So.... It's Been a Loooong While....

Racing Recap for Week End on August 11, 2013
Our team had quite a showing at the Going Green Track Meet on August 10, 2013. The ladies were a force to be reckoned taking the top 3 spots on the podium for

The results for the 2-miler are as follows:
Men:
5   5/80     1/4      Keith Flanders     10:26  5:13
7   7/80     2/4      Miles Aitken         10:39  5:20
8   8/80     1/8      Jordan Snyder     10:43  5:22
10  10/80  3/13    Taylor Williamson10:56  5:28
17  17/80   3/8      Paul Jacobson     11:28  5:44
23  23/80   6/13    Yukun Fung       11:53  5:57

Women:
26   1/47     1/8     Nicole Deziel   11:58  5:59
29   2/47     1/5     Anna Savage  12:12  6:06
31  3/47     2/8      Courtney Perna12:24  6:12

The results for the 1-mile are as follows (no female results to post):
Men:
1   1/39     1/3     Keith Flanders    4:57.2
2   2/39     1/4     Taylor Williamson  4:57.9
 4   4/39     2/3     Miles Aitken          5:05.8
12  12/39     2/4     Yukun Fung        5:46.3

Lisa Reichmann was celebrated her wedding anniversary Friday evening by running a 5-k with her hubby in Hagerstown. Lisa took 3rd overall for females in 19:34.



Races Recap for Week End on August 18, 2013
 It was a light weekend of racing, but we have some great results from the Comus Cross Country 5-k.  Alex Booth out sprint Jordan Synder at the line to took 3r

Alex Booth 3rd 19:47
Jordan Snyder 4th 19:48
David Haaga 6th 20:15

The following morning in Leesburg VA, Taylor and Yukun took on out and back course of the Leesburg 20K.  The course was climbing steadily to around mile 7.5, then turn around, and force runners rush down the hill to the finished without breaking.  Taylor Williamson finished with a time of 1:20:11 and took 25th overall; Yukun Fung finished seventy-three seconds later with a time of 1:21:24 and took 31st overall.


Racing Recap for Week end on August 25, 2013
It was a jammed packed weekend on the running front. Please read on for results from 4 races in 3 different states!

Many of our team members raced the first annual and hilly Eastern County 8K which took place on Saturday, August 24, 2013.

Male
Mark Neff- 3rd -28:59
Jordan Snyder-4th-29:14
David Haaga- 5th -29:25
Miguel Perez-6th-29:28
Andrew Howard-11th-30:04
Tom Offenbacher-13th-30:11
Yukun Fung-19th-31:12

Female
Cindy Conant- 1st female!!!!- 31:41


Julie Sapper had a great run in Annapolis and nabbed the 1st place Masters female spot in a time of 1:09:57.

In Denver, PA Anna Savage raced the Mount Cuckoo Trail 30-k. She earned a spot on the podium as the 2nd female. Equally impressive is the fact that her team wo

Last, but far from least Lisa Reichmann completed an Ironman in Louisville, KY in 12 hours 12 minutes. This involved a 2.4 mile swim (1:25), a 112 mile ride (6:05) and a marathon (4:24). She was grinding it out for an entire work day and a half! This is quite an accomplishment!

Race Result for Week Ended on August 4, 2013

Many of our team members were up for a challenge over the weekend and ran Riley's Rumble. This daunting course make the Parks Half feel like a down hill jaunt. It is relentless and the hills keep on coming. The results are below for you to read:

Men:
Place Sex/Tot  Div/Tot  Name                   Net Time  Pace  Gun Time  Pace
  3         3/287    2/21     Miles Aitken        1:23:39      6:23   1:23:39       6:23
  4         4/287    1/45     Jordan Snyder    1:26:18      6:35   1:26:18       6:35
  5         5/287    1/45     Mark Neff             1:26:23     6:36   1:26:24       6:36
  6         6/287    2/45     David Haaga        1:26:28     6:36   1:26:29       6:36
13       13/287    4/36     Yukun Fung         1:29:53     6:52   1:29:53       6:52
14       14/287    2/45     Paul Jacobson     1:30:00     6:52   1:30:00       6:52
   
A couple of things you must note about, Miles Aiken was bench for nearly two months due to a foot injury, he is clearly healthy now for a big racing ahead of him this autumn.  While our Anna Savage stopped twice in posion ivy forest due to bad intestinal problems, but still finished strong with a win in overall female.

Women:
34    1/199 1/29     Anna Savage           1:35:04   7:16  1:35:07   7:16
Congrats to all that took to the challenge. What a way to spend a Sunday morning!

On the shorter clip Cindy Conant placed 2nd for females in the Dam Mill 5-k in Rehoboth.

Race Results for Week Ended on July 28, 2013

On Wednesday of July 24, Mark Neff ventured down to Washington Lee High School in Arlington VA and race in the RRCA Bring Back the Mile.  He finished with a time of 5:08.86 and second master.  Then few days later, David Storper took 4th overall, and 1st AG at the BlueCrab Bolt 10K Trail Race over the weekend.
 
Nice work gentlemen!

Race Result for July 21st, 2013

It such was a bumper that Twilighter was cancelled due to lighting storm over Montgomery County on Saturday, but the frustration may actually help Miguel Perez to tackle a 50-K trail run on Sunday morning in his brand new uniform.  Miguel Perez ran through the 50K course with 95% Single track dirt trail, with some roots, and no difficult climbs in about 4:55 and placing in top 10^th. Nice work Miguel!

Race Result: Midsummer Night Miler was Run in Spring-Like Temperature

It was a raucous evening on Friday at the Midsummer Night's Mile! There was a significant showing of our team members at the event and amazing times were posted.

Males:
15th Jordan Snyder 4:59.8
17th Mark Neff 5:04.8
28th Andrew Howard 5:21.6
34th Paul Jacobson 5:26.5
35th Yukun Fung 5:28.7
36th Thomas Offenbacher 5:29.8

Females:
3rd female overal Nicole Deziel 15:35

All way from the Wolverine State, Kellie Redmon ran 19:59 in Bastille Day 5K and capture the crown for the Master Female.

Let it be noted that several of our team members have made the cut and regionally ranked in Race Packet's Spring 2013 Rankings. Below is a listing (My apologies if I inadvertently left anyone off the list that has been ranked- I quickly perused the publication):

Males:
Age group 40-44 - Kevin Yates - 10th
Age group 45-49 - Jordan Snyder - 7th
Age group 50-54 - Mark Neff - 2nd
Age group 55-59 - Tom Offenbacher - 2nd



Females:
Age group 35-39 -
Courtney Perna- 12th
Lisa Reichmann-13th
Nicole Deziel- 14th

Age group 40-44 -
Lisa Chilcote - 12th
Kellie Redmond- 14th
Julie Sapper - 29th

Age group 50-54 -
Cindy Conant- 1st

Very impressive ladies and gentlemen!