20 Tuesday Mar 2012
Last week, News Journal sports writer Kevin Tresolini wrote a nice article about CRR Jim Fischer. Hopefully, you still have a few free “views” left or are a current News Journal subscriber, so that you can check it out.
Don’t forget, you can make comments about the above-referenced article or about any post on the Creek Road Runners site.
08 Thursday Mar 2012
Posted in Upcoming Events
The oldest road race in Delaware turns 49 this year and benefits the American Lung Association. The Citizens Bank Caesar Rodney 5K and Half-Marathon will take place on Sunday, March 25. The 5K will start at 8:30 a.m., followed by the 13.1-mile Wilmington-area classic at 9:30. Details and registration information can be found on the Races2Run.com event page.
05 Monday Mar 2012
Posted in Race Results
At the 29th annual JCC Snowball Five Miler on March 4 in Wilmington, CRR Dan Simmons (left) and CRR Bill Rose (right) each took home an age-group place. Bill finished third among 50-59s in 34:40, good for 27th overall, while Dan took second in the 60-69s with a 37:05, placing 45th overall. There were 264 finishers. Good job, guys!
01 Thursday Mar 2012
Today we officially launch the new Creek Road Runners website CreekRoadRunners.org!
CRR Jim Fischer
This site is launched on this day in honor of Coach and CRR Jim Fischer, whose nearly three decades of UD cross-country and track runners have logged many a mile on Creek Road and whose coaching career at UD has, unfortunately, been cut short.
Jim has tirelessly worked to make running fun for all ages and all abilities and will be sorely missed within the University of Delaware community. All who are associated or have been associated with Creek Road Runners wish him the best as he plans his next route, which we hope includes his remaining in this area and staying connected with the running community that has benefitted so greatly for so long from his tutelage, advocacy, and love of the sport.
CRR Matt Robinson, self-appointed CEO
CRR Matt Robinson, CRR’s self-appointed CEO, hails this new site as “a positive step forward” for the nearly 30-year-old group. And, yes, because this site features a blogging component, you may comment on any post. You may also subscribe to email notification (see button in righthand column), beyond the occasional ticklers you’ll still get if you’re on the group mailing list. As in the past, posts will comprise notices about upcoming events, race results, news, and kudos—for giving props to our runners for off-road accomplishments. CRR Mark Deshon (pictured in righthand column) is the site administrator and webmaster.
The group currently has “outposts” in several locales in the U.S. as well as Switzerland and Hong Kong. “We want to make Creek Road Runners a global phenomena,” Robinson adds.
We hope you bookmark this site and keep coming back for more!
22 Wednesday Feb 2012
Posted in Race Results
Whose idea was it to have a cross-country 5K in mid-February?
Actually, three local running clubs came together to race in what the soccer world would call a “friendly.” Fortunately, the weather cooperated on Sunday, Feb. 19, and the White Clay Creek State Park XC course wasn’t too muddy (couldn’t have been better at this time of year, to be truthful). Four Creek Road runners challenged themselves on the course. The unique scoring system (by age-grading*) favored most of the old-timers; however, this meant that an 8-year-old boy won the race by virtue of having the top age grade of any of the more than 60 area runners!
CRR Mark Deshon gutting out the last few yards (photo by Kim Riccio)
CRR Keith Crispin, who ran for the Middletown Athletic Club, ran a 19:52 (finishing in 20th place), which was good for a score of 71.3 (26th overall). CRR Jay Coughenour, who ran for the Pike Creek Valley Running Club (PCVRC) after having done a ten-mile training run earlier in the morning, jogged through a 20:08 (finishing 22nd), which rated a score of 71.0 (28th overall). CRR Mark Deshon (pictured here and showing all the strain of XC racing), also ran for PCVRC and ran a 22:00 (finishing 39th), moving him up several places to 31st overall by virtue of a 70.0 score. CRR Dan Simmons, running for PCVRC, got the most benefit out of the scoring system, having run a 25:35 (finishing 51st) but placing 41st with a 65.0 score. Age does have its privileges.
*Age grading is a way of putting all race participants on a level playing field, regardless of age or gender. Age-graded scores let you compare your race times to those of different runners, as well as to the standard for your age and gender. See an age-grading calculator.
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