LRRC Comes Up Just Short at the Dam Night Run

Posted by: Brian S-ski

There is good news and bad news to report for the 2009 Dam Night Run 5K for the LRRC Racing Teams.  First the good news:

Justin Radke was the overall race winner in a time of 16:05!  We had a strong showing from the men’s team and came up just one point shy of winning the male team competition at the race.  Considering all the LRRC men out of town or injured this weekend, a one point loss to Club Arkadelphia on their home course is a result to be proud of.   The men’s team consisted of Radke, Imari Dellimore, Bill Diamond, Joel Perez, David Williams, Raj Bhanot, Jeff Maher, Greg Helmbeck, Bill Torrey, Roy Smith, Dan Belanger and Carl Northcutt.

Justin Radke celebrates with some watermelon after taking first place at the Dam Night Run

The bad news is that the LRRC women just missed having enough finishers to score points in the female team competition.  In order to earn Grand Prix points, a club must have 3 female finishers and we had just 2 at the Dam Night Run.  A big salute to Becky and Alea Humes for representing the LRRC at the race.   There is good news on the female side as well: clubs are allowed to drop their four lowest scores on the season, so our zero at this race will be wiped out.  I should also add that the Roadrunner ladies are still #1 on the season leaderboard.

After the race LRRC partied in style with food, drinks, lawn games, and video footage of the 1993 Dam Night Run in which Radke held the early lead over NCAA 5K Champ Brian Baker before running out of gas after a 4:27 first mile.  If you’ve never been to the Dam Night Run, I strongly encourage you to attend the 2010 running for the party alone.

The LRRC crew parties after the race with rare video footage of a 17 year old Justin Radke at the 1993 DNR 5K

There are more pictures from the race, the after party and a few leftover from the Twilight 5K earlier this month up in the LRRC photo gallery now.

Next up:  The White River 4 Mile Classic in Batesville is this Saturday, August 1st.  This is a Championship Race and crucial in the Grand Prix competition.  We need every able-bodied Roadrunner to invade Batesville and come home with a sweep of the team titles!  Check out the LRRC forum if you are interested in car pooling to the race.

LRRC Women Win Brickfest 5K

Posted by: Brian S-ski

The LRRC Women’s Grand Prix Team took top honors at the Brickfest 5K Saturday in Malvern!  The ladies’ team at Brickfest was composed of Mira Lelovic, Tina Coutu, Andrea Sieczkowski, Ginea Qualls, Lauren Ellis (new member!), Rebecca Humes, Alea Humes, and Alesa Davis.  The Women strengthened their lead on first place in the 2009 Grand Prix Standings.

Bill Diamond, Kevin Golden, Imari Dellimore, Mira Lelovic, and Jeff Maher

The Men’s Team came in second as the Conway Running Club got their first win of the 2009 Season.  The Men’s team at Brickfest was Imari Dellimore,  Kevin Golden, Bill Diamond, David Williams, Brian Polansky, Greg Helmbeck, Joel Perez, Kevin Groustra, Bill Torrey, Jeff Maher, Dan Belanger, Roy Smith, Ron Sanders Jr (new member!), and Carl Northcutt.  The men increased their lead in the 2009 Standings over 2nd place Club Arkadelphia.

Next Grand Prix race is the Dam Night Run on July 25th at the Lake DeGray spillway.  Find out more information on the Dam Night Run webpage.

Introducing the LRRC Blog

Posted by: littlerockroadrunners

Welcome to the LRRC Blog, the newest feature of littlerockroadrunners.com!  It looks a bit sparse now, but it will soon increase our club’s online content and get more members involved.

Blog Tour: 
Starting at the top of the page, we have the wonderful club logo.  Just beneath you’ll find a row of sliding-door pictures.  Click on any of these pictures to view blog posts within any one of the six categories:

Race Reports - club members sharing their experiences at local or far-away races

Upcoming Events - Get current, up-to-date information on what’s coming up in the Little Rock running world: races, club meetings, etc…

Board Reports - News from the LRRC Board of Directors

Training - Blog posts detailing training techniques and tips, training programs, or members’ experiences preparing for a big race

Racing Team- News about the LRRC Grand Prix Series competition

Miscellaneous - All that doesn’t fit anywhere else

Clicking on the left-most picture at any time will return you to the LRRC Blog’s home page where you will find the most recent blog posts in all categories.   At the bottom of each blog post is a link to comments.  Click this and you can read any comments that other blog readers have written and be able to leave a comment of your own.

The left sidebar has a series of links for easy blog navigation.  There is also a search box and a subscribe to link.  By subscribing to this blog you will receive email notification each time a new blog entry is posted. 

That’s pretty much it for the tour, so subscribe today to get be notified about new posts, or just check back with us every now and then and see what’s new.