Congrats to Ben Stutts for his third place overall finish with a time of 18:04 and Kirk Masterson for taking first in his age group with a time of 18:32 (results)! With less than a half mile to go the first and second place (Kirk) leaders chose a different path, which likely exceeded the intended 3.14159 miles and definitely resulted in a few lost places. Expect apple pie following tomorrow morning’s long run!
Great job to everyone who raced this morning!
Half Marathon Results Charlie Ban 1:11:16 (5th Overall) Stephanie Selmer 1:28:02 (5-minute PR!!) Andrew Killian 1:28:22 Julia Taylor 1:33:56 Shinobu Kusakabe 1:34:02 Gareth Coville 1:45:15 Madeleine Dolan 1:46:19 Piers Kirk 1:54:12 James Scarborough 2:02:37 Marathon Results Matthew Wieczorek 3:07:00 Lydia Pelliccia 3:17:47 Ashley Etue 3:28:36 Jay Jacob Wind 3:40:10
In case you missed this a couple weeks ago, WRC’s very own Nelson Paz was featured in the Washington Post for his show-stopping desserts.
Way to go, Nelson!
Having conquered the alarm clock thanks to the start of daylight savings time this morning, WRC’s team battled competition and race clock to throw down high-quality, early spring racing season results:
St. Patrick's Day 8k March 09, 2014 - Washington, DC Results PLACE BIB NAME AGE NET PACE 92 1442 Rachel Clattenburg 29 0:31:10 6:17 413 2495 Christine Hackman 50 0:37:32 7:33 43 2768 Andrew Killian 34 0:29:24 5:55 93 3868 Alan Pemberton 61 0:31:14 6:17 4038 Finishers 4th of 54 CO-ED Teams (Results)
There are some times when we reluctantly bid friends farewell, and others when we are lucky to welcome them into our lives. Now, in a way, is both of those times.
Last summer, we said goodbye to Jonathan Baker, who was recalled by his unicorn brethren back to Marathon Mecca. But at the same time, we gained new friends and clubmates in Japan’s Daisuke Ogata and the UK’s Paul and Fiona Karlsen.
Now, in this past week we said お別れで安全な旅行 to Daisuke, who returns back to his family and fuller life in Sanda-shi. But we also recently welcomed two new members into our Young Harriers division! Here are some eyewitness reports about that breaking news:
From Elizabeth Lambert and Bill Hamblet, on February 22nd:
Evelyn Paige Laub Hamblet
(Ellie, Evie or “Peanut” – Evelyn is French for hazelnut btw – no accident).
7 lbs 1oz, 20 inches
Loooong toes and fingers
Hiccups
Tranqs out when in a stroller or wheelchair going over bumps (I attribute this to running – I’ve heard babies of runners tend to self soothe).
Her PR was in the Annapolis 10 miler back in Aug. She has also done the Parks Half and Run for the Parks and Tufts 10K for women (and women carrying future women).
WRC member I believe on my family plan.
And from Paul and Fiona Karlsen, on March 5th:
Hans Ernest Karlsen
Just wanted to let you know that little Hans Karlsen was born at 8.30am this morning, weighing in at 8lbs 2oz.
Fiona and Hans both doing well but very tired.
Cheers, Paul
Guess who’s receiving the next round of XXXXS singlets? Those two little leopard cubs, that’s who. Welcome to the club!
* with apologies to Papa.