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Wanderers Enjoy Beach Outing

Wisshickon Wanderers got a jump on summer and headed down to the Shore for the Jersey Shore Marathon Relay on April 22.

The relay team, composed of Lola, Werner, Petra and Carnage, was greeted by beach weather only a Wanderer could love...spitting rain, driving winds and raw temperatures.

Although pummeled by the elements, the Wanderers persevered and would have produced a sub-four-hour finish except for a running miscue on the last leg.

Carnage started the ball rolling with a 6.1 mile leg putting the Wanderers in the middle of the pack. Werner steadily reeled in runners in his 6.2 mile second leg. Petra kept the pace up in the 3rd leg. Lola organized the whole expedition and was rewarded for her efforts with a cloudburst which drenched all runners through much of the five-mile fourth leg.

A sub-four-hour finish looked in the bag as Carnage carried the baton on the final leg. However, he steamed past a turnaround only 200 yards from the finish and went about one-half mile off piste before realizing the mistake. By then five minutes were lost and the Wanderers finished in 4:01:44. The time was good for a solid 180th finish out of 260 teams.

Just as Wanderers were passing the Spring Lake point of the relay, a whale had washed up on shore. In fact, a volunteer at a water table for the relay was the one who found the whale. The article can be found here.

The Jersey Shore Running Club did a super job in staffing and setting up the race. The web site for the race can be found at http://www.jsrc.org/ The Technovan also deserves special recognition. The support vehicle served admirably as a mobile changing room and commissary for the weary and water-soaked Wanderer team. Petra is expected to produce some rare video footage of Wanderers in action which should be posted on the web site later.

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Werner enjoys the brisk breeze prior to start of race.

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Carnage and Werner discuss tactics before race start.


Official team portrait prior to race.

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Like a giant pumpkin, Carnage rolls into the first transition zone.

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Petra girds for action.

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Lola works the mike in the Technovan.

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Spirits were high halfway through the race as Wanderer runners excel out on the course.

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Werner pours on the speed at the end of leg 2.

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A smooth handoff from Petra to Lola as she starts leg four.

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Carnage takes the baton from Lola for the anchor leg.

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Lola was absolutely drenched.

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The Wanderers partied at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park after the race. Unfortunately, Bruce couldn't make it.

 

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