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• Poet’s Corner, April 2022

  By mitchpa on April 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  by George A. Hancock Green April’s color is greenAcross our road sceneGreen buds sproutAlong every road route. Our spring season is hereThe growing weather nearCreating delightful sightsAs our runs take flights. Running in lighter gearMinus that wintry fearIs a plus… Read More ›

• Training Tips For Seniors

  By mitchpa on April 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Sal Citarella Recently, renowned Coach G. Howid Hurtz, of Gopher County Community College and The Gopher It Running Club, gave a presentation at the Seniors’ Center to help us older folks remain fit and active. His talk was aimed… Read More ›

• Kipruto and Teferi win 2022 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon

  By mitchpa on March 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay Shaw New York City, NY, March 20, 2022—Senbere Teferi of Ethiopia waited to the final steps to pull free of Irine Cheptai of Kenya, to win the United Airlines NYC Half-Marathon in 1:07:35.  Teferi set a new event… Read More ›

• Matherne and Conde win “Green” Lucky Charm

  By mitchpa on March 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Clay Shaw Harrisburg, PA, Lucky Charm 4 Miler, March 19, 2022—While neither winner Zoë Matherne or Trevor Conde wore green, most of the 648 finishers did.  The Harrisburg St. Patrick’s Parade followed the new 4-mile race.  In past years… Read More ›

• Lapoint and Hiskey Win Zydeco Marathon

  By mitchpa on March 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw March 13, 2022, Lafayette, LA—Chris Lapoint, 48, of Youngsville, LA won the Zydeco Marathon in 2:48:26 winning by nearly six minutes.  Jessica Hiskey, 27, of Oxford, MS won in 3:16:54, by nearly 21 minutes.  Grant Gallatin of… Read More ›

• Haines Grabs all the ‘Cookies’ at 39th  10K

  By mitchpa on March 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Bev and Bill Bull BERWICK, PA–David Haines, Madison Township, PA, showed he could not only run for diamonds, but he could also run for cookies!  Haines had finished a solid third with a time of 45:47 at the Diamonds… Read More ›

• Poet’s Corner, March 2022

  By mitchpa on March 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  by George A. Hancock March 13 March 13 is a bright dayInviting some evening playIt’s Daylight Saving TimeOr, DST in this new rhyme. Before, dawn was a sightNow an early run’s tightDawn was pushed backDue to this DST attack. We… Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: March 2022

  By mitchpa on March 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net March 1 is a Tuesday this year. Meteorological spring begins on this day. Weather scientists and meteorologists seek a uniform time frame to record spring weather records. Thus, meteorological spring runs from March 1 through May… Read More ›

• Resilience, Grit, Determination Define Sika Henry

  By mitchpa on February 22, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Interview by George Banker The term resilience means to become stronger or healthy after something terrible happens. The word resilience may not be sufficient to describe Sika Henry. In 2019 she suffered a traumatic bike accident that would have ended… Read More ›

• Rambling Roads: February Weather

  By mitchpa on February 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By George A. Hancockrunnergah@comcast.net February’s 2022 run began on a Tuesday, with 28 days devoted to outside wintry excursions. February is winter’s last full month, and March 1 begins meteorological spring. Of course, the running crowd may still face wintry… Read More ›

• February 2022 Poet’s Corner

  By mitchpa on February 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  by George Hancock February 2022 Tuesday begins February’s run28 days filled with winter funOr, continuing our mild trendMild I like so please don’t end. In 2021, February was the seasonOf winter’s snowy cold reasonSeveral weeks devoted to coldAnd outside went… Read More ›

• 2021 Tussey Mountainback 50: Remillard, Ingalls Win Ultra Titles

  By mitchpa on February 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Mike Casper BOALSBURG, PA, OCTOBER 31, 2021—Wacky weather greeted this day—so what else is new? Light rain from before daylight and for the first hours of the race dampened the early going on this 50-mile single loop on mostly… Read More ›

• Smith and Doner Win Last Race Across the Dam

  By mitchpa on February 13, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Jacobus, PA, February 5, 2022—The York Winter Series is in it’s 42nd year, and the Jacobus 5 miler has been a mainstay since the start of the series in 1979.  This year was the last running across… Read More ›

• 313 Finish Alabama Marathon

  By mitchpa on February 8, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Gulf Shores, AL, January 30, 2022, Big Beach Marathon—It was a 50-State Marathon Club reunion event, with a liberal time limit of seven hours.  After spending ten January days in Central Mexico, we decided to “get away”… Read More ›

• D’Amato and Mantz Win USATF Titles

  By mitchpa on January 18, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  by Clay Shaw Hardeeville, SC, Mortgage Network Road Races Half Marathon, USATF Half-Marathon Championship, December 5, 2021—Keira D’Amato of Richmond, VA, at 37, won her first USATF championship.  D’Amato had a convincing win, earning a personal best, a course record,… Read More ›