Early Fee Pre-registration Deadline Extended to Thursday, April 10th
Combining three of the Williamsburg area’s finest running trails, you don’t want to miss racing the inaugural version of this classic flat, fast and scenic 10K course combining the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail and the Greensprings Trail
Also featuring a post-race concert of rock classics by Nicholas Schacht, and an awards ceremony and refreshments on a bluff overlooking the James River
The early fee deadline has been extended to this Thursday, April 10th, through the www.raceit.com website. Save $5 by pre-registering as opposed to entering race morning. The exact online entry link is:
Online entry at https://www.raceit.com/Register/?event=26077
Or you can drop off your Jamestown 4-H 10K Run race entry by Thursday afternoon at either Colonial Sports, Colony Square Shopping Center, 1303 Jamestown Road #111, Williamsburg 23185 (next to ReStore), or at the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center office at 3751 4-H Club Road, Williamsburg 23185. (757-253-4198) Race website is http://jamestown4hcenter.org/jamestown-10k/ and a .PDF entry is at http://jamestown4hcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jamestown-10K-registration-form1.pdf
Saturday, April 12 – Jamestown 4-H 10K Run, 9:00 a.m.; 1 mile fun run, 8:30 a.m.; Jamestown 4-H Educational Center, 3751 4-H Club Road, Williamsburg 23185. New race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule. Scenic, flat, fast course combining three of Williamsburg ’s finest recreational trails, the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail, and the Greensprings Trail. Only one small hill, otherwise totally flat. Post-race musical entertainment by Nicholas Schacht. Proceeds benefit the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center Camp Scholarship Fund. Contact: Ruben Brown (757-604-2130). Email: rubrown1@vt.edu.
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Entry forms for all Colonial Road Runners races can be obtained online, and further information (club membership, club workouts, race results, articles) on the CRR can be found at: www.colonialroadrunners.org. Colonial Road Runners contact: Rick Platt (757-229-7375 or 757-345-1431 cell). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com
CRR race entry forms are also available at all CRR races, and at Colonial Sports at their new store location in the Colony Square Shopping Center , 1303 Jamestown Road #111 , Williamsburg (next to ReStore).
Entry forms are available now for all CRR races through the end of June 2014. Entries can be made online for most CRR races at www.raceit.com
Jamestown 4-H 10K Run
Course: A beautiful, historic, scenic, varied and almost totally flat course combining three of the Williamsburg area’s finest trails—the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail and the Greensprings Trail. The 10K will start and finish at the Jamestown 4-H Center, at the end of the 4-H Club entrance road. The course is entirely paved (with a few scenic wooden bridges) except for a one-mile stretch on the well-maintained crushed-stone Greensprings Trail, and the hard-packed dirt 4-H Club Road start and finish.
After .4 miles on the 4-H Club Road , the course crosses Greensprings Road to get onto the Virginia Capital Trail (a wide, multi-recreational path which goes from Jamestown to Richmond ). A short distance down the trail there will be several Virginia Historical Markers for historic sites that the course will pass through:
Governor’s Land—Originally a 3,000-acre tract between the James River and Powhatan Creek, set aside by the Virginia Company of London in 1618.
Mainland Farm—the oldest continuously cultivated farm in America .
The Battle of Green Spring—The July 6, 1781 Revolutionary War battle between Marquis de Lafayette and Brigadier General “Mad” Anthony Wayne of the American forces against Cornwallis and Tarleton of the British.
Around the one-mile point, the course takes a right turn onto the asphalt Powhatan Creek Trail for an out-and-back section on the flat and open portion of the trail, then on the return route takes a right turn to enter the Greensprings Trail, a one-mile section of a well-maintained, crushed-stone path through beautiful woods, marshes and wetlands. A mile later, at the exit of the Greensprings Trail, there is the only significant elevation change on the fast and flat 10K course, a short hill coming up to the trailhead of the Greensprings Trail. The course will then proceed down Eagle Way , the road next to Jamestown High School , and take a left onto the bike path connecting the high school to the Virginia Capital Trail, where it will go right for a ½-mile out-and-back stretch before a turnaround point before Greensprings Road .
The final two miles of the 10K will return on the Virginia Capital Trail to a crossing of Greensprings Road and a final .4-mile sprint down the hard-packed dirt Jamestown 4-H Club entrance road to the finish line at the camp headquarters and a great post-race party, musical entertainment, and awards ceremony on a bluff overlooking the James River.
Registration: Pre-registration will be $30 for the race. Race day registration $35. Fun run pre-registration is $15, race day $20.
Online entry at https://www.raceit.com/Register/?event=26077
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
Rick Platt, President
Colonial Road Runners
113 Anthony Wayne Rd.
Williamsburg , VA 23185
Phone 757-229-7375
Cell 757-345-1431
rickplatt1@juno.com
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Sunday group runs @ NN Park
OK, there's been WAY too much running going on this weekend. No wait... that's not possible. Let's do some more!
NN Park long run tomorrow, Sunday April 6 at 9:30 AM is a go. (very) long group heads out at 8 AM, lead/coordinated by Michael Leech as usual. 9:30 AM group lead/coordinated by Daniel Shaye, as usual. All paces welcome. We'll see you there! http://www.nnparks.com/nnparkmap.pdf
[NOTE: Next week we'll likely change the later group's start time to 9:00 AM, as Spring is finally here]
For updates (and the occasional motivational quote or video), join the Running T.E.A.M. FaceBook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/157534407710187/
Queens Lake 5K Results
20th Annual Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park
New Quarter Park , Williamsburg , Virginia
Saturday, April 5, 2014
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event
USATF-certified course (VA-08008-RT)
To benefit the Colonial Road Runners Scholarship fund
In memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray
Information from Rick Platt (757-229-7375, rickplatt1@juno.com)
Victor Flemming, 35, of Carrollton , won his third Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix race of 2014, to expand his lead for the men’s overall title with 38 points, followed by Greg Dawson (29 points), Roger Hopper (25 points) and two-time Grand Prix champion Todd Kessler (23 points). Hopper was second Saturday in 16:53, while Dawson was fourth in 17:56.
