Winter Series Raises $814 for Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties!!!

With a race-time wind chill of eight degrees,  48 tough & tenacious athletes headed north along an ice-capped Susquehanna River for race #3 of the HARRC Winter Series.   Times were swift despite the 20 MPH head-wind.  Only 6 seconds separated the top three with Mike Leathers taking first in 19:13, followed by Jim Smiley in 19:15, and Tim Waechter coming in third in 19:19.    

Staten Island’s Kimmy Leathers led the ladies in 21:29 followed by Elaine Grimwood in 24:01.  Yvonne Lodovici rounded out the top three with a time of 25:25.  

Age-group winners in the men's division took home fleece jackets, gloves, and Papa Johns pizza certificates.  Winners in the women's division were awarded flowers and candle-holders.   DVS provided us with a host of  random prizes including gift certificates to local restaurants.

The series of races happens because of  the support from a lot of great folks – Charles Laverty,  Jim & Deb Donahue,  Debbie & Steve Whittle,  Gary Grobman, & Walt Greene.   Thanks also to HARRC for financially sponsoring these events – we’ve been able to host this series for about 12 years (I’ll have to check with Walt on this) and proceeds have gone to Harrisburg Women's Shelter, Bethesda Mission,  and Downtown Daily Bread.

For the past five years, we’ve been blessed with supporting DVS of Cumberland & Perry Counties.  We’ve become good friends with executive director, Deb Donahue, and her runner-husband,  Jim (who’s tough to catch in a race).   Along with Nancy Chavez, race-director for Randi’s Race, they’ve provided us with post-race refreshments and multiple random prizes.  The big draw for this race is the post-race Cornerstone Coffeehouse Coffee and plentiful food, and we thank DVS for providing that for us.

Most of all, we also are thankful for all the runners who support this event.  Thanks to your generosity, you raised $814 for DVS, which in turn will help provide physical, financial, and emotional support for women and children in need in Cumberland and Perry Counties.

And we look forward to seeing you again next year!!!! 

Today’s fun facts……… race time temp was 23 degrees with a wind-factor decreasing it to 8 degrees……in setting up the course at 5 AM,  the race director reported  that traffic along Front Street was light and runners were few at that hour…….HARRC Winter Series has never been cancelled due to inclement weather………we suspect that Brad and Donna Colwell will be spotted at Applebee’s sometime in the near future..…..good to see Luke Schrader back on the roads…… we’ll allow John Heycock, who started a bit late, to officially deduct 2 minutes and 30 seconds from his finish time…..and hopefully next year, according to the olde Irish  saying, “May the wind always be at your back…..”

 Results:

Results:

1. Mike Leathers – age 24  -      19:13
2. Jim Smiley – age 32  -            19:15
3. Tim Waechter – age   55 -     19:19
4. Klaus Schuller   - age 30 -     19:37
5. Gary Grobman  - age 54   -   19:42 
6. Chad Cooper  - age 35  -      19:49
7. Reuben King   - age 46 -       20:28
8. Chuck Wells – 38 -               20:34
9. Mike Garman – age 45-        20:41
10. John Kearns  - age 34-          21:00
11. Bill Cavanaugh – age 58 -       21:07
12. Kimmy Leathers – age 34 -     21:29
13. Mike Ward – age  46 -           21:58
14. Bryan Donovan  - age  24  -    22:03
15. Ed Pague  - age  57  -             22:07
16. Scott Morgan  - age  41 -        22:16
17. Richard Fellinger – age 40 -     22:37
18. Sammy Smith  - age 13-          22:41
19. Sean Morgan – age 14-           23:02
20. Mike Smith – age  45 -            23:10
21. Brad Colwell – age  58  -        23:22
22. Carl Spangler – age 47 -         23:31
23. Frank Crupi -   age  55-          23:42
24. Elaine Grimwood – age  36 –  24:01
25. Todd Cressler – age 37-         24:26
26. Brian Frank – age 29  -           24:28
27. Paul Moretz  - age  44-           24:56
28. James Donahue –age 46 -       25:21
29. Yvonne Lodovici – age 48      25:25
30. Beth Seeber – age 35-            25:39

31. Todd Miller  - age 36 -         25:40

32.  Richard Lengler – age 50     26:16

33.  Jim Kreiser  - age 48 -         26:24

34.  Julie Sullivan  - age 43-        26:56

35.  Brad Bechtel – age 44-        27:40

36.  John Heycock – age 54-      27:49

37. Gary Stern – age 55 -           28:13

38.  Mary Wilkinson – age 34 -  28:50

39.  Dave Lebo  -age 48 -          29:19

40.  Jen Ney – age 39-                    30:35

41.  N.Clair Clawser – age 61-        31:36

42.  Rick Showers – age 52 -          32:29

43.  Luke Schrader – age 14 -          34:34

44.  Steve Whittle – age 55-             34:49

45.  Ian Moretz – age 10 -                 35:06

46.  Johanna Rosen – age 23-           35:19

47.  Shawn Leebach – age 30 -        35:20

48.  Emily Read – age 52 -              37:16