Fun Upcoming Running Races 2011 Selected by Kenneth Ver

Fun Upcoming Running Races 2011 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

If you are attending any of these races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events. I cannot run due to knee injury, but plan on being a volunteer, or walk the course.

1/1/2011 New Years Day Hangover Run 5k 12-noon CJRR Westfield 1/1/2011 732-236-7651

Jan 2, 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am FARC

Jan. 8, 2011 Freezing Cold Hash run, Edison, NJ -Start Ken Vercammen Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison 732-572-0500 Adventure trail run, not a formal race. Featured on TV News12 NJ and Cablevision. Open bar 7:30-11:30

Jan 9, 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 16 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 23 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 23 NJAHPERD Winter run 2 Miles, 3pm Long Branch

Jan 30 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 30-2/21/2011 Ocean Running Club 4 mile 11:00am Lakewood

2/5 RVRR Annual dinner

2/___ Four mile run Sandy hookers

March 6, 11 E. Murray Todd ½ marathon 13.1 miles 9AM Lincroft then join JSRC for Belmar St Patrick’s Day Parade and inexpensive beer

March 12/ 11 Halfway to Brielle Day 5k Brielle

March 13, 2011 Keith McHeffey 3 Mile Fun Run 11am Sea Bright

3/ BORDENTOWN St. PADDY’S DAY 5K, 10AM Clara Barton School

Bordentown City 609-834-9311x1680

3/20/2011 St. Paddy’s 10 miler & 5k 9:30 Freehold Keg of beer and some food great FARC event

3/27/2011 Rat Race 5-mile 11:00 Boston's Bar & Rest. at the corner of Hooper Ave and Fisher Blvd. in Toms River plenty of free beer Fine Bill Scholl party

4/2/2011 Manasquan Fool’s Run 5k 11am Manasquan

April 3, 2011 Indian Trails 15k, 5k 9am Middletown

Polar Bear races, plunge goes on in Asbury Park despite snow

Bob Tona, Lauren Rhatigan and Ken V at Polar Bear race & plunge in a snow storm 12/26/2010 Asbury Park Convention Hall

Polar Bear races, plunge goes on in Asbury Park despite snow

Polar Bear races, plunge goes
on in Asbury Park despite
snow

KIM PREDHAM LUEDDEKE • December 26, 2010

ASBURY PARK — In 47 years, the Shore Athletic
Club of New Jersey has never canceled its Polar Bear
Races.

So for a little thing like snow … even a predicted 16
or more inches … organizers weren't about to call
off Sunday's post-Christmas race along the Asbury
Park boardwalk.

"This was not the worst year,'' Harry Nolan, who has
competed in every Polar Bear race since it began,
told a hardy crowd of runners and fans who stuck
around for a post-race awards ceremony in the
Grand Arcade.

Believed to be the oldest 5-mile run in the nation,
the Shore Athletic Club's annual Polar Bear Race is a
tradition for many area runners. The race was
preceded Sunday by a 10-mile walk won by 24-
year-old Andres Chocho of Ecuador, who completed
the walk in 1 hour, 35 minutes and 1 second.

Nolan, 63, of Middletown, has run in the Polar Bear
Race when the temperature was five below zero, and
when the race course was "pure ice.'' Even so, even
he considered skipping this year's race when he saw
the snow start to fall.

"Any other race, I'd probably go back to bed,'' he
said.

But Nolan did show up, one of 117 runners who
finished the Polar Bear Race, which was cut to three
miles this year because of the weather. Many of the
competitors were bundled up in sweatpants and
jackets to ward off the sleeting snow and chilly
temperatures.

"It was intense,'' said Howell native Joe Rooney, the
first to cross the finish line at 18 minutes 33
seconds.

Rooney, a triathlete, guessed he has run in the
Polar Bear Race four times. This year, he said, "It was
kind of rough. But there was a lot of energy out
there.''

The first female to complete the race was Allison
Linnell of Colts Neck, who runs for University of
Washington's cross-country team.

Linnell, 20, clocked in at 18 minutes 54 seconds.

Ice formed on her eyelashes as she ran and she
could barely see, Linnell said after the race. But, she
said, "It was fun ... Definitely makes you tougher.''

Runners probably got a boost from the sight and
sounds of Dave DeMonico, a fixture at the Polar Bear
Races for years now.

The Ocean Township resident was out there on the
boards once again this year, wearing his trademark
Santa suit and playing tunes on his trumpet for the
competitors.

"It's fun. People seem to like it,'' DeMonico, 43, said
Sunday.

DeMonico was also the one to start another
enduring tradition, the annual plunge into the
Atlantic Ocean after the race.

Immediately following the race Sunday, runners
stripped down to shorts, sports bras and even
bikinis for a quick dip in the rough surf.

Greg Capriotti of Middletown celebrated his 25
birthday by taking the plunge for the first time ever.

