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4/19/2026 Felicia Neal The Rails To Trails 10 Miler Concord Township, Ohio

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4/19/2026

The Rails To Trails 10 Miler

Concord Township, Ohio

Felicia Neal

Finish Time:  1:41:03

Overall Place:  36th Place / 82

Division Place:  6th Place / 19

Race Recap By Felicia Neal:

Round 2 of races for the weekend was the Rails to Trails 10 miler in Concord Township, Ohio. The course was paved bike trail and road. GCXC offered 20, 15 and 10 mile running options. The race was very well organized and they had a post pancake party! I got 6th in my age group.

 

4/18/2026 Lori Fritz The Boston 5K Boston, MA

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4/18/2026

The Boston 5K

Boston, MA

Lori Fritz

Finish Time:  29:46

Overall Place:  4714th Place / 9280

Division Place:  60th Place / 253

Race Recap By Lori Fritz:

Wow! Just Wow! What a great experience! Ran the Boston 5k this morning and didn’t do too badly considering I felt like I was “penned in” during the whole course. Just tried to take it in stride, and enjoy the experience.
Best part of the race was having my friend Kelly Bolden running with me, Janet Hiner Adams cheering us on at the beginning and end, and Amy Tope Palmer yell out our names along the course!
The community all along course was awesome!!
Crossed the finish line to get our finisher medal, T-shirt, and goody bag.
Looking forward to cheering on the marathoners on Monday!

4/18/2026 John Fabianich McClay, Terri Bednar, Lisa Keane, Josh Keane, Felicia Neal, And Lynett McClay The Dirty Dash Half Marathon Bentleyville, Ohio

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4/18/2026

The Dirty Dash Half Marathon

Bentleyville, Ohio

John Fabianich McClay

Finish Time:  2:25:01

Overall Place:  11th Place / 70

Division Place:  2nd Place / 5

Terri Bednar

Finish Time:  2:51:12

Overall Place:  30th Place / 70

Division Place:  2nd Place / 6

Lisa Keane

Finish Time:  3:01:43

Overall Place:  40th Place / 70

Division Place:  1st Place / 2

Josh Keane

Finish Time:  3:02:50

Overall Place:  41st Place / 70

Division Place:  3rd Place / 5

Felicia Neal

Finish Time:  3:06:14

Overall Place:  47th Place / 70

Division Place:  1st Place / 2

Lynett McClay

Finish Time:  4:11:17

Overall Place:  63rd Place / 70

Division Place:  6th Place / 6

Race Recap By Terri Bednar:

I ran the Dirty Dash Half Marathon yesterday and had a blast! This course offered lots of hills, steps, rocks, tree roots and other obstacles to challenge participants. The course was beautiful too! Parking was super close and packet pickup and was a breeze as usual for Western Reserve Racing. I enjoyed the day and finished right before the rain started. I was also 2nd in my AG!! I will def be back next year!

Race Recap By Lisa Keane:

Dirty Dash Half Marathon
Same great trail series, brand new race!
Chip timing on a well marked course of mostly single track with all the rocks, roots, tree obstacles, stairs, water crossings, mud, and tons of elevation!
Beautiful forest views as well as creeks and waterfalls.
Post race hot lunch, swag options, and overall / age group awards 3 deep in 5 year increments.
I made a wrong turn on the 2nd loop and had to work extra hard to get back.  I was super excited to get 1st place in my age group by less than 2 minutes!

Race Recap By Felicia Neal:

Round 1 for this weekend was the Dirty Dash Half Marathon. I had a great time with team ER running this race. There where lots of hills and creek/river crossings with beautiful views of waterfalls and boulder ridges. The race was very well organized and marked even though we went a little off course. I tried to keep up with Lisa and Josh and truly pushed myself. With their help I placed 1st in my age group! Now it is time for bed to get ready for round 2.

