Published by the DAILY RECORD of Morris
County, New Jersey
On Sunday, June 2, 2013
Copyright, Madeline Bost, 2013
ROXBURY COMMUNITY BENEFIT RACE TOMORROW NIGHT
The first of the June Monday evening 5K’s takes place
tomorrow night, Monday, June 3rd in Roxbury.
Although the Roxbury Community Benefit 5K has been around for several
years, it is using a course that was first used in 2012.
Where the old course was an out and back, the new course
takes the runners from Eyland Avenue over to Hillside Avenue to return to the
Eisenhower Middle school via the access road between Roxbury High School and
the middle school. The start is now on
Eyland Avenue and the first mile and nearly to two miles is using the same
suburban roads as the old course. The deviation
comes just before the two mile marker and there is a significant brief climb as
the runners work their way over to Hillside.
That climb becomes a speed booster on the way down the high school roadway
as the runners head back to the middle school.
It may not be quite as fast as the old course but it is fast
enough to lure runners to go for the newly minted course records of 2012. James Lothian, who grew up in Roxbury, now of
Morristown, won the race in 17:20 and has the record for the 20 to 34 age
group. Diana D’Achille of Denville won
the race in 18:46 for the women’s record in that division. All of the age division winners from 2012 are
listed on the race website which is accessed from the Morris County Striders website.
The race offers team competition in club, corporate and
family divisions. Most of the family entries are Roxbury
families and other entries are local clubs like the boy scouts and the
recreation track teams. The focus is on
the Roxbury community but it also draws runners from outside the township who
enjoy a fun night of racing that concludes with free pizza for all thanks to
Papa John’s and other local pizzerias.
Sponsors of note include the Merry Heart Health Care systems,
which was the founder of the race that donates all proceeds back into the
community.
Other local races this week include the Chatham Fishawack
four mile race on Saturday, June 8th and on Sunday, June 9th
the Run for Marge in Pequannock.
MORRIS COUNTY RUNNERS AND TEAMS DID WELL AT RIDGEWOOD RUN
10K
The Ridgewood Run 10K on Memorial Day was the USATF New
Jersey masters men championship race and local clubs all did well. Finishing at the top of the M40 division was
the Morristown based Garmin Runners. The
Sneaker Factory men placed third behind the Raritan Valley team. The Do Run Runners finished in fourth place
in that division but moved up to second in the M50 division, with the Morris
County Striders taking third. The Striders
placed second in the M60 division.
Beau
Atwater, 55, of Bernardsville was scored at 85.12 % PLP in the age grading
placing him third in that listing. Other
local performances of note include Jeanne Pare, 52, of Chester who finished in
40:02 to top the age grading charts with her 88.00 % PLP.
Jane Parks, 60, of Morristown finished in 46:46 and is listed in fifth
place in the age grading at 83.81%.
Publish only when space permits.
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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