Megan DiGregorio records her 4th win in 4 weekends, winning today's "Balitmore 10 Miler" in a season best time of 1:05:15. Despite the conditions, this is 3.5 minutes faster than she ran at Club Challenge, and moved her into 10th in the all-time top 10 list for 10 milers (individual). She led another TWSS podium sweep, as New Becky Parks (2nd, 1:06:38, about 2 minutes faster than CC) and Lee DiPietro (3rd, 1:07:56) rounded it out. Jackie Truncellito was 4th, in 1:08:37, and Meg McNew took 7th (1:10:33).
For the dudes, Andrew Beef Jaffe took 7th (1:00:36) and Ryan Orner was 10th (1:01:25). Joel Brusewitz narrowly avoided getting girled by Meg D, running 1:05:07. Matt Castille came in at 1:09:13, and Dave Ploskonka was out pacing the 7 minute group, running right on 1:09:40 in the middle of a 22 mile day. Pete Mulligan was just off his CC time, running 1:18:13.
Jared Jaskot ran with wife Emily, as the two crossed in the fantastic time of 1:22:18. Dr. Rodney Taylor finished at 1:22:41, and Christine Trzcinski came through at 1:23:21. Some old school TNTers, Cynthia Evans (1:28:01) and Jan Cook (1:30:59) also ran. And big Dan Goodman, coming across in 1:36:59.
In Podunk, PA, Joel Gladfelter ran his summertime favorite, the Irv Zablocky Memorial Run - a 3.55 mile event - where he has had good success throughout the years. This year he was coming in after a long comeback from his winter injury, and without the racing miles, wasn't as sharp as he's been. He managed to finish in 4th, in 21:07 (5:57/mi).
Stay tuned for more results from the weekend!
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad
I'm sure everyone who raced on Sunday was just a little disappointed that we were unable to defend our men's team title, but when you look at the results, it's hard to be disappointed with the performances. Before I get into Club Challenge, however, I'll highlight other performances from the weekend:
Sean McCarthy ran the challenging Colonial Half Marathon in Williamsburg, taking 10th place in 1:17:14. Spider Sillery raced in Chattanooga's Scenic City Half Marathon, earning the win and running a very solid 1:16:37. Through the Grapevine, I may have also heard something about Spider entering the realm of fatherhood...Matty Blaze ran the Brooks PR Invite in Seattle, blazing the 2 mile to the tune of a 2nd place finish in 9:02.51. Steve Wancowicz raced the nearly 800 person Ugly Mudder 7ish mile trail race, taking 140th in 1:13:19.
Now for Club Challenge. Prior to the start of the race I offered a $100 bounty to anyone who could run faster than what Dave Berdan ran last year (51:43, CR). Me and my big mouth. From the gun, Alex Battaglino amassed a ginormous lead. The result was a 51:34 course record and the win, and my pocket a hundred dollars lighter! If Dave can race again next year, it could seriously be one of the greatest races of all time. Our posse of Tristram Thomas, Ed Aramayo and Dustin Meeker remained competitive with the two Striders, Matt Barresi and Carlos Renjifo. Those three each ran PRs at 53:51, 53:57 and 54:02, respectively, and took the 4th, 5th and 6th spots. Our middle pack was a little lighter than it was last year, but Garrett Ash finished at 56:00, and Seth Tibbitts came through with an incredible run - 57:29. He is going to do some serious damage at Boston. Phil Turner, who is running National Marathon in a few weeks, put in 25 miles on Sunday, running 58:12 for 10 miles in the middle. Arjun Majumdar, Mike Mashner and Brennan Feldhausen were running as a solid pack through 6 and change, before they split up. Arjun finished at 58:38, Zero was 59:02 (:12 PR) and Brennan finished at 59:25 and was our 10th scorer, and last person to get under the time of Susie from last year (59:27). Pat McLoughlin, still working through his persistent knee problem and fresh off a 4 hour ride on Saturday, came through in 1:00:53 - about 4 minutes faster than last year. Joel Gladfelter ran 7 and a half minutes faster than his CC10 time, running 1:01:02. Tim Parker came in at 1:01:37.