Race Recap By Lynett McClay:

The Dirty Dash 1/2 marathon is a brand new race that Western Reserve put on in the South Chagrin Reservation. This course was well marked and beautiful. The course consists of all trail things such as mud, rocks, roots, stairs, 3 creek crossings, waterfalls, and elevation. Packet pick up was easy with simple directions and plenty of parking. This course was a figure 8 and every 3ish miles was an aid stations that had all the goodies for runners. Every runners received an soft t-shirt and finishers medals. Thank you to my husband John Mark Fabianich Mcclay who went out the last 3 miles to keep me going and finishing strong in the rain. Also thank you to Josh Keane , Lisa Keane , Felicia Neal and Terri Bednar for waiting and cheering me on at the finish.

4/11/2026 & 4/12/2026 Felicia Neal, Nancy Wardell, And Lori Fritz The Cleveland Clinic Run For Home 10K And Half Marathon New Philadelphia, Ohio.

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4/11/2026 & 4/12/2026

The Cleveland Clinic Run For Home 10K And Half Marathon

New Philadelphia, Ohio.

4/11/2026 10K

Felicia Neal

Finish Time:  55:12

Overall Place:  35th Place / 92

Division Place:  1st Place / 9

Nancy Wardell

Finish Time:  1:02:17

Overall Place:  54th Place / 92

Division Place:  5th Place / 9

Lori Fritz Volunteered for course marshal duties

4/12/2026

Half Marathon

Lori Fritz

Finish Time:  2:06:34

Overall Place:  106th Place / 197

Division Place:  2nd Place / 4

Felicia Neal

Finish Time:  2:16:27

Overall Place:  133rd Place / 197

Division Place:  6th Place / 12

Nancy Wardell

Finish Time:  2:22:35

Overall Place:  146th Place / 197

Division Place:  8th Place / 12

Race Recaps By Felicia Neal:

This weekend I am participating in The Run For Home Second Sole 10K-Half Challenge. Today was the 10k and compared to last year, I rocked it and got 1st place in my age group. I love this running series since its very close to my home and it is always a fun turnout. I saw a lot of my friends! The running community is so supportive and kind here in Ohio. I am very fortunate to have met so many amazing runners. Tomorrow is the half marathon and I am looking forward to round 2!

Today was the Run for Home Half and it was so much fun. I went out much slower today then the 10k yesterday. The race was very well marked and they had a abundance of amazing volunteers. I got 6th in my age group! There was a post party at Hoodletown and we all received a celebratory beer for a race well ran! After I drank a beer, ate a burger, I hit the wall hard and had to get my ass home to take a nap. I just woke up!

Race Recaps By Nancy Wardell:

I completed the Cleveland Clinic Run for Home 10k this morning. This race is always very well organized and every turn is well marked with signs and volunteers! I didn’t finish as well as I hoped, but loved all the goodies, pizza, seeing my other teammates, and being outside!! I finished at a time of 1:02:07 and with a pace of 10:01 and 5th in my age group. It was a good run and I didn’t stop, so I can’t complain!

I ran the Cleveland Clinic Half Marathon this morning and it kicked my butt! It was still very well organized and I earned my challenger hoodie for completing the 10k yesterday and half marathon today, which I really appreciated! I enjoyed the pizza and extra goodies including a free beer from Hoodlestowns Brewery and a bonus raffle gift for Dumont’s Sporting goods in canton!

Race Recaps By Lori Fritz:

This is my second year of volunteering for this race! I have had so much fun at the 5k & 10k split off point for the Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital Run for Home because I get to see and cheer on all of my running friends! We had beautiful weather for the race this morning. I do have a bit of a problem of pointing to my right and telling the 5k people to turn left, but maybe next year I’ll get it correct! Haha!
I am sure I violated some noise ordinance by ringing my cowbells, but it may be worse next year because I plan to play some good music!
As much as I would love to run the 10k, being out there and cheering everyone on just feels very rewarding!

