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By Tim Bamforth | Feb 18, 2011

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  Milton Mile May 25 to kick off Memorial Day weekend

  By Tim Bamforth - May 18
  The first Milton Mile will kick off the Memorial Day weekend racing scene on Friday evening, May 25 at the Milton Wesleyan Church downtown at 411 ...
  
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  Mother’s Day Remembrance 5K May 13 at Cape High

  By Tim Bamforth - May 11
  The Beacon Middle School girls' track team hosted a sprint-loaded Dover Central team May 9 at Cape’s Legends Stadium as the Beacon girls gave up ...
  
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  Beacon girls’ track undefeated; Shadow Series Saturday, May 5

  By Tim Bamforth - May 04
  The Beacon Middle School girls’ track and field team moved to 8-0 on the season as they pulled away from Dover Central May 2, winning by a score ...
  
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  Beacon girls move to 7-0; Mud Run April 29 in Milton

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 27
  The Beacon Middle School girls' track team, coming off a second-place finish at the April 20 Blades invitational, rolled west to Bridgeville to ...
  
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  Beacon girls’ track and field rolls to 5-0

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 20
  On April 18, I directed a middle school track & field quad meet with about 230 sixth- through eighth-grade young athletes running, jumping and ...
  
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  Bunny Palooza attracts 700 runners to Bethany Beach

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 13
  On the morning of April 7 in Bethany Beach, I directed the Bunny Palooza 5K and 10K, a debut of what is planned as an annual event. It attracted ...
  
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  Shuttleworth wins three events to lead Beacon to 2-0 record

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 06
  The Beacon Middle School track teams rolled south to Selbyville to take on an always tough program led by Sally Craig, and when the dust had ...
  
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  Seashore Striders double up with Community Rocks! 5K March 31, April Fools Run April 1

  By Tim Bamforth - Mar 30
  This Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1, will mark a double race weekend. The Community Rocks! 5K run and 1-Mile walk will begin at 9 a.m., ...
  
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  Sunday Shamrock Shuffle sets record with 205 runners

  By Tim Bamforth - Mar 23
  The Shamrock Shuffle 5K and 15K took to the trails of Cape Henlopen State Park March 18 in Rehoboth Beach and hosted a record turnout of 205 ...
  
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  Shamrock Shuffle 5K and 15K to run March 18

  By Tim Bamforth - Mar 16
  Over the past 21 years, I have directed more than 1,200 road race events, and last Saturday night I teamed up with my Striders cross country ...
  
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  Shadow Series five and dime begins Saturday, March 10

  By Tim Bamforth - Mar 09
  The first in a series of four race events called the Shadow Series will debut this Saturday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at Cape Henlopen State ...
  
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  Local Holly Smith wins big at Colonial Half-Marathon

  By Tim Bamforth - Mar 02
  Rehoboth Beach's Holly Smith, formerly Holly Wilson, a standout prep runner from Lake Forest High School in Felton, recently captured what may be ...
  
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  March 10 Shadow 10K kicks off inaugural Shadow Series

  By Tim Bamforth - Feb 24
  The inaugural Shadow Series, a group of four events that will be held at sunset in Cape Henlopen State Park, will be the first of its kind on the ...
  
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  Indoor state track and field results posted

  By Tim Bamforth - Feb 17
  The Delaware Indoor State Track and Field Championships were held Feb. 11 at the University of Delaware Field House. Cape Henlopen crowned two ...
  
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  Valentine's couples to run Feb. 12 at Cape Henlopen State Park

  By Tim Bamforth - Feb 10
  Cape Henlopen State Park will be the site of the Seventh Annual Valentine's 5K Run/ 1M walk this Sunday, Feb. 12, at the fishing pier of Cape ...