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Severna Park race remains on course
By JOE SHAFRAN
The good news is that the Strider’s Dawson’s Father’s Day 10K at Severna Park was able to keep on course last Sunday. Until a few days before the run, race director Lisa Murphy was about to make a course change when she found that there might not be enough police and reserve officers to provide safety for the 500 runners on the nearby residential streets. But at Lisa’s insistence, the cops came though, rounded up enough officers and the race went on. Actually, there is no bad news. The annual race and a kid’s event at 9:15 went off without a hitch. Scott Koehler, 21, won the 10K race in 34:43. The first woman was Sheryl Kline, 42, in 40:30.
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I note running is getting to be generational. Take the Nudelman family. Nathan,32, of Annapolis, has never passed up a marathon or a 10K he thought he could win. He ran the marathon at Casper Wyoming earlier this month and Sunday ran the 10K at Severna Park. When he finished the 10K, he took his daughter Isabella to the high school track where she excelled in the kid’s run. That event with 54 entrants was directed by Susan Noble. Then next month, Grandma Nudelman, in her fifties, a well-known runner in the Scranton, Pa. region, will come to Annapolis to show her stuff in the Women’s Distance Festival 5K.
Runner of the week is 53 year old Joel Sachs of Annapolis, who doesn’t take a step in his distance runs and triathlons without raising money for research for a cure for cancer. As of last Sunday, after a father-son triathlon at Westminster, he had raised $14,800 but by the time this column appears, says he will have twisted enough arms to report that he completed his goal of $15,000. The money goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and its Team in Training division.
Race of the week is the dreaded Druid Hills 10K race in Baltimore on June 30. This is the race in which the officials suggest not to register if you can’t take hills. Here’s what they say on their web site: “First 5K is fairly flat with some very gentle rolling hills. Next 3K contains at least seven killer hills on the back roads of Druid Hill Park. The last 2K is flat, but who cares at this point, most runners are ready for the race to have been over a long time ago. This is a very challenging event. The hills at the back of the Baltimore Zoo seem relentless with their curves and seemingly never-ending elevation gains.” If you think you can do it, go to www.Baltimore Running.com and sign up.
This past Memorial Day Weekend reminded many of two noted area runners who have died. One was Marine Captain Rick Gannon, a Naval Academy graduate who set some records in area runs when he was here, and who was one of the first Americans killed in Iraq. And people remember John “Johnny Boy” Simms of Annapolis who started to run in his thirties and ran every morning for many years along General’s Highway until he was struck and killed by a truck twenty years ago the end of May at age 60. His vast family is still here.
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In this column , I used to refer to President Bush, as the first runner. He trained at a seven minute mile pace, quite often on the quarter mile rubberized track that he had installed on the South Lawn of the White House. Two years ago his knees gave out and he switched to mountain biking which he does at Camp David and other places which means that the rubberized track goes unused. I’m always fascinated with runnerless tracks and I find that if I don’t bug them too much, White House officials don’t mind if I stop by to check its condition. I was there last Friday and must report that it is holding up well. And that leads us to our Governor O’malley, who thought he would do a run on a treadmill a couple weeks ago, and ended up on crutches. He began to have pain and was limping and when he finally went to a doctor, he was told he had a stress fracture or what some call a shin splint.
The Hint of the week is not about shin splints and your legs , but about a part of the body that is far more important… the heart. I sat in on a lecture earlier this month by Annapolis cardiologist, Jonathan Altschuler, MD. at Big Vanilla Health Club in their health lecture series. I wanted to hear the Doctor because he happens to be an avid runner and triathlete. I came away thinking that if you get shin splints ,you’ll know it from the pain alone. However, our heart sometimes doesn’t always give a warning of trouble, so an annual check-up should be high on a runners must-do list.
Race Results
Father’s Day 10k. at Severna Park, Sunday June 17.
(from Striders web site)
First eleven men:
1. Scott Koehler, 23, 34:33. 2. Justin Marvel, 23, 35:11. 3. Robert Marino, 49, 35:25.4.Trevor Keen, 17, 35:53. 5. Matt Fortin 23, 35:56. 6. Robert Tisch 35, 36.32. 7. Dr. Tom Hattar, 45, 38:06. 8. Tom Heinemann, 37, 38:23. 9. Paul Petersen, 53, 38:25. 10. Weems McFadden, 49, 38:36. 11. Matt Mace, 46, 38:41.
First eleven women: Placement overall:
21. Sheryl Kline, 44, 40:27. 30, Amanda Beal, 26, 41:24. 54. Margie Boyd, 45, 42:40. 57. Sierra Shenk, 29, 42:56. 67. Lauren Finn, 32, 43:39. 72, Robin Moon, 48, 44:09. 76, Kelly Gonzalez, 21, 44:35. 87. Kelly Patrick, 28, 44:59. 88. Kelly Baird, 31, 45:01. 92. Elisa Velarde, 40, 45:17. 93. Karen Young, 38, 45:33
Running Calendar
Saturday June 23, Dewey Beach, De. 8 A.M… 5th Crabbers Cove 4 mile run/5K walk
Visit www.races2run.com/sisters
Sunday June 24, Baltimore, 8 A.M. Womens Distance Festival Event 5K., Museum of Industry. Downtown.
Call 410.308.1870
Sunday July 8, Columbia, 8 A.M. Women’s Distance Festival, Howard County Striders, Howard Community College, 5 K.
Call 410.964.1998
Sunday July 8, Dewey Beach,De. 8 A.M. 5th annual Taco Toss 5K.
Visit www.races2run.com/sisters
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