July & August races 2015

Fun Upcoming Running Races Charity events Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

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

7/ 22  RVRR Summer Pub Crawl

7/22 Downtown Westfield 5K Westfield Pizza Extravaganza 7pm

7/25/15 Parker House / Parkway Toyota Fun Run & Beer Party! in Sea Girt, New Jersey  9:47

7/26 5k Run/Walk VFW Post #133 
East Brunswick, NJ 9:00 AM  [park near transmission place]

7/26 RVRR day at beach Belmar

7/28 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series Highland Park Donaldson Park 7pm 

7/__ Sea Girt 1 mile swim 8am

7/ ___    Lawyers for Kids 5k Morris 7:15pm

8/1 Sea Girt 5k 8:30 am

8/2 /15 Jersey Girl Tri

8/___ Lake Arrowhead Pa 5k  [Ken V is two time winner]

8/2  Belmar Tri 7am $$

8/2 Seaside Boyd One-mile open ocean swim.   There was a beach barbecue with the awards ceremony after the swim featuring. Includes, beer, soda, water, hot dogs, hamburgers, and salads

August 8 Asbury Park 5K, Asbury Park, N.J. 8:30am Wakefern co-sponsor - benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of Mon. Cty.

8/___  Belmar 1-mile swim  8:00 AM

8/15  Bradley Beach 5k co-Sponsor Wakefern  8:30  

8/___  Rumson Hash Monmouth Park Trail run 10:17am   [Do the Triple & go to all three events]

8/16    Ray Licata Long Branch Ocean Mile Swim 1 mile 8am

8/22 Belmar Chase 5k

8/___   Hightstown Triathlon

8/___ Casey's 5K Run Oceanport

8/___   JSRC meeting & BBQ Deal firehouse 6:15  [swim in Ocean at 5pm sharp prior to BBQ]

8/29 Wildwood Tri

9/ __   Scranton 5k    10am

9/7 Monday Pier House 5K, Long Branch 8:30 - benefiting Valerie Center of Monmouth Medical

9/11 every year   911 Memorial run Belmar 6pm Belmar  [not a race]

9/12 Fallen Heroes Memorial Run Bar Anticipation, Lake Como 5k 9:30    Co-Sponsor Wakefern Shoprite

9/19    Ocean Grove Run for Arts 5k 9am Co-Sponsor Wakefern Shoprite

9/20 Asbury Park One More Tri 7:30

Ken Vercammen 2015 Running Race results April-May

Ken Vercammen 2015 Running Race results April-May

4/11  Space Walk of Fame 2 mile , 14:26  2nd overall   Titusville FL

4/19 Inspire 5k East Brunswick 22:44   1^st 50-59

4/25/15 Bar A Spring Run 22:20

5/2/15 Harvest of Hope 3.5 mile 1^st place male overall  25:44 North Brunswick Community Park

5/3 Highland Park 5k      22:12  3^rd age group

5/9 Rutgers Ecological Preserve Run in the Woods 24:50 top ten overall

Fun Upcoming Running Races Charity events Selected by Kenneth Vercammen May-June

Fun Upcoming Running Races Charity events Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

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

Saturday, May 9, 9 a.m. Monmouth Beach PTO 5K Run, Monmouth Beach,

5/ 16   Commotion By The Ocean Rumson Hash- Registration at The Windjammer. Seaside Park     hash Run starts at 10:17, with free beer prior, during and after. Return to the Windjammer in early afternoon  7:50  Dinner, more beer, band

5/17  Six Flags 5k

5/17 Thorne 4m   W. Long Branch    9am  free beer afterwards  great JSRC http://www.thornescholarshiprun.org

5/21 Legal Run Around Somerville 7pm

5/22/15 Friday   - “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 16^th Ave not a race, just social event

May 23/15 Spring Lake 5 mile  8:30   free food and reduced price drinks Bar A after race benefiting Spring Lake Recreation

5/24/15 Navesink 1.2 mile swim

5/30/15  Avon 5k, 8:30 Avon, N.J.

