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baird, Broad Street, crispin, farquhar, philadelphia, repetti, Ten Miler
Though the Philadelphia Flyers are out of the playoffs, there were still some Creek Road Runners who were definitely flying down Broad Street yesterday, taking no prisoners in the annual Broad Street Run Ten Miler in Philly.
CRR Bill Farquhar led the way with a stellar 59:45, finishing in 194th place in the field of about 50,000 runners and placing 3rd in the 50-54 age group! This sub-6:00/mile performance legitimized his tactic of saving energy last weekend during the Delaware Marathon Relay. His performance yesterday at Broad Street age-graded to an 82.4, which is considered “national class.”
Our newest Creek Road Runner, 25-year-old CRR Jo Baird, tore up the course in a fast 1:05:34, finishing an amazing 69th among all women and 553rd overall.
Following after Baird were 51-year-old CRR Keith Crispin, who ran a 1:06:51, and 67-year-old CRR Doug Repetti, who posted a 1:23:45, each a terrific time for his respective age.
CRR Keith Crispin was not too far behind, placing fourth in the same age group in a 32:48.
In the ultra-windy Philly Marathon, CRR Andrew Weber clocked in at 3:27:39, placing 1,000th overall out of 7,761 participants.
An honorable mention goes to one of the newest of our crew, CRR Flora Poindexter, who completed her 26.2-mile journey in 6:09:01. This was her first marathon.
Three Creek Road Runners competed in last Sunday’s Philadelphia Marathon. Leading the way for our group was CRR Andrew Weber, who was aiming for three hours but “hit the wall” and faded to a still-respectable 3:31:13.
CRR Brian Bahnson completed the course in 3:47:02, and CRR Shawn Alexander finished in 4:26:27. CRR Michelle Parent did the Philly Half Marathon, finishing in 2:5:54.
In other weekend news, CRR Dan Simmons placed 4th among the 65-69s in the Broad Street Run in Philadelphia yesterday, coming in with a very respectable 1:14:06. Simmons finished 2041st overall out of nearly 40,000 runners. Well done.
Several good times were turned in during the Philadelphia Marathon weekend races this past weekend. Among those were four notable Creek Road Runners.
In the Rothman 8K, contested on Saturday, CRR Theresa Kauffman ran a 38:44, placing her 6th out of the 72 runners in the 50-54 age group. She finished 256th overall out of 1,609 finishers and 73rd among the women.