Silent Auction speaks loudly

GWTC members spoke with their checkbooks at the May 6, 2000 Silent Auction. Over 100 people showed up at Brent and Jane Johnson’s home on a beautiful Saturday evening. The club raised over $4,000 in donations as the long list of items for auction was quickly reduced...

PGH Marathon 2000

Jay Silvanima Three of us flew into Pittsburgh last Friday and visited with family and friends for two days before running the marathon on Sunday. There were something like 6500 entrants in all races (ninety-nine in the qualifier marathon, ~2000 in the 5K, ~400...

Island Hopping

Mary Jean Yon Eight days at sea. Eight days of gorgeous scenery in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Eight challenging, if not treacherous, runs! I couldn’t help but think of Gary Griffin’s words from a Sunday run a couple of weeks before when he struck up...

My Heroine

David Yon Despite the bright blue skies, glaring sun and warm breezes sweeping over the 4.4-mile Gate-to-Gate Race course on Memorial Day, it appeared that this would, indeed, be GWTC’s darkest hour. Tim Unger and Lisa Dapko had been working extremely hard to recruit...

Adventure Racing 101

Fun Until You Finish…….First! Jim Phillips What is Adventure Racing? First thing I tell people when they ask is that its like the Eco-Challenge they see on tv but not nearly as long and without many extreme skills. If you haven’t seen it though it is a...