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Going out with a (5K trifecta) bang

17 Monday Jul 2023

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For several years, CRR Bruce Weber has been placing prominently in his age group locally. Today, the former Dean of the Lerner School of Business at the University of Delaware has started a new job as Dean of the Zicklin School of Business at the City University of New York’s Baruch College.

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Bruce Weber enjoys a final get together with Bill Rose and Mark Deshon.

Knowing he’d soon be departing Delaware, though, Weber crammed in a few last 5Ks while here—two of them, in fact, in three days, in steamy-hot summer weather—and winning the 60-69 age group in each.

On July 2, Weber burned the Midnight Oil at its Red, White & Brew 5K in Glasgow, running a 20:40* while placing 7th overall. Two days later on July 4, he set off the annual Firecracker 5K in Wilmington by running a 20:29, placing 17th overall.

For his local swansong, Weber ran the Ulster Project Delaware 5K in Wilmington on July 13, placing 10th overall in 21:01* in sweltering conditions.

As representatives of the Creek Road Runners, CRR Bill Rose and CRR Mark Deshon took the Harvard track alum Weber out to lunch on Friday, July 14 (his final day in Newark) after jogging a 5K distance together out and back on Creek Road. He’ll be missed for sure, but Creek Road Runners wish him all the best, as he establishes a CRR presence in The Big Apple.

Wear the shirt with pride, Bruce.

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Broad Street bullies

30 Sunday Apr 2023

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Among the Creek Road Runners, four senior men ran in this year’s Broad Street Run 10 miler in Philadelphia in a crowded field of over 36, 000.

Three of the four placed within the top 25 in their respective age groups, which is remarkable in such an international field.

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The fastest was 55-yr.-old CRR Bill Farquhar, who placed 21st in his five-year age group in 1:11:15*.

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Just three minutes behind Farquhar was 64-yr.-old CRR Bill Rose, who finished 20th among his 60-64 peers in 1:14:20*.

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With a top-ten finish in the 70-74 age group, placing 9th, the irrepressible 72-yr.-old CRR Doug Repetti clocked in at 1:31:01*.

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Though not placing in the top 25 in his age group, 56-yr.-old CRR Keith Crispin finished in a respectable 1:29:12*.

Congratulations to each of you.

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CRR Bill Rose appears in Penn Relays video

30 Sunday Apr 2023

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Well, the news story video centered on 70-year-old Guy DeLillio and his friend Jack Garniewski, Salesianum class of 1971 alumni who ran in this year’s Penn Relays as part of the Delaware Running Club masters 400m relay team. But, our own CRR Bill Rose (center in the photo), who is nearing 65, was also on the team that competed and appears in the video.

photo of 2023 Delaware Running Club relay team

Here’s an excerpt of how Rose described his experience at this hallowed meet.

We were 6th out of 6 teams that finished [out of the] 10 teams registered. Two teams did not start (not surprising for 60+ teams).  One team was DQd for false start, and one team was DNF due to a fall. We did it in 68+ seconds. Our goal, which we claimed when we registered, was 68-72 seconds. We are happy and proud to have competed and finished.

Our sprint speed, if sustained, would equal a 14:10 5K—about a minute slower than Sam Parsons’ pace. [World best marathoner] Eliud Kipchoge runs 14:20 pace for a whole marathon. So I could keep up with [Kipchoge] for 100 meters, if I do a max sprint.

Anyone who has seen Rose train knows that he starts his training runs fast (seemingly close to “max sprint”) and keeps it going.

First State Half Marathon standouts

27 Monday Mar 2023

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On a cool, windy Saturday, March 25, 319 participants finished the First State Half Marathon, held right here in Newark, Delaware. Among the age-group winners were two Creek Road Runners.

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photo of Doug Repetti

Placing 7th overall and winning the men’s 40-49 division was CRR Andrew Weber, clocking in at 1:20:30*, just a bit over six minutes per mile.

Winning the men’s 70-and-over division was CRR Doug Repetti. Repetti finished 180th overall and 113th among the men in 2:07:09*.

Of note was the the close finish of two other CRRs. CRR Steve Tague finished in 95th overall in 1:50:52*, just 15 seconds ahead of CRR Christina Parsons’ time of 1:51:07*.

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Editor’s Note: CRR Mark Deshon got an up-close-and-personal view of this rather unusual out-and-back race, as he handed out water and/or encouragement to the above-mentioned from the turnaround.

64-year-old “Rookie” of the Year

10 Friday Mar 2023

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Those of you who have been following the running exploits of CRR Bill Rose on CreekRoadRunners.org will know better than to believe that the word “rookie” in any way applies to him, both as a competitive runner and as a local age-group standout.

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OK, well Rose, who has enjoyed an extensive running and racing career, was honored last week by the Pike Creek Valley Running Club at its annual banquet as PCVRC’s 2022 Rookie of the Year. Not a bad return for someone who joined the club less than a year ago.

In recent years, Rose has done well at the shorter-distance races and was the stalwart captain of CRR’s successful Delaware Marathon 4-Person Relay teams.

We salute Rose, who recently retired from the University of Delaware and has been organizing CRR’s annual “Wring Out the Old, Ring in the New” trail run since 2019.

Congratulations and continued good running and racing!