Sunday, April 28, 2019

Ken Vercammen 2019 Running Race participated up to April

Ken Vercammen 2019 Running Race participated to help raise money for community activities. Goal for 2019- 60 races while turning 60
https://vercammensport.blogspot.com
Jan 6  Bob Tona mile
Jan 20 Freehold Area Running Club 5k
Jan 26 Las Vegas HHH desert trail run
Feb 3 February 3, 2019 Gateway to Space 5K  Shuttle Landing Facility Runway • Kennedy Space Center 23:43 2ndage group Benefit American Cancer society
Feb 10 Ocean Running club 4 mile 30: 53   3rdage group
Feb 17 Manasquan 2 mile
Mar 2, 2019 Saturday Mt Holly St Patrick’s Parade 5K run 11am Mount Holly, NJ    2ndage 23:49

March 17, 2019 St. Paddy’s 5 mile    
3/30 MUTT STRUT 5K  7:30 AM Indian Harbour Beach, Florida 2ndplace age group
4/6/19 Runapoloza Jersey Shore relay 2ndplace corporate team

April 13, 2019 Colonia 5k  ran with Lexi dog
4/20 Race the Sun 5K, Viera, FL
4/27/19     Lake Como 5k      Benefit Elks Camp Moore for Children with Special Needs
4/28Tour de Franklin,Franklin Food Bank  62-mile bike ride

Friday, April 19, 2019

Fun Upcoming Running Races & Charity events participated by Kenneth Vercammen April-May

    Fun Upcoming Running Races & Charity events participated by Kenneth Vercammen

       If you are attending any of these charity races, please call or email Ken V. at Kenv@njaws.comOften we car pool from East Brunswick /Edison or meet at these events. I update this list at http://vercammensport.blogspot.com

      I share these events so that even non runners can walk or volunteer. All events help an area charity or non profit. We encourage Americans to get off the couch and excersise to encourage fitness and good health.

4/27/19              Lake Como 5k               Sat 10am   Start Bar A Benefit BPOE Elks Camp Moore for Children with Special Needs & Lake Como Giving Tree       

4/28Tour de Franklin,Franklin Food Bank 62 mile & 40-mile bike 62 Mile Metric Century or      40 Mile   now Starts at Franklin High School http://www.franklinfoodbank.org/events

April 28, 2019at 8:00am - Lincoln Tunnel 5k in Weehawken  Sunday Wakefern Shoprite is co-sponsor https://www.sonj.org/events/lincoln-tunnel-challenge-5k/

4/28/19Captain Ronald Zinn Memorial Races 10k Racewalk 9am, 5k run 11am Wall 

5/4/19Farmlands bike This family-friendly event has marked routes in a variety of distances, from a leisurely 15,25,35 mile jaunt to the ambitious 50 mile, metric (62.5 miles) and century (100 miles) Central Jersey Bike Club Middletown http://www.cjbc.org

5/4  Saturday 9:30am - Westfield Day Care 5k: https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Cranford/WestfieldDayCareCenter5K

5/5/19Highland Park 5k  Run in the Park    9am Sunday RVRR is volunteer group

5/5/19                Race for the Cure 5k, Northern Jersey              Sun 8:30am         Jersey CityBreast Cancer         komennorthjersey.org

MAY 5 The Big Red Race Sun 9 AM · by Split Second Racing 2500 Main Street, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

5/11/19 Step Up for the Arc 5k     Sat 9:00am Oak Ridge Park in Clark....

5/18/19   Como Commotion By The Ocean Rumson Hash- at The Windjammer. Seaside Park   hash Run starts at 10:17, with free beer prior, during and after.    7:50  Dinner, more beer, band

5/19/19 NJ Sharing Network 5k Long Branch 8:30 Sunday 
https://www.njsharingnetwork.org/5k/eventinfo/longbranch

05/19 President's Cup 5K, 4:00pm, Millburn, (s#051)(NBGP-700pts) USATF NJ OPEN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday PRESIDENT'S CUP 5k, Millburn      Ken V 
May 24, 2019 “Legends of Belmar” Friday night of Memorial Day - “Start of Summer Happy Hour with the Legends of Belmar”  Join Ken V and friends the Friday night before Spring Lake 5 race for "Legends Night" in Belmar at D’Jais 5:30 free food Ocean Ave. Belmar, 7:30 Bar Anticipation 16thAve not a race, just social event. The greats of Belmar beach volleyball, friends of Holme band and the beach start Memorial Day at D’Jais & Bar A. Give out American Flag stickers to lucky customers to show your support for USA and those who served. Marty P, John C. Jim W, Chris K, maybe even Daniel-son
May 25, 2019 Spring Lake Five Mile  Run    Saturday    8:30am then free food at Bar A.  5/25/19               Spring Lake 5 miler           Sat 8:30am         springlake5.org

5/26 Navesink 1.2 mile swim   8:15 AM

5/27 North Brunswick Memorial Day 5k  8:30am North Brunswick Community Park Route 130 South