For the women, Pamela Lovett, 51, of Yorktown won in 20:26, with Debbie McLaughlin, 48, of Williamsburg runner-up in 20:44.
A notable age group record was broken as Larry Coley, 65, of Chesapeake ran a 20:39 to break the previous men’s 65-69 record at Queens Lake (21:41 in 2000 by Tom Ray), while George Carrigan, 65, of Williamsburg, was also under the old record with his 21:12.
The Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund benefit race is held in memory of Tom Ray and Michael Mann, the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us.
The other age group record broken was by Pat Eden, 82, of Williamsburg in the women’s 80-and-over category, bettering her 2012 mark of 49:26 with a 48:17.
77 finishers in 5K run/walk.
18 finishers in 1 mile fun run/walk.
** Age group record (5-year age groups)
Men Overall
1. Victor Flemming, 35 Carrollton 16:24
[course record is 15:10 by Patrick Phillips, 25, Greensboro , NC , in 1997]
2. Roger Hopper, 23 Williamsburg 16:53
3. Steven Brewer, 28 Newport News 17:27
Women Overall
1. Pamela Lovett, 51 Yorktown 20:26
[course record is 16:32 by Kathy Newberry, 32, Williamsburg in 2010]
2. Debbie McLaughlin, 48 Williamsburg 20:44
3. Jessica Armstrong, 18 Williamsburg 20:54
Men 14-and-under
1. Aaron Squire, 11 Williamsburg 21:08
2. Anthony Giacchetta, 13 Williamsburg 23:27
3. Ethen Pickles, 11 Williamsburg 23:29
4. Zane Sowers, 11 Williamsburg 24:28
5. Sean Daley, 12 Williamsburg 25:29
6. Logan Richardson , 9 Williamsburg 27:00
Men 15-19
1. William Sheahan, 19 Williamsburg 19:34
Men 20-24
none
Men 25-29
1. Tyler Scott, 25 Williamsburg 18:12
Men 30-34
1. Andrew Rosen, 32 Williamsburg 26:31
Men 35-39
1. Bryan Dollyhigh, 38 Toano 19:34
2. Jason Miller, 36 Williamsburg 21:02
3. Bobby Reis, 35 Williamsburg 23:16
4. Paul Hellyer, 39 Williamsburg 23:38
Men 40-44
none
Men 45-49
1. Greg Dawson, 48 Williamsburg 17:56
2. Paul Pelletier, 48 Williamsburg 18:57
3. Kevin Clauberg, 45 Williamsburg 21:47
4. Rob Vance, 48 Quinton 28:17
5. Rich Scott, 48 Williamsburg 31:11
Men 50-54
1. Ken Alberg, 53 Suffolk 18:42
2. George Fiscella, 52 Newport News 19:57
3. Rex Hoover, 50 Williamsburg 27:05
4. Michael Long, 53 Columbia , MD 34:49
Men 55-59
1. Steve Long, 59 Williamsburg 23:07
2. David Smith, 57 Tappahannock 25:48
Men 60-64
1. Rick Platt, 63 Williamsburg 20:47
2. David Harrison, 62 Williamsburg 23:48
3. William Coley, 63 Virginia Beach 25:25
4. Ed Irish, 64 Williamsburg 25:52
5. Sheldon Slaughter, 62 Gloucester 38:48
Men 65-69
**1. Larry Coley, 65 Chesapeake 20:39
2. George Carrigan, 65 Williamsburg 21:12
3. Robert Wilson, 66 Toano 25:39
4. William Sharer, 67 Williamsburg 27:14
5. Ken Freeman, 65 Hot Springs , AR 36:24
Men 70-and-over
1. Richard Maruyama, 71 Yorktown 29:28
2. Tom Mills, 83 Williamsburg 43:35*
* Walker winning age group award
Men Walk
1. George Fenigsohn, 66 Poquoson 37:19
2. John Strassberger, 69 Williamsburg 37:45
3. Richard Sanborn, 79 Williamsburg 42:59
4. Tom Mills, 83 Williamsburg 43:35
5. Stephen Scudder, 65 Virginia Beach 44:00
6. John Lohr, 46 Williamsburg 51:23
Women 14-and-under
1. Faith Lohr, 9 Williamsburg 27:28
2. Ella Warren, 10 Williamsburg 27:39
3. Nina Parziale, 12 Williamsburg 27:40
4. Emmie Squire, 11 Williamsburg 29:48
Women 15-19
1. Shannon Crist, 17 Lanexa 29:13
Women 20-24
1. Emily Honeycutt, 23 West Point 21:51
2. Lindsey Kravitz, 23 Williamsburg 36:10
3. Priscilla Broussard, 22 Newport News 37:58
Women 25-29
1. Jennifer Hudnall, 28 Newport News 37:52
Women 30-34
1. Jessica Burcham, 32 Lanexa 22:36
2. Abigail Lewis, 32 Williamsburg 25:00
3. Krista Park, 30 Yorktown 26:38
4. Amber Ingebritsen, 31 Williamsburg 31:42
5. Kelly Miller, 33 Williamsburg 32:35
Women 35-39
none
Women 40-44
1. Angella Giacchetta, 40 Williamsburg 32:12
2. Beth Parziale, 40 Williamsburg 36:02
3. Channing Richardson, 43 Williamsburg 40:56
Women 45-49
1. Valerie Long, 46 Columbia , MD 34:49
Women 50-54
1. Karla Havens, 52 Plainview 21:04
Women 55-59
1. Harriet McCoy, 59 Toano 24:06
2. Rose Crist, 59 Lanexa 25:04
3. Carolyn Harrison, 57 Williamsburg 25:50
Women 60-64
1. Louise Sharer, 62 Williamsburg 25:41
2. Patricia Travis, 62 Williamsburg 28:41
3. Nancy Kravitz, 60 Williamsburg 36:14
Women 65-69
1. Candice Michalik, 66 Williamsburg 27:55
2. Tracy Freeman, 65 Hot Springs , AR 36:21
Women 70-and-over
none
Women Walk
1. Ann Manciagli, 78 Williamsburg 46:51
**2. Pat Eden, 82 Williamsburg 48:17
3. Anatasia Lohr, 43 Williamsburg 51:24
***If you were an award winner (top 3 in each age group) and were not able to attend the awards ceremony, contact Rick Platt, race director, for picking up your race award.
