Ten little kids run laps in six inches of snow and 15°F, 5:30 PM on Wednesday, January 29th, under the lights at the Falmouth High School Track. Photo by Ken Gartner
Each year after the rainy season, the runners of Bekoji have to excavate their earthen track from the encroaching grasses. And much like them, WRCers have to sometimes resort to extreme measures, to recover our all-weather track from, well, all sorts of weather.
Today was very pleasant, a welcome relief at SuperWinter’s halftime, and so dozens showed up for the distance run, while others headed over to Hains Point to contest a 5K & Combine. Sadly, this coming Tuesday is going to be rather unpleasant after Monday’s blowout.
But nevertheless, the unstoppable Jesse Frantz and Hillary Tipton are leading the charge to get back to business on the track. Donning their finest ushankas and shod in supplementary YakTrax, they will clear the way for others. And I will join them in the mushy wintry twilight fun, and you should also join us there.
First Down 5K & Pacers Combine Washington DC February 2, 2014 Results: Combined, Non-Combined Place Bib Name AgeS Combine Chip TIME+COMBINE 10 650 Andrew Killian 34M 3:53 18:18 22:11 23 172 Rachel Clattenburg 29F 4:04 19:46 23:50 379 Finishers (with Combine) P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon January 19, 2014 - Phoenix, AZ 45 Max Lockwood 2:56:12 2281 finishers JFK 20K January 18, 2014 - Carderock, MD Results 23 Jay Jacob Wind M64 1:35:31 88 James Scarborough M55 2:02:17 119 finishers Walt Disney World® Marathon presented by Cigna® Epcot®, Lake Buena Vista, FL — January 12, 2014 Place Name Age Div Gender Half Net Time 146 DAISUKE OGATA 38 37 136 1:29:38 3:13:10 671 JULIA TAYLOR 42 8 116 1:51:47 3:38:08 Total Finishers 19230 Walt Disney World® Half Marathon presented by Cigna® Epcot®, Lake Buena Vista, FL — January 11, 2014 467 JULIA TAYLOR 42 6 70 1:44:45 Total Finishers 20284 2014 Goofy Race and a Half Challenge TAYLOR, JULIA 42 F 1:44:45 3:38:08