Merry Christmas from the Seashore Striders

Merry Christmas to my Cape running readers. Each year, I like to leave a little present under the tree to some of my favorite folks.

To Martin Rodriguez, I leave another sub-three-hour Boston Marathon and a masters win in his new division.

To 73-year-old Mary Kessler, I leave another Delaware age-group state record.

To Justine at Dogfish, I leave another great dash in Milton with another 1,000 runners.

To Lewes runner Mike Sewell, I leave another race to add to his thousands.

To longtime Seashore Striders runner Peter Tracey, I leave another series qualification to add to his streak.

To Cape senior Ryan Baker, I leave a shot at the nine-minute 3,200-meter barrier.

To Billy at Logo Motive, I leave another Friday afternoon race T-shirt to print.

To Mariner coach Kenny Riedel, I leave another successful cross country season and a bigger car for gear.

To Seashore Striders sponsor Lee Ann Wilkinson, I leave another house sold to an out-of-state runner.

To ultra-marathoner Mike Wardian, I leave another challenge.

To Cape distance ace Katie K Kuhlman, I leave a sub-5:20 mile and at least one school record.

To vaulting siblings, Addison Bowman and Bailey Fletcher, I leave a 9-foot clearance for Addison and a 15-foot clearance for Bailey.

To Marybeth Evans, I leave another sold-out Rehoboth Beach Seashore Marathon.

To mighty mouse Joanne Senft, I leave a sub-23-minute 5K.

To all my young Seashore Striders runners, I leave another trip to the national championships.

To my friend, the late Danny Mitchell, I leave another successful Fire Fightin’ 5K in Rehoboth Beach.

To Seashore Striders volunteer Alyssa Simon, I leave another runner who wants to use a credit card.

To Seashore Striders volunteer Jane Boyd, I leave another runner who wants to trade a shirt size.

To my pro triathlete son Jake, I leave a collegiate national championship medal.

To my second son Ben, I leave another successful season coaching at Friends and a job in the sports management field.

To Ally Diehl, I leave a three-pointer like the ones you watched your gym teacher shoot at Shields. 

To my friend Linda Schwartz-Chi, I leave another Toyota sale and a healthy year.

To Roxy and Joey, I leave another Sunfest 5K and 10 great flavors of ice cream.

To Dede Richardson, I leave a ton of great memories of your late husband Mike.

To myself, I leave a new Ford Transit van to have fun custom building out with my buddy Half Pint.

To Fredman, I leave another thousand pictures to go through after the next 5K.

To my wife Monique, I leave each day of the new year a better, more healthy and positive day than the day before.

To my Cape Gazette readers, I leave another 52 columns of running and racing at the beach to go along with the 1,560 columns I have written for each week since 1993.

Merry Christmas to all the runners and racers in the Cape Region!