6/1/19 Avon 5k 6/1/19        Sat 8:30am         Avon-By-the-Sea  local First Aid squad      jsrc.org
6/1/19 RVRR Towpath Training run benefit Cancer Institute & post run picnic
https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Piscataway/TowpathTrainingRun
6/2/19          *    LeGrande 5k                 Sun 10:30am       New Brunswick     LeGrande Foundation

6/__ __  need a race near Wildwood


6/__ Elk’s Flag Day Parade, Wildwood

6/13/19*     Flag Day 5k               Thur 7pm    Bernards Twp      veterans     runninginusa.com
6/__ Pancreatic Cancer 5k Run for a Cure, 8am, Roosevelt Park, Edison
6/__ South Brunswick 25 mile bike tour 
6/__ Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series Highland Park Donaldson Park 7pm  
June __ Flag Day 5K in support of our Hope for Veterans® Transitional Housing Program at 7 P.M. at the Lyons VA Campus, 151 Knollcroft Road, Lyons (Bernards Township), NJ.      runninginusa.com
Sat 6/15/18 Red Bank Classic 5k 8:30 https://redbankclassic.com/event-info/
6/__ Asbury  Park 1-mile swim  & ½ mile 7:30am
June  16, 2019 Fuce 5K 8:30 Metuchen HS 
6/__ Union Beach 5k 9am co-sponsor Wakefern Shoprite   unionbeach5k.com6/23/19  *       Pine Beach 5k               Sun 9am   Pine Beach           www.pinebeach5k.com

6/__  Rumson new pub run Allenhurst-Asbury
6/__ Lager Run 5k Glen Ridge 5pm free beer  compuscore.com 6/23/19        *       5000 Meter Lager Run (5k)             Sun 5pm   Glen Ridge            compuscore.com

6/__    Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series Highland Park Donaldson Park 7pm   [K
6/__  Sunset Classic 5mile  Bloomfield compuscore.com 6/27/19         *       Sunset Classic 5 miler            Thur 7:30pm         Bloomfield   Bloomfield Education     compuscore.com

6/__ War at Shore Triathlon Long Branch Sunday 6:50   www.splitsecondracing.net/
7/__  BERNIE'S MEMORIAL 3-MILE RUN Wilkes Barre PA
7/ __ Pocono Family YMCA Freedom Festival 5K [Ken V is past winner]

7/__  Race St 4 mile uphill Jim Thorpe, PA

July__   SCRANTON  Lackawanna   BLACK DIAMOND SERIES-IRON HORSE 8K Montage Mountain Resorts Lodge, 1000 Montage Mountain Road • Scranton, PA 18507    8k TRAIL,    8:30 AM SCRANTON     Hosted by  , Scranton Running Company & Montage
7/__ Summer SeriesTuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer Highland Park Donaldson Park 7pm 

7/11/19     Woodbridge Pizza run 4-mile   7pm  free pizza, Sewaren co-sponsored by Wakefern Shoprite     07/11 Downtown Woodbridge 4 Mile & Pizza Extravaganza, 4 Miles, 7:00pm, Alvin P Williams Memorial Park, Sewaren, (NBGP-500pts)

July 12, 2019 Friday Vercammen Summer Blast Happy Hour
Free Food 5:30-7:30 
$2.00 House drinks, house wine Drafts 6-7 [need special wrist band from Ken V] Bar Anticipation, where the summer never ends
Games & prizes
     This is open to your friends. Please if attending also email Ken's Law Office at VercammenLaw@NJLaws.com so we can put your name on the list for wristbands

July13/ 19 Belmar Five Mile Run 5 mile, 8:30am belmar5.com

7/17/19 Hoboken 5k  07/17 Party with a Purpose Hoboken, 5k, Pier A, Hoboken, (s#193)
____Ocean Grove Biathlon 2M run, 300 yd swim Ocean Grove fast short event. 8am   
7/20/19 Sprint, Olympic NJ State Triathlon Sprint Mercer County Park  
7/21/19  Olympic NJ State Triathlon Sprint Mercer County Park $
7/__    JSRC Picnic at Monmouth Park Racetrack Sunday [not a race] 
7/__ Summer SeriesTuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer Highland Park Donaldson Park 7pm  

7/25/19 Downtown Westfield 5K Pizza Extravaganza 7pm Wakefern Shoprite co-sponsor compuscore.com

7/28/19VFW 5k Post #133 
East Brunswick, NJ 9:00 AM free burgers, beer food  Sunday new start EB Community Arts Center 721 Cranbury Rd. in East Brunswick https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/EastBrunswick/Benefit5KRunWalk

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Colonia Classic Wakefern Shoprite running club

Very nice 5K run/walk had Wakefern club team of 33 members at the Colonia Classic. Lexi the dog ran entire 5k

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Wakefern Teams excel at NJ Shore Marathon Relay.

Good time was had by all 6 club teams today at the NJ Shore Marathon Relay. The weather improved during the race to mid 50’s temp. and sunny.  26.6 miles run started at 8:30 am in Seaside Hts. finishing in Asbury Park.
Participants club members- Wakefern  and  ShopRite stores are picture above. 36 runners were registered.

Two  1st place awards was given to male and female Wakefern Teams in the Corporate Category. 

Excellent result in a race that had over 3,000 participants.   CONGRATULATIONS !!!  all.