Three races in three towns in three days
The fifith annual Triple Crown Race Series will be held this weekend with three races in three days in three different towns.
The 15th annual Georgetown Library 5K and 1-mile Walk will kick things off Friday, June 15, at 7 p.m. The series moves to Milton for the eighth annual Irish Eyes 5K Saturday, June 16, at 8 a.m. And it finally ends with the popular 28th annual Fathers Day 5K in Rehoboth Beach Sunday, June 17, at 7:30 a.m. from Wilmington Avenue and the Boardwalk.
Runners who compete in and finish all three events will be presented with a special award at the 14th annual Jungle Jim’s 5K Splash award ceremony Saturday, June 23.
Irish Eyes 6-Pack
The annual Irish Eyes 6-Pack Series will finish up this weekend with the Irish Eyes 5K in Milton Saturday, June 16, and the Fathers Day 5K in Rehoboth Sunday, June 17. Each runner who completed all six events will be presented with a jacket at an Irish Eyes Lewes Happy Hour in July.
The other four events in the series were the Seashore Classic May 12, Doug Strong 5K June 2, Run for Economics 5K June 3, and the Blue-Gold All-Star 5K June 9.
Runners who compete in and finish all six events qualify for the series. The Delaware Office of Highway Safety is the Gold Sponsor of the series and will sponsor the jackets for the qualified runners.
Go Fast Running Camp
The Go Fast Elite Running Camp will be held for athletes age 11-18 from 8 to 11 a.m., Monday to Friday, June 18 to 22. Boys and girls in all sports will benefit from these camps.
The Go Fast Youth Running Camp will be held from 6 to 7:30 a.m., June 20-22 for athletes age 6-10. For more information, contact Camp Director Derek Shockro at 302-983-6050 or email gofastcamps@gmail.com.
Jack strikes again
Last week at the Blue-Gold All-Star 5K in Lewes, 80-year-old Jack Huxtable of Rehoboth Beach won the 80 and over age group, and lowered his own Delaware state age-group record to 28:10.7 on the 3.1-mile USATF-certified course. A week earlier, he ran 28:57.5 to first take the record. John Button held the previous record at just over 30 minutes.
I personally think Jack can go much faster, in the range of high 26, and I’m tempted to get him on the Cape track for a speed work session with some of my runners. “OK, Lainey, I want you to take this 80-year-old runner through two sets of 12 repeat 200s in 45 seconds with a walk/jog 1-minute recovery in between. Can you handle that?”
Cape Tri
Local Tony Zeccola competed in the Cape Triathlon and has been a great supporter of the event over the years with Piranha Sports. The Seashore Striders took over management of the event this year, and Tony could not have been happier. I went to Tony early in the planning for a list of items that went well and a list of items that needed to be changed. One huge change this year was the transition area was moved to the main beach parking lot, which eliminated the half-mile run between the swim and the bike. The majority of the athletes expressed to me how happy they were with that change.
“I did some calculations and it looks like I have done 98 Olympic and sprint triathlons, and I can’t say enough good things about the race today, “ said Tony. “Tim Bamforth and the Seashore Striders hosted a very fun and safe race. Thank you to all involved.”
The icing on the cake was that Tony placed in his age group for the first time in many years to make his day even better. Results of the Cape Triathlon can be found at seashorestriders.com.
