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37th Annual Overton Park 5 Mile Classic07/31/2010
At the 37th Annual Overton Park 5 Mile Classic, the Pilgrims did it again: great results at the oldest footrace in Memphis. On a typically hot and humid day (81 degrees and 80% humidity) the Pilgrims fared well against all competitors.
Leading the way was Jeff Haushalter who finished 2nd overall. Now a resident of Atlanta, GA, Jeff made the special trip to compete in this long tradition of
racing on the roads, trails, and grass of Overton Park. Leading for most of the race, Jeff, who's 43 years of age was finally surpassed by a whipper snapper college kid, named Alex Shipp (18 y.o.) and could not regain the lead. Jeff finished in a very respectable 28:49.
The second Pilgrim and first place master was John Geiger, 46. He paced himself well and passed many runners throughout the last 3 miles, finishing in 5th overall. Most importantly he broke the 30 min mark and finished in 29:56 (a special effort for his little friend!)
Other Pilgrims winning age group awards were Clint Daniels, 2nd 45-49 y.o. in 32:59 and Glenn Hudnall 3rd 45-49 in 33:09. Also in the highly competitive 45-49 age group were Steve Skinner 4th in 33:27, Joel Lyons 6th in 33:45, and Tim Verner 7th in 35:09.
In the women’s race, frequent winner and local running legend, Brenda Walton did it again. As a 52 year old, she led all masters 40 year old and older to finish in 36:36. This was good enough for 3rd overall woman. Congratulations Brenda!
Running in her first OP 5 Miler, Tammie Skinner, proved she has the legs to compete on all terrains. She finished in 2nd in the 35-39 y.o. age group in 37:25. Also nabbing an award was Padma Lyons. She ran a 45:20 which was good enough for 2nd place in the 45-
49 age group.
Other participants and Pilgrim supporters present were Eric Butze, Marc Riseling, Fred Geiger, and Wade Lewis. Special thanks to Paul Sax for continuing this great tradition
and putting on a fine event that is always memorable. The hand painted awards, as well as, the wine are a unique touch to this unique race.
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Missing Pilgrim07/12/2010
This pilgrim has not been seen for quite sometime at the track workouts. If the where abouts are known of this particular pilgrim please send an email to info@pilgrimagetrackclub.com. He was last seen at a small town race in Tupelo, MS running the Green Street Mile. He is suppose to be training for a 2:45 finish time at the 2010 Chicago Marathon.
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Weekend of Fine Racing07/05/2010
The Pilgrims made a full weekend of fine racing. It started on Saturday with the Little Rock Fast 5K, and Memphis St. Jude Firecracker 5K, then Sunday with the Green Street Mile in Tupelo, MS and following it up with the PeachTree 10K in Atlanta, GA. Clint Daniels ran a 17:14 for the Fast 5k. On the St. Jude Firecracker, Steve Skinner finally broke the 20 minute "monkey on his back", and ran a 19:38 and Brenda Walton, 20:12, and Whitten Ortega, who's coming back from knee surgery ran a 24:12. On the Green Street Mile in Tupelo, John Geiger ran a 5:01, Bradley Cordts, 5:39, Tim Verner 5:27, and Brenda Walton 5:57. Jeff Haushalter did a 34:51 on the Peachtree 10k. The team had wins in all our age categories, and a couple of overall Masters, and Grand Masters. Well done Pilgrims.
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2010 Bud Mile06/30/2010
What a perfect night for running. Several of the pilgrims participated in the historic Bud Mile race held at Rhodes College. The Bud Mile is in honor of Bud Joyner; who was the first President of the Memphis Runner's Track Club. It was a great turnout for the race, some 100 runners toed the line. There were 6 heats for the race. The last heat which is known as the fastest had to be broken into heats because they were so many runners for it. This made for even a faster last heat, which was a 5:15 and under. The pilgrims did excellent job representing the team. John Geiger broke the 5 minute barrier with a 4:59:39, the next pilgrim runnning an excellent race was Clint Daniels, followed by Michael Barnes, Joel Lyons, Glenn Hudnall, Brenda Walton, and Padma Lyons.
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Gibson 5k HOT!06/12/2010
It was a hot one Saturday night at the Gibson 5k. Despite the conditions John Geiger, Steve Skinner, Brenda Walton, and Maria Williams ran the race. It was noted as the hottest day this year for 2010. At race start it was 94 degrees. The team placed in two categories; JohnBoy took 1st place in the 45-49 age group, and SteveO took 3rd. Brenda as usual placed at the race and was the overall Female Masters. The only reason JohnBoy didn't win masters because he was a pacer for ole SteveO. John decided at mile 2 he couldn't handle not going under 20 minutes, so decided to break loose and pick off a bunch of penguins.
