Galloway gives TED talk

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photo of Cole Galloway at TEDMED 2014CRR Cole Galloway joined 75 other internationally recognized thought leaders at TEDMED 2014, “Unlocking Imagination in Service of Health and Medicine.” Galloway, a physical therapy professor at the University of Delaware, shared the story of the GoBabyGo Program, which has impacted kids and their families across the globe through research, workshops, and grassroots community efforts to adapt off-the-shelf ride-on cars for special-needs kids.

See full story and video.

Crimson flash

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photo of Bruce Weber on the track

CRR Bruce Weber

OK, so the photographer may have not had the proper setting. Or, more likely, CRR Bruce Weber was just going too darn fast to prevent image blurring. Let’s just say it was a case of the “Crimson flash.”

Along with other speedsters, Weber (Harvard class of 1984, you do the math) competed in Cambridge, Mass., yesterday in the 2105 Ivy League Alumni Mile Run, coming in eighth overall in a time of 5:35.63. Weber was the oldest runner to finish in the top ten (note: four of the top five runners were under 25 years old).

Weber had been seen recently on the upper-level “track” at Carpenter Sports Building doing straightaway pick-ups. Guess it paid off.

Trying to live up to his bib number

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photo of Paul Amer and friend“I was pretty happy; it was the best 5K time I had run in over 20 years,” CRR Paul Amer gushed, after having placed third in his age group (60-64) at the Run the the Plunge 5K in Rehoboth Beach recently. Amer turned in a 26:14 and now has his sights set on the Caesar Rodney Half Marathon next month.

Shown here in the photo with a friend, Amer (bib #1) says, with tongue in cheek, “I haven’t been so highly seeded ever!”

Waxing philosophical about this recent accomplishment, Amer adds, “It pays not to have an impressive history. Then 26+ minutes makes you happy.”

Those of us who are getting up there in years would do well to look for these kind of silver linings!

Kukich, Ridge get press for National Club XC efforts

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photo of Diane KukichridgeKevin Tresolini, a (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal sportswriter, recently wrote a piece on the USATF 2014 XC Club Nationals races that were held in December. Among those singled out for outstanding achievement were CRR Diane Kukich and CRR Doug Ridge.

Kukich placed 9th nationally among her 60-64 peers, and Ridge placed 10th among the 70-and-over men. See original post.

See article.