& Outdoors
2013
Cape Gazette.
Summer's End 5K hot and
heavy with hanging.humidity
Race won by Aidan McDermott,
15, of New York in brisk 17:44
y Dave Frederick
edman@capegazette.com
The Summer's End 5K held
Sept. 1 in Dewey Beach was the
beginning Of astronomical fall
but according to runners was the
hottest, 'most uncomfortable rac-
ing weather all season whatever
season it was.
Sandwich bags of ice were
worn on heads and backs of
necks; even a cleavage cooler
was spotted as hundreds headed
to Jimmy's Grille for fmal results
-d beer.
The race*was won by 15-year-
old "no driver's license" Aidan
McDermott of Pleasantville, N.Y.,
with a time of 17:44:
Craig Moscetti, 18:51; Brandt
Chi, 19:01; Joey Andfisani, 19:05;
and Leroy Howards, 19:10 round-
ed out the top five.
The leaderboard for women
saw Beth Reinhart, 33, of Allison
Park, Pc., the winner in 20:32
followed by Alyssa Pietrobono,
20:50; Meryl Ludwig, 21:03; El-
eanor Gitney, 21:31; and Sofia
Alfieri, 22:00.
Taiwan Savage, 37, a former
Cape cross country state cham-
pion and state cross country
Athlete of the Year now living
in Philadelphia, Pa., ran 23:11.
Taiwan is one of five siblings
who were state champions; the
others are Willie with 11 titles,
Princess in the high jump, Trane-
sha "Lady Bug" in the 400 meters
and Janelle in the triple jump.
The sixth sibling, Chimere, is the
brainy one and is a teacher.
Joann Szczepkowski, 67, con-
tinues to dominate her age group,
running 24:37.
Tim Latterner, 47, who was
told before the race, "You can't
park here, pal" and still didn't
flash his FBI card, ran 25:12: Tim,
a big guy who can take care of
himself and a couple of bad guys,
is training for a marathon.
Doug White, 71, a member
of the Delaware Sports Hall of
Aidan McDermott takes the lead and
keeps it the entire race. Leroy How-
ard, 22, of Potomac, Md., just behind
McDermott, finished fifth.
Fame, ran 25:20.
Mark Voicheck, 55, ran nine
miles before the race then
clocked a 27:19. Mark is like
made-over major weight loss guy
who should not be encouraged.
He too is training for a marathon
or is just crazy.
Jack Vassalotti, 61, running for
the Frank Perdue Track Club ran
27:43.
The 37th Bottle and Cork 10
Miler and 5K will be Saturday,
Sept. 7, beginning at 8 a.m.
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DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
"rAIWAN SAVAGE, 37, former Delaware Cross Country Runner of the Year
and a state champion at Cape, closes in on the finish.
Some athletes shine by s]mpl, outworking others
ut-crazy - I think some
P runners and triathletes
confuse outwork with
out-crazy, because you can
always race a longer distance
and train more miles or run
in six races over a weekend,
but someone somewhere will
do all that just as a prelude to
kayaking across the Delaware
Bay just stopping long enough
to free dive and spearfish a
rockfish to use for one-arm
• curls just to get a bicep pump
going. Don't get me wrong;
/,love these people. There is
a group whose members call
themselves Certified Running
Nuts. I spoke to some of them
who run 120 races a year; that's
roughly $3,000 annually just on
registration fees. I know some
people run up a summer bar
tab in the same amount; it just
depends on how you choose to
spend disposable income.
13o away - I want 64-year-old
open-water distance swimmer
Diana Nyad to go away now
because I don't think there is
any question she is all the way
nuts. Go to Broad and Chunk in
North Philly, sit on a stoop and
start going on about swimming
from Cuba and see who gives a
row houserat about it. Some-
day someone else will make
that swim and then swim back
while someone else will back-
stroke across with a lab puppy
riding on his or her chest.
Grand Mom Rose: "No mat-
terwhat feat you accomplish,
there will soon be a.trump card
played by someone else."
Outwork - I know for a fact
that at every level of corn-
petitive athletics - I'm talking
here about athletes on teams,
not over-the-top lifters and
treadmill trekkers - it is pos-
sible to outwork teammates to
win playing time. And that's
because most athletes talk
a better workout game than
train hard for the season. And
the gains made through lifting
and running are quickly lost in
some programs where stand-
ing around in practice takes up
half the time - you know, the
getting-reps-then-rest model.
You know, if the people with
the most talent also worked the
hardest, the rest of us wouldn't
have a chance,
Outhustle - In soccer it's the
dreaded 50/50 ball; in basketball
it's the loose ball and in lacrosse
it's the ground ball. Football has
the fumble and tipped ball; in
baseball it's the sinking liner or
ball in the hole. I could go on,
but I'm losing interest in myself.
The person who wins or gets
Continued on page 93
DAVE
ENOS BENBOW RAN THREE RACES Aug. 31: Last Blast 5K, Shadow
1OK and Salisbury Alumni Cross Country 8K. Enos was scheduled to
20-miler in Baltimore on Sunday morning but did something normal for
change and overslept.
