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My name is Ashley Durkin and I work with Salem Parks and Recreation in Salem, Virginia. We host the LewisGale Salem Half Marathon which is coming up on October 14^th and we would like to offer your running club a discount to run in our race!Any member can use code VARUN10 and receive $10 off registration by visiting www.salemhalfmarathon.com. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the race!

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Dale Abrahamson has been involved with running as a volunteer, a race director, a coach, a writer and a member of multiple running clubs. Once he was even the president of a running club. He has been a runner for 38 years and is still a top competitor in our local races. We asked him to talk about what he does to stay healthy and keep running, especially as a senior runner when injury can sideline us for a long time.

First of all, having good balance is very important, and having that requires muscle strength, in the ankles, the back, the core, even the upper body. You might think you need muscles for running fast, but first you need good balance. On a regular basis, you should try to work these main groups.

For Balance and strength:
1) Yoga
2) Run on soft surface (to strengthen ankles)
3) Planks (to stengthen the back)
4) Crunches (to stengthen core)

Muscle tightness can cause sore spots but you can work them out before they get serious. You need regular stretching and massage. The runner should use a foam roller or tennis ball on a regular basis to work out muscle tightness/knots.

To maintain the proper form while running, upper body work is required. Dales uses:
1) Pushups
2) overhead lifts

Training – take a summer break. During the summer months, Dale goes hiking. He also recommends these activities.
1) rowing machine
2) swimming
3) Norditrack

He does all these things on a regular basis and is still running strong! Proof that they really do work!

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We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved president, Joe Harney on July 20, 2017.  He was one of a kind and will be greatly missed.  Races will not be the same but we will remember his smile and that laugh and this will comfort us.  His family is in our thoughts and prayers.

His obituary can be read here. (click to open)

 

 

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Membership includes a Free PTC t-shirt to new members (available for pick-up at general membership meetings), subscriptions to On Your Mark (monthly),  and discounts at some local businesses.

PTC general membership meetings are held the third Tuesday of February, April, June, September, October, and December at the Hampton Center Health & Fitness Center. No meetings other months.

Individual Dues: $20 annually ($35 – 2 years; $50 – 3 years)
Family Dues: $25 annually ($45 – 2 years; $65 – 3 years)
Student Dues: (18 years old or younger): $10 annually ($18 – 2 years; $26 – 3 years).

Signup on-line here…

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We are sorry to announce that this race has been cancelled.

 

Please come out and support the GotCUREage 5K, at 5:30 p.m., Yorktown

 

 

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By Rick Platt

The 3rd annual Victory at Yorktown 10K Run, this year the Virginia State RRCA (Road Runners Club of America) 10K Championship, and an event in both the 2017 Hampton Roads Super Grand series and the 2017 Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix series, welcomes to Yorktown the following notable runners, by bib number.

#1 – Greta Sieve, 29, Williamsburg – Ran a PR and course record 2:52:00 to win the Newport News One City Marathon in March, won the Christmas Town Dash 8K in December in a course record 29:24.

#2 – Ann Mazur, 31, Charlottesville – Ran a PR 1:21:26 at the Shamrock Half Marathon in March, has PRs of 17:35 (5K) and 29:55 (8K).

#3 – Ryan Carroll, 34, Portsmouth – Has won more road races (over 350 post-collegiate wins) than any other runner in the Hampton Roads area. Has PRs of 14:38 (5K), 24:33 (8K), 31:18 (10K), 50:12 (10 mile), 1:07:52 (half marathon) and 2:28:22 (marathon).

#4 – Levi Warring, 22, Williamsburg – Ran PR 1:14:03 at Sentara Colonial Half Marathon in February, ran a debut 2:40:26 last November at Richmond Marathon.

#5 – John Piggott, 51, Williamsburg – Leading men’s 50+ runner in Hampton Roads. Ran 175 lifetime marathons, has won more races lifetime than any other runner on the Peninsula, PRs of 32:19 (10K), 1:10:56 (half marathon) and 2:30:14 (marathon).

#6 – Steve Chantry, 62, Williamsburg – Leading 60+ runner in Hampton Roads. Set all-time Colonial Road Runners men’s 60-64 record of 18:24 last Saturday at Queens Lake 5K. Also has all-time CRR 5K records for men 50-54 (16:39 in 2005) and men 55-59 (16:57 in 2010).

#7 – Roger Hopper, 26, Williamsburg – Two-time Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix champion, inaugural 2016 Hampton Roads Super Grand Prix champion, two-time defending champion of Victory at Yorktown 10K (34:58 in 2015, 35:10 in 2016), ran road PR 16:02 at 2016 Governor’s Land 5K.

#8 – Tami Graf, 80, Lusby, MD – Holds Virginia state women’s 75-79 10K record of 1:03:27, set in 2012, aiming for Virginia state women’s 80-84 record (1:22:13) at this year’s Victory at Yorktown 10K, mother of Robin Moon, Victory YMCA Wellness Director

#9 – Robert S. White, 93, Hampton – Holds all-time Colonial Road Runners 5K records for men 80-84 (25:48 in 2003) and men 90-and-over (40:15 in 2015), aiming for Virginia state men’s 90-94 record at this year’s Victory at Yorktown 10K.

#10 – Mercedes Castillo-D’Amico, 59, Williamsburg – Holds Virginia state women’s 55-59 records for 5K (20:01 in 2013) and 10K (42:26 in 2013), expected to break multiple Virginia state women’s 60-64 records when she turns 60 in September, former group exercise instructor (Zumba) at Victory YMCA