They say it was a Nor'easter this past weekend, so why was the rain coming down in buckets and flooding the roads here last Monday morning, but dry and 48 degrees, at Hopkinton Green, the start of the Boston Marathon? They say it may have been forgiveness for the monsoon type weather there last year.
Many of the members of the marathon team from the Naval Academy, listing their hometown as Annapolis, did their usual sub-3-hour runs at Boston.
Their coaches also ran - Nathan Nudelman, 31, ran it in 3:16 and Dr. Tom Hattar, 46, in 3:08.
Joel Ogden of Annapolis ran his first at Boston in 4:05.
Robert Cheruiyot from Kenya was again the male winner at 2:07. The top female was Dire Tune of Ethiopia in 2:25.
Amanda Beal, a 1998 Broadneck High graduate, completed the Boston Marathon. She ran personal-best 3:17:33. She beat 85 percent of all finishers and 97 percent of the women.She qualified to run the Boston Marathon by winning the B&A Trail marathon in 3:26:21.
MOORE SHIRTS: Standing in the living room last week at the Annapolis home of Betty Moore, the widow of the late Ben Moore, one would think one was at the Fruit of The Loom T-shirt factory. In the Moore living room there were dozens of shirts piled on tables and there might have been more in other rooms. Turns out that Ben Moore kept every T-shirt from every race he ever ran and that could be in the hundreds and it has now become the job of the Moore family to figure out what to do with them. Betty arranged to have all those imprinted with the words Moore's Marines sent to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many others will go to charities and many more will be sewn into quilts for the Moore offspring and their families.
However, taking care of shirts and the dozens of medals and items of memorabilia collected by Ben over the years was not the biggest concern of the Moore family. It was figuring out the best way, with Ben gone, how best to acknowledge the hundreds of condolences that keep arriving.
So, let this column be one of the places where the family might publicly express their thanks.
BEGINNING RUN: You may know that any time I am asked to teach someone how to run, and it's many times a year, I always tell the story that in all my running years, I have forgotten more than I have learned and recommend they enroll in the Annapolis Strider's Beginning Runners classes. They start this Saturday morning at 8 at the Bates track at the Weems-Whalen sports area in Annapolis behind Maryland Hall.
This is the time-honored Evan Thomas, Donna Cogle, Penny Goldstein, non-invasive 10-week course, with no book or exams.
Running students start off as walkers and wind up completing a 5K (a little more than 3 miles) run at West Annapolis on Saturday July 12.
The course usually leave beginning runners asking at the 5K finish line, "OK, what's next ?"
In addition to the Saturday class, running students train again on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. also at the Bates track . The fee for the course is $15, which automatically signs up runners for the Annapolis Striders. Otherwise, it's free for Strider members who might want to bone up on the latest running techniques.
For more information visit www:annapolisstriders.org or call Goldstein, 410-721-6614.
There are other local training courses that get you set for half and full marathons both by the Striders and also at runannapolis.com which offers training for the June 1 Zooma women's half-marathon in Annapolis. .
Race of Week: Salute the Legends on Saturday May 4 at the Severn School in Severna Park. The race will recall late Severn student David Snyder, who was killed by a drunken driver. Race proceeds go to both the school and to MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Call 410-647-7700.
TIP OF WEEK: We're getting into warmer weather. Keep yourself hydrated, but just don't overload.
ZOOMA WOMEN'S SERIES: The inaugural ZOOMA Annapolis Half Marathon & 10K will be held on June 1. The route starts at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis and finishes on the waterfront at Jonas Green Park in Anne Arundel County. Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis are co-sponsors of the event.
For more information, please visit www.zoomarun.com or contact Andrea Meier at ameier@zoomarun.com.
RACE RESULTS
Cherry Pit 10 mile run
Male: 1. Scott Koehler, 24, 56:52. 2. Justin Marvel, 24, 57:04.3. Matt Fortin, 24, 57:45. 4. Adam Wytko, 27, 58:31.5, Alex Luedtke 23, 59:04. 6. William Garland, 20, 59:14. 7. Doug Kuderma, 47, 1:00:43. 8. Andrew Stressing, 17, 1:00:46. 9. Bryan Williams, 37, 1:01:09. 10. Ryan Melhorn, 25, 1:01:43.
April 26: 8 a.m. St. Anne's School, Arundel on the Bay Road, Annapolis, 5K run/1 mile walk. www. stanneschool.org
May 4: 8:30 a.m. Salute the Legends 5K/Fun Run Severn School, Severna Park. 410-647-7700
May 10: 8:30 a.m. Vincent's Run at Hillsmere Elementary School in Annapolis, in memory of 5-year-old, Vincent DeBerardinis, who died five years ago of Leukemia. 410-280-6226.
May 10: Central Elmentary School's third annual Tiger Trot 5K and One-Mile Fun Run/Walk on May 10 at 8 a.m. There will also be a pre-race spaghetti dinner, raffle, and silent auction on May 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the school on Stepneys Lane in Edgewater. Registration for the race is open at www.active.com. Search for "Tiger Trot" or use zip code "21037". Contact tigertrot@mycentralpta.org or call Susanne Mestas, 321-795-2934.
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Running results and items of interest can be mailed to Joe Shafran at The Capital, P.O. Box 911, Annapolis MD 21404, faxed to 410-280-5953 or e-mailed to joggingjoe@letsshapeup.com.
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