Jeannie Ritchie –  1st woman overall, time: 20:20

This morning I ran a 5k race called Max’s CDH Awareness.  The parents who lost their son to this birth defect make this race happen every year.  They had a decent turnout with about 250 runners for the 5k.  They also have a race for kids, a lap around the track at Green high School, called Max’s mad dash.  The weather was near perfect for a race–sunny and about 60 degrees.  The race course was set up very nice with no question on where to go.  They also had a vehicle leading the runners.  The start and finish were at the same location with a 100m on the track!  Very nice and fast!  The course was mostly flat with the exception of the last mile-slow uphill about 400m.  The times of everyone were a little slower than normal because it was 3.15  on most of our GPS’s.  Hermes racing chip timed the event and results were right up.
The best part was the jumpy castles, dunk tank and kona cones for the kiddos!  Spectator friendly too- my family got to see me at least 4 times to cheer me on!  That was a plus!  Top 3 overall received tons of nice Tupperware- gift wrapped.  They also had tons of gifts to raffle off and an auction for many awesome gifts!  Very nice race and I highly recommend participating in it.

Jeannie

Craig, time of 32:37

Ray, time of 18:19, 13th overall, 1st age group

Jeannie Ritchie, time 20:13  1st age group  4th women overall

Ray Fryan – time of 18:45, 2nd age group 16th overall

Marathon

Paul Dowd……….lead bike for hand cyclist finished in 3hr 50 mins

1/2 Marathon

Angelica…….time of 1hour 59mins…..see pic in 2013 photos

10K

Alex……… (PR) with a time of 39:43

Colleen…..(PR)  with a time of 49:52….see pics in photos 2013

Ray Fryan – Peggy (my wife) and I competed in the Seymour Mini-Marathon (a half, named after the Indy Mini).

I was 2nd overall, 1:24:31, 1st age group (they only handed out overall awards to the overall winners – guys, ladies!)

Good race – very consistent splits.  Peggy won her age group also (2:00:06), so it was a pleasant drive back to Canton.

Chrissy Bowser- Completed the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on May 5, a week after the Nike Women’s Half in the Nation’s Capital. “I felt great throughout the race in Pittsburgh. It was a great race with wall-to-wall people…a fantastic course over five of Pittsburgh’s beautiful bridges.” Finished in 2:02:53, 4788 overall out of 15,000, 352 out of 1431 for my division…and almost a minute faster than my DC pace the week prior! Great weather, great crowds, bands almost every mile and the spirit of Pittsburgh abounds. Ideal race!

Chrissy Bowser- Completed the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on May 5, a week after the Nike Women’s Half in the Nation’s Capital. “I felt great throughout the race in Pittsburgh. It was a great race with wall-to-wall people…a fantastic course over five of Pittsburgh’s beautiful bridges.” Finished in 2:02:53, 4788 overall out of 15,000, 352 out of 1431 for my division…and almost a minute faster than my DC pace the week prior! Great weather, great crowds, bands almost every mile and the spirit of Pittsburgh abounds. Ideal race!

Alex Kuhn – Time of 31:19 for 20K ( 12.5 Miles)

22nd overall, 3rd in age group

Alex Kuhn – Time of 31:19 for 20K ( 12.5 Miles)

22nd overall, 3rd in age group

Jim Dehner – This race has been around for a long time but probably never had better weather. It’s part of the Hermes series in Northeast Ohio and had a real good crowd. The course is a point to point (the finish and start are about 1/4 mile apart. The start is on the western part of the park. The portion that is elevated and the finish is on the eastern lower portion resulting in a net downhill. Between the start and finish is mostly flat out west on Clifton and back.

I finished in 1:29 and took a 3rd place in the 65+ age group (not a big group) and felt good about the day.