Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, April 30, 2017 CLINTON COUNTRY RUN MIMICS MIDLAND Runners whose racing history goes back a few years remember the Midland Run 15K that was held about mid-May in Far Hills. One factoid of that race was the change from cool spring weather…
Fleming remembered
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, April 23, 2017 FLEMING REMEMBERED The entire New Jersey running community was shocked to learn of the sudden passing of legendary runner and coach Tom Fleming on Wednesday, April 19th. Fleming who twice placed second at the Boston Marathon and who twice…
Out of shirts? Cut the fee.
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, April 16, 2017 OUT OF SHIRTS? CUT THE FEE. “Souvenir T-shirts to the first 500 runners,” the race website states. How about, “T-shirts to pre-registered runners only” or “Souvenir shirts while they last”. What those headlines don’t say is what happens after…
Indian Trails had its challenges
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, April 9, 2017 INDIAN TRAILS HAD ITS CHALLENGES It’s called Indian Trails, but you were assured it was not a trail race. Dirt roads and macadam, yes, no trails. Runners in the Indian Trails 20K or 10K could be excused for asserting that…
Don’t be a pedestrian statistic
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, April 2, 2017 DON’T BE A PEDESTRIAN STATISTIC Friday’s Daily Record carried two front page stories, one by Mike Davis reporting that pedestrian fatalities were up nationwide 11 percent over 2015. Michael Rizzo’s story was focused on what the town of Dover…
Indian Trails kicks off the real championship series next week
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, March 26, 2017 INDIAN TRAILS KICKS OFF THE REAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES NEXT WEEK Although three pseudo championships are taking place this weekend, two ten milers and one half marathon that you read about here last week, the first true championship is taking place…
Season opens with three distance races
Published in the DAILY RECORD of Morris County NJ on Sunday, March 19, 2017 SEASON OPENS WITH THREE DISTANCE RACES Distance runners have three options next weekend. They can run ten miles or half marathon at one of the three 700 point grand prix pseudo championship races. The three races only look like a championship…
Roberta Groner leaves for New York AC
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, March 12, 2017 GRONER MOVES TO NEW YORK AC Roberta Groner of Randolph began making waves after moving to the state from Pittsburg in 2014. In 2015 she was always in the top three in races and in 2016 she was PR’ing and…
Unforgettable
Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey On Sunday, March 5, 2017 UNFORGETTABLE There are races that stand out in your memory and many others that you can’t even recall. Check your running log back a few years and you’ll scratch your head trying to remember some races But those PR…
Short winter break – Two weeks with no column
I will be taking a short winter break this month. The February 12th column is the last one until March 5th.