Rick Platt
113 Anthony Wayne Rd.
Williamsburg , VA 23185
Phone 757-229-7375
Cell 757-345-1431
rickplatt1@juno.com
New Quarter Park , Williamsburg , Virginia
Saturday, April 5, 2014
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event
USATF-certified course (VA-08008-RT)
To benefit the Colonial Road Runners Scholarship fund
In memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray
Information from Rick Platt (757-229-7375, rickplatt1@juno.com)
Victor Flemming, 35, of Carrollton , won his third Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix race of 2014, to expand his lead for the men’s overall title with 38 points, followed by Greg Dawson (29 points), Roger Hopper (25 points) and two-time Grand Prix champion Todd Kessler (23 points). Hopper was second Saturday in 16:53, while Dawson was fourth in 17:56.
For the women, Pamela Lovett, 51, of Yorktown won in 20:26, with Debbie McLaughlin, 48, of Williamsburg runner-up in 20:44.
A notable age group record was broken as Larry Coley, 65, of Chesapeake ran a 20:39 to break the previous men’s 65-69 record at Queens Lake (21:41 in 2000 by Tom Ray), while George Carrigan, 65, of Williamsburg, was also under the old record with his 21:12.
The Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund benefit race is held in memory of Tom Ray and Michael Mann, the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us.
The other age group record broken was by Pat Eden, 82, of Williamsburg in the women’s 80-and-over category, bettering her 2012 mark of 49:26 with a 48:17.
77 finishers in 5K run/walk.
18 finishers in 1 mile fun run/walk.
** Age group record (5-year age groups)
Men Overall
1. Victor Flemming, 35 Carrollton 16:24
[course record is 15:10 by Patrick Phillips, 25, Greensboro , NC , in 1997]
2. Roger Hopper, 23 Williamsburg 16:53
3. Steven Brewer, 28 Newport News 17:27
Women Overall
1. Pamela Lovett, 51 Yorktown 20:26
[course record is 16:32 by Kathy Newberry, 32, Williamsburg in 2010]
2. Debbie McLaughlin, 48 Williamsburg 20:44
3. Jessica Armstrong, 18 Williamsburg 20:54
Men 14-and-under
1. Aaron Squire, 11 Williamsburg 21:08
2. Anthony Giacchetta, 13 Williamsburg 23:27
3. Ethen Pickles, 11 Williamsburg 23:29
4. Zane Sowers, 11 Williamsburg 24:28
5. Sean Daley, 12 Williamsburg 25:29
6. Logan Richardson , 9 Williamsburg 27:00
Men 15-19
1. William Sheahan, 19 Williamsburg 19:34
Men 20-24
none
Men 25-29
1. Tyler Scott, 25 Williamsburg 18:12
Men 30-34
1. Andrew Rosen, 32 Williamsburg 26:31
Men 35-39
1. Bryan Dollyhigh, 38 Toano 19:34
2. Jason Miller, 36 Williamsburg 21:02
3. Bobby Reis, 35 Williamsburg 23:16
4. Paul Hellyer, 39 Williamsburg 23:38
Men 40-44
none
Men 45-49
1. Greg Dawson, 48 Williamsburg 17:56
2. Paul Pelletier, 48 Williamsburg 18:57
3. Kevin Clauberg, 45 Williamsburg 21:47
4. Rob Vance, 48 Quinton 28:17
5. Rich Scott, 48 Williamsburg 31:11
Men 50-54
1. Ken Alberg, 53 Suffolk 18:42
2. George Fiscella, 52 Newport News 19:57
3. Rex Hoover, 50 Williamsburg 27:05
4. Michael Long, 53 Columbia , MD 34:49
Men 55-59
1. Steve Long, 59 Williamsburg 23:07
2. David Smith, 57 Tappahannock 25:48
Men 60-64
1. Rick Platt, 63 Williamsburg 20:47
2. David Harrison, 62 Williamsburg 23:48
3. William Coley, 63 Virginia Beach 25:25
4. Ed Irish, 64 Williamsburg 25:52
5. Sheldon Slaughter, 62 Gloucester 38:48
Men 65-69
**1. Larry Coley, 65 Chesapeake 20:39
2. George Carrigan, 65 Williamsburg 21:12
3. Robert Wilson, 66 Toano 25:39
4. William Sharer, 67 Williamsburg 27:14
5. Ken Freeman, 65 Hot Springs , AR 36:24
Men 70-and-over
1. Richard Maruyama, 71 Yorktown 29:28
2. Tom Mills, 83 Williamsburg 43:35*
* Walker winning age group award
Men Walk
1. George Fenigsohn, 66 Poquoson 37:19
2. John Strassberger, 69 Williamsburg 37:45
3. Richard Sanborn, 79 Williamsburg 42:59
4. Tom Mills, 83 Williamsburg 43:35
5. Stephen Scudder, 65 Virginia Beach 44:00
6. John Lohr, 46 Williamsburg 51:23
Women 14-and-under
1. Faith Lohr, 9 Williamsburg 27:28
2. Ella Warren, 10 Williamsburg 27:39
3. Nina Parziale, 12 Williamsburg 27:40
4. Emmie Squire, 11 Williamsburg 29:48
Women 15-19
1. Shannon Crist, 17 Lanexa 29:13
Women 20-24
1. Emily Honeycutt, 23 West Point 21:51
2. Lindsey Kravitz, 23 Williamsburg 36:10
3. Priscilla Broussard, 22 Newport News 37:58
Women 25-29
1. Jennifer Hudnall, 28 Newport News 37:52
Women 30-34
1. Jessica Burcham, 32 Lanexa 22:36
2. Abigail Lewis, 32 Williamsburg 25:00
3. Krista Park, 30 Yorktown 26:38
4. Amber Ingebritsen, 31 Williamsburg 31:42
5. Kelly Miller, 33 Williamsburg 32:35
Women 35-39
none
Women 40-44
1. Angella Giacchetta, 40 Williamsburg 32:12
2. Beth Parziale, 40 Williamsburg 36:02
3. Channing Richardson, 43 Williamsburg 40:56
Women 45-49
1. Valerie Long, 46 Columbia , MD 34:49
Women 50-54
1. Karla Havens, 52 Plainview 21:04
Women 55-59
1. Harriet McCoy, 59 Toano 24:06
2. Rose Crist, 59 Lanexa 25:04
3. Carolyn Harrison, 57 Williamsburg 25:50
Women 60-64
1. Louise Sharer, 62 Williamsburg 25:41
2. Patricia Travis, 62 Williamsburg 28:41
3. Nancy Kravitz, 60 Williamsburg 36:14
Women 65-69
1. Candice Michalik, 66 Williamsburg 27:55
2. Tracy Freeman, 65 Hot Springs , AR 36:21
Women 70-and-over
none
Women Walk
1. Ann Manciagli, 78 Williamsburg 46:51
**2. Pat Eden, 82 Williamsburg 48:17
3. Anatasia Lohr, 43 Williamsburg 51:24
***If you were an award winner (top 3 in each age group) and were not able to attend the awards ceremony, contact Rick Platt, race director, for picking up your race award.
