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Tuesday Fun Run Schedule - New, hot off the press, it's right here. (no worries, it may take a little time to load). Correction to the 7/1/08 directions - Park at 330 Hilltop Road Hummelstown, PA at the Hershey Free Church as parking as very limited at the Peters home which is just up the street. See details posted on the groups site: one & two.

Fun Belly 50K Diana Widdowsin became the 5th ever (add her to a list comprised of 2 time finisher Karen Sandt, Leo Lutz, Harry Smith & Evan Sandt) finisher of the FB50K on Saturday June 21, 2008. Her 10 hour 49 minute 59 second was good enough for the Female Masters Record. See a few pictures, see Karen then Shiley's report on the first running & hopefully we'll see Diana's report soon.

Third Thirsty Thursday

Bill Smith directed his 20th and final Smith's Challenge 10K Trail Race. Daryl Weaver won, followed by Mark Amway in 2nd overall and 1st Master. Justin Krebs, Tim Schuler and Evan Sandt rounded out the top 5. Much and many thanks to the LRRCurr support out in force racing, volunteering and cheering on dear old dads from all over. See overall and age group results. Karen Sandt took some pictures, Christian Taylor posted some GPS oriented statistics and we'll have more soon - see the page.

Laurel Highlands 70.5 Mile Trail Run Marcia Peters competed & completed this tough run in the Somerset area of western Pennsylvania. Marcia reported: Saturday, I ran the Laurel Highlands 70 miler. My official race time was 20:45, actual time was 19:15. That means I was 90 minutes late to the start. It rained (hard) all day but was kind enough to stop around 7pm so that I could finish it out in the dark, dry (kind of). Let me just say that it is a heck of alot harder once it gets dark to move quickly. The course is very gnarly and the ferns and laurel and were growing over the trail. I couldn't see the trail so I tripped constantly. The 90 minute delay probably added alot more to my time cause it just got darker sooner. I felt great through the whole run, gearing up for Leadville in August See results.

Strip Mine Nine We received the following mini-report from Joni Shirk: We had a great showing of LRRC-ers at the Strip Mine 9 Trail run in Mt. Carmel yesterday June 8th. Heide Moebius and Bonnie Stoeckl both took 1st in age group awards, others who ran (and finished) included Jeanette Fitzgerald, Doris Olney and her sister Kathy, Bob Spotts, Joni Shirk, Barry Elder. A very fine trail race! See results.

Run the Monk Ahh, night races rule... Dave Herneisen ran, along with daughter Kirsten, along with Kathi & Henry Franco and John Markley. Dave nabbed an age grp award. See the report & results page.

LRRCurz Joe Peko and Steve Farrah (El de tres Presidente) are riding bikes across the country. They began on 6/07/08 in the California coast then instant desert & are heading east. They've gotta nice blog/site going at 2Geezers2Oceans.com . Between the 2 of 'em they've got a buck-ten-maybe buck twenty years on this planet. So yeah they're doing what a lot of us would rather do than work, but they've already bowed down to middle managers for 80+ or so odd years (so they know the defintion of suffer), and this is what they're doing during retirement. So that means....while others rot on couches during the sultry, simmering summer days, they'll be pedaling eastward through all the elements-flat tires and all. These things always begin and end with a bunch of fanfare with big lulls in the middle. What they'll need is a lot of encouragement when they're in pig's nuckle IA or OH or NE. So head over to 2Geezers2Oceans.com and tell 'em you're thinking of 'em, jealous of 'em & tell 'em to keep on keeping on especially under baking & broiling skies in the dead of July somewhere in the midwest.

Wissahickon Trail 10k Trail Daryl Weaver won, LRRCurz Ed Stauffer, Peter Belanger ran and probably made a nice afternoon of it in some kind of roadhouse, strip joint or brew pub. Stay tuned for the report. See results, the home page (down at press time) and oh whatever, the application.