Following Tim was a strong run by Tommy McLoughlin (1:03:13), who has never raced an open road race that long, and then Tom Stott (1:03:50). Bob Harvey ran well at 1:05:19, and then Dave Ploskonka finished in the top 100 at 1:06:38. Chris Scott ran a 3+ minute PR at 1:15:49, and then Pete Mulligan also ran a PR at 1:17:57. Amazing - 20 guys, 18 of them under 6:40 per mile pace.
In men's team scoring, we finished 2nd behind Striders by 24 points. As I looked through their results, they lost some of their firepower from last year, with guys like Izzy, Graham, Kent, Tom Williams, Doug Mock, all not running. They had a few guys step up big, and then a few newer names to the Club Challenge ranks.
For our ladies, it was never even close. The traditionally strong team of Westminster just didn't show up at all. Howard County lost Pam Maldeis the day before the race due to injury, but benefited from a former RASAC member, Kara Waters, who came out and ran very well. Unfortunately for the other teams, our depth is, at this point, unmatched. Denise Knickman finished 2nd in 1:03:49, her fastest CC since 2002 and fastest 10 miler since 2006. Diane Heiser and Melissa Majumdar, who were 2nd and 4th last year, swapped positions this year, running 1:04:17 and 1:04:57, respectively. Then came a bunch of Club Challenge virgins - Suzanne Hurst (5th, 1:06:47), Jackie Truncellito (6th, 1:07:04), Megan DiGregorio (8th, 1:08:09) and Becky Parks (9th, 1:08:18). Alyssa Godesky's pre-race goal was to run fast, much different from her normal strategy of run long, and she was able to achieve that goal, running 1:12:19. Christa Wagner, looking for big things come May's Frederick Half Marathon, ran a great race, finishing at 1:15:53, and Juhie Kumar was right behind in 1:16:13. Kelly Meier ran a course best for her, 1:18:43. And our final finisher, Ms. Sara J. Spears, never ceases to amaze me. Her time was 1:22:25, which is 4 seconds better than her chip time from Army Ten Miler last year, and it's about 4 minutes faster than she ran at CC10.
The women scored 28 points to the Striders' 60.
In the co-ed/overall team scoring, we scored lower than all other teams and were fortunate to be able to bring home the trophy for the 3rd year in a row. Congrats to all of you on your amazing personal performances, and for helping the team's success! For our Purple Drink Athlete of the Week, while there are many worthy performers, I felt the most impressive for the day went to Denise, who ran faster than she's run in a decade at CC.
I shot out a few numbers along in the email this week, about how our performance this year compared with other years. Last year we had 50 runners, of which only about 20 returned as we had 13 first-time CCers. Of our scoring 12 for men, we had only 5 return, and of our top 4, only 1 was back. We filled as many gaps as we could, but certainly losing guys like Berdan, Kyle and Ben hurt. But of our 32 runners, we had about 18 PRs, which is amazing on that course.
But, as we cooled down, I couldn't help to feel a bit saddened by the lack of sportsmanship by members of some of the other teams. The jeering comments of "Falls Road Ringers" have become entirely unappreciated, and I take a deep, personal offense to them. In general, it's not the more competitive members - guys we see frequently and race against. They understand it's a competition. In fact, if we didn't field a team, this race would no longer be a race. It's the old guard, people who forget that 20somethings live in Baltimore City. If there are people out there who think I'm pulling runners from the sky, I encourage them to come to Mondays. And Tuesdays. And Wednesdays. And Fridays. And weekends. Or, I can send the spreadsheet of attendance that I keep. I can also send my roster, email list, and race results for the past 6 years. Or anyone can come out to any of the myriad group functions we pull together. Like the 25 people (75% of our team) at Kisling's after the race. Just stop complaining about it, because we're not going anywhere.