Rick Platt
113 Anthony Wayne Rd.
Williamsburg , VA 23185
Phone 757-229-7375
Cell 757-345-1431
rickplatt1@juno.com
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
CRR Race Schedule Update
Don’t miss these three exciting races on three great courses during the month of April,
all part of the 2014 Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Series
Saturday, April 5 – 20th annual Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park, 9:00 a.m., 1 mile fun run, 8:30 a.m.; New Quarter Park, Lakeshead Drive, Williamsburg 23185. Scenic, mostly flat, fast out-and-back course with loop into the beautiful Queens Lake neighborhood. USATF-certified course (VA-08008-RT). Organized by the Colonial Road Runners to benefit the CRR Scholarship Fund for deserving high school seniors. Held in memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray, the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us. Contact: Rick Platt (757-229-7375, cell phone 757-345-1431). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com Additional details below.
Saturday, April 12 – Jamestown 4-H 10K Run, 9:00 a.m.; 1 mile fun run, 8:30 a.m.; Jamestown 4-H Educational Center, 3751 4-H Club Road, Williamsburg 23185. New race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule. Scenic, flat, fast course combining three of Williamsburg ’s finest recreational trails, the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail, and the Greensprings Trail. Only one small hill, otherwise totally flat. Post-race musical entertainment by Nicholas Schacht. Proceeds benefit the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center Camp Scholarship Fund. Contact: Ruben Brown (757-604-2130). Email: rubrown1@vt.edu. Additional details below.
Saturday, April 26 – Colonial Sports’ Duke of Gloucester Street Challenge: 5th annual Run the D.O.G. Street 5K, 7:30 a.m.; 1 mile fun run, 7:00 a.m., Prince George Street start to Duke of Gloucester Street finish on Merchants Square, Colonial Williamsburg. USATF-certified course (VA-10013-RT). The first road race ever to go through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg. Proceeds benefit Angels of Mercy Medical Center. Contact: Jim Elder, Colonial Sports (757-253-0277). Email: Jim@colonialsportscustom.com. Secondary contact: Geri Elder (757-253-1431). Website: www.thecolonialsports.com/events. Additional details below.
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Entry forms for all Colonial Road Runners races can be obtained online, and further information (club membership, club workouts, race results, articles) on the CRR can be found at: www.colonialroadrunners.org. Colonial Road Runners contact: Rick Platt (757-229-7375 or 757-345-1431 cell). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com
CRR race entry forms are also available at all CRR races, and at Colonial Sports at their new store location in the Colony Square Shopping Center , 1303 Jamestown Road #111 , Williamsburg (next to ReStore).
Entry forms are available now for all CRR races through the end of June 2014. Entries can be made online for most CRR races at www.raceit.com
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The full 2014 Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix schedule (including races already held) is below:
Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Race Schedule for 2014
Contact for additional information and entry forms for all races is: Rick Platt (757-229-7375, cell 757-345-1431). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com. Website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
Already held
Saturday, February 8 –Toano ICY 8K, Toano Middle School , Toano
Saturday, March 1 – March of the Lions 5K, Warhill High School , Williamsburg (new race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule)
Saturday, March 8 – Jamestown Swamp Run 5K, Jamestown High School , Williamsburg
Saturday, March 22 – Yorktown Victory Run 8 Miler, Newport News Park to Yorktown Victory Monument
Upcoming events
Saturday, April 5 – Queens Lake 5K Run, New Quarter Park , Williamsburg
Saturday, April 12 – Jamestown 4-H 10K Run, Jamestown 4-H Camp, Williamsburg (new race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule)
Saturday, April 26 – Run the DOG Street 5K, Merchants Square , Colonial Williamsburg
Saturday, May 3 – Walsingham Academy Trojan Classic 5K Run, Jamestown Road , Williamsburg
Saturday, May 17 – Salute to the Military “Red, White and Blue” 5K, Cheatham Annex Williamsburg
Saturday, June 7 – Bacon Street Mental Health 5K Run, Eastern State Hospital , Williamsburg
Saturday, June 14 – Warhill 8K Run, WISC, Warhill District Sports Complex, Williamsburg (note change in distance from 5K to 8K, and change in date from June 21st to June 14th)
Saturday, July 12 – Powhatan Creek Trail 5K Run, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School , Williamsburg
(now organized by race director Greg Dawson and the Colonial Road Runners competitive team members)
Saturday, August 2 – WISC Family Festival 5K Run, Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex, Warhill District Sports Complex, Williamsburg (new race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule)
Saturday, August 9 – Vineyards of Williamsburg 5K Run, The Vineyards of Williamsburg Clubhouse, Williamsburg
Saturday, August 23 – York River State Park 5K Run, York River State Park , Williamsburg (now organized by Lafayette High School Cross Country Team)
Saturday, September 6 – The Hare & Tortoise 8K Run, New Quarter Park , Williamsburg
Saturday, September 13 – Colonial Heritage 5K Run, Colonial Heritage Athletic Club, Williamsburg
Saturday, September 27 – Ford’s Colony 8K Run, D.J. Montague Elementary School , Williamsburg
Saturday, October 4 – Crapolfest 5K Run, Albert-Daly Field, Martin Family Stadium, Williamsburg
Saturday, October 11 – Run for the Hills 10K Run, James City County ( Sanford B. Wanner) Stadium, Williamsburg
Saturday, October 25 – Governor’s Land 5K Run, Park East, Governor’s Land, Williamsburg (now organized by the Girls Scouts, and as a Halloween-themed event—note change of date from traditional pre-Thanksgiving date to the end of October)
Sunday, December 7 – Christmas Town Dash 8K Run, Busch Gardens , Williamsburg
Saturday, December 13 – Sentara Sleighbell 5K Run, Geddy Outpatient Center , Sentara Hospital , Williamsburg
Thanks to our CRR Grand Prix sponsors: Colonial Sports, Sentara Healthcare, iStrive/TPMG Physical Therapy, Go-Karts Plus, Chanello’s Pizza, Aromas, and Rick Platt/Run Fast Promotions.
