I did the 1/2 marathon in Columbia Station on Sunday – it’s a small, local event with a unique twist – you can either run or in-line skate – and the skaters were out – I guess there just not that many events for skaters.  The course is west of Cleveland and goes through some farm land with rolling hills – The last 3 miles have some significant climbs up to the finish at the local high school – We were fortunate on the course and only had a little light rain – I guess at the finish line there was a period of steady rain –

Since the race was small I was the only guy in my age groups – ran a 2:09 – which is OK for me right now.

Ray Fryan

5th overall, 1st age group – 1st father/ daughter team, time of 19:48

The Gorris Family was out in full force for the Green YMCA Caribbean 5k today.  Luke ran [with pacing and encouragement from Mom and Dad] the 5k in 29:15, and had plenty of gas left in the tank for a strong finish.   Dad had enough gas left in the tank to run 3+ more loops so I was able to run a 5k with my son and an extra 10 miles on my own killing two birds with one stone!

We also saw fellow Team ER’s own Ken Frankenbery and his wife, Karen.  Ken sure did lay down a killer run after being on the IR the last few months.

It was a warm, sunny morning and a decent crowd of maybe 150 or so people. Teamate Mark Gorris was running with his son ( who did great!), and after a 20 minute delay(and several warm ups- police showed up late )- we were off! There were half a dozen younger high school runners who shot off to the lead, following them up the first hill I was so excited to be racing, I looked down and was running a 5:45 pace (way to fast) – I tried to slow, but wanted to keep leaders in sight, hit mile 1 at 6:05 (and that was up hill). I finally settled into a better pace, and started picking off a few of the people in front of me. The temp. was climbing ( 77 degrees when we finished) , but I felt good. Finished strong in 19:40 ( 6:19 pace).Waiting for results to be posted, but 4th overall, 1st in age group, a solid comeback after surgery!

Glad to be back racing, and hopefully will be able to start swimming mid-July.

Ken Frankenbery

Jim Dehner, time 55:30

The race is part of the towpath trilogy and is a fun format where 2 races of different distances start from different points at the same time yet have the same finish line – I ran the 10K – It started on Canal Road and went north for 1 mile then joined up with the towpath – The entire path up there is paved so the footing is good – the course overall is flat and fast – you do cross the 2 cable bridges on the return to the finish – virtually the only “hills” on the course –

Aside from the rain at the start it was a good race –

Since there were only 2 of us in the AG – I was assured of a podium finish 🙂