James Carbary

Howard County Runners Predict Their Thanksgiving Day 10K Times

Published November 24, 2011 at 2:21PM | Updated September 17, 2013 at 2:29PM

Race winner Rick Scholfield crosses the finish line 3.56 too late to be perfect in photo courtesy of Chris Farmer

The registration for the Howard County Striders Turkey Trot 10k started promptly at 9:00 am on Thanksgiving Day. Without the benefit of any timing devices, the competitors attempted to run the appointed 10K course through the Jeffers Hill and Long Reach communities so as to finish at exactly 11:00 a.m. the winner being the runner who finished closest to the hour. Even if you did not win you still received a Dunkin Donut with cider or orange juice. The problem was that there were 216 donuts (18 dozen) and 349 finishers.

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Run Through the Grapevine 8K – 17th Year

By James Carbary

Published November 6, 2011 at 3:17PM | Updated September 18, 2013 at 2:35PM

For 17 years, the Run Through the Grapevine 8K course at Linganore Winery was actually a little short, so this year an extra hill was added around another grapevine to satisfy a more exact measurement. The unofficial story for the route change, though, was that Mark Buschman vowed to beat the best time of Pekka Stenholm, a former racing team member who had moved back to his native Finland. Buschman and Stenholm had met at the Berlin Marathon earlier in the year and must have had a discussion about the Grapevine. Race director Jason Tripp decided the course should be as accurate as possible, so a course extension occurred, and Buschman failed by 20 seconds to beat the time (about 30:30). Everyone else reported slower times at the Grapevine 8K this year, too.

Race winner Carlos Renjifo far in front of the field.

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Renjifo Repeats at the 33rd Clyde’s 10K

By James Carbary

Published April 23, 2011 at 2:44PM | Updated September 25, 2013 at 11:50AM

Not often does a 47-year-old woman win a large format race such as Clyde’s 10K, but that is exactly what Robyn Humphrey did last Sunday, April 17, 2011. The Howard County Striders Master Runner of 2010 led from start to finish and fulfilled a lifelong dream of winning the race.

“It was on my bucket list,” Robyn said. “And I wasn’t getting younger.”

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RRCA 10 Mile Challenge Sells Out for the First Time

By James Carbary

Published March 3, 2011 at 4:43PM | Updated October 7, 2013 at 4:03PM

By Jim Carbary

Last year Dave Berdan won the Annual 10 Mile Challenge in an amazingly fast time of 51:43. At this year’s race, Ryan McGrath, captain of the Falls Road Running team offered a bonus of $100 to his teammate Alexander Battaglino if he could better that time. Having every intention of collecting, Battaglino bolted from the start and immediately assumed a commanding lead.