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…Or is it “back to the future”? Who can tell? CRR Charlie Roth looks like he’s in good form, as this past weekend he completed the Princeton Half Marathon. What’s interesting about this piece of running news is that Roth, who did his graduate work in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware more than two decades ago, had not run a half-marathon in 21 years (since Caesar Rodney in 1993), in what he calls his “previous life.”
OK, so his 1:44:03 was 22 minutes or so more than his PR, but haven’t we all lost more than a few steps in that same period of time?
Back in the early 90s, Roth was a bit of a speed merchant on Creek Road, yet he would humor some of us older CRRs by running longer distances with them on weekends, during which we could try to wear him out.
Roth reflects on this achievement:
In the early part of this year, I started incorporating a longer run into my 3x/week running. It had reached 8 miles in late spring when registration for the Princeton Half Marathon started heating up, and I figured 8 is almost 10 and 10 is almost 13, so why not try. I managed to do it while maintaining my 3x/week, 15-20 miles per week by just ramping up the long runs slowly. It was a lot of fun running in my hometown with lots of family and friends along the way. [My son] Alex even rode his bike around and saw me half a dozen times. I was just trying to be under 1:50 so was thrilled!
We are thrilled for you too. Well done.
Battling it out were CRR Ryan German and CRR Bill Rose, who each turned in a 19:55 on the clock. Rose won the 50-59 age group, while German placed 3rd among the 30-39s. German finished a whisker (six-tenths of a second) ahead of Rose; they took 6th and 7th overall, respectively, out of 266 finishers.
CRR Bob Opila captured a rare age-group victory, winning the 60-69s in 25:34. Opila was followed in that same age group by CRR Paul Amer, who took 2nd in 27:54. Good race selection, you guys!
Husband and wife CRR Rich Braun and CRR Mary Braun each took second place in the 50-59 age group with 25:08 and 28:16, respectively.
Three hundred thirteen runners finished the Blue Hen Homecoming 5K last Friday at the University of Delaware Athletic Complex. Of those, four Creek Road Runners took home awards in special categories.
A few age-group second-place finishes were recorded by Creek Road Runners over the past week.
In the women’s Pink Ribbon 5K, CRR Theresa Cannon and CRR Ann Jornlin took seconds in the 50-54 and 60-64 age groups, respectively. Cannon’s time was 25:18, and Jornlin ran a 26:41.
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