SRC Run Report, March 21, 2009

Welcome Spring 2009!....... Spring? Spring? Are you out there? Has anyone seen Springtime? We sure didn't feel it yesterday morning, which by the way was the first full day of Spring! It was a brisk 23 degrees at 8am on Saturday morning at Northwest Ave. Well that's a fine "How do you do?" to kick off warmer(?) weather, flowers blooming, and leaves budding on the trees don't you think? We did spot some daffodils along the tow path, which in Kenny's book is all that is needed to confirm that winter is over! I'll take that for now, so Bye Bye Winter!

Last Sunday there was a good showing of SRC folks at the Caesar Rodney Half-Marathon. I understand that NC Tom set the course record for his age group. He truly is "Too Hot" Tom as well as our local National Champion. He participated in the USATF National Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend as well. I'm still waiting for breaking news of race results. Stay tuned.

I wanted to post all who participated in the Caesar Rodney Half Marathon and their times, but I'm getting a warning that the race results page is infected with a virus. My apologies for not being able to post everyone's hard efforts on a tough course. Here is the list of those who I know ran last weekend along with my congratulations!

Iron Arthur
Joe H
Just Gene
Kenny Baby
Lakshmi
Lima Bean
Marni
NC Tom

Fast forward to yesterday (back to the future?), here's the list of folks that showed up for a brisk Springtime morning run:

1. Alan Gross: 10 on-the-trail
2. BB Betsy: Shawmont-Manor
3. Bill C: Shawmont-Wises Mill
4. Chris P: Shawmont-Wises Mill, plus Andorra for 16
5. Cisco Joe: 10 on-the-trail
6. Coach Carl: 10 on-the-trail
7. Doylestown Pete: Shawmont-Manor
8. Gazella: Shawmont-Manor
9. Hoby Dick: an easy paced 5
10. Iron Arthur: Vanilla Shawmont
11. Jenn: 5 on-the-trail
    
12. Joe H: Shawmont-Wises Mill
13. Kenny Baby: Shawmont-Wises Mill
14. Lima Bean: Vanilla Shawmont
    
15. Prof Sandy: Vanilla Shawmont
16. Quietman Tom: Shawmont-Spring Mill-Manor
17. Rabbi Jon: 5 on-the-trail
18. Ram: Shawmont-Spring Mill-Manor
19. Rob H (anti-SRC): 5-8 on-the-trail
20. Robert: 8 on-the-trail
21. Teddio: Vanilla Shawmont
22. Thierry: 5 on-the-trail
23. Torry: 5 on-the-trail
    
24. Tri-Marni: Shawmont-Wises Mill
25. Waterbottle: Shawmont-Manor

Also seen: Tony D and PomPom Princess

Also seen later in the day and still upright, Just Gene, after completing the HAT 50K Trail Run in a time of 6:09:07, which was good enough for 3rd place in his age group! Congratulations!
Race results indicate that HeeHaw Jim also completed the race in 5:55:02! Well done both of you!

Other important notes: Last night was the 8th Annual SRC Dinner at Bourbon Blue which was organized by Zen Yanni and Weezinator. Once again, it was a delightful evening! A good time was had by all!