Wanderers 2001 running schedule set
The Wissahickon Wanderers have entered the 200-mile Reach-The-Beach relay in New Hampshire scheduled for September 28-29. The race begins near Mt. Washington and ends at Hampton Beach along the Atlantic Ocean. The race is broken into 36 legs, with each of the team’s 12 members running three legs.

The Technovan will actually be facing the stearnest test of the competion when it goes up against the Dunkin Donuts Winnebago, which will be supplying runners with coffee, bagels and doughnuts for the duration of the race.

Brook Hunter urges Kim Pierce at the 2-mile mark.

Already signed up for the race are Susan Branson, Brooke Hunter, Scott Quitel, Dan Gordon, Sally Gordon, Axel Myersiek, Bob Adelson, Duncan MacGuigan and Simon Newman. All those interested in competing should contact Dan Gordon.

Other races on the Wanderers schedule for 2001 are the Dances with Dirt 100-k race in Hell, Michigan, where the team distinguished itself last year. This year’s event is scheduled for September 8. Also planned are the shorter River to Sea Relay in New Jersey on August 4 and the Ocean to Sound Relay on Long Island in September. The River to Sea race is a 92-mile course between Milford, N.J., on the Delaware River to Manasquan, N.J., on the Atlantic Coast. The Ocean to Sound Relay is 50 miles long.

Kim Pierce passes yet another runner in the last half of the race.

Wanderers Take On The Elements ... And Win!
When a freak autumn storm dumped three inches of snow in Ohio the day before the Turkey Trot 10-K over the Thanksgiving weekend, many runners must have been tempted to call in sick. “But that thought didn’t even occur to us,” said Wanderer Tom Humphrey. Road tested from their experience in the Dances With Dirt relay race earlier in the fall, Wanderers Dean Bredenbech, Bernie Brosnan, and Tom Humphrey proved themselves to be the class of the field winning a variety of honors.

Firmly establishing himself as the strongman of the Wissahickon Wanderers running club, Dean Bredenbech slogged through the ankle deep snow to complete the hilly course in 46 minutes. The performance earned him a third-place finish in his age category (34-39). Bernie steamed across the finish line in 52 minutes, second in his age category (24-29). Tom, fighting off the effects of some serious Thanksgiving feasting, ran the race in a workmanlike 58 minutes, but was the only Wanderer to win a prize, a pumpkin pie. “Delicious,” was Tom’s reaction. “Clearly, the spoils go to the slow.”