The Rose City racing team continued 2017 with two races in late April and early May. The weather can’t be predicted for the Clinton Country Run 15K. A Facebook memory from a few years ago popped up in my timeline the day after this year’s race – we were bundled up after the race. This year it felt like we were in the tropics! It was a warm and humid day, which made for a tough effort for many of us. More than 350 runners completed the 15K. We fielded two women’s teams – the 40s team placed 11th and the 50s team was 9th. A few club members ran the 5K and 15K incognito – check out the results on Compuscore. Thanks to Lee Brush and John Flanagan for cheering and photography. Lee and Lynda hoste
The Newport 10K is a fast and flat course through the streets of Jersey City. More than 1,500 runners participated in this race. Our open men placed 14th and our open women placed 13th. The NJ Beer Company provided welcome beverages after the race. Newport 10K Team Member Results Brian Angle 46:48 Lou Grunfelder 48:18 (7th, 60-64) Michael Lin 48:42 Richard Helmer 51:25 (4th, 70-74) Julia Scales 54:23 (7th, 50-54) Carol Angle 56:50 (7th, 55-59) Karl Fenske 57:01 Kathleen Hale 1:00:06 Denise Fisher 1:01:37 Manav Agarwal 1:05:08 Julia Romero 1:05:12 Beth Nelson 1205 1:05:14 (2nd, 65-69)
The weather was iffy for the Ridgewood 10K on Memorial Day – drizzle and clouds threatened as we all travelled north. The 800+ runners lucked out and the weather held out for the 10K race. I don’t think the 5K runners were nearly as lucky, the skies opened up not long after we finished. Rose City entered two women’s teams: the 40s Women placed 14th and the 50s Women placed 10th. Thanks to all our runners who participated! We have two team championship races in June: the New Milford 5K on June 17th (masters women) and the Fitzgerald’s Lager Run 5K on June 25 (masters men). Please let me know if you plan to run either of these races. USATF is trying something new for the Presidents Cup 5K on