Affiliated Colonial Road Runners races not part of the Grand Prix
Saturday, May 10 – Singletrack Maniac 50K (31.0 miles), Lois Hornsby Middle School , Williamsburg (trails of Freedom Park ), Williamsburg ’s only ultramarathon, directed by Ellen Womeldorf of James City County Parks and Recreation
Saturday, May 17 – Fun Fest One Mile Fun Run, Chickahominy Riverfront Park . Separate girls (women) and boys (men) events. Part of James City County Fun Fest with family activities at the park.
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Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park
This year’s Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park will again be organized solely by the Colonial Road Runners, and 100% of the proceeds, after race expenses, will go to the Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund. The CRR Scholarship Fund donations will be in memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray, the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us.
Registration: Entries postmarked by Monday, March 31, 2014 will be $20 for the 5K run/walk.
Late and race day registration will be $25. No fee for 1 mile fun run ($8 with race T-shirt). Race day shirts and sizes as supplies last.
Online registration: at Raceit.com (online registration open until Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.):
http://www.raceit.com/search/event.aspx?id=26537
Online registration entry fee will be $20 until 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 31, then will be $25 until online registration closes Thursday evening, April 3 at 11:59 p.m.
Mail entries: Hard copy entry forms can be picked up at Colonial Sports, Colony Square Shopping Center, 1303 Jamestown Road #111, Williamsburg, VA 23185 (next to ReStore), or at WISC or at the Williamsburg James City County Recreation Center on Longhill Road. When completed, entries should be mailed no later than Tuesday, April 1st, to Rick Platt, CRR Queens Lake Run, 113 Anthony Wayne Rd. , Williamsburg , VA 23185 . Entries can also be left off at Colonial Sports at the Colony Square Shopping Center location, no later than Thursday, April 3rd.
Course: Mostly flat out-and-back course with loop into Queens Lake ( East Queens Drive to Copse Way ). Tranquil, scenic, woodland setting along paved roads near the Colonial Parkway and Queens Lake in York County . Fast course. Certified (VA-08008-RT). One of the fastest courses in the Williamsburg area!
Race info: Rick Platt, Race Coordinator (757-229-7375 or cell phone 757-345-1431).
Email: rickplatt1@juno.com
Benefiting: The Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund in memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray.
Michael Mann and Tom Ray are the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us—Michael Mann (2006 inaugural inductee class to the VPRRHoF) and Tom Ray (2007 inductee class).
Michael Mann, who died in September, 2007 at age 38 after a 2½-year battle with lung cancer, was a three-time winner of the Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix (2002-04). His PRs ranged from 15:18 (5K), 24:58 (8K) and 31:20 (10K) up to 1:09:16 for the half marathon and 2:28:28 for his favorite race, the 2004 Shamrock Marathon. He still holds four CRR race course records.
Tom Ray, who died in June, 2011 at age 78, still holds the all-time CRR record for men 65-69, a 20:02 at age 67 at the 2000 Vineyards of Williamsburg 5K, and the Virginia state 10-mile record for men 70-74 with a 1:13:55 at the 2003 Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler. The Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund is in memory of these two talented runners and never-to-be-forgotten friends.
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
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Jamestown 4-H 10K Run
Course: A beautiful, historic, scenic, varied and almost totally flat course combining three of the Williamsburg area’s finest trails—the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail and the Greensprings Trail. The 10K will start and finish at the Jamestown 4-H Center, at the end of the 4-H Club entrance road. The course is entirely paved (with a few scenic wooden bridges) except for a one-mile stretch on the well-maintained crushed-stone Greensprings Trail, and the hard-packed dirt 4-H Club Road start and finish.
After .4 miles on the 4-H Club Road , the course crosses Greensprings Road to get onto the Virginia Capital Trail (a wide, multi-recreational path which goes from Jamestown to Richmond ). A short distance down the trail there will be several Virginia Historical Markers for historic sites that the course will pass through:
Governor’s Land—Originally a 3,000-acre tract between the James River and Powhatan Creek, set aside by the Virginia Company of London in 1618.
Mainland Farm—the oldest continuously cultivated farm in America .
The Battle of Green Spring—The July 6, 1781 Revolutionary War battle between Marquis de Lafayette and Brigadier General “Mad” Anthony Wayne of the American forces against Cornwallis and Tarleton of the British.
Around the one-mile point, the course takes a right turn onto the asphalt Powhatan Creek Trail for an out-and-back section on the flat and open portion of the trail, then on the return route takes a right turn to enter the Greensprings Trail, a one-mile section of a well-maintained, crushed-stone path through beautiful woods, marshes and wetlands. A mile later, at the exit of the Greensprings Trail, there is the only significant elevation change on the fast and flat 10K course, a short hill coming up to the trailhead of the Greensprings Trail. The course will then proceed down Eagle Way , the road next to Jamestown High School , and take a left onto the bike path connecting the high school to the Virginia Capital Trail, where it will go right for a ½-mile out-and-back stretch before a turnaround point before Greensprings Road .