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2010 MUG MILE RACE05/22/2010
The running of the famed Mug Mile Run was held at the Germantown High School track. There was a nice turnout of runners for the event honoring the unbelievable milestone set on May 6th, 1954 by the Brit Roger Bannister running the first sub 4 minute mile during a meet at Oxford University winning the race with a time of 3:59.4. John Geiger offered a $1000 dollars to anyone last night running under a 4:00 minute mile. Here's the results of the race. Mug Mile race results
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New Location for Track Practice GHS04/28/2010
Team practice has been moved to Germantown High School ad interim. This will start Thursday 04/29. The track at MUS will be in constant use according to "Stan the Man"
our security guard. If you recall last year around this time and during the summer months, MUS held numerous Lacrosse and Soccer camps on the football field. This caused congestion on the track for working out. We know this will be an inconvenience for some of the pilgrims, but we need to start doing mile, and 5k training and track is the only place to do it. Practice will start at 5:30pm.
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Marathon Pecking Order04/23/2010
It has been discussed that with the running of the Boston Marathon and Country Music Marathon a new Pilgrimage marathon pecking order has been established for the guys. The list will be as follows: John Geiger, Steve Skinner, Michael Driver, Tim Verner, Bradley Cordts, Joel Lyons, and Glenn Hudnall. As JohnBoy says, if you want the order to change, train harder, and run a faster marathon.
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Nine for Nine with Re-Qualifiers at Boston04/21/2010
Nine Pilgrims made the annual pilgrimage to Boston, and finished well. The weather was postcard perfect. It was the best weather in years according to our 15 years in a row Boston Veteran runner Bradley Cordts and team President. It was ideal conditions for running a fast race, the temp was in the low 50s, and the wind was from the NNW at 19mphs. This made for a slight tail/crosswind. We accomplished a 9 for 9 re-qualifiers in this race. You couldn't ask for anything better than that. Go Pilgrims.
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Team is in BOSTON04/18/2010
The team has arrived in Boston. So far the weather has been rainy and cold, but race day it is suppose to be great racing conditions. Race start: weather, Temp 48, Wind NNW 19mphs, and Humidity, 52%. Last night the team watched the Sox play the Tampa Bay Rays and today most of them just lounged around discussing pre-race plans and race strategies. They are heading to Grotto's tonight for Dinner to load up on carbs and protein. Tomorrow it will be go time. Go Pilgrims.
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Members Boston Bound04/13/2010
With less than one week away the PTC team members travelling to Boston are Bradley Cordts (9694), Mike Driver (7450), John Geiger (1935), Joel Lyons (7297), Steve Skinner (3761), Tim Verner (3213), Brenda Walton (7551), Maria Williams (14074), and Kelley Willis (17143). The team has had its ups and downs on injuries this training cycle; although everyone is still ready to run. I hear some are hoping for high humidity and a little heat as the great equalizer. Be ready to tune in this coming Monday, April 19 to check the results throughout the race. You can track the athletes several ways on the BAA website. Click on the link here-> Track Athletes on the BAA website to find out how. Please note: registration through the BAA website will close on race day, April 19th, at 6:00am. However, AT&T has announced that registration via mobile phone text messaging (for US mobile phones only) will remain open during the marathon.
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Pilgrim Member03/29/2010
Pilgrims' own Kelley Willis makes the cover of the 114th Boston Marathon booklet. Pictured on the left side of the cover, Kelley proudly displays our PTC logo. Let's keep this in mind when racing to always suit up in the Pilgrim jersey. Go Blue!!!
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Germantown Half Marathon, and 5k03/21/2010
Eight brave souls tough out the inclement weather at the Germantown Half Marathon and 5k this past weekend. The pilgrims placed in 3 different categories in the Half Marathon: Female Grand Masters, Brenda Walton, 2nd place Male Masters, John Geiger, and 1st age group male 45-49 Steve Skinner. The remainder of the Pilgrims who ran well despite the weather conditions were Christine Cordts, Joel Lyons, Tammie Skinner, and Maria Williams. Padma Lyons ran the Germantown 5k, and won her age group. Good job to all the pilgrims who did the race; also to our course supporters, Tim Verner, and Joe Coffelt who cheered us on throughout the run despite all the wind, and rain.
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Pilgrim Gals at "Move it Memphis 5k/10k"03/01/2010
Lady Pilgrims run the "Move it 5k/10k" this past weekend. Christine Cordts, Rachel Best, Ashley Dyar Spriggs (mother-to-be) and Maria Williams all did well at the race. Rachel Best placed second overall, running a 40:21, Christine running 48:32 and placing 2nd in her age group, Maria took 4th in her age group with a 47:08 and Ashley running the 5k in 27:19 taking 3rd in her age group. However, the course was long (6.4 miles) for the 10K distance. This seems to be common problem nowadays since people are using gps watches on these races. The Garmin specifications claims the accuracy of these watches are <10 meters on a clear view of the sky. That's close enough accuracy for me in my book. I don't believe JohnBoy, or Joe will ever own a garmin though. I think the last time Joe raced they were using a sundial to call out splits.
