Yearly Archives: 2009

Links: Photo Albums (3): 1-Fenn (143), 2-Polly (30), and 3-Jan (10 bbq pics) Results (PDF) » Race Report » Race [...]

The Wanderers track meet is returning to the Roxborough High School track on August 25. (The rain date is the [...]

An impressive number of Wanderers (20 !) took part in the Half Wit Half last weekend in Reading, PA. Read [...]

New York Times bestselling author Christopher McDougall, who is riding a tremendous wave of success (barefoot) with his groundbreaking book [...]

There have been many amazing Wanderer performances this summer.  But certainly tops on the list has to be the arrival [...]

Somewhere in the “course” of trail running history, was there not afforded some adage about the irrational mindset of those [...]

Chris Verry and Polly Jansen recently (7/26) traveled to San Francisco, CA to race the SF Half Marathon. The course [...]

Race report by Chris Verry At 7:00 PM on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, three Wanderers took a break from their [...]

Race Report by Tammy-Leigh DeMent “It was a beatuiful day, the sun beat down, I had the radio on, I [...]

A report was published about the 2009 Wissahickon Trail Classic in the Chestnut Hill Local. View the article in PDF [...]

Race report by Tammy-Leigh DeMent As if there aren’t enough races on the East Coast, I decided I needed a [...]

Race report by Susannah Grosso This past Sunday, Wanderers Erik Johnson and Susannah Grosso took on the 1st annual Rothrock [...]

During back-to-back weekends late in May, several Wanderers kicked off the Triathlon season in two separate events. Thank you Polly [...]

Race report by Susannah Grosso “No it doesn’t hurt. It’s natural,” gleefully retort Gary and Sue Butts, directors of the [...]

Race report by Barbara Gorka It was May 2007 when Chris Moore ran his last ultra before finally succumbing to [...]

Race report by Susannah Grosso New photos added 5/29 – This past weekend, a few intrepid Wanderers took on the [...]

Race report by Josh Dennis May 16-17, 2009 — I have been running ultra races for about three years now [...]

If you are a religious person, you most certainly would believe that the gods, ancestors, fairies, aliens, or what have [...]

Last weekend, Sharon Schmidt-Mongrain continued to stack up the hardware at the Lehigh Valley Half Marathon on 5/3/09.  Sharon placed [...]

The FOW Sustainable Trails Committee is seeking input from all TRAIL RUNNERS to help prioritize projects in the coming years. [...]

Race report by Susannah Grosso This past weekend, 6 Wanderers courageously discovered and defeated the scion of Mt. Penn Mudfest: [...]

Race Report, Results and Photos by Polly Despite gloomy, rainy conditions with temps in the 50’s, the Wissahickon Wanderers showed [...]

Race Report by Wandering Animal Josh Dennis April 26, 2009 — The weekend of April 25th was like others in [...]

Race Report by Anita Zalewski On April 18, 2009, three Wanderers heeded the call to run 25K over 4222 feet [...]

Please join Phil Ranly and Bin Ruiter this Saturday @ 10 am at Clifford Park, mere blocks away from Wanderers [...]

Matt Palombaro nailed a 2:40:43 time in the Boston Marathon on Monday.  Considering that he was battling a headwind the [...]

Race Report by Wandering Animal Josh Dennis 4 photos added 4/27 April 18, 2009 marked the 17th running the Bull [...]

Report by UltraCee for now & SuperCee for ever So Jim Millar was not passed out in the parking lot [...]

With the racing season getting busier and busier, look sharp out on the trails or on the road with a [...]

In order to prevent SPAM bots from ‘scraping’ our site, we have changed the registration process.  While a little more [...]

Race Report by D. Scott McCracken Every once in awhile, we do something we might later regret. Perhaps it was [...]

Updated 4/11 On April 4th, 2009, Wanderer Sharon Schmidt-Mongrain participated in the Garden Spot Village Marathon held in Lancaster County. [...]

3 Photos added 4/13 (the 1st & last 2 pics) On Saturday April 4th, sixteen Wanderers participated in the 2nd [...]

Report by Phil Ranly and Bin Ruiter Several Wanderers joined the Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers, the Friends of the Wissahickon, neighbors [...]

Please consider volunteering for an hour or two this Saturday 4/4, starting at 10 am. Perhaps after you finish your [...]

The Tyler 10-K photos are posted here. Story coming soon.       […]

  The USATF Off-Road Series continues with two races coming up in April: Tyler Arboretum, Sat. April 4th @ 9:00am [...]

Race Report by Polly Jansen (photos added 3/19) On an overcast, misty March 15th morning eight Wanderers descended upon Wilmington, [...]

Spring is about to be sprung so the Wanderer track workouts are moving from the Roxborough High School track to [...]

Race report from Germany by Petra My first run in native Gefilden (Germany) was a cross country race in Soest. [...]

The Wanderers appeal to the USA Track & Field has been rejected. The Wanderers had asked the USATF to reverse [...]

The Wanderers put in a stellar performance at the Ugly Mudder on February 22, with Sharon Schmidt even finishing first [...]

Reports below by Polly and Tammy-Leigh The Ugly Mudder 7.25 mile Trail Race has been dubbed the 4th largest rustic [...]