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Tag Archives: 5K

B+ 5K Fighting Childhood Cancer, June 17

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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5K, brewer, Leon’s Team, Salesianum

Leon's Team 5K shirt logoIf you are looking for a feel-good, mid-week run in June, please consider the 9th Annual B+ 5K Fighting Childhood Cancer on Wednesday, June 17th, at Salesianum School, 1801 N. Broom St. in Wilmington. Registration starts at 5 p.m. The race starts at 6:45 p.m. This is a family-friendly event with runners and walkers of all ages welcome. Plenty of free food. Extra cheers for cancer survivors.

Register online.

Please also consider joining Leon’s Team, if you plan to run. Leon Huhn is the son of CRR Julie Brewer and a pediatric cancer survivor. He finished treatment earlier this year and hopes to take part in the festivities on June 17th.

Trail Triple Crown this Saturday

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

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10K, 5K, half marathon, individual, marathon, team, trail, triple crown

Trail Dawgs logoThe annual Trail Triple Crown races will start and finish at White Clay Creek State Park in Newark this Saturday, April 25, as listed below.

  • Half-marathon at 7:30 a.m. ($90 individual)
  • Marathon at 7:40 a.m. ($65 individual)
  • 10K at 10 a.m. ($45 individual)
  • 5K at 11:15 a.m. ($30 individual)
  • Triple – Half-marathon/10K/5K ($100 individual / $125 team)

Amenities include T-shirts, medals to marathon finishers, mugs to Triple Crown and first 100 half-marathon finishers, BBQ lunches. Awards to male and female overall, masters and age-group champions and team competition.

This event benefits the following faith-based homeless-shelter programs: Deep Roots, Meeting Ground, Newark Empowerment Center, Newark Area Welfare Committee, and Settlement House. Contact 302-731-4169 or email CRR John Mackenzie or visit www.triplecrowntrailrun.org.

Unique 5K in Newark

08 Wednesday Oct 2014

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5K, Club Phred, newark area welfare committee, newark country club, Newark Morning Rotary Club

Rock & Roll 5K logoEver thought about what it would be like to run on the Newark Country Club golf course? Well, your chance has arrived. It’s time to Rock & Roll!

On Saturday, November 8, at 3 p.m. the Rock & Roll 5K will be run at the Newark Country Club.

The Newark Morning Rotary Club is sponsoring this event to raise money for the Newark Area Welfare Committee (NAWC), which has lost critical funding from the state legislature. Highlights include

  • beautiful setting for a run or walk—the Newark Country Club
  • live rock & roll music, featuring Club Phred
  • snacks and beverages for all runners/walkers
  • back sack filled with goodies for all runners/walkers

The organizer’s working theme is “We threw a party, and a 5K broke out!” Come out, support NAWC, and have some fun. Register now.

Coming up – Blue Hens Homecoming 5K

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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5K, blue hens, homecoming, UD

UD Blue Hens Homecoming 5K logoSign up today to participate in the inaugural Blue Hens Homecoming 5K Run/Walk event on Friday, October 17, at 5:30 p.m.  Join your fellow UD alumni, students, faculty/staff, friends and family on the course that winds throughout the UD Athletics Complex and College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. The terrain of the course varies between asphalt and gravel/dirt. Day-of-race registration begins at 4 p.m.

$15 – Event pre-registration fee until Oct. 15 at noon
$20 – From after noon on Oct. 15 until race day at 5 p.m.

Register now

In appreciation for your participation, Delaware Football invites all race members who register in advance to purchase discounted tickets to its highly anticipated game vs. CAA opponent Towson on Saturday, October 18 at 12:30 p.m.  Tickets must be purchased by noon of Wednesday, October 15.

Also, all runners/walkers will each receive an event shirt and invitation to the post-race hospitality area featuring music and refreshments on race day.

This event is brought to you in partnership with University of Delaware’s HealthyU Employee Wellness Program and Delaware Athletics. Thanks to CRR Kathy Corbitt for helping to organize this event.

Seconds, anyone?

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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5K, Amish Country Bike Tour, barton, cannon, crispin, deshon, george, jornlin, nun run, pink ribbon, white

photo of Keith CrispinA few age-group second-place finishes were recorded by Creek Road Runners over the past week.

CRR Keith Crispin finished second among the 40-49s in the Nun Run 5K with a 19:22.

photo of Ann Jornlinphoto of Theresa CannonIn 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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In non-running news, the Amish Country Bike Tour saw four Creek Road Runners on bicycles. CRR Becky George and CRR Sue Barton did the 100-mile course. George averaged over 19mph! CRR Mark Deshon and CRR Skip White teamed up again, averaging just under 18mph over the 50-mile route.

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acronyms like PR and DNF are verbs.

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your blood pressure is 92 over 56 and you are conscious.

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your iPod has a “running” playlist.

you check out road races while on vacation.

you’ve converted your marathon medals into a wind chime.

you consider running 3 miles to be a warm up.

you know the shoe store guy better than some relatives.

you drive down the freeway and think to yourself, “Hey, my car is doing 1-minute miles.”

you know that PR stands for something other than Puerto Rico.

you use your bib numbers to wallpaper your garage.

your resting heart rate is too low to give blood.

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you consider your latest race shirt “formal wear.”

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