Wanderers Travel to Gotham
for Snowflake 4-miler
Photos: photos are
at the bottom of this page.
Wanderers
awoke before dawn and piled into the Technovan on February
25 to travel up Route 95 for the Al Gordon Snowflake
4-miler in
Central Park in New York. There, they were joined by
veteran out-of-state Wanderers Duncan MacGuigan and Sam
Campbell and newcomer Lorre Eng.
The Wanderer assault team, in addition to Mac and
Sam, consisted
of the following: Werner Krandick, Petra, Carnage,
Adam Davey, Scott and Janet
Quitel. The team
was bolstered by the presence of Janet's father
Sid Siegel.
 Running through blustery and cold conditions,
the Wanderers posted some impressive results in the
race which is named after Wanderer honorary coach
Al Gordon. Adam led the charge with a time of 29:34,
followed by Werner in 30:51. Carnage registered
a rare respectible time of 32:13 followed by Scott
in 34:51, Mac in 39:50 and Sam in 40:16. (Editor's
note: This
is Sam's first race since competing in the 2004
Cabot Trail Relay.) Sid completed the race in an impressive
38:31.
The men's race was held at 8:30 followed
by the women's race at 9:30, and the Wanderer
pace did not let up. Janet
was timed in 32:15, and Petra finished in 35:55. Lorre
was timed in a solid 44:58.
In all 4,730 runners raced
in the Al Gordon Snowflake race.
Duncan and Lorre served
up a delicious training meal for the visiting Wanderers
after the race, and then everyone piled back into the
Technovan for the return to Philadelphia.
Wanderers assault team reports for duty at the Al
Gordon Snowflake 4-Miler.
From left, Scott, Sid, Duncan, Adam,
Campy, and Werner.
Wanderers march to the starting line.
With the end in sight, Mac pours it on.
Campy disposes of the competition in
the
final steps
of the Snowflake 4-Miler.
Petra surveys the competition prior to the
women's
division of the Snowflake 4-miler.
Scott displays his t-shirt for conquering
half
marathons in all five New York boroughs.
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