This was my first time running this as a half marathon. Many moons ago, I had ran it twice as part of a relay team. I very much enjoyed the fact that some of the community got involved and were out cheering on participants! Did very well time-wise with a 2:06:34 finish and felt pretty good throughout the whole event! I was very happy with my second place age group award! the course was very well marked and well staffed with volunteers! Everyone had commented on the course change, but it was still interesting and challenging enough, and except for the two long boring straight stretches near the end, I found it to be a very nice course!

 

4/11/2026 Rachel Turner, Christine Churpek, Peter Heroux, Stephanie Orwick, Scott Orlando, And Terri Bednar The North Water Brewing Run Club Beer Mile Kent, Ohio.

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4/11/2026

The North Water Brewing Run Club Beer Mile

Kent, Ohio.

Rachel Turner

Overall Place:  1st Place Overall Female Finisher

Volunteers:

Christine Churpek served as one of the race directors, poured beers, and took pictures.

Peter Heorux helped set up, poured beers, and cheered on runners.

Stephanie Orwick volunteered for course management duties at the turnaround point cheered on runners, and took pictures.

Scott Orlando helped pour beers and cheered on runners.

Terri Bednar volunteered for course management duties at the turnaround point, cheered on runners, and took pictures.

Race Recap By Scott Orlando:

The North Water Brewing Run Club Annual Charity Beer Mile is a lot of fun and a great event!  This year’s charity sponsor was Colin-Cares which raises funds to fight cancer.   The weather was beautiful and it was a lot of fun pouring beers and cheering on the runners.   This year had the most runners participate in the 5 years of the annual event.   It was great to see so many Team ER members contributing, volunteering and running in this event.

4/11/2026 Rachel Turner, Scott Orlando, Steve Zenar, Christine Churpek, Terri Bednar, Mike Williams, Peter Heroux, And Cleopatra Sirnic Clifford The Black Squirrel 5K Kent, Ohio

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4/11/2026

The Black Squirrel 5K

Kent, Ohio

Rachel Turner

Finish Time:  20:40

Overall Place: 23rd Place / 380

Division Place: 3rd Place Overall Female

Scott Orlando

Finish Time:  22:54

Overall Place: 42nd Place / 380

Division Place: 3rd Place / 10

Steve Zenar

Finish Time:  23:11

Overall Place: 48th Place / 380

Division Place: 1st Place / 17

Christine Churpek

Finish Time:  25:13

Overall Place: 76th Place / 380

Division Place: 2nd Place / 17

Terri Bednar

Finish Time:  26:02

Overall Place: 87th Place / 380

Division Place: 2nd Place / 18

Mike Williams

Finish Time:  26:37

Overall Place: 96th Place / 380

Division Place: 4 Place / 15

Peter Heroux

Finish Time:  27:02

Overall Place: 108th Place / 380

Division Place: 3rd Place / 17

Cleopatra Sirnic Clifford

Finish Time:  30:29

Overall Place: 177th Place / 380

Division Place: 4th Place / 19

Race Recap By Scott Orlando:

What’s better than earning a medal at a race? How about two medals! Ohio Team ER won the coed team division award and I placed 3rd in my division. I had two goals for today’s race. The first was to place in the top three in my division. The second goal was to finish under 23 minutes. I am happy to say to achieved both goals. I finished 42nd overall with a time of 22.54.

After my previous 5K in March which I wasn’t happy how I felt or my slow finish time I really refocused my training and committed to working on my pace. I also got more disciplined with my nutrition and lost 15 pounds. It was very rewarding to see all of my hard work pay off. I beat my time from last year by 30 seconds. The course for this race is challenging with lots of hills. Today I ran faster and felt better doing it. I’m still not back to where I want to be but I made a lot of progress.