The final two miles of the 10K will return on the Virginia Capital Trail to a crossing of Greensprings Road and a final .4-mile sprint down the hard-packed dirt Jamestown 4-H Club entrance road to the finish line at the camp headquarters and a great post-race party, musical entertainment, and awards ceremony on a bluff overlooking the James River.
Registration: Entries postmarked by Friday, April 4 will be $30 for the race. Late and race day registration $35. Fun run registration is $15 by April 4 (late and race day $20).
Online entry at https://www.raceit.com/Register/?event=26077
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
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Colonial Sports’ Duke of Gloucester Street Challenge
5th Annual Run the D.O.G. Street 5K
As many as 1,000 runners will take to the streets of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary campus Saturday, April 26th for the fifth annual Run the D.O.G. [Duke of Gloucester] Street 5K, with a final mile down CW’s Nicholson Street and up the historic Duke of Gloucester Street, before finishing just short of Merchants Square .
The Fife and Drum Corps will be there, beautiful tech T-shirts and 3D die-cast finisher medals, and loads of door prizes to include six free pair of running shoes.
Competitively, the Run the D.O.G. has historically had the fastest 5K road times ever run in Williamsburg . There has never been a winning men’s time slower than 15:05. Ed Moran, a four-time All-American while an undergrad at William and Mary, broke the Virginia state resident record for the 5K (3.1 miles) distance in 2010, a 14:13 that erased the previous mark of 14:18 by Mark Donahue at the 1996 Busch Gardens Drachen Fire 5K Run. Moran returned in 2011 to successfully defend his title with a time of 14:38, with four runners breaking the 15:30 barrier (five-minute pace per mile) that year. In 2012 another former W&M All-American, Sean Graham, 32, of Alexandria won in a time of 14:57, the all-time record for men 30-34 in a Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix race
The women’s Run the D.O.G. course record is the 17:53 turned in by two-time Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier Renee High, 30, of Virginia Beach in 2012. The 2013 winners were Will Christian of Norfolk in 15:04 and W&M student Kathleen Lautzenheiser in 18:07.
The one mile fun run will start things off Saturday at 7:00 a.m. with an out-and-back of Duke of Gloucester Street. The 5K race starts at 7:30 a.m. There will be tech T-shirts and finisher medals to all 5K entrants. There will be no race-day registration for either the 1 mile or 5K.
Prize money ($1,200 total) will go to the top three overall men and women ($300-150-75), top Masters male and female ($75), with custom medals to the top three in 5-year age groups from 9-and-under to 70-and-over, and the race walkers. Additional info and course maps at: www.thecolonialsports.com/events. Proceeds go to the Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic.
The certified course will run from Prince George Street through the William and Mary campus (via James Blair Drive), and then up Scotland Street, around the Governor’s Palace, up Nicholson and around the old Capitol Building, and then finishes downhill along the Duke of Gloucester Street. The finish is at the intersection of Duke of Gloucester and Nassau Streets.
A Healthy Heart and Healthy Minds Event for Healthy Communities. Developed to highlight local/regional running/walking talent while providing an opportunity for the non-competitive participant to test and improve their aerobic fitness. A beautiful course that finishes on the most historic street in America , the Duke of Gloucester Street.
Registration: $30 for 5K by April 2, $35 late (until 6:00 p.m., April 25). $15 for one mile fun run, through April 25. No race day entry. Online registration available at: www.RunSignUp.com. Early packet pickup and final registration, noon to 6 p.m., Friday, April 25, at Colonial Sports 1303 Jamestown Rd., Suite 111 Williamsburg, VA 23185
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
all part of the 2014 Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Series
Saturday, April 5 – 20th annual Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park, 9:00 a.m., 1 mile fun run, 8:30 a.m.; New Quarter Park, Lakeshead Drive, Williamsburg 23185. Scenic, mostly flat, fast out-and-back course with loop into the beautiful Queens Lake neighborhood. USATF-certified course (VA-08008-RT). Organized by the Colonial Road Runners to benefit the CRR Scholarship Fund for deserving high school seniors. Held in memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray, the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us. Contact: Rick Platt (757-229-7375, cell phone 757-345-1431). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com Additional details below.
Saturday, April 12 – Jamestown 4-H 10K Run, 9:00 a.m.; 1 mile fun run, 8:30 a.m.; Jamestown 4-H Educational Center, 3751 4-H Club Road, Williamsburg 23185. New race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule. Scenic, flat, fast course combining three of Williamsburg ’s finest recreational trails, the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail, and the Greensprings Trail. Only one small hill, otherwise totally flat. Post-race musical entertainment by Nicholas Schacht. Proceeds benefit the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center Camp Scholarship Fund. Contact: Ruben Brown (757-604-2130). Email: rubrown1@vt.edu. Additional details below.
Saturday, April 26 – Colonial Sports’ Duke of Gloucester Street Challenge: 5th annual Run the D.O.G. Street 5K, 7:30 a.m.; 1 mile fun run, 7:00 a.m., Prince George Street start to Duke of Gloucester Street finish on Merchants Square, Colonial Williamsburg. USATF-certified course (VA-10013-RT). The first road race ever to go through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg. Proceeds benefit Angels of Mercy Medical Center. Contact: Jim Elder, Colonial Sports (757-253-0277). Email: Jim@colonialsportscustom.com. Secondary contact: Geri Elder (757-253-1431). Website: www.thecolonialsports.com/events. Additional details below.
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Entry forms for all Colonial Road Runners races can be obtained online, and further information (club membership, club workouts, race results, articles) on the CRR can be found at: www.colonialroadrunners.org. Colonial Road Runners contact: Rick Platt (757-229-7375 or 757-345-1431 cell). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com
CRR race entry forms are also available at all CRR races, and at Colonial Sports at their new store location in the Colony Square Shopping Center , 1303 Jamestown Road #111 , Williamsburg (next to ReStore).