Red Rose Run Drew Nesbitt & Stephanie Williams won this year's RRR. Bill Smith finished his 32nd Red Rose, other LRRCurz: Jeanette Fitzgerald, Dave Herneisen, Tamara Garrett, Elam Riehl, Greg Lavelle, Farah, Roz Burke, Jeanette Arnold, Kary Zimmerman, Doug & Abby Arndt, Frank McCardell, Marcus Grimm, Amanda Sollenberger, Peg Saunders, Ed Stauffer, Donovan Graybill, Miles, Karen & Evan Sandt, Bob Long, Dave Devitry, Andy Gingrich, Pat Lafferty, Steve Farrah and many many more. See the LNP article, another on the heat & haze, the video, the photo scroll, the RRR site & results page.

Dare the Bear Triathlon Harry Smith reported: "Peter Belanger completed his first tri today by finishing the sprint distance. Marc Buckwalter, Greg Foster and Diana Widdowson finished the half iron man distance. Marc was under 5:15, Greg was at about 6:50 and Diana was a little over seven hours finishing her first half ironman tri. The relay team of Janet Foster (swim and run) and Harry Smith (bike) finished in about 6:30". See results.

Charlie Horse Half Marathon Trail Race Greg Foster, Heide Moebius, Janet Foster, Bob Bergman, Barry Elder, Christian Taylor, Aimee Harmon, Ed Stauffer, Doris Olney, many more. See Results.

Got the Nerve Triathlon Results Tell us who did what.

5K River Run ..............

Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile Run Leo Lutz ran all 101.8 miles of the 2008 MMT, a rocky, rooty, mountainous trail ultra set in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley south of Front Royal. Leo finished the race in 30 hrs & 46 minutes. Other LRRCurz there supporting, providing aid station help & being there included Diana Widdowsin, Katie Lutz, Harry Smith & Marcia Peters. The regional people we know file included Al Kershner, Phil Lechner and Randy Dietz. See results, photos by wife/crew Katie and all things informational re MMT.

Millersville Mile Dave Herneisen ran (see report), as did Bob Long, Kary Zimmerman, Abby & Doug Arndt and Jeanie, Henry & Sikora. Abby was the overall female winner. Longtime LRRCurz Ralph & Judy Anttonen direct the Millersville Mile & have done so for all 21 editions.

Paradise Park - Joe Heyer 5K Run/Walk Mark Amway & Anne Nash won the overalls. LRRCurz were Sil Simpson, Elam Riehl, Travis Hes, Bill Doherty, Frank McCardell, Karen, Miles & Evan Sandt and probably a few others. Weather was great, the RD had the parents of Joe Heyer on the phone from Israel for the start of the race, a DJ was there spinning everything 80s and all had a real fine time.

Mrs. Smith's Challenge Congratulations to multi-year winner Jenny Sassaman, overall 2008 Mrs. Smith's Challenge champion. Jeanette Arnold was 1st master, Heide Moebius took home a special award for entering every Mrs. Smith's & running all but 1 due to a funeral and Bill Smith went out with a Race Directorial bang. Many thanks to Bill Smith for originating one of the only female only trail runs, organizing, directing all 10 Mrs. Smith's, right hand man Jim Buchanan for a lot of the similar, Bob Bergman for just about every flag placement and takedown & associated sweep duties throughout the years and of course all runners, laborers, volunteers and cheer-urrz on. See overall results, age group award winners & pictures.

Ice Age Trail 50 Mile Diana Widdowsin was 6th female in what she described as a Bull Run Run like course held in La Grange, Wisconsin within the 18,000 acre, Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine Forest. See results.

Miles for Moms Bob Long ran and reported that Mark Amway was the overall winner. More? Let us know.

Promised Land 50K Greg & Janet Foster ran what many describe as David Horton's most picturesque ultra, results.