Sean McCarthy ran the challenging Colonial Half Marathon in Williamsburg, taking 10th place in 1:17:14. Spider Sillery raced in Chattanooga's Scenic City Half Marathon, earning the win and running a very solid 1:16:37. Through the Grapevine, I may have also heard something about Spider entering the realm of fatherhood...Matty Blaze ran the Brooks PR Invite in Seattle, blazing the 2 mile to the tune of a 2nd place finish in 9:02.51. Steve Wancowicz raced the nearly 800 person Ugly Mudder 7ish mile trail race, taking 140th in 1:13:19.
Now for Club Challenge. Prior to the start of the race I offered a $100 bounty to anyone who could run faster than what Dave Berdan ran last year (51:43, CR). Me and my big mouth. From the gun, Alex Battaglino amassed a ginormous lead. The result was a 51:34 course record and the win, and my pocket a hundred dollars lighter! If Dave can race again next year, it could seriously be one of the greatest races of all time. Our posse of Tristram Thomas, Ed Aramayo and Dustin Meeker remained competitive with the two Striders, Matt Barresi and Carlos Renjifo. Those three each ran PRs at 53:51, 53:57 and 54:02, respectively, and took the 4th, 5th and 6th spots. Our middle pack was a little lighter than it was last year, but Garrett Ash finished at 56:00, and Seth Tibbitts came through with an incredible run - 57:29. He is going to do some serious damage at Boston. Phil Turner, who is running National Marathon in a few weeks, put in 25 miles on Sunday, running 58:12 for 10 miles in the middle. Arjun Majumdar, Mike Mashner and Brennan Feldhausen were running as a solid pack through 6 and change, before they split up. Arjun finished at 58:38, Zero was 59:02 (:12 PR) and Brennan finished at 59:25 and was our 10th scorer, and last person to get under the time of Susie from last year (59:27). Pat McLoughlin, still working through his persistent knee problem and fresh off a 4 hour ride on Saturday, came through in 1:00:53 - about 4 minutes faster than last year. Joel Gladfelter ran 7 and a half minutes faster than his CC10 time, running 1:01:02. Tim Parker came in at 1:01:37.
Following Tim was a strong run by Tommy McLoughlin (1:03:13), who has never raced an open road race that long, and then Tom Stott (1:03:50). Bob Harvey ran well at 1:05:19, and then Dave Ploskonka finished in the top 100 at 1:06:38. Chris Scott ran a 3+ minute PR at 1:15:49, and then Pete Mulligan also ran a PR at 1:17:57. Amazing - 20 guys, 18 of them under 6:40 per mile pace.
In men's team scoring, we finished 2nd behind Striders by 24 points. As I looked through their results, they lost some of their firepower from last year, with guys like Izzy, Graham, Kent, Tom Williams, Doug Mock, all not running. They had a few guys step up big, and then a few newer names to the Club Challenge ranks.
For our ladies, it was never even close. The traditionally strong team of Westminster just didn't show up at all. Howard County lost Pam Maldeis the day before the race due to injury, but benefited from a former RASAC member, Kara Waters, who came out and ran very well. Unfortunately for the other teams, our depth is, at this point, unmatched. Denise Knickman finished 2nd in 1:03:49, her fastest CC since 2002 and fastest 10 miler since 2006. Diane Heiser and Melissa Majumdar, who were 2nd and 4th last year, swapped positions this year, running 1:04:17 and 1:04:57, respectively. Then came a bunch of Club Challenge virgins - Suzanne Hurst (5th, 1:06:47), Jackie Truncellito (6th, 1:07:04), Megan DiGregorio (8th, 1:08:09) and Becky Parks (9th, 1:08:18). Alyssa Godesky's pre-race goal was to run fast, much different from her normal strategy of run long, and she was able to achieve that goal, running 1:12:19. Christa Wagner, looking for big things come May's Frederick Half Marathon, ran a great race, finishing at 1:15:53, and Juhie Kumar was right behind in 1:16:13. Kelly Meier ran a course best for her, 1:18:43. And our final finisher, Ms. Sara J. Spears, never ceases to amaze me. Her time was 1:22:25, which is 4 seconds better than her chip time from Army Ten Miler last year, and it's about 4 minutes faster than she ran at CC10.
The women scored 28 points to the Striders' 60.
