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A lovely August evening full of BBQ and good conversation was preceded by the deKoevend Park 5k Trophy Series race. We had a great turnout of members and non-members, and the weather this year was much more temperate than last year’s brutal 90+ degree temperatures at race time. The results for the race are below:
Continue reading “August 2009 Dekoevend 5k Results”
It’s time for my favorite road runner event of the year, the August TS and BBQ. The best thing about the Friday night race is the post race BBQ. With 98 runners, our turnout was down slightly, but we made up for that with friends and family in attendance. The Georgetown Half was the next day, so some of our usually runners opted to volunteer for the evening.
Adam Feerst remeasured the course especially for the event and Race Directors Ric and Rochelle Robinette put on a fine race as usual.
Thank you to everyone who came out – from the 28 first time runners to the high school cross country teams to our dedicated members.
Now that our 50th anniversary is in the history books, the board will focus on membership – attracting and retaining members to keep our club strong.
The Denver running community lost a dear friend with the passing of Pat Wojciechowski in late June. Pat was an active member of the Rocky Mountain Road Runners up to a few years ago when she began experiencing serious health problems. During the 80s and 90s Pat was a stalwart member of the group that started the Tuesday night run tradition in Washington Park. Others in that somewhat irregular group, several still running, were Dick Van Wagenen, Carl Steinhauser, Linda Lee, Adam Feerst, Scott Deming, Amy Hudson, John and Ann Ray, Ann Button, Chris and Mike Vanoni, and Regina Girvan. The same group often got together for a run on Saturday morning followed by breakfast. Pat, Carl Steinhauser and I trained long and hard to run the Twin Cities Marathon in October, 1989. We all performed awesomely and had a great time. I think that was the last marathon for the three of us. Shortly after that, Pat married Reilly Cunningham, an amiable and fun Irishman who quickly became our friend. On Sunday morning, June 28, many from the old group joined Reilly and Pat’s family to scatter her ashes along the High Line canal trail near Quincy and Dahlia, per her wishes. What a fitting conclusion to a life well lived! We’ll miss you Pat.
Lee Bengston
Attached is the corrected results for the July 2009 Trophy Series race at Stone House Park.
Continue reading “Revised Results — July 2009 Trophy Series at Stone House Park”