Turkey Hill Country Classic A fine day for anyone that got there - 10K'urrz, the 5K'urrz, the onlook-ers and anyone that happened by. All were treated to a fine run course, as much Turkey Hill-stuff one could hope to have, great stuff for kids - races, slides & the moonwalk experience along with a bunch of bike races. Those that ran: Angela Swarm (age grp win), Kathi Franco, Connie Buckwalter, Diana Widdownsin (bandit), William Corbin, Doris Olney, Jolie idon'tknowwhatherenewlastnameis, Sil Simpson, Dee Miller (2nd overall), Myron Zwally, Bill Doherty (age grp winner), Frank McCardell, John Markley, Miles, Karen & Evan Sandt & Bob Long. If you're one we missed, let us know. Overall winners were Mike Wardian & Alexandra Felix in the 10K & Jenny Sassaman in the 5k. Not sure on the male winner-let us know. See the info page, results on right, watch out for the flying cow.

The Broad Street Run Dave & Kirsten Hirneisen ran the race 'named one of the fastest 10-mile courses in the country by Runner's World', as did Carol Bowers, Ray & Claudia Bradley, Christian Taylor, Bob Hahn, Pat Lafferty, Amanda Sollenberger, Brandy Yocum along with skads of those I may have missed, see searchable results.

LRRC member Stephanie Miller was involved in a bad automobile crash suffering neck and spinal injuries requiring heavy duty rehab. Please keep Stephanie in your thoughts as she recovers.

YWCA Race Against Racism LRRCurz & familiar names included Jeanette Arnold (1st master), Scott Podgurski (ran with child in stroller), Dave Herneisen, Karen, Miles & Evan Sandt (chip fouled so not in results), Becky Shiley, Kathi Franco, John Markley, Bill Doherty, Philomena Behmer, Michelle dunnoherlastname, Melissa Snyder, Jeff Hauck w/child in stroller, David Devitry, Larry Gray, Doug Arndt, Tim Dunlap, Greg Cauller (1st masters), Megan Carson (high finish), Tom Smith, Laurie Hess, Bill Hess, George Soukas, Jeff Kirchner, Steve Cohen and Brent dunnolastnameeither. All ran before legions of volunteers in Lancaster's largest and fastest 5k. Age Group Results, Overall Results

Lehigh Valley Half Marathon Heide Moeibius was 1st in age, Lois Summers, Betsy Delise, Roz Burke, Marc & Connie Buckwalter, Laurie Hess, Ale Bonilla, Christian Taylor & Lori Gray all ran, probably more. Maybe we'll get a report by one of those that competed. Just you know, write if & send it our way. See overall results & results page

Boston Marathon Boston is indeed the world's oldest and grandest marathon and re-confirms that in running, everyone can line up & race the best in the world. LRRC finishers included Peter Barber, Jeanette Fitzgerald & Jeff Kirchner. Many other Lancaster County finishers can be found via searchable results.

The internet is chock full of information, some useful, some questionable and some that validates that high speed connection fee.

Bull Run Run 50 Miler Congrats to Harry Smith, Marcia Peters, Christian Taylor, Steve Farrah, Leo & Katie Lutz and Bill Breidenstine. All finished this year's BRR-50. Bull Run allows runners to run 50 miles in real woods in the one of the last parts of Northern Virginia that hasn't succumbed to the progress of shopping/strip malls, endless cul-de-sacs and other assorted sprawl. All finishers accomplished some sort of milestone - it was Harry's 15th finish, Marcia's 11th finish/first in age, Katie & Christian's first 50 mile finish, Leo's 6th finish so that makes an even 300 miles run, Steve's first 50/1st in age and i think but am uncertain that it was Bill's first 50, at very least first BRR 50. So if you see these folks, tip your cap, buy 'em a beer or do the equivalent of saying 'hey way to go'. See results, age groupers and head to the report page for skads of pictures.

Pagoda to Home Plate 5 mile Bill & Laurie Hess (1st/age) and Bob Long ran see reports (here & here) that confirmed fast times & quaking quads experienced on the way from pagoda to stadium. See results.

