On Saturday, March 10th, at least 19 JRC members traded their oars for running shoes and competed in the 35th annual GATE River Run. Runners on the 15,000 meter course filled downtown Jacksonville streets, traversed quaint residential neighborhoods and twice crossed over the scenic St Johns River. On the second, and more challenging, river crossing, one JRC runner was heard to lament, “This is worse than rowing back from the Landing into a headwind against the current.”
Leading the pack among the JRC runners over the 15k course were Susan Fraser and Dudley Deshommes, both finishing in less than 75 minutes. Other members and their times are listed below:
Adelina Anderson 1:40:06
Dana Ballinger 1:58:23
Marley Brown 1:44:36
David Childers 1:59:42
Dudley Deshommes 1:14:23
Laura Evans 1:29:19
Rebekah Evans 1:33:47
David Fekke 1:25:18
Susan Fraser 1:14:16
Janet Frampton 2:12:23
Paulo Lorenzo 1:17:01
Beth Martino (aka Farin) 1:32:19
Victoria Mattie 2:19:31
HannaH Poirier 1:35:42
Stacey Rayburg 1:18:39
Bethany Stennett 1:40:06
Jenny Wasilewski 1:38:29
Bob Whitbeck 1:28:13
Kayce Whitbeck 1:26:58
No doubt that many of the early favorites to win the upcoming JRC triathlon (rowing, swimming, flip test) will come from this group of well cross-trained athletes.