Saturday, September 1, 2012

Fall Running Races 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen


Fall Running Races 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen        

         If you are attending any of these charity races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events. 
9/2/12 Jimmy D 5k New Brunswick 9am free beers
9/3  Monday Pier House 5K, Long Branch  8:30
9/___   So Plainfield 3 mile 9:15
9/8/12           Fallen Heroes Memorial Run Bar Anticipation, Lake Como          5k 9:30    Co-Sponsor Wakefern
9/8         Cranbury Day 5k  9am
9/8/12            Brielle 10k 9am     & beer garden
9-9/12  War at the Shore Triathlon-Long Branch  run 6:45am long course .8k swim, 17 mile bike, 5 mile run 6:30am          Sandy Hookers Tri Club     $80
9/9 Senior Olympics bike Woodbridge
9/11  911 Memorial run Belmar 6pm Belmar  [not a race]
9/15/12          Ocean Grove Run for Arts 5k 9am
9/15/12 Pt Pleasant Seafood 5k 10am
9/16 Colalillo ShopRite - 5K Run Dear Path Park, Readington  9:30
9/16/12 Jersey Shore Med Center 5k  Neptune 10am
9/16_         JSRC Picnic at Monmouth Park Racetrack
9/22   Run for Warriors Rutgers  Wakefern co-sponsor
9/22          Metuchen-Edison Y 5k 8:30 Garbolino 5k run at Roosevelt Park
9/22         KeyportFest 5K and One Mile Fitness Walk 5k, 8:30am          Keyport NJ 
9/22/12   Boardwalk Relay- Asbury Park JSRC
9/22 Six flags Great Adventure tri
9/23 Piscataway 5k  9am
9/23/12 Hightstown tri
9/23 One More tri Asbury Park  $75
9/___ Carnegie 5k 9:30 Princeton for team when you register, write RVRR
9/___  Perth Amboy 5k   4pm
9/___Manasquan Reservoir 5 mile 9:00am Howell
9/29/12 Dottie House tri Seaside
9/30         Lavallette Sprint triathlon Swim ¼ mile, Bike 12 miles, Run 3.1 miles  Boy Scout Troop #22 Jesse W. Anderson Sprint  7:30  $40.00 +
9/30/12 Jersey Shore Half Marathon & Lighthouse 5k   Sandy Hook 9am
9/30/12  Race for Cure Jackson
10/6  Wilmington DE Rockford Park 5k
10/6/12  Clamman Triathlon Berkeley Twp Triathlon  Jersey Shore Multisport  7am
10/6  Metuchen Fair,    Taste of Sea Bright
10/6/12 Red Bank Tri
10/7 Newark DE Clover 5k 1pm
10/7/12  Treasure Island Sprint Triathlon 600 meter swim, 10.5-mile bike, 3 mile run, Pt Pleasant NJ  8:45   $65.00  
10/7/12           Deal   5k  Deal hot dogs & free  beer
10/___         Hit The Bricks Sayreville, NJ 5 M 9:30 AM
10/___  Freezing Cold Hash Volunteer meeting 7:45 at  ___ Run with Raritan Valley RVRR in Highland Park first  Email Ken V if attending and what type of sandwich you want. Volunteers receive free admission to Freezing Cold Hash and Free Living Will.
10/13 Rat Race Saturday, 10:30am    A hash style of running or walking 1 - 4 miles over woodland trails/swamp & stream followed by a fantastic party of beer, buns, burgers, pizza pie, music and games for prizes.

10/13/12          Heights Pride 5k Spring Lake Hts
10/13/12 Interlaken 5k  11am
10/14         East Brunswick 5k & 10k   1pm RVRR well run event Road closed to traffic   www.ebrr.org 
10/20 Union Cathloic 5k 9am
10/20 Beachwood 5k 10am
10/___ JSRC club meeting at ___, followed by short Freezing Cold Hash meeting 7:45
10/27 Hoboken 5k 10am  Wakefern co-sponsor
10/27/12  Pt. Pleasant 5k  Monster Dash 10:30

10/28/12         Trick or Trot 5k Long Branch party at Celtic Cottage after run   2 for 1 drinks

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Fun Upcoming Running Races Summer 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen


Fun Upcoming Running Races Summer 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen    

