Hair of the Dog races attract fit families and their canines
Hair of the dog that bit you? Hangover humor on New Year’s Day morning. It’s not exactly the crowd that shows up at 8:30 a.m. to run a 10K. And many of those runners lined up again at 10 a.m. to throw a 5K race on the pile of relentless fitness.
The Hair of the Dog 10K and 5K races on New Year’s Day in downtown Bethany Beach always attract a family crowd. Many bring the family dog – there is a top 3 category in the 5K for runners who run the distance with their leashed dog.
Nick Cruz, 23, was in control and the overall winner in the 10K in a fast time of 34:08.
Charlie Schindler, 29, placed second in 35:29, followed by Tim Sick in 39:36, Mike Sewell in 40:05 and Steve Venett in 41:51.
The women’s leaderboard was topped by Hollie Sick, 29, of Cherry Hill, N.J., in 41:49. She was followed by Bridget Maybud in 41:16, Susan Greally in 44:19, Pam Jock in 45:46 and Mardiny Ung in 46:55.
A total of 264 runners completed the 5K race. Dylan Smiley, 21, of West Chester, Pa., was the winner of the 5K in 16:04, holding off Nick Cruz in 16:05, who was doing the double.
Matt Lofton, 40, was third and masters winner in 16:49. He was followed by Charlie Schindler in 16:54 and Quinn Serfass in 18:23
Michelle Calvert, 40, was the overall winner of the women’s 5K in 20:51. Kelsey Oliphant, Alexis Oliphant, Mardiny Ung and Caitlin Shay completed the top five leaderboard.
Nick Cruz and Charlie Schindler made the leaderboard in both races, as did Mardiny Ung on the women’s side.
A complete listing of results results can be found at races2run.com.