5/31 Pt Pleasant 5k

5/31 50 mile bike

6/06/15        Runway 5k on the airport    Rio Grande, NJ

6/ 6/15  RVRR Towpath Training run benefit Cancer Institute & post run picnic

6/ 6/15  Elk’s Flag Day Parade, Wildwood

6/7/15 Stomp the Monster 5K Marlboro, NJ.  The USAT-certified 5K goes off at 10:30. The event includes a festival featuring beer, food and fun after the race

More Central Jersey charity races at:

Raritan Valley Road Runners www.rvrr.org

Jersey Shore Running Club http://www.jsrc.org/webpages/races.htm

Central Jersey Road Runners www.cjrrc.org

Freehold Area Running Club www.farcnj.com

Metro Race Forum www.raceforum.com

USATF www.USATF.org/assoc/nj

June  13  George Sheehan 5k, 8:30 Red Bank jsrc.org - benefiting Parker Family Clinic www.sheehanclassic.org  

June  14   Fuce 5K 8:30 Metuchen HS no awards but good cause

6/ 15  PRESIDENT'S CUP NIGHT RACE 5K, 8pm, Charlie Browns, Millburn Free beer, big post race party  

6/16    Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series Highland Park Donaldson Park  7pm 

6/20 Rumson Hash’s 10 mile, 10 bar- Long Branch to Belmar This is not a race. You run, bike or walk 10 miles to between 10-13 bars. Cheap beer. They start at 10:17 at the Long Branch Train Station, then stop at Bars in Long Branch, Deal, Loch Arbour, Asbury Park, Bradley Beach and Belmar.  Finish at Bar A

6/ 21  Jersey Tri Asbury

6/27 Union Beach 5k

6/27 Frog Hollow 5k South Amboy

6/28     Lager Run 5k Glen Ridge 5pm free beer

6/30      Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series Highland Park Donaldson Park 7pm

6/ 22 Bloomfield Sunset 5m  7:30  www.thesunsetclassic.org

6/ 28  Asbury  Park 1-mile swim 8am

2nd ANNUAL BERNIE'S MEMORIAL 3 MILE RUN/WALK       ONLINE REG       WB YMCA, 40 W. Northampton St. Wilkes-Barre    Lauranel Banks 579-970-5012, lauranel.banks@wbymca.org                 3 MILE RUN/WALK            Jul 4        8:30 AM  JIM THORPE          Carbon    10th ANNUAL RACE STREET RUN        WEBPAGE |  FACEBOOK  |  PDF ENTRY FORM     21 Race Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229           Tom Lager, 570 325-2233, racedirector@racestreetrun.org

Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Facts

Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Facts Having been a successful college athlete and never skipping a training day over the years, I continued entering road races and attempting to win my age group each weekend. Unfortunately, when I passed age 50 decades of running, karate, volleyball, soccer and working out wore out the cartilage in my knee. I had micro fracture surgery in 2010 to attempt to fix my knee. The knee improved for a short time, but I was back to the hospital. The fine doctors at University Orthopedic advised of a new FDA approved procedure and medical study. I volunteered for this medical study for knee cartilage repair. The knee doctor inserted a cadaver cartilage piece in left knee. The study was funded by Zimmer Pharmaceutical. I am now a recipient of an organ donation.          I thank the family of the kind and generous donation of living tissue. I want the family and public to know their decision to donate has changed my life in a very positive way. I will never be winning the races again, but I am happy to run and bike daily. I am now able to run charity 5k races without pain.  I urge friends to sign organ donor card and have a Living Will prepared.  What is National Donate Life Month? Originally a weeklong observance, it was officially recognized as a month-long event.  The celebration commemorates those who have received or continue to wait for life-saving transplants and honors those who died while waiting.

Who can be a donor? People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated.

Does my religion support organ and tissue donation? Every major religion in the United States supports organ and tissue donation as one of the highest expressions of compassion and generosity.

Is there a cost to be an organ, eye and tissue donor? There is no cost to the donor’s family or estate for donation. The donor family pays only for medical expenses before death and costs associated with funeral arrangements.

Does my social and/or financial status play any part in whether or not I will receive an organ if I ever need one? No.  When you are on the transplant waiting list for a donor organ, what really counts is the severity of your illness, body size, tissue type, blood type and other important medical information.

Why should I register to be an organ and tissue donor? Organ and tissue transplants offer patients a new chance at healthy, productive, and normal lives and return them to their families, friends and communities.  To learn more or to register to become an organ and tissue donor, visit www.NJSharingNetwork.org. Also contact your attorney to have a Living Will/ Advance Directive prepared.