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Like daughter, like mother

19 Saturday Apr 2025

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photo of Diane and Christine Kukich

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This morning, the Kukich girls, CRR Diane Kukich and her daughter Christine, were double winners in the Bunny Run 5K in Aberdeen, Md.

These two are making a habit of running together and winning (see a similar story from last year).

This is “old hat” for mom Kukich, who among Creek Road Runners holds three Delaware state age-group records—5 mile, 10K and 15K. She won her age group (70+) in 28:27. The younger Kukich, who was the overall female winner in 22:10, seems to have the fast gene as well.

Congrats to this formidable family duo.

Halloween in April?

19 Saturday Apr 2025

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Delaware News Journal photo of Andrew Weber as Captain America in a 5K

Well, no. But this archival photo showed up in the April 11th edition of the Delaware News Journal. It shows CRR Andrew Weber as Captain America in the Halloween-themed Boo and Brew 5K back in 2021. Masked and all, this superhero won the race in an impressive 17:51.

We suspect that, three-and-a-half years later, Weber can still run with the wind.

Some might say he is “faster than a speeding bullet.” Then again, that would have been a different costume.

Turkey day winners

13 Friday Dec 2024

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On Thanksgiving morning, two Creek Road Runners dominated the 60-69 age group in the 46th Annual Thanksgiving Day MS races in Wilmington.

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CRR Bruce Weber, back in town to run in his former “back yard,” bested the men in the 60-69 category in the 10K in 43:27 (chip time). Weber finished 16th overall.

Among the 60-69 women in the 5K, CRR Mary Braun won her second age group crown within a week in 28:33 (chip time), following her Turkey Trot win on the previous Saturday.

Well done, both of you.

Two place in annual Turkey Trot

26 Tuesday Nov 2024

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Two Creek Road Runners placed in Newark’s annual Turkey Trot 5K, held on Saturday, November 23. The Newark Turkey Trot, which has now been contested for more than 50 years, is Delaware’s oldest annual running event.

CRR Mary Braun won the 60-64 age group with a time of 28:21*. She finished 115th overall and 32nd among all women runners.

Still running and racing, 80-year-old CRR Doug Ridge placed 2nd among the 70-and-overs in a time of 32:56*, finishing 206th overall and 141st among the men.

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Like mother, like daughter

16 Tuesday Apr 2024

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photo of Diane and Christine Kukich

In the 70-74 age group, CRR Diane Kukich is still training daily and racing occasionally…and nearly always winning. Her racing muse is her daughter, Christine, a Baltimore resident who has taken up running and racing pretty seriously over the past decade. 

They register for and compete in races together, which, though they each run at their own pace, gives them good mother-daughter time. This is especially true when they both bring home hardware, which, depending on the race, is becoming more commonplace.

Last weekend, the Kukich women competed in the Coastal Delaware Running Festival. 

The elder ran in the Cape Challenge, which included a 5K in Dewey Beach on Saturday and a 9K in Rehoboth Beach on Sunday. She won the 70-74 age group in both events with times of 26:43 and 50:12, respectively.

Christine did the Fort Miles Challenge, which included the 5K on Saturday plus a half-marathon on Sunday. Not to go home empty-handed, she placed second among her 30-34 age-group peers in the 5K in 22:50 and fourth in the half (missing third place by one second) in 1:44:08.

> about Diane’s amazing training streak (ongoing since Christine was born)