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Adventure Racer, and Former Tour de France winner.02/03/2010
Pilgrims' own Kelley Willis had the opportunity to run with adventure racer Robin Benecasa, and then bike with Floyd Landis, the former Tour de France winner. They are both recipients of Smith & Nephew's Birmingham Hip Resurfacing implant. The company hosted a "mini-triathlon" with them that sales and marketing could participate. Also, Kelley did well in the run part of the race, she placed 5th out of 45 runners, and I hear she smoked the other female. Sounds like she held her own against the guys too.
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Pilgrimage 8K Revived?12/10/2009
The Historical Pilgrimage 8k Race may be in the works. The Pilgrimage Track Club President Bradley Cordts said that we need to revive the 8k. What? Is this true or just something to talk about during the cooldown after a hard workout at the track. The question is do we have what it takes to bring it about. Let's make it happen. Here's a glimpse of the past of the former PTC race. 2nd Annual Pilgrimage Track Club 8K
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Way To Go Pilgrims12/05/2009
The Pilgrims did well at the Marathon, Half-Marathon and the 5K. John Geiger, Steve Skinner and Rachel Best posted great results for the 2009 St. Jude Marathon. Geiger posted a 2:53 taking 1st in the 45-49 group, Skinner a 3:05 taking 3rd in the 45-49 group and Best a 3:12 taking 2nd overall Shelby County female. Jeff Haushalter represented the Pilgrims in the Half, running a 1:15 and took 1st in the Master's division. Bradley and Christine Cordts, Brenda Walton and Maria Williams did the 5K. Brenda Walton took 1st place Masters with a 20:02. Team Cordts did well placing 1st in each of their age groups, Bradley with a 19:38, and Christine with a 22:44. Maria Williams did well with a 22:39, placing 4th in the 25-29 age group. The cold weather did not appear to be a factor for the team. It appears that two of the Pilgrims also kept it a secret on what pace they were going to run. John's pace was suppose to be a 6:45, and SteveO talked about running a 7:14. That's the Pilgrim way, always a 10 to 15 seconds faster pace than planned.
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Join Today12/04/2009
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. All Pilgrimage Track Club members need to be signed up each year as members of the USA Track Field (USATF). The PTC is an official USTAF club thanks to Bradley Cordts, but each individual needs to sign up or renew their membership. Especially for those individuals that are running the 2010 Boston Marathon. Technically, if each person isn't signed up, they could disqualify our team from any of the team results. To sign up go to www.USATF.org Click on the tab that says "product/services", go to "individual memberships". If it's your first time fill-out the information that it asks for. Our Club Membership number is 159.
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Pilgrim's Family11/20/2009
We would like to remember two of our Pilgrim friends, Chuck Jones and Clint Powell who have both recently lost their Fathers. We hope that through the sadness that they both find a way to remember the Happy thoughts of their Fathers. We hope they both will be running again with us soon and we want them to know they both are part of our Pilgrim Family!
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Brenda Walton finishes well in the 2009 Chicago Marathon10/11/2009
Brenda said she had a good race, and felt she could of ran a little faster. If you look at her finish photo you would never have known she had just run a spectacular marathon. She came in 2nd place in her age group of 651 runners and placed 2086 overall, not bad for race of 33687 runners. Her finishing time of 3:16:11 age graded her for a 82.6 percentile. That classifies her as a national class runner, which we already knew that about Brenda. There seems to be no stopping her. She spends her time coaching Germantown High School girl's Track/CXS and when she isn't coaching she is on the roads putting in the mileage. If you are interested in putting some time with her on the roads you can find her at the Memphis University School track Tuesday, and Thursday night at 5:30pm.
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2009 24 Hour Tour d'Esprit.10/02/2009
In a very heated battle on both the men's and women's side the Pilgrimage Track Club battled valiantly to win for the 9th straight year in a row.
On the men's side it was very close throughout the night. The first half of the race it was hit or miss trying to build a gap that would leave them comfortable to carry them through the night. In Pilgrimage fashion they relayed 2 miles at a time bringing the gap from 3 miles ahead of the Speedy Cats to 10 miles. By 5:00 AM they continued to pull ahead a half mile an hour. Then when it came down to 5 hours to go they felt comfortable enough to relax and just finish up strong. They outdistanced the second place team by 16 miles, breaking the overall men's record with a mileage of 209 miles.
The women's team was brought together with great work by Padma Lyons and Maria Williams and missed the course record by only 3 miles!
Thanks to all the Pilgrimage team members and they great competition from the Speedy Cats and Team Fleet Feet. Let's keep the competition coming for next year. The more teams that participate the more money the race will raise money for Haiti.
Mark your calanders for next years race (the first weekend of October) as the Pilgrimage Team will go for a unheard of TEN YEAR STREAK!
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