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11/30/2018 Josh & Gianna Ritchie Run Rudolf Run 5K North Lawrence, Ohio

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11/30/2018

Run Rudolf Run 5K

Clay’s Park North Lawrence, Ohio

Josh Ritchie and Gianna Ritchie

Finish Time:  32:55

Overall Place:  108/500

Division Place:  4/46 (Gianna)

Josh ran the Run Run Rudolph 5K with his 11 year old daughter who was competing in her first 5K.
The course consisted of 2 loops around Clay’s Park which was filled with festive holiday lights and music.

Gianna did an outstanding job in her first 5K finishing 4th in her age group out of 46.

 

11/22/2018 Steve Zenar Home Run For The Homeless Akron, Ohio

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11/22/2018

Home Run For The Homeless

4 Mile Run

Steve Zenar

Finish Time:  35:05

Overall Place:  511/1982

Division Place:  37/77

Race Recap by Steve Zenar:

After battling multiple injuries this year I was finally able to complete my 1st event in 2018.  Home Run for the Homeless: Akron, Ohio.  Great race that gives money back to the community. Hilly but fun course to run on what was a very chilly Thanksgiving Day.  My main objective of this race for me was to see if I could compete and not have pain afterwards – fortunately I was successful!

 

 

11/10/2018 Scott Orlando Canton Charge 5K Canton, Ohio

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11/10/2018

Canton Charge 5K

Canton, Ohio

Finish Time:  24:38

Finish Place:  21/218

Division Place:  4/ 13

Race Review By Scott Orlando

For the second week in a row a tight calf kept me just off the podium finishing 4th in my age division and 21st overall.  My calf started tightening last week 4.5 miles into a 10K.  I wasn’t sure until late in the week if I was going to attempt to race.  Some treatment on Monday followed by successful treadmill runs on Wednesday and Thursday made me decide that the I would give it a go.  Less then a mile into the race the calf started straining forcing me to slow down.  I was able to complete the race without walking or stopping.  The race itself was another great event put on by the amazing people at Run Canton.  The Canton Charge 5K is a fun race that starts and finishes inside the Canton Civic Center.  So many races this time of year are completely outdoors so having indoor facilities for pre and post race make this event that much more enjoyable.  The course itself is always challenging featuring many brick roads, and rolling hills.  This year’s cold temperatures in the 20’s, slight snow fall, and gusting 20 – 30 mph winds made the course that much more challenging.  This was by far my slowest 5K time that I can remember but I am proud that I was able to finish the race with my injury.  All participants of the race received long sleeve tech shirts, custom finisher medals, a Canton Charge game ticket, plus pizza, beer, and other post race food.

 

11/4/2018 Mike Williams and Scott Orlando Buckeye Half Marathon and 10K Peninsula, OH

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11/4/2018

Buckeye Half Marathon and 10K and Team Race

Peninsula, OH

Mike Williams

Half Marathon

Finish Time:  150:13

Overall Place:  105/358

Division Place:  12/22

Scott Orlando

10K

Finish Time:  47:50

Overall Place:  19/258

Division Place:  4/8

Team Race (Combined time of a half marathon runner and 10K runner)

Team Finish Time:  238:03

Team Overall Finish Place:  14/34

Team Division Place (Male/Male)  5/7

Race Recap By Scott Orlando

It was a beautiful morning in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.  Temperatures were cool but very comfortable for both the half marathon and 10K.  Having run the half marathon a few years ago I chose this time to take on the 10K which was a single loop of the 2 loop half marathon course.  The fall colors of the trees made for a beautiful scenic run especially on the new section of the course that followed the towpath trails to detour around the closed portion of the road.   The newer trail portion of the course added some rolling hills to this usually very flat fast course.  I was having a fairly fast enjoyable run until the 4th mile when I felt my calf start to tighten.  I slowed down a bit hoping the tightness would go away but it only got worse as I made my way up and down the hills.  In mile 5 my calf felt a little better and then really tightened in the last mile forcing me to slow down again.  Having just spent 18 months rehabbing a torn calf I was more than frustrated that the injury had reappeared.  I did manage to finish 19th overall and 4th in my age division.  No doubt had the injury not occurred I would have finished with a much better time and placing.  Lucky for me Orthopedic Doctor that had been treating my calf  also ran the race and squeezed me into his schedule the following day for evaluation and treatment.   Team ER member Mike Williams had an excellent run setting a PR in the half marathon.  Summit Athletic Runners Club did an outstanding job organizing the race with the help of Ritchie’s Sporting Goods and Mickey Rzymek of North Coast Multisports.  I think that they made a great decision adding the 10K and team challenge to this event.   Other than my injury it was an outstanding running event.