Entry forms are available now for all CRR races through the end of June 2014. Entries can be made online for most CRR races at www.raceit.com
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The full 2014 Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix schedule (including races already held) is below:
Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Race Schedule for 2014
Contact for additional information and entry forms for all races is: Rick Platt (757-229-7375, cell 757-345-1431). Email: rickplatt1@juno.com. Website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
Already held
Saturday, February 8 –Toano ICY 8K, Toano Middle School , Toano
Saturday, March 1 – March of the Lions 5K, Warhill High School , Williamsburg (new race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule)
Saturday, March 8 – Jamestown Swamp Run 5K, Jamestown High School , Williamsburg
Saturday, March 22 – Yorktown Victory Run 8 Miler, Newport News Park to Yorktown Victory Monument
Upcoming events
Saturday, April 5 – Queens Lake 5K Run, New Quarter Park , Williamsburg
Saturday, April 12 – Jamestown 4-H 10K Run, Jamestown 4-H Camp, Williamsburg (new race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule)
Saturday, April 26 – Run the DOG Street 5K, Merchants Square , Colonial Williamsburg
Saturday, May 3 – Walsingham Academy Trojan Classic 5K Run, Jamestown Road , Williamsburg
Saturday, May 17 – Salute to the Military “Red, White and Blue” 5K, Cheatham Annex Williamsburg
Saturday, June 7 – Bacon Street Mental Health 5K Run, Eastern State Hospital , Williamsburg
Saturday, June 14 – Warhill 8K Run, WISC, Warhill District Sports Complex, Williamsburg (note change in distance from 5K to 8K, and change in date from June 21st to June 14th)
Saturday, July 12 – Powhatan Creek Trail 5K Run, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School , Williamsburg
(now organized by race director Greg Dawson and the Colonial Road Runners competitive team members)
Saturday, August 2 – WISC Family Festival 5K Run, Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex, Warhill District Sports Complex, Williamsburg (new race to 2014 CRR Grand Prix schedule)
Saturday, August 9 – Vineyards of Williamsburg 5K Run, The Vineyards of Williamsburg Clubhouse, Williamsburg
Saturday, August 23 – York River State Park 5K Run, York River State Park , Williamsburg (now organized by Lafayette High School Cross Country Team)
Saturday, September 6 – The Hare & Tortoise 8K Run, New Quarter Park , Williamsburg
Saturday, September 13 – Colonial Heritage 5K Run, Colonial Heritage Athletic Club, Williamsburg
Saturday, September 27 – Ford’s Colony 8K Run, D.J. Montague Elementary School , Williamsburg
Saturday, October 4 – Crapolfest 5K Run, Albert-Daly Field, Martin Family Stadium, Williamsburg
Saturday, October 11 – Run for the Hills 10K Run, James City County ( Sanford B. Wanner) Stadium, Williamsburg
Saturday, October 25 – Governor’s Land 5K Run, Park East, Governor’s Land, Williamsburg (now organized by the Girls Scouts, and as a Halloween-themed event—note change of date from traditional pre-Thanksgiving date to the end of October)
Sunday, December 7 – Christmas Town Dash 8K Run, Busch Gardens , Williamsburg
Saturday, December 13 – Sentara Sleighbell 5K Run, Geddy Outpatient Center , Sentara Hospital , Williamsburg
Thanks to our CRR Grand Prix sponsors: Colonial Sports, Sentara Healthcare, iStrive/TPMG Physical Therapy, Go-Karts Plus, Chanello’s Pizza, Aromas, and Rick Platt/Run Fast Promotions.
Affiliated Colonial Road Runners races not part of the Grand Prix
Saturday, May 10 – Singletrack Maniac 50K (31.0 miles), Lois Hornsby Middle School , Williamsburg (trails of Freedom Park ), Williamsburg ’s only ultramarathon, directed by Ellen Womeldorf of James City County Parks and Recreation
Saturday, May 17 – Fun Fest One Mile Fun Run, Chickahominy Riverfront Park . Separate girls (women) and boys (men) events. Part of James City County Fun Fest with family activities at the park.
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Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park
This year’s Queens Lake 5K Run at New Quarter Park will again be organized solely by the Colonial Road Runners, and 100% of the proceeds, after race expenses, will go to the Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund. The CRR Scholarship Fund donations will be in memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray, the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us.
Registration: Entries postmarked by Monday, March 31, 2014 will be $20 for the 5K run/walk.
Late and race day registration will be $25. No fee for 1 mile fun run ($8 with race T-shirt). Race day shirts and sizes as supplies last.
Online registration: at Raceit.com (online registration open until Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.):
http://www.raceit.com/search/event.aspx?id=26537
Online registration entry fee will be $20 until 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 31, then will be $25 until online registration closes Thursday evening, April 3 at 11:59 p.m.
Mail entries: Hard copy entry forms can be picked up at Colonial Sports, Colony Square Shopping Center, 1303 Jamestown Road #111, Williamsburg, VA 23185 (next to ReStore), or at WISC or at the Williamsburg James City County Recreation Center on Longhill Road. When completed, entries should be mailed no later than Tuesday, April 1st, to Rick Platt, CRR Queens Lake Run, 113 Anthony Wayne Rd. , Williamsburg , VA 23185 . Entries can also be left off at Colonial Sports at the Colony Square Shopping Center location, no later than Thursday, April 3rd.
Course: Mostly flat out-and-back course with loop into Queens Lake ( East Queens Drive to Copse Way ). Tranquil, scenic, woodland setting along paved roads near the Colonial Parkway and Queens Lake in York County . Fast course. Certified (VA-08008-RT). One of the fastest courses in the Williamsburg area!
Race info: Rick Platt, Race Coordinator (757-229-7375 or cell phone 757-345-1431).
Email: rickplatt1@juno.com
Benefiting: The Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund in memory of Michael Mann and Tom Ray.
Michael Mann and Tom Ray are the two members of the Virginia Peninsula Road Racing Hall of Fame who are no longer with us—Michael Mann (2006 inaugural inductee class to the VPRRHoF) and Tom Ray (2007 inductee class).