         If you are attending any of these charity races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events. 
 7/7/12 Visa Versa tri  Allenhurst
7/7/12 Bradley Beach 1 mile swim  9:30
7/8/12 Avon 1 mile swim 
7/8/ 12 The Jersey Pride Triathlon-Asbury Park 6:50  ok to wear Speedo
7/10/12       Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park 7pm   pizza
7/11/12 Woodbridge 4-mile   7pm  free pizza
7/11/12  RVRR Summer Pub Crawl
7/12  Lawyers for Kids 5k Morris 7:15pm
7/14/12   Belmar Five Mile Run 5 mile, 8:30am Belmar NJ  Ken V is again setting up 5 teams to run. We need 20 runners who can break 50 minutes for 5 mile. Free food at Bar A after race and reduced price beer. Contact Ken to join our teams- “Legends of Belmar, US Olympic Development, RVRR Beer Mile Champs, etc
7/14/12  Sea Bright 1-mile swim  8am
7-15/12 Long Branch Triathlon # 2-Long Branch .5k swim, 9.5 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am 732-614-6028
7/17   Hoboken 5k 7pm
7/20/12 Friday Vercammen Summer Blast Happy Hour
Free Food 5-7 Hot & Cold Buffet with carving station
$1.00 Drafts 6-7 [need special wrist band from Ken V]
Bar Anticipation, where the summer never ends
Games & prizes
     We will be at outside bar #1 in the back, near cabana 1, not far from outdoor band duo called the Toxic Twins, who play 5-9

- Meet the "SuperLawyers" of NJ
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
-      Appearances by the "Legends of Belmar" and Senator Vercammen
7/21/12 Ocean Grove Biathlon 2M run, 300 yd swim Ocean Grove fast short event.  9am    
7/21   New Jersey State Triathlon (Sprint) Mercer County Park
7/22 NJ Triathlon- Olympic
7/24/12 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park pizza
7/25/12 Downtown Westfield 5K Westfield Pizza Extravaganza 7pm
7/28/12   Born to Tri Asbury Park Swim 1/3 mile, Bike 13.5 miles, Run 3.5 miles Jersey Shore Tri    6:50
7/28/12  Sea Girt 1 mile swim 8am
July 28, 2012      Parker House / Parkway Toyota Fun Run & Beer Party! in Sea Girt, New Jersey  9:47
7/28/12   Monmouth Battlefield Run for Water 5k 9am
July 29, 2012 at 9:00 AM 5k Run/Walk for The Wounded Warrior Project Sponsored By VFW Post # 133
East Brunswick, NJ
7/29 JFK Hospital Roosevelt Park 5k Edison 9am
7/29/12 Jersey Girl Tri- Long Branch women only, men can volunteer
7/29/12 Monmouth Beach Shanna 1 mile swim  8am
8/4/12  Chicago 5k
8/4/12 Sea Girt 5k
8/4/12   Belmar 1-mile swim
8/4 Lavallette 1 mile swim 8am
8/5/12 Belmar Tri 7am $$
8/5 Seaside Boyd One-mile open ocean swim.   There will be a beach barbecue with the awards ceremony after the swim featuring. Includes, beer, soda, water, hot dogs, hamburgers, and salads
8/_      Neptune City 5k 8am Neptune City, NJ
8/11/12 Asbury Park 5k   8:30 jsrc.org  [You can do both the Triathlon and 5k in same morning] Wakefern
8-18/12 Long Branch Triathlon # 3-Long Branch  300 mtr swim, 10 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am or 600 mtr swim, 20 mile bike, 5 mile run, 6:30am   SandyHooker.org
8/18/12  Bradley Beach 1-mile swim
8/18/12 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]
8/19/12        Ray Licata Long Branch Ocean Mile Swim 1 mile 8am
8/19/12 McCormack 5k Bar A  9am free beer
8/___  Lacey 5k
8/___CJRR Fall Classic  8:30   Cranford co-Sponsor Wakefern
8/___    JSRC meeting & BBQ Deal firehouse 7:15
8/25 Hazlet 5k
8/26 Medford Tri
8/26 Women SheRox Tri
8/26 Brookdle 5k 8:30
8/28/12  Scranton  Hook O’Malley 5k    [Ken is past winner]
More races at:
Raritan Valley Road Runners www.rvrr.org
Central Jersey Road Runners www.cjrrc.org
Jersey Shore Running Club www.jsrc.org
Freehold Area Running Club www.farcnj.com
Metro Race Forum www.raceforum.com

USATF www.USATF.org/assoc/nj

9/2/12 Jimmy D 5k New Brunswick 9am free beers
9/3  Monday Pier House 5K, Long Branch  8:30
9/___   So Plainfield 3 mile 9:15
9/8/12  Fallen Heroes Memorial Run Bar Anticipation, Lake Como         5k 9:30    Co-Sponsor Wakefern
9/8      Cranbury Day 5k  9am
9/8/12          Brielle 10k 9am     & beer garden
9/___   Run for Warriors Rutgers
9-9/12  War at the Shore Triathlon-Long Branch  run 6:45am long course .8k swim, 17 mile bike, 5 mile run 6:30am          Sandy Hookers Tri Club     $80
9/11  911 Memorial run Belmar 6pm Belmar  [not a race]
9/___ Colalillo ShopRite - 5K Run Dear Path Park, Readington
9/15/12        Ocean Grove Run for Arts 5k 9am
9/15/12 Pt Pleasant Seafood 5k 10am
9/16/12 Jersey Shore Med Center 5k  Neptune
9/___  JSRC Picnic at Monmouth Park Racetrack
9/___ Metuchen-Edison Y 5k 8:30 Garbolino 5k run at Roosevelt Park
9/22    KeyportFest 5K and One Mile Fitness Walk 5k, 8:30am       Keyport NJ 
9/22/12   Boardwalk Relay- Asbury Park JSRC
9/22 Great Adventure tri
9/23 Piscataway 5k  9am
9/23/12 Hightstown tri
9/23 One More tri Asbury Park  $75

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Fun Upcoming Spring Running Races 2012

Fun Upcoming Spring Running Races 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

If you are attending any of these charity races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events.