In the co-ed/overall team scoring, we scored lower than all other teams and were fortunate to be able to bring home the trophy for the 3rd year in a row. Congrats to all of you on your amazing personal performances, and for helping the team's success! For our Purple Drink Athlete of the Week, while there are many worthy performers, I felt the most impressive for the day went to Denise, who ran faster than she's run in a decade at CC.
I shot out a few numbers along in the email this week, about how our performance this year compared with other years. Last year we had 50 runners, of which only about 20 returned as we had 13 first-time CCers. Of our scoring 12 for men, we had only 5 return, and of our top 4, only 1 was back. We filled as many gaps as we could, but certainly losing guys like Berdan, Kyle and Ben hurt. But of our 32 runners, we had about 18 PRs, which is amazing on that course.
But, as we cooled down, I couldn't help to feel a bit saddened by the lack of sportsmanship by members of some of the other teams. The jeering comments of "Falls Road Ringers" have become entirely unappreciated, and I take a deep, personal offense to them. In general, it's not the more competitive members - guys we see frequently and race against. They understand it's a competition. In fact, if we didn't field a team, this race would no longer be a race. It's the old guard, people who forget that 20somethings live in Baltimore City. If there are people out there who think I'm pulling runners from the sky, I encourage them to come to Mondays. And Tuesdays. And Wednesdays. And Fridays. And weekends. Or, I can send the spreadsheet of attendance that I keep. I can also send my roster, email list, and race results for the past 6 years. Or anyone can come out to any of the myriad group functions we pull together. Like the 25 people (75% of our team) at Kisling's after the race. Just stop complaining about it, because we're not going anywhere.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Gluten + Trans Fat = Tasty
But it also = unhealthy, as we were taught over the weekend by resident dietitian, Melissa Majumdar.
Alright so we had another weekend with approximately a bajillion race results so between the email and the results on the left, I'm sure you can figure it all out and I'll just do the highlights:
It was hot, humid, rainy, windy - in general not conditions designed for optimal performance.
BROAD STREET - didn't go as planned for most, but that's not to say there weren't some good performances. Dave finished 11th at 52:11, and Chrissie was 4th in 59:11. This was good for a new TWSS record (and we also found out that the alleged girl who ran for 4th on chip time was, in fact, a MAN, man). Andy and Nina did NOT run holding hands and, as a result, both ran season, and probably personal, bests.
Nanticoke Triathlon - It was like Return of the (Patty) Mack up in here, with Pat splitting the fastest run of the day (always a great feeling) and 11th best swim to take 7th overall. Great start to the season!
Vancouver 8k - JRudd won the race, finished 8th overall, set a new PR and took the course record by over 3 minutes. Just in a day's work out in British Columbia.
Turkey Hill Classic - Alex captured his first ever road race win in this field of 75. Winning a field sprint is something not many get to experience. It's nerve-racking, dangerous, exciting and above all, really hard and you have to have a little something more than everyone else on that day.
Frederick - I'd be remiss to not mention Denise's 3rd place at Frederick, even if 3:21:16 is 16 minutes slower than her winning time there last year. At least she showed up to defend! Dr. J was 2nd in the 5k the night before. Pete Mulligan unfortunately had to drop out of a race for the first time in his life, but made the smart decision as he was feeling cold - never a good sign when it's warm out!
Pittsburgh - Dusty was running well, and as he said to me afterwards, had it been almost any other race distance (5k, 10k, even half) he probably would have PR'd, he felt that good. But his body was just not ready to race the 26.2 miles on that day and he unfortunately had to drop at 21. However, the cops found a suspicious microwave near the finish line and rerouted the finish line, and detonated the device. Crazy.
Celiac 5k/10k - OJ gets 3rd, Tom Stott 5th and Patty Stott 6th F in the 5k; Meg McNew wins the 10k in 42:09.
Billy Korrow Memorial 5k - Matty Blaze takes the W in 16:37.
