Mike Campbell, of Dale City. Mike will be running on our JFK 50 miler team November 5th, along with Prasad Gerard and Keith Moore. Mike has done three 100 mile races and competed in JFK three times as well. Sunday will be the 14th consecutive Marine Corps Marathon Mike has run. We welcome Mr. Campbell to the club, and wish him all the best in the coming weeks.
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In the best team performance the club has put together in years, WRC Men took second in the men's open category at the Army Ten Miler on October 15th. Led by Frank Sprtel, WRC placed seven of its runners in the top sixty five. Among all teams (military, corporate, government, etc) combined, WRC finished sixth out of 560.
What is perhaps most remarkable about the performance is the tightness of WRC's pack. Only two minutes separated WRC’s first man (Frank Sprtel, 53:02) from our seventh man (Anthony Belber, 55:10). This is extraordinarily encouraging.
Commented Chris Hartshorne about the race
"Gary passed me at four miles - I went out a wee bit quick. For
all I know I could have been running with some of the others at times."
"Around mile seven I was really struggling and then had to dig down deep. The motivation to help the team out is what kept my head in it. We did extremely well as a team and the incredible thing is several of us are not even running at our fullest capabilities."
Observed Captain Todd Martin
"I'm not suggesting that we would have beat all these guys if they scored five deep, but we had incredible depth. Our seventh man [Anthony Belber] beat the fifth man on the every other team that was ahead of us except for Ft. Bragg."
Below is a listing of men's open team times
Not to be outdone, WRC’s co-ed team took 4th out of 28th in the mixed open category, being led by Jeff "Spudman" Stratton and "Rocking" Robin Oswald.
Said Captain Oswald after the race
"One thing that pleasantly surprised me was the number of army folks at the water stops--that was incredible. The 14th street bridge seemed endless, as always."
Among the free lancers the club had running were the following
The next team races we do will be decided by Todd Martin, and his merry bend of revelers. However likely candidates include the Boston Marathon, Cherry Blossom and Sallie Mae.
Kudos to Yancy, Farrell, and John Ward, for whom this was their first race with our club. We hope they decide to do others with us.---------------------------------
And on Sunday, Kirk Baird, took second in the masters’ division at Army Ten Miler. Kirk seems to be adjusting to forty very nicely, thanks for asking.
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Robert Platt reports:
"Your report of the 20 Miler should note that Drosky and Platt were on the winning Master Male team. (I guess it helps when you are in charge of tabulating the team results. ) :-)"
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Our friend Yancy Hall was featured in the season’s premiere of the West Wing, as an extra. True Story. It seems that Yancy was watching the filming in downtown DC last month, and when the director yelled "Okay I want all extras over here" Yancy simply walked on. Unfortunately, his one part – he was part of a horde running from a large explosion – was obscured because of a close up of Rob Lowe.
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Please note the following items.
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"In its relentless search for high drama, NBC has stumbled into high camp."(New York Times,Sept 27, Carlyn James)
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