Posts by John Greenstine

Janet Smith-McGurk set out on June 25th 2017 for a simple long run; 100K, in her words, “just because”. Completing what might be the club’s longest-ever Sunday morning “fun run”, Janet ran her 100K in five legs, taking a bit over 12 hours. Her pace, not counting short stops for water and food, ranged from…

The Junior Development Track Meet, presented by DelcoRRC and Swarthmore Recreation Association, was held on Saturday, June 3rd at the Strath Haven Middle School track.  Dozens of young runners competed in age-group sprints, middle distance and relay races, and field events, including shotput, softball throw, long jump and high jump. The always-popular Open Mile was run with…

The 2017 Dawn to Dusk to Dawn Ultra Marathon races were held in torrential rain on May 13-14 on the track in Sharon Hill, PA. The races, presented by Bill Schultz, Josh Irvan and DelcoRRC, attracted a world-class field that ran to new records in several events.  Read Josh Irvan’s race report with photos here.

DelcoRRC Broad Street Run teams outdid expectations at the 38th running on May 7. The DelcoRRC “gold” team placed 5th out of 16 teams in the masters mixed (coed) division and beat all 20 corporate teams in that division. The DelcoRRC “silver” team placed 8th out of 95 teams in the open mixed (coed) division and it beat all but…

The SOLD OUT Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Run was run on April 8, in beautiful weather, with a fast course (there was only a LITTLE mud out there). The Dismal Run Creek was in full flow, and that meant a lot of  runners were jump-splashing the four crossings.              …

The runners who notched the top five attendances at DELCO RRC fun runs (see our schedule in this website) were honored with special, blue tech running shirts at the April 1st club “Spring Fling.” Special thanks to Bob Fyfe for organizing this great event!   Included are (L-R) Maria Newport (90 runs), Kathy Adamson (68),…

Everyone is invited to join a dedicated cadre of early morning runners who have been meeting at 5AM on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a 5 mile run. The group starts promptly at 5AM at the Springfield, Delaware County Library on Powell Road. The pace, on this relatively flat, suburban street course,  is an easygoing 8-9…

Two teams of Delco RRC runners are entered in the Broad Street Ten miler set for Sunday, May 7. A Masters Coed team of John Ashton,  Therese Brady, Cheryl Cantlin, Jack Langan, and Byron Mundy. And, an Open Coed team of  Jeff Flynn, Ron Marchase, Meg McCoach,  Eric Mundy, and Mike Tiedeman. The fastest 3 finishers on…

The acclaimed Tyler Arboretum 10K Trail Run, scheduled for April 8, 2017, is almost sold out. This  DelcoRRC race, in its 24th annual running, is limited to the first 400 runners to register. To date, the race has signed up 374 runners, with almost 7 weeks remaining before the event. Start your registration process at WWW.TylerTrailRun.com.…

View a holiday greeting video from the “Dawn to Dusk to Dawn” ultramarathon race. Co-Race Director Josh Irvan profiles the next running of this popular, multi-distance ultra-marathon, presented by Delco RRC in May, 2017. For more information and signup, click here: WWW.Runsignup.com/Race/PA/SharonHill/DawntoDusktoDawnUltras