So 4 wins, a couple of PRs and now the choice for Purple Drink Athlete of the Week: Alex Viana. As I mentioned in the email version, it's something that many cyclists never get a chance to experience. Not that runners have any more of a likelihood of winning, but when your race almost always comes down to a mass sprint, it becomes that much harder. Plus he earned half the points he needs to cat UP to a 3. Awesome job buddy. First PDAW for Alex in 23 months.
WAIT A MINUTE! I forgot to shout out a race result. Eileen Fleck ran the Apple Blossom 10k and finished 9th in the great time of 40:50. Way to go Eileen! Oh, and Kendra Ingram also ran, running 6 minutes faster than she expected!
Alright so we had another weekend with approximately a bajillion race results so between the email and the results on the left, I'm sure you can figure it all out and I'll just do the highlights:
It was hot, humid, rainy, windy - in general not conditions designed for optimal performance.
BROAD STREET - didn't go as planned for most, but that's not to say there weren't some good performances. Dave finished 11th at 52:11, and Chrissie was 4th in 59:11. This was good for a new TWSS record (and we also found out that the alleged girl who ran for 4th on chip time was, in fact, a MAN, man). Andy and Nina did NOT run holding hands and, as a result, both ran season, and probably personal, bests.
Nanticoke Triathlon - It was like Return of the (Patty) Mack up in here, with Pat splitting the fastest run of the day (always a great feeling) and 11th best swim to take 7th overall. Great start to the season!
Vancouver 8k - JRudd won the race, finished 8th overall, set a new PR and took the course record by over 3 minutes. Just in a day's work out in British Columbia.
Turkey Hill Classic - Alex captured his first ever road race win in this field of 75. Winning a field sprint is something not many get to experience. It's nerve-racking, dangerous, exciting and above all, really hard and you have to have a little something more than everyone else on that day.
Frederick - I'd be remiss to not mention Denise's 3rd place at Frederick, even if 3:21:16 is 16 minutes slower than her winning time there last year. At least she showed up to defend! Dr. J was 2nd in the 5k the night before. Pete Mulligan unfortunately had to drop out of a race for the first time in his life, but made the smart decision as he was feeling cold - never a good sign when it's warm out!
Pittsburgh - Dusty was running well, and as he said to me afterwards, had it been almost any other race distance (5k, 10k, even half) he probably would have PR'd, he felt that good. But his body was just not ready to race the 26.2 miles on that day and he unfortunately had to drop at 21. However, the cops found a suspicious microwave near the finish line and rerouted the finish line, and detonated the device. Crazy.
Celiac 5k/10k - OJ gets 3rd, Tom Stott 5th and Patty Stott 6th F in the 5k; Meg McNew wins the 10k in 42:09.
Billy Korrow Memorial 5k - Matty Blaze takes the W in 16:37.
So 4 wins, a couple of PRs and now the choice for Purple Drink Athlete of the Week: Alex Viana. As I mentioned in the email version, it's something that many cyclists never get a chance to experience. Not that runners have any more of a likelihood of winning, but when your race almost always comes down to a mass sprint, it becomes that much harder. Plus he earned half the points he needs to cat UP to a 3. Awesome job buddy. First PDAW for Alex in 23 months.
WAIT A MINUTE! I forgot to shout out a race result. Eileen Fleck ran the Apple Blossom 10k and finished 9th in the great time of 40:50. Way to go Eileen! Oh, and Kendra Ingram also ran, running 6 minutes faster than she expected!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
RESULTS
Results posted on the right side from today's various racing action. Stories to follow, but here's some highlights:
Ben Ingram runs 52:47 at Cherry Blossom to finish 30th
Kevin McGrath crushes 7min pace average, runs 1:08:56 thanks to some help from Cheese
Melissa Majumdar murders Blue Jay 5k, runs 17:54 (36sec PR) for the win
Kipchirchir returns to racing, defends title at Cherry Pit, while Dusty takes 2nd
Ben Ingram runs 52:47 at Cherry Blossom to finish 30th
Kevin McGrath crushes 7min pace average, runs 1:08:56 thanks to some help from Cheese
Melissa Majumdar murders Blue Jay 5k, runs 17:54 (36sec PR) for the win
Kipchirchir returns to racing, defends title at Cherry Pit, while Dusty takes 2nd
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Spring has SPRUNG
Or, more appropriately, folks like BRENNAN J FELDHAUSEN and DIANE SASHA HEISER have sprung!!
