Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris County, New Jersey
On Sunday, April 10, 2016
TAKE YOUR PICK OF LOCAL 5K’S
Like Daffodils in the spring, a bevy of 5K’s have popped up
for next weekend here in Morris County land.
Back for its 12th year, the Ryan Steidl Memorial MK5K will
take place next Saturday, April 16 in Denville.
Organized to support the Morris Knolls high school baseball team, after
the tragic death of Ryan Steidl in 2011, the race added his name to the race.
Steidl was struck by a car while training for the 2011 race
and died from his injuries six months after the accident. Part of the focus of the race is road safety
in memory of Steidl.
The course is an out and back beginning on Pocono Road and
traveling out Old Boonton Road. It is
considered a mostly flat, fast course.
On Sunday, April 17th, runners can enjoy running from
a posse of cops in the Cops and Robbers 5K in Morris Township. The event takes place on the familiar Ginty Field
course.
There is no way that a course record can be established with
the course being used so many times, but it would be interesting to know how
many runners have kept a log of their racing on the course and if they keep a
record of their personal best on it.
For this race there is an unusual incentive. All the “robbers” will start at 9:00 a.m. and
at 9:03 a.m. members of law enforcement will take off after the fleeing
“robbers”. With a three minute head start how fast do you
have to go to beat your cop? Oh, that’s
part of the fun too. Team up with one
person in the role of robber and one as a cop.
Can you beat the cop and get away – or can the cop catch you in the 3.1
miles. The cop needs to run a mile one
minute faster than the robber.
By the Way there are several Cops and Robbers races around
the country and all loosely organized like the one in Morris Township. In some the robbers carry a loot bag and in another
costumes are encouraged. I don’t see
that for this one though, but I would think no one object if a runner is
wearing a mask or some other “robber” clothing.
Registration has been set at $ 20.00 for the inaugural race
and it is good up to April 16th.
Other local races include the KEA Pot of Gold 5K on Sunday
April 17 that starts at 9:00 a.m. from Kinnelon High School and the Cross and
Crown 5K at the School of St. Elizabeth in Bernardsville also on Saturday,
April 17 at 9:00 a.m.
Far from being a 5K, the Rutgers Unite Half Marathon will
also be a draw for many local runners. An
expo will take place on Saturday, April 16 on the Rutgers Busch Campus with the
half marathon on Sunday April 17, along with an 8K that starts shortly after
the half marathon.
In 2015 there were over 2,500 finishers in the half with Michael
Dixon of Fanwood first in 1:12:02 and Sarah Rebick of Boulder CO the first
woman in 1:26:44. Over 900 finished the
8K.
The start is at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on the Busch
Campus in Piscataway with the finish at Seminary Place and College Avenue, at
the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.
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A calendar of USATF sanctioned events can be found at www.usatfnj.org or at www.raceforum.com for running and tri and
biathlon events.
Contact Madeline Bost at madelinebost@verizon.net.
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