Seashore Marathon begins at Rehoboth Beach Bandstand Dec. 10
Nine-year-old Seashore Strider Blake Hundley traveled last weekend to the AAU National Cross Country Championships in Orlando, Fla., where he ran 3,000 meters in 11:27 on the flat and fast course at Wide World of Sports. Blake, who has a 5K PR of 18:34, finished third overall, which is his second third-place finish in national competition this month. Blake finished just .43 seconds out of second place and 16 seconds off the pace of the champion, Gabriel Cole of Virginia, who ran 11:11.
Seashore Marathon
The Seashore Marathon and Half Marathon will begin at 7 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Bandstand on Rehoboth Avenue. As of Dec. 7, there were 1,544 participants entered in the event with 785 in the 13.1-mile race and 759 in the 26.2-mile race.
A map and explanation of the race route can be found online at www.Seashorestriders.com.
Good cheering locations come at The Grove Park at the 5-mile mark, Wolfe Neck Road behind Wawa at the Junction & Breakwater Trail crossing at 8 miles, Lewes Beach near the Dairy Queen at 19.5 miles and Fort Miles in Cape Henlopen State Park at 15 miles.
Race notes: Race organizers ask spectators to stay off Gills Neck Road from 8 to 11:30 a.m. in Lewes for safety reasons.
Water stop crews: Runners will have the opportunity to get fluids along the course in 18 different locations manned by 10 groups. Special thanks to the following: The Rehoboth Beach Running Company (S & F), Apple Electric, Cape Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, Cape Honor Society, Southern Delaware Physical Therapy, Mariner Honor Society and the Seashore Striders Youth Cross Country Team.
Marathon day temperatures: Saturday will have a high of 46 degrees and a low of 27 degrees at the start.
All-State Cross Country
Last Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the annual All-State Cross Country banquet held in Wilmington. Senior Isabel Wharton of Sussex Tech and senior Molly Bliss of Milford grabbed second team, while senior Ali Coning of Cape and junior Bethany Killmon of Sussex Tech grabbed third team. Coach Lou Nicoletti of Tech drove the four hours in the rain, while I picked his brain about some of the great runners he coached at Delcastle, like Cutter Jones, Orlando Walker and Anthony Stewart, possibly the best threesome any team in Delaware has included on its roster.
