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• 2007 Brentwood Firecracker 5K

  Published: July 5, 2007, 7:18 pm

  Tags: Series, 2007 Running, Personal, Race, Pittsburgh, Running, Pennsylvania, Wptc

  This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series, 2007 Running. On July 4th, I volunteered for and ran in my first Brentwood Firecracker 5K. It was very well organized, especially considering how large it was (~1300 runners). Registration went smoothly, the race started on time, there was plenty of food (and beer!), and the door prizes were well worth

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• 2007 Us Too Fathers' Day 10K

  Published: July 5, 2007, 7:10 pm

  Tags: Series, 2007 Running, Personal, Race, Pittsburgh, Running, Pennsylvania, Wptc

  This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series, 2007 Running. Well, this year's Us Too Fathers' Day 10K wasn't entirely as bad as last year's (which, BTW, seems worse in hindsight than it did at the time). It wasn't great, either. Pros: It was a lot cooler than last year. The walkers started at different time and

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• Shameless Plug for Self and Club

  Published: August 1, 2007, 2:16 pm

  Tags: Personal, Running, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wptc

  Western Pennsylvania Track Club, for which I am recruiter and membership committee chair, has a new website. It's not quite complete, but I think I've gotten it to the point of being usable. Many thanks go to Nina Ehmer, the previous webmaster, for all the work she did on the old site. For the curious: The Western Pennsylvania Track

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• One Less Headache

  Published: November 13, 2007, 9:12 pm

  Tags: Personal, Running, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wptc

  West Penn Track Club recently held its annual election for its board of directors. Of the 130+ members in the club, ~35 returned their paper ballots (I'll have a better count after the next board meeting). There were eight nominees for seven positions. I lost. I'll soon no longer be the chair of the membership committee. Oh well, it was

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• 2007 Pittsylvania XC Challenge

  Published: November 26, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Series, 2007 Running, Personal, Race, Pittsburgh, Running, Pennsylvania, Wptc, Xc Challenge

  event responsibilities as WPTC's membership chair by cooking hotdogs, which were well received by the cold and hungry runners.The race almost didn't happen this year. The chair of the WPTC competitions committee decided he didn't want to be meet director this year but didn't tell us until July. Actually, he wouldn't

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