Door County Running

Door County Triathlon Results

Myles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:07:16 +0000

Jeff Tarkowski survived a hard-fought half marathon leg to win the Door County Triathlon Half Ironman event held Sunday at Frank Murphy County Park in Egg Harbor.
Find out more about the growing event on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Peninsula Pulse.

Door County Triathlon’s 1st Place Confusion

Myles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:03:43 +0000

Padra Meyer of Des Plaines, IL was the first female to cross the finish line in Saturday’s Door County Triathlon sprint distance event. She even broke the tape, but she didn’t win the race.

When you’re organizing a race in which 1,000 competitors are starting with a swim leg, it’s impossible to start them all at once, so Race Director Sean Ryan starts the athletes in waves. Most athletes are organized by age group, but top-level competitors are asked to identify themselves to start in the “elite wave,” the first ones to enter the water. Since times are kept with a timing chip that gets activated when the athlete passes through the starting gate and stopped when they cross the finish line, participants in later waves still get accurate times. That way, race officials are assured that the first person crossing the finish line is the winner. Unless, of course, an elite athlete doesn’t start with the elite wave.
Find out why Meyer didn’t win in the Peninsula Pulse’s Daily Dose of Door blog.

317 Miles Later, Family Pulls Into Door County

Myles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:59:35 +0000

“Can I take off my helmet now,” six-year-old Kristofer Lecy pleads with his dad in the driveway of his grandparent’s Fish Creek home. He’s obviously excited to get out from beneath the shell that had sat on his head for most of the past six days.

“I forgot I even had it on sometimes,” he explains. “I kept wearing it into restaurants.”
Kristofer could be forgiven if he was whining, but he wasn’t. He had just completed a 317-mile bike ride with his sisters Lauren, 13, Julia, 10, and parents Mark and Deana Lecy. Most families try to do something special with their kids over summer vacation, but few would embark on a six-day, five-night trek on two tandem bicycles from Indiana to Door County.
Read the rest of this Door County biking story from the Peninsula Pulse’s Daily Dose of Door blog that comes in their daily email service, Pulse Picks.

Door County Half Marathon Results

Myles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:53:09 +0000

Top finishers from the May 1 Door County Half Marathon are now available. The race in Peninsula State Park drew almost 1,500 runners to Fish Creek.

Jason Ryf Wins 3rd Door County Half Marathon in Fish Creek

Myles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:49:43 +0000

Jason Ryf of Oshkosh took first place in the 3rd Door County Half Marathon May 1 at Peninsula State Park in Fish Creek.
Ryf finished in 1:09:51, besting second-place finisher Francis Flanagan by more than three minutes. Ryf also won the race in its first two years.

Check out more about race day at ppulse.com

Running for the Boomer Esiason Foundation

Myles — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:37:08 +0000

Team Boomer sending five to run Door County Half Marathon for the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Click the link to read more!

Racers Against Childhood Cancer Takes Advantage of Run for Charity Program

Myles — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:26:42 +0000

Racers Against Childhood Cancer is sending ten runners to the Door County Half Marathon to raise money for the MACC Fund and Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin. They hope to raise $3,000 for the
The organization was founded in 2007 by Cole Braun and Jon McGlocklin, the founder of the MACC Fund. Brad Schneider, RACC’s Development Director, said Braun has a long connection to the MACC Fund, but wanted to do more than donate money.
“He latched onto the idea of using the spirit of competition to raise money for children fighting cancer,” Schneider explained. “The goal, and obviously it’s a long-term goal, is to raise $1 million a year with athletes running events on behalf of RACC. We want to have 20 people out every weekend raising funds, wearing our gear, and spreading the word.”
Last year $60,000 was raised through the program. For more information visit www.raccfund.org.

Tom Held on the Surge in Wisconsin Running

Myles — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:29:11 +0000

I had a chance to talk to Tom Held, who writes the Off the Couch blog for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, about the burgeoning popularity of running and silent sports in Wisconsin recently.
The number of marathons in Wisconsin has doubled from about 10 to over 20 in the last five years, Held said, and that doesn’t include half marathons, 10ks, or triathlons.
“Running has had a number of booms in the last 40 to 50 years,” he says. “Today, it’s not just the number of races but the overall turnout at the races that has taken off. It’s kind of a recession-proof endeavor.”
A runner himself, the 47 year-old Held said his age group is as competitive as any right now.
“Your biggest age group is that 35 – 50 group,” he says. “My group, the 45 – 50 range, is just a killer right now. I’m in the middle of the pack for my age, but I would win age groups 10 years younger at a lot of the races I’ve been in.”
One reason it’s so competitive is that running is a sport people come back to. “A lot of us ran in high school or college, got away from it as we pursued careers or family, and then returned when we have more disposable income and get settled.”
It makes for interesting demographics, and a great lifelong pursuit.

Ride for Nature to Benefit the Ridges Sanctuary Registration is Open

Myles — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:27:22 +0000

Registration is open for one of Door County’s favorite bike rides, The Ride for Nature to benefit The Ridges Sanctuary. The 22nd annual event will take place Saturday, June 19.
The Peninsula Pacers, LLC – the group responsible for the success of the Door County Half Marathon – has partnered with The Ridges Sanctuary to enhance the event, adding a century ride, 50- and 25-mile routes, as well as a 15-mile family ride.
This year’s Ride for Nature is presented by Door County Living magazine, and other sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information visit www.ridefornature.com or call 920.421.1509.

Five Running Half Marathon to Raise Funds for Scandia Village

Myles — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:53:02 +0000

Fundraising is going “really well” for five employees who are running the Door County Half Marathon on behalf of Scandia Village Good Samaritan in Sister Bay. Nicki Scharrig, Rich Demeuse, Michele Notz, Michelle Stoeckel and Joy Zakrzewski are working to raise $1,500 between them for the retirement home.
“We’re going to do an April Fools breakfast brunch with smoothies and breakfast bars, and each of us will take turns running on the treadmill for donations,” Scharrig said.
This will be each of the runner’s first Door County Half Marathon, though not their first race. Between them they’ve run the Nicolet Bay 5k, Bellin Run, Door County Triathlon and the Fall 50. They’ve earmarked their donation to purchase new drapes for the assisted living center, a new TV for the center’s exercise room, and aroma therapy units for the care center.