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Charlottesville Track Club
P.O. Box 495
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 293-6115
Fax:(434) 293-0669
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10K Recap
May 15, 2004
26th
Annual Batesville Day 10K
This year, 71 runners entered this scenic and challenging (hilly) race. Before
Hamp Carruth started the race, he gave the following advice: “the race is all
right turns, if you turned left, you turned wrong.” Then with an “on your
mark, get set, go!” the race was underway. The weather conditions were fair
but not likely to generate course records: sunny, 70’s, no wind, but humid.
Three speedsters: David Miller, Lewis Martin IV, and Burkhard Spiekermann took
an early lead and finished in that order. The first three women were: Elizabeth
Cottone, Andrea Wright, and Leisa Gonnella. Afterwards, Miller noted that going
up the hills was exhausting, but he made up for it by “hammering the downhills”.
Before the race, there was discussion of past experiences with dogs along the
course. I had run the course for practice the weekend before the race and was
accompanied by a handsome lab for four miles to the end. I gave him a ride back
to his home where his owner said “no, no, finders keepers!” Burkhard
mentioned that one year he was tripped by a dog along the race and ended up on
the ground. I don’t believe there were any dog incidents this day, and I want
to thank the Batesville residents for hosting a great race. The race shirt,
designed by Susan Payne, is quite nice: black, with a likeness of Pages store,
and the name of the race and year. There were refreshing post race edibles (most
of which were donated) including sports drinks, bagels, and watermelon.
According to the Batesville Ruritan Club, the proceeds from the 10K race and
other Batesville Day events are returned to the community, schools, fire
departments, rescue squads, local organizations, and the less fortunate members
of the community.
The complete race results are online here.
Rick Kwiatkowski
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