Mrs. Smith's Challenge is coming up - Mark those calendars for Saturday May 10. Come run the race and see the beauty of Lancaster's County Park at the peak of spring. Come volunteer and cheer on your favority female trail runners. See the application - Page 1, Page 2. Questions? Contact Bill Smith, race director.

Hinte Anderson Trail 50K Run LRRCurz/locals and the like included Steve Farrah, Doris Olney, Scott Podgurski, Harry Smith, Bill Ladieu, Debby Kirchner, Bob Bergman, Christian Taylor, Steve Miles, Ian Schouten, Aimee Harmon, Bill Breidenstein, John Markley, Katie Lutz & Kathi Franco all ran & it sounded like they had a good time. See results, results with LRRC times posted, stats by Christian's Dick Tracy doo-hickey, great photos by Aimee Harmon & Leo Lutz, and miscellaneous well wishes, add-ons & pile-ons. Boil it all down and we say, congrats to those finishing the 50K distance for the first time & to those finshing for the umpteenth time.

Mt Penn Mudfest Andy Charles, Andy Gingrich, Aimee Harmon, Heide Moebius, Christian Taylor, Doris Olney, Tom Howe, Doug Thomas and probably a whole bunch more ran Ron Horn's biggest race. See Christians stats, chat & results),

Buzzards Marathon The 10th running running of the non event B.A.C.M. was terrific. Totally runnable trails, dynamite March weather, pretty snow that dissappeared by noon, quite a reception at the finish, sausage by Larry, Ale by Al, Trails by Harry & Christian's statistics, as recorded by gadget on wrist, photos by Aimee, Karen, Hunt, Scott & those by us: LRRC

Run for Luck Notch another win for Daryl Weaver & Megan Carson. LRRCurz and familiar names included Marcus Grimm, Christian Taylor, Frank Camera, Donavon Graybill, Pat Lafferty, David Hirneisen, Bob Long, John Markley, Larry Stief, Connie Buckwalter and Lyn Mohn, see Results.

Springettsbury 15K The 2nd to last YRRC Winter Series race. Steve Farrah ran, others? lrrclub@yahoo.com us your report.

Frozen Foot No word at press time. Week later: still no word. Another week later (4/12), no word. But did get this nice report from Bill Doherty.

First the good news Clocks have changed! Daylight lasts till 7:00 ish by the 8th. Now the bad news If you run on Tuesday nights you're stuck in the park. Of course there is some kind of rationale. Until such time, just think about-future runs. In April. Next month. As you run in daylight. In the park.

Caesar Rodney Half Marathon Dave Hirneisen , daughter Kirsten, Doug Thomas, Don Doster, Clarence Dawson, Andy Fry, Laurie Hess and Ray Bradley all ran, ee results, Dave's report, and photos.

8 Tuff Miles Race, St.John, US Virgin Islands Steve Farrah reported to the LRRC groups list the names, the places & the times of those that ran: Ed Stauffer 1:15:16, Heide Mobius 1:21:00 1st age group, Peter Belanger 1:23:04, Lois Summers 1:37:40 4th age, Janet Foster 1:48:53 & Greg Foster 1:56:08. So congrats all. Got some time? Track down some race pics, see overalls. And new: Pictures by Lois Summers.

Frozen Foot #2 Based on the raindrops falling at the start, it looked like racers were going to drenched, onlookers too, but somehow the rain didn't fall & it just turned out to be a high 30/low 40 Feburary day. . Matt Marcini won wire to wire, Jenny Sassaman was 2nd female, dunno 1st's name, others: Peg Saunders, Bob Long, Diana Hardrock Widdowsin, Megan Clark, Karen & Miles Sandt, Kary Zimmerman, Dough & Abby Arndt, Steve Koons, Connie Buckwalter, Diana Griffiths, Andrew Yoder, Frank! McCardell and probably a bunch more competed & completed the race. See Pictures, Results page.