Michael Mann, who died in September, 2007 at age 38 after a 2½-year battle with lung cancer, was a three-time winner of the Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix (2002-04). His PRs ranged from 15:18 (5K), 24:58 (8K) and 31:20 (10K) up to 1:09:16 for the half marathon and 2:28:28 for his favorite race, the 2004 Shamrock Marathon. He still holds four CRR race course records.
Tom Ray, who died in June, 2011 at age 78, still holds the all-time CRR record for men 65-69, a 20:02 at age 67 at the 2000 Vineyards of Williamsburg 5K, and the Virginia state 10-mile record for men 70-74 with a 1:13:55 at the 2003 Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler. The Colonial Road Runners Scholarship Fund is in memory of these two talented runners and never-to-be-forgotten friends.
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
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Jamestown 4-H 10K Run
Course: A beautiful, historic, scenic, varied and almost totally flat course combining three of the Williamsburg area’s finest trails—the Virginia Capital Trail, the Powhatan Creek Trail and the Greensprings Trail. The 10K will start and finish at the Jamestown 4-H Center, at the end of the 4-H Club entrance road. The course is entirely paved (with a few scenic wooden bridges) except for a one-mile stretch on the well-maintained crushed-stone Greensprings Trail, and the hard-packed dirt 4-H Club Road start and finish.
After .4 miles on the 4-H Club Road , the course crosses Greensprings Road to get onto the Virginia Capital Trail (a wide, multi-recreational path which goes from Jamestown to Richmond ). A short distance down the trail there will be several Virginia Historical Markers for historic sites that the course will pass through:
Governor’s Land—Originally a 3,000-acre tract between the James River and Powhatan Creek, set aside by the Virginia Company of London in 1618.
Mainland Farm—the oldest continuously cultivated farm in America .
The Battle of Green Spring—The July 6, 1781 Revolutionary War battle between Marquis de Lafayette and Brigadier General “Mad” Anthony Wayne of the American forces against Cornwallis and Tarleton of the British.
Around the one-mile point, the course takes a right turn onto the asphalt Powhatan Creek Trail for an out-and-back section on the flat and open portion of the trail, then on the return route takes a right turn to enter the Greensprings Trail, a one-mile section of a well-maintained, crushed-stone path through beautiful woods, marshes and wetlands. A mile later, at the exit of the Greensprings Trail, there is the only significant elevation change on the fast and flat 10K course, a short hill coming up to the trailhead of the Greensprings Trail. The course will then proceed down Eagle Way , the road next to Jamestown High School , and take a left onto the bike path connecting the high school to the Virginia Capital Trail, where it will go right for a ½-mile out-and-back stretch before a turnaround point before Greensprings Road .
The final two miles of the 10K will return on the Virginia Capital Trail to a crossing of Greensprings Road and a final .4-mile sprint down the hard-packed dirt Jamestown 4-H Club entrance road to the finish line at the camp headquarters and a great post-race party, musical entertainment, and awards ceremony on a bluff overlooking the James River.
Registration: Entries postmarked by Friday, April 4 will be $30 for the race. Late and race day registration $35. Fun run registration is $15 by April 4 (late and race day $20).
Online entry at https://www.raceit.com/Register/?event=26077
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
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Colonial Sports’ Duke of Gloucester Street Challenge
5th Annual Run the D.O.G. Street 5K
As many as 1,000 runners will take to the streets of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary campus Saturday, April 26th for the fifth annual Run the D.O.G. [Duke of Gloucester] Street 5K, with a final mile down CW’s Nicholson Street and up the historic Duke of Gloucester Street, before finishing just short of Merchants Square .
The Fife and Drum Corps will be there, beautiful tech T-shirts and 3D die-cast finisher medals, and loads of door prizes to include six free pair of running shoes.
Competitively, the Run the D.O.G. has historically had the fastest 5K road times ever run in Williamsburg . There has never been a winning men’s time slower than 15:05. Ed Moran, a four-time All-American while an undergrad at William and Mary, broke the Virginia state resident record for the 5K (3.1 miles) distance in 2010, a 14:13 that erased the previous mark of 14:18 by Mark Donahue at the 1996 Busch Gardens Drachen Fire 5K Run. Moran returned in 2011 to successfully defend his title with a time of 14:38, with four runners breaking the 15:30 barrier (five-minute pace per mile) that year. In 2012 another former W&M All-American, Sean Graham, 32, of Alexandria won in a time of 14:57, the all-time record for men 30-34 in a Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix race
The women’s Run the D.O.G. course record is the 17:53 turned in by two-time Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier Renee High, 30, of Virginia Beach in 2012. The 2013 winners were Will Christian of Norfolk in 15:04 and W&M student Kathleen Lautzenheiser in 18:07.
The one mile fun run will start things off Saturday at 7:00 a.m. with an out-and-back of Duke of Gloucester Street. The 5K race starts at 7:30 a.m. There will be tech T-shirts and finisher medals to all 5K entrants. There will be no race-day registration for either the 1 mile or 5K.
Prize money ($1,200 total) will go to the top three overall men and women ($300-150-75), top Masters male and female ($75), with custom medals to the top three in 5-year age groups from 9-and-under to 70-and-over, and the race walkers. Additional info and course maps at: www.thecolonialsports.com/events. Proceeds go to the Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic.
The certified course will run from Prince George Street through the William and Mary campus (via James Blair Drive), and then up Scotland Street, around the Governor’s Palace, up Nicholson and around the old Capitol Building, and then finishes downhill along the Duke of Gloucester Street. The finish is at the intersection of Duke of Gloucester and Nassau Streets.
A Healthy Heart and Healthy Minds Event for Healthy Communities. Developed to highlight local/regional running/walking talent while providing an opportunity for the non-competitive participant to test and improve their aerobic fitness. A beautiful course that finishes on the most historic street in America , the Duke of Gloucester Street.
Registration: $30 for 5K by April 2, $35 late (until 6:00 p.m., April 25). $15 for one mile fun run, through April 25. No race day entry. Online registration available at: www.RunSignUp.com. Early packet pickup and final registration, noon to 6 p.m., Friday, April 25, at Colonial Sports 1303 Jamestown Rd., Suite 111 Williamsburg, VA 23185
A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event.
Colonial Road Runners website: www.colonialroadrunners.org
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