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Having seen the previous post, CRR Tom Apple, one of two Creek Road Runners on the island of Oahu, sent word from Hawai‘i. He says, “We had the polar vortex here too; it was 61 the other morning— BRRR!” Thanks for the “bad” weather update.
Just before Christmas, Tom ran what he called a “tepid” 21:01 in the 5K Jingle Rock Run in Honolulu, winning the 60-64 age group by more than four minutes and finishing 45th overall out of 3,614 participants. Not bad for an old man.
When Tom left Newark, he was supposed to have come back for two weeks every January to get in shape, much like he did the other way around while he was here. Guess life in the Pacific is too good to leave.
Two Creek Road Runners had separate winter adventures with a camera recently.
Running on his “home course” in Wilmington, CRR Bruce Weber placed 6th overall in the Big Day 5K and 2nd in the 50-59 age group. The former Harvard track star’s time was a sparkling 19:08 on the out-to-Rockford-Park-and-back course.
Out of the 363 finishers, CRR Barret Michalec finished 40th overall, placing 3rd in his age group (35-39) with a wonderful time of 1:10:13. CRR Doug Repetti took 2nd in the 65-69s, placing 107th overall, with a 1:21:32. Repetti was just 8 seconds off winning his age group outright. Congratulations to both of you.
CRR Andrew Weber came in second in the 30-39 age group with a 19:11, finishing 6th overall out of 112 participants. CRR Christine Schultz also came in second in her age group (40-49) with a 26:12 and finished 21st overall.
Christine’s husband, CRR Dave Schultz, took a third in the 50-59s in 24:08 and was 12th overall. For the Schultzes, this was a good showing, a day after they had run in the “
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