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Tague competes in two fall triathlons

31 Tuesday Oct 2023

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Local triathlete and CRR Steve Tague ventured to the D.C. area and The Big Apple to compete in triathlon events this fall.

Reston Triathlon logo

In the Reston Triathlon on September 10, Tague bested 22 other competitors in his 60-64 age group in this olympic-distances event (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run). He came in 14th overall out of 282 finishers.

Tague’s swim time was 28:06 (2nd among the 60-64s), his 1:11:00 bike (at 21 mph) was best among his age-group peers, and his 10km run time was 53:00 (3rd among the 60-64s). Adding 2:49 for the two transitions, his total time for the event was 2:34:54.

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The New York City Triathlon event on October 1 was changed to a run–bike–run event due to massive flooding in the city. The swim was ditched for an opening mile run, which was followed by the 40km bike and 10km run. Tague finished an impressive 132nd out of 1,048 competitors and 2nd out of 41 finishers in the 60-64 age group.

photo of Steve Tague in 2023 NYC Triathlon

A good swimmer, Tague reported that he would have won his age group in a traditional triathlon. “The guy that beat me I have [beaten] before, as I take a big chunk out of him in the swim (and a little in the bike) that he can’t quite make up in the run.”

Tague’s opened with a 7:50 mile, biked an age-group best 1:12:38 (20.5 mph), and finished with a 50:26 10km run (8:07/mile). Adding transition times totaling 4:01, his overall time was 2:14:53.

Not too shabby for a 64 year old!

First State Half Marathon standouts

27 Monday Mar 2023

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On a cool, windy Saturday, March 25, 319 participants finished the First State Half Marathon, held right here in Newark, Delaware. Among the age-group winners were two Creek Road Runners.

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Placing 7th overall and winning the men’s 40-49 division was CRR Andrew Weber, clocking in at 1:20:30*, just a bit over six minutes per mile.

Winning the men’s 70-and-over division was CRR Doug Repetti. Repetti finished 180th overall and 113th among the men in 2:07:09*.

Of note was the the close finish of two other CRRs. CRR Steve Tague finished in 95th overall in 1:50:52*, just 15 seconds ahead of CRR Christina Parsons’ time of 1:51:07*.

*chip time

Editor’s Note: CRR Mark Deshon got an up-close-and-personal view of this rather unusual out-and-back race, as he handed out water and/or encouragement to the above-mentioned from the turnaround.

CRRs bringing it home!

27 Wednesday Oct 2021

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On Wednesday, Oct. 20, the University of Delaware held its annual Blue Hens Homecoming 5K. Several Creek Road Runners took advantage of this local race, which is a parking-lot-and-dirt-path course on the Ag & Athletics campus.

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Winning the race was 41-year-old CRR Andrew Weber, the younger of our fast-Webers duo, in 17:37. He had competition from another runner in his age group but won by a comfortable 15 seconds. Coming in third overall and taking first in the 20-29 age group was CRR Luke Nigro with a time of 18:14. Placing 12th overall and winning the 60-69 age group was 60-year-old CRR Bruce Weber. The elder Weber’s finishing time of 19:45 gave him an age-grade score of 80.3, which is considered “national class.” Congratulations to these three standouts.

Creek Road Runners took all three places in the men’s 60-69s. Placing second in that age group was CRR Bill Rose, who finished 18th overall in 21:03. Triathlete CRR Steve Tague placed 3rd among his age-group peers and 29th overall in 22:06.

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Our lone female competitor was CRR Flora Poindexter, who finished second among the 60-69s (strong age group!) in 34:22.

Other Creek Road Runners finishers included CRR Dave Schultz (24:19), CRR Joe Dombroski (28:43), and CRR Shawn Alexander (29:06).

Tague places 15th at Nationals

10 Tuesday Aug 2021

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OK, so headlines can be deceiving.

Even so, on August 6th Newark’s CRR Steve Tague placed 15th among his 158 age-group (60-64) competitors in the Olympic-distance triathlon at the U.S. Triathlon Nationals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. That’s top ten percent!

The second of four Delaware finishers, Tague completed the .75K-swim, 40K-bike, 10K-run event in 2:23:43, placing 460th out of 2,737 overall and 360th among 1,521 men.

Tague’s swim time was 23:57, his bike time was 1:06:53, and his run time was 49:04. Transitions in between each were 2:28 and 1:21, respectively.

Having improved three positions from his 18th place in his previous attempt at nationals, he is confident that he can do better next year.

Congratulations!

Tague wins age group in Md. triathlon

18 Friday Jun 2021

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Newark’s CRR Steve Tague is fighting that nemesis—age. The 62-year-old trains in swimming, biking, and running for times like this, when he can test himself against other triathletes of his age and younger. On June 5, he competed at the Rock Hall Triathlon Festival in nearby Rock Hall, Md., and won his age group in the Olympic Sprint Triathlon, finishing 60th overall among 368 participants.

photo of Steve Tague as a cyclist

Though his overall time of 2:30:14 seemed reasonably similar to the 2nd- and 3rd-place finishers in the 60-64s, Tague actually blew them out, with a top-ranked 1.5K swim time of 28:37 and second-ranked 40K bike and 10K run times of 1:08:12 and 50:42, respectively. In fact, if one were to total the three event ranking times in his age group and use cross-country scoring, he would have a 5 to his nearest competitors’ 11 and 12. His two transition times were likewise faster than his age group’s 2nd- and 3rd-place finishers, who hailed from West Chester, Pa., and Chesapeake, Va., respectively.

Tague was not particularly happy with his run time (at an 8:10/mi. pace), so he hopes to improve on that in future such events. Then, there’s that “Father Time” thing. No, it never gets any easier.

Creek Road Runners collectively say, “Great job.”