PA, www.snowshoeracing.com
12: Squirrelly Tail Trail Run Half Marathon, Lewisberry PA, www.squirrellytailtwailwun.webs.com
12: Eenie-Meanie-Minie-Moe Half Marathon, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
12: Shiver By The River 10K/5K. Reading PA, www.pagodapacers.com
19: Staggered Start 4.6M, Tyler State Park, www.bcrr.info
26: Ugly Mudder 7M Trail, Reading PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
March
3: Rotary Run for Youth 10M/4M, Quakertown PA, www.quakertownrotary.org
11: Shiver By The River 10K/5K. Reading PA, www.pagodapacers.com
15: Hooligan Hustle 5K, Reading PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
18: St. Patty's Scramble 6K/15K Trail, Leesport PA, www.trimaxenfurancesports.com
24: NJ Ultrafest 100M/100K/50M/50K/Marathon, Long Valley NJ, http://njtrailseries.com/
25: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon, Wilmington DE, www.lin-mark.com
25: CB YMCA Family 5K, Doyelstown PA, www.bucks5kseries.com
31: Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail, Media PA, http://tylertrailrun.com
31: Garden Spot Marathon/Half Marathon, New Holland PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
31: Kutztown Fool's Run 5K/10M, Kutztown PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
April
7: Mt. Penn Mudfest 15K Trail, Reading PA, www.pagodapacers.com
7: Movie madness Half-Marathon, Mt. Wolf PA, www.usroadrunning.com
14: Trot For Trykes 10K/5K, Coplay PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
15: Bucks County Half Marathon, Newtown PA, http://www.buckscountymarathon.com
15: Hatfield 5 & Dime, 5M/10M, Hatfield PA, www.actsportsmanagement.com
15: RACC Run 5K/0.5M, reading PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
21: Pheasant 5K, Slatington PA, lg13667@gmail.com
22: Stateliner Classic 5K, Phillipsburg NJ. springclassic@hotmail.com
22: Rutgers Unite Half Marathon, Piscataway NJ http://cgiracing.com
22: Purple Pinkie 5K, Center Valley PA, www.rotarydistrict7430.org
22: New Hope-Solebury 5K, New Hope PA, www.bucks5kseries.com
28: Seneca 7 (7P, 77.77M relay) Geneva NY, http://www.Seneca7.com
29: Beat Beethoven 10K/5K, Reading PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
29: Bridge Valley 5K, Furlong PA, www.bucks5kseries.com
29: Gettysburg North-South Marathon, Gettysburg PA, www.gettysburgnorthsouthmarathon.com
29: Lehigh Valley Half Marathon/5K, Allentown PA, http://stlukeshalfmarathon.com
May
2: Cinco de Mayo 5K, Quakertown PA, www.ubymca.org
6: Sertoma 5K, Doylestown PA, www.bucks5kseries.com
6: Broad Street Run 10M, Philadelphia PA, www.broadstreetrun.com
12: Rerun Broad Street 5M, Lansdale PA, www.pretzelcitysports.com
12: Goruck Challenge 22M Team Adventure, Philadelphia PA, www.goruckchallenge.com
12: SCU Quad County Metric Bike, 50K-100M, Green Lane PA, www.suburbancyclists.org
20: Bob Potts Marathon, York PA, www.bobpottsrun.com
26: Doylestown 5K, Doylestown PA, www.bucks5kseries.com
26: ODDyssey Half Marathon, Philadelphia PA, www.oddysseyhalfmarathon.com
June
3: Run the Gates 5M/1M, Levittown PA, www.runthegates.org
3: Black Bear Sprint/Olympic Tri, Lehighton PA, www.cgiracing.com
3: Panther Pounce 5K/1M, Pocono Pines PA, www.pantherpounce.webs.com
9: Hanover Township Women'sO nly 5K, Northampton PA, www.hanovercommunitycenter.com
9: Original Mud Run 10K, newtown Square PA, www.mudrunmsphilly.com
9: Chalfont Challenge 5K, Chalfont PA, www.bucks5kseries.com
16: Roll & Stroll 40M/62M Bike, Souderton PA, www.indcreek.org
Keep me posted on favorite races and your race results.
Bill
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