Led by these two monster performances, TWSS rolled down to DC with more spectators than participants and took advantage of the most beautiful day in 6 months with the following performances:
Dustin "Dusty" Meeker: 1:12:38 for 16th place overall. A phenomenal time this early in the season.
Brennan Feldhausen: 1:13:40 for 18th place overall. A nearly 2 minute PR from Richmond Half (also a SunTrust race) in November.
T. Baptiste: 1:18:36 for 47th place overall. A 20 second PR from his Strong Isle Half Marathon last May.
Mike "Zero" Mashner: 1:23:44 for 101st place overall. He raced as Philip Flaherty and the luck of the Irish led him to a 2:10 PR.
Diane Heiser: 1:22:58 for what I believe to be her first half marathon, and one of the fastest half marathons any of our girls has ever run. She was 10th overall, not far behind Joan Benoit Samuelson.
Nina Kristina Hartman: 1:32:39 for 47th, 6 minutes faster than her Miami time.
These performances are not just noteworthy, they're SICK. It made the drive down from NJ worth it to see you all out there. Mile 10 is my favorite spot to be and not one of you looked dead at that point. The weather was probably a little too warm even for most people's preference, but how could you complain when it just looked so nice!
Dave Ploskonka was running as a pacer in the marathon, rolled to a 3:15:30.
Rebecca DuRivage-Jacobs ran the 8k at Shamrock in VA Beach, 14th woman in 33:22.
And in his first ever attempt at mountain bike race, hereafter referred to as MTB, Alex Viana WON the AFC Sugar Hill XC Beginner race at Patapsco!
Of course special acknowledgements to be made to the following amazing spectators, some of whom ran many miles to view at a multitude of spots along the course:
Ed Aramayo, Alyssa Godesky, Pat McLoughlin, Ben Ingram, Joel Gladfelter, Chrissie Ramsey, Jen Koshy, Elise + Ruth, Brennan's friend Jack, Melissa and Arjun Majumdar
Led by these two monster performances, TWSS rolled down to DC with more spectators than participants and took advantage of the most beautiful day in 6 months with the following performances:
Dustin "Dusty" Meeker: 1:12:38 for 16th place overall. A phenomenal time this early in the season.
Brennan Feldhausen: 1:13:40 for 18th place overall. A nearly 2 minute PR from Richmond Half (also a SunTrust race) in November.
T. Baptiste: 1:18:36 for 47th place overall. A 20 second PR from his Strong Isle Half Marathon last May.
Mike "Zero" Mashner: 1:23:44 for 101st place overall. He raced as Philip Flaherty and the luck of the Irish led him to a 2:10 PR.
Diane Heiser: 1:22:58 for what I believe to be her first half marathon, and one of the fastest half marathons any of our girls has ever run. She was 10th overall, not far behind Joan Benoit Samuelson.
Nina Kristina Hartman: 1:32:39 for 47th, 6 minutes faster than her Miami time.
These performances are not just noteworthy, they're SICK. It made the drive down from NJ worth it to see you all out there. Mile 10 is my favorite spot to be and not one of you looked dead at that point. The weather was probably a little too warm even for most people's preference, but how could you complain when it just looked so nice!
Dave Ploskonka was running as a pacer in the marathon, rolled to a 3:15:30.
Rebecca DuRivage-Jacobs ran the 8k at Shamrock in VA Beach, 14th woman in 33:22.
And in his first ever attempt at mountain bike race, hereafter referred to as MTB, Alex Viana WON the AFC Sugar Hill XC Beginner race at Patapsco!
Of course special acknowledgements to be made to the following amazing spectators, some of whom ran many miles to view at a multitude of spots along the course:
Ed Aramayo, Alyssa Godesky, Pat McLoughlin, Ben Ingram, Joel Gladfelter, Chrissie Ramsey, Jen Koshy, Elise + Ruth, Brennan's friend Jack, Melissa and Arjun Majumdar
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