"It was actually so cold that you stop feeling,'' said
Capriotti.

Kim Predham Lueddeke: 732-308-7752;

GMC Red Division Wrestling Caps

SOUTH BRUNSWICK

Coach: Joe Dougherty, 23rd season

Last year: 18-6 overall, 6-2 GMC Red

Key losses: Frank Capraro (17-14 at 125), Justin DeAndrea (21-12 at 160), Brendan Vercammen (37-4 at 171), Fabian Jackson (14-4 at 171), Jeff Goldhagen (26-8 at 189); Keith Lewis (12-13 at HWT).

Probable lineup: Parth Patel (So., 103); Jordan Pagano (Fr., 112 or 119); Justin Lopez (Jr., 112 or 119, 22-5 at 112); Chad Capraro (Jr., 119, 17-19 at 103); Tommy Dorsay (Fr., 125 or 130); Fran White (Jr., 125 or 130, 13-18 at 119); David Dominguez (Sr., 135); Matt Baratta (Jr., 135); Ryan Dorsay (Jr., 140); James Pagano (Jr., 145, 18-12 at 130); Luke Rimmer (Jr., 145, 17-13 at 145); Constantine Rissiotis (So., 145); Tyler Jaramillo (Jr., 152, 17-18 at 140); Jake Pietrefessa (Jr., 160, 15-12 at 152); Andre Bankhole-Jones (Sr., 160); Ali Yildiz (So., 171); Lucas DelPiano (Sr., 189, 8-5 at 215); Dallas Siegel (Jr., 215); Kevin Moses (So., HWT). Outlook: The Vikings lost 127 wins to graduation or transfer. Lewis (Franklin) and Jackson (Brick Memorial) are at new schools. Vercammen was South Brunswick's third state medal winner in as many years, placing fifth at 171. He ranks third all-time in victories at the school with 97. DelPiano, who wrestled up at 215 last year, gets to compete at his natural weight. South Brunswick has incredible depth in the lower weights. Tommy Dorsay could be one of the GMC's top newcomers. Yildiz used to lose wrestle-offs by one point to the graduated DeAndrea, so he promises to be solid. Siegel placed second in the 2010 GMC jayvee tourney. The nine returning letterwinners have combined for 214 career wins. Chad Capraro, Lopez and Pagano are incumbent region qualifiers. They all medaled in the 2010 GMCT, along with Jaramillo (5th at 140), Rimmer (6th at 145) and Pietrefesa (7th at 152). http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201012170350

Road runners wanted for unusual run Freezing Cold Hash

Road runners wanted for
unusual run

December 10, 2010

EDISON — The Freezing Cold Hash Run, a 3- to 5-
mile group run, will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 8. The run will start from Kenneth Vercammen
Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison.

If you like trail running without the competition of a
formal race, this is the race for you. It is a complex
and different course through woods, grass, swamp
and marsh.

The cost to run is $12.69. A free t-shirt and open
bar will be available from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. for
those who register in advance. Registration is $17
the day of the race.

Volunteers will receive a t-shirt and have access to
the open bar. Participants are asked to bring a
nonperishable food donation for the St. James Food
Band.

A post-run social will take place at the Green Derby
Bar. The cost to attend is $5.

To register, visit http://www.active.
com/running/edison-nj/freezing-cold-hash-run-
2011. Additional information is available at www.
njlaws.com/FREEZING_COLD_HASH_RUN.htm.

FREEZING COLD HASH RUN

FREEZING COLD HASH RUN

Sat. Jan. 8, 2011 10am

3 & 5 MILE GROUP RUN

START: Kenneth Vercammen Law Office

2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ 08817.

For benefit of St. James Food Bank.

Tired of the same old neighborhood roads, traffic, and bad drivers? Join the off-road runners for a great and unusual training run. See the swamps and wooded areas saved from development. The Rumson Hash House Harriers again return to the woods and marsh of Edison. Hashing is not a race but a non-competitive group run which follows an off-road course laid out with baking flour. This trail running through woods, grass, swamp and marsh. Wear old running shoes.

$12.69 TO RUN. FREE T-SHIRT AND OPEN BAR FROM 7:30AM – 11:30AM for Pre-registered. $17.00 DAY OF EVENT. PLEASE BRING A CAN FOOD DONATION FOR THE ST. JAMES FOOD BANK. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE A SHIRT AND OPEN BAR! $5.00 FOR THE POST RUN SOCIAL HELD AT THE GREEN DERBY BAR, SITE OF THE "ON-ON" BREWS. FREE BEER FOR WOMEN 21-69. A fun time is guaranteed! You must be over 21 years old to participate. No times are recorded. A sense a humor is a must. Prizes and giveaways at the post race social.

See info at www.njlaws.com/FREEZING_COLD_HASH_RUN.htm

For details call run “hare” Ken Vercammen (The runner in the red, white & blue flag shorts) at 732-572-0500 or email: VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com