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Two successfully complete Philadelphia Marathon

08 Monday Jan 2024

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During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, two Creek Road Runners competed in and finished the Philadelphia Marathon. Held on Nov. 24, the marathon was the feature event of the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend of races, which boasted more than 35,000 participants.

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First and foremost, 44-year-old CRR Andrew Weber, who had run this race and other local marathons in previous years, broke the three-hour mark for the first time and, in doing so, set a new personal best by more than seven minutes, finishing in 2:54:41. His previous best was a 3:02:13 at Philly in 2014. Weber placed 407th overall.

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A veteran of many marathons over the years, 63-year-old CRR Tripp Shenton came in well under four hours with a finishing time of 3:44:53. He placed 3,442nd overall.

Interestingly enough, both Weber and Shenton placed 29th in their respective five-year age group. Congratulations to you both!

Philadelphia Marathon milestones

25 Friday Nov 2022

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Two Creek Road Runners celebrated milestones in this year’s Philadelphia Marathon, which took place on Sunday, November 20.

photo of Andrew Weber

CRR Andrew Weber, one of Newark’s best runners, ran a new PR in the race, clocking in with a chip-timed 2:56:56. He finished an impressive 31st among the 612 competitors in the 40-44s and 341st overall among 8,420 finishers.

Among the women, CRR Diane Kukich completed what has been a banner year for her by running her first-ever marathon. At age 70, Kukich added yet another Delaware state age-group record to her collection, finishing 3rd in the 70-74 age group in 4:58:36 (chip time) and obliterating the previous Delaware record by 48 minutes! Kukich currently owns state age-group bests in the 5K, 10K, 15K, marathon (all in 2022), and the 5 mile (set in 2017).

Wow! Congratulations to both runners.

Thanksgiving week standouts

29 Friday Nov 2019

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photo of Andrew WeberNotably absent from last Saturday’s Turkey Trot races here in Newark was CRR Andrew Weber. That’s because he ran the Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday. The 40-year-old Weber placed 400th overall in a huge field, breaking the 3-hour mark in 2:59:44 and qualifying for the Boston Marathon in the process. Congratulations to him on a major accomplishment in his new age group.

photo of Bill FarquharIn the Rothman Orthopedics 8K (rough metric equivalent of a five-mile race), part of the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, 52-year-old CRR Bill Farquhar finished in 29:59, 4th in his age group and 122nd overall (out of 4,130 competitors). That’s a six-minute/mile pace for this speedy senior!

On Thanksgiving Day, the annual PNC Bank 10K and 5K races were contested in Wilmington, Del. Two of our, shall we say, more senior runners won their respective age groups, and another captured a third place.

photo of Ann Jornlinphoto of Bruce WeberShort-distance speedster CRR Bruce Weber (no relation to Andrew, except for similar fast-twitch acumen) took care of winning the 55-59 age group in 19:31. An annual racing event for her, CRR Ann Jornlin won the 65-69 age group with a 30:06.

photo of Doug RepettiIn the 10K race, coming off having run both the Turkey Trot 10K and 5K just five days earlier, CRR Doug Repetti captured 3rd among the 65-69s in 52:50.

A week later in Newark, the 68-year-old Repetti took top honors in his age group in the Reindeer Run 5K with a solid 24:41.

Well done, each of you!