It was fun sharing today’s running experience with so many Team ER members North Water Brewing Run Club members, and other running friends.
All participants received t-shirts and mini race bibs. I really like the mini bibs. They are so easy to wear. The post race ceremony was top notch with a buffet that included bagels, fruit, granola bars, Capri Suns, and chili. The sound system was much improved over previous years making it very easy to hear the awards presentation. Well done Kent State!

Thank you to all of the volunteers who showed up to make the race happen today!

Race Recap By Steve Zenar:

Another great (but chilly) April morning running the Kent State Black Squirrel 5K! Always one of my favorite races to participate in as I enjoy passing by all my old stomping grounds and classrooms in which I spent a wonderful part of my life in. Today I felt awesome and had one of my faster 5K times for this course coming in at 23:11 which was good enough for a first place in my age group . The race was well organized and I especially appreciated the awesome volunteers all along the course who were cheering and pushing us all to get up the hills and go faster. After running they had an awesome post race food selection (nothing like hot chilly after a cold run) and awards ceremony which is highly appreciated.
Look forward to doing it again in 2027!

Race Recap By Terri Bednar:

I ran the Black Squirrel 5k yesterday and this is probably my 4th or 5th time doing this race. Packet pickup is always super easy and quick and it’s close to home. This time I rolled up about 7:20 for an 8 am start. HI had time to grab my bib and do a 2 mile warmup beforehand. I placed 2nd in my AG and this was my fastest 5k in 3 years despite many steep hills! Our team even won a medal for fastest coed team! At the awards they feed you like you ran a marathon and you can get your pic with the mascot! I will do this race again!

4/11/2026 John Fabianich McClay, Josh Keane, Lisa Keane, And Lynett McClay Forget The PR Trail Race Loudonville, Ohio

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4/11/2026

Forget The PR Trail Race

Loudonville, Ohio

50K Trail Race

John Fabianich McClay

Finish Time:  6:06:52

Overall Place:  42nd Place / 143

Division Place:  4th Place / 25

Josh Keane

Finish Time:  7:21:43

Overall Place:  75th Place / 143

Division Place:  10th Place / 25

25K Trail Race

Lisa Keane

Finish Time:  4:06:56

Overall Place:  18th Place / 67

Division Place:  3rd Place / 16

Lynett McClay

Finish Time:  6:14:00

Overall Place:  56th Place / 67

Division Place:  13th Place / 16

Race Recap By Lisa Keane:

Forget the PR 25k
This was my second year running this one and it is one of my favorites!
Well marked, mostly single track trail through beautiful Mohican State Park with all the rocks, roots, mud, tree hurdles, stream crossings, plus a covered bridge, so many stairs , and a waterfall!
Choose one loop or two for a 25K (this is a LIE – 17+ miles!) or 50K (the 2nd loop is shorter) and get ready to climb! 2890’ of elevation gain for the 25K – my poles came in handy!
Fully stocked aid stations on course with the best volunteers around. Hot lunch and cold beer at the finish!
Clean private hot shower stalls available for all athletes.
Nice swag includes soft SS tee and matching finishers medal.
This race supports local special Olympic athletes who are there to help with opening ceremonies.
I was super nervous going into this race after my half marathon fail last weekend but I redeemed myself shaving 2 minutes off of last year’s time and finishing
18th overall
9th female
3rd age group
Can’t wait to do it all again next year!

Race Recap By Lynett McClay:

Forget the PR 50K and 25K. Boy, did this race make its name. This course is one of the toughest i have done. This course is beautiful. This course consist of mostly single track, rocks ,roots, mud, and the toughest Big Ass Hill. The volunteers were fantastic at the aid stations. They helped you with what ever needs you need from getting your bottles filled to have every snack that could be used for calories. Packet pickup simple with easy directions And plenty of parking for all. All race participants received a soft tee, water bottle, medal at the finish and decorative map of the course. This year i struggled and was exhausted by climbing all those hills. I was only 4 min slower than last year’s time and I am ok with that. Congratulations to all that finished this race.