4/ 14/12 HIPHOP Piscataway 10am

April 14/12 Colonia 5k 9am

April 15. 2012 Blue Claws 5k 10:00 Lakewood

4.15.12 Bridgewater 5k Dukes Island

4/21/12 Runapoloza Jersey Shore Relay For Special Olympics 5,4,3,2,1 teams 26 miles, 9am From Seaside Hts To Asbury Park 732-681-9464 free beer! If you cant run, you can volunteer or pay to go to party

4/22/12 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

April 28, 2012 Lake Como 5k 10:00 free food and reduced price drinks Bar A after race

4/28/12 Hugs for Brady 6pm

4 29 Franklin Food Bank 62 mile & 40-mile bike 62 Mile Metric Century - 7:30 AM, $45.00 40 Mile 6 Towns of Franklin - http://www.franklinfoodbank.org/events/registra_tour.htm

4/29 Lincoln Tunnel Challenge

5/ 5/2012 Lighthouse 5k Sandy Hook 9:30

5/5/12 Island Heights 5k

5/6/12 Lawrenceville Big Red 5k 10:15

5/6/12NJ Marathon and Relay- Long Branch Relay- 9:00am Start/Finish Long Branch ocean Promenade near the Hotel, the Ocean Place Resort & Spa.

5/11/12 Friday night Rumson 5k

5/12/12 Monmouth Beach 3m 9am

5/12/ 12 Newport 10k Jersey City 8:30 some free beer afterwards

5/12/12 Bridgewater 5k

5/12/12 Manasquan 5k

May ___ Farmlands 62 mile bike- Central Jersey Bike Club Middletown

5/19/12 Spring into Summer Middletown 8:30

5/ 19 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

10:17 Gather for Hash at (This is the scheduled start time of all Rumson hashes)

"CoMotion by the Ocean Hash” includes:

o Unforgettable hash,

o A considerable commotion on the Atlantic Ocean,

o Multiple beer checks,

o Lunch at a nearby restaurant

Return to the Windjammer in early afternoon. That's when the pool party starts. Enjoy a relaxing swim in the heated pool, join in the pool games, or just do whatever comes naturally. 7:50 Dinner, more beer, band

5/ 19 CASA Kids 5K Run 9am Princeton Pike Corporate Center

1009 Lenox Drive Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 When you register, write down under the team category- "RVRR."

5/20/2012 Thorne 4m W. Long Branch 9am free beer afterwards great JSRC http://www.thornescholarshiprun.org

5/20/12 Edison 5k

5-20 Red Bank Olympic Distance Triathlon-Red Bank

5/___ Get a Clue - Race for PKU2" 5k Race, 9:30am, 1 mile, 9am Colonial Park, Somerset

5/20/12 Highland Park 5k 9am

5/ ___ Robbinsville Hair of Dog 5k 10am

5/24/12 Legal Run Around Somerville 7pm

May 25/ 2012 - “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’Jays, Bar A & Columns not a race, just social event

5/26/2012 Spring Lake 5 mile 8:30 free food and reduced price drinks Bar A after race

5/28/12 North Brunswick 5k 8:45

6/__ Sea Isle City Heart Walk/5K Run

6/2 Elk’s Flag Day Parade, Wildwood

6-3/12 Nav-e-Sink or Swim Distance Festival-Rumson

6/3 Sgt Fenton 5k Little Ferry

6/9/ 12 JSRC Pre Father's Day 5K, 9:00 Allenhurst/Ocean Mike W race director 9am

6/9/12 LavaMan Triathlon, Lavallette Jersey Shore Tri Club

6/12/12 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park 7pm

6/10/12 Metuchen Fuce 5k 8:30

6/16/12 George Sheehan Classic now 5k, 8:30 Red Bank jsrc.org

6-17/12 Long Branch Triathlon # 1-Long Branch Long Branch Sprint Triathlon Series-1 .5k swim, 9.5 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am Long Branch NJ 732-614-6028 Sandyhookers.org

6/17/12 ACS Run For Dad West Windsor 9am

6/18/12 PRESIDENT'S CUP NIGHT RACE, 5K, 8pm, Charlie Browns, Millburn Free beer, big post race party

6/24/12 Pine Beach 5k

6/24/12 Lager Run Glen Ridge 6:15pm beer