Ugly Mudder Apparently two thirds of the field got off course. We know Marcus Grimm, Dave Herneizen, Dave's neighbor John, Doris Olney, Andy Gingrich, Chistian Taylor, Jim Cramer, Debbie Kirchner, Bob Bergman, Barry Elder, ran, along with 600 more. See the Marcus report & results page.

Holiday Lake 50K Bill Breidenstein reported on a fine run at the HL50K. Looks like a few Reading RATS took to the VA trails as well, see Results.

Saginaw 5k Never know if it's "The" Saginaw or just-Saginaw, but... Sil Simpson, Steve Farrah, Karen & Miles Sandt and a few other knowable names ran the S-5k, in kind of cool - higher 20 degree weather along the shores of the Susquehanna. Pictures.

What's Best about the LRRC Bored? Looking for things to do? Got some nervous energy? What's best about the LRRC is that members do active things. Tho some clubs get mired in administrative muck before actually do anything, this club Does What It Can When It Can Because It Can. Example? Weekend of February 09, '08, no fewer than 4 different opportunites present themselves- like running the rugged trails of the AT near Clarks Ferry, running the earl-gray tea trails of Mt Gretna, taking in the County Park trails , or enjoying the Conestoga Trail in the scary-to-many rolling river hillls of Southwestern Lancaster County. And that's just the trail runs. People living in so-called cosmopolitan areas forfeit opportunities to hop on trails or run on country roads without an hour's worth of hell before getting anywhere. The LRRC does What It Can Because It Can. So come join the fun; sure beats watching TV! See pics from three of four: uno, dos, tres.

Awards Dinner Congratulations to Lois Summers, the LRRC's Road Runner of the Year. Christian Taylor took home Most Improved, Dave Herniezen won the "Fun Creator" award (see the speech), Ed Stauffer won the special "Santi Rafannel award (see Santi's response) & Karen & Evan Sandt were awarded Supportive Spouse(s). Entertainment included a slideshow of 2007 photos, music by Sally Higgins, Bob someone let me know the last name & Jeff Heilman, magic by Bill Hagar & MC for life Bob Bergman. Great photos were taken by Jim Castanzo & Aimee Harmon

HURT Diana Widdowsin ran one hundred miles in the Hawaiian jungle at the Hawaiian Ultra Running Team Endurance run, clocking a thirty four hour & thirty six minute time. See? It takes more time to fly to Hawaii than run a hundred in Hawaii. Results

Vacation No work just play. That means skiing, eating, hydrating all somewhere in the Green Mt. State, followed by more of the same in gawd's country. Since Miles kicked the official daycare habit, dunno what # vacation this is....It also means that whatever gets written in this space won't be written & posted till something like February 4th, 5th, 6th or well after. Those that read this scrawl-aside from those looking for a race to get posted, or those looking for something in return (does this total more than single digits?) can do some killer rave run research, run a race, stay the course on Tuesday Fun Runs, Thursday Trail Runs, & Sunday Runs-like show up & run, buy, renovate and have ready the LRRC clubhouse for Feb 5th, bring a Mellow Mushroom to town & have it open in March and maybe umm solve the crisis in the Middle East, clean up all roadside trash & put an end to soggy bread once & for all.

Chilly Cheeks 7.25 mile trail run Daryl Weaver won, followed by '07 Conestoga winner Alex Barth. LRRCurz like Tom Howe, Angela Swarm, Paul Swarm, Doug Thomas, Heide Moebius, Catherine Hill, Debbie Kirchner, Kaye Mede, Sally Higgins, Dave Hirneisen, Barry Elder, Christian Taylor. More, probably Results.

Frozen Foot Daryl Weaver was 2nd, after #1 Matt Marcini, Greg Cauller was 3rd, Results were down at presstime.

Dallastown 10k & Spring Valley 5K YRRC WS # 2 & 3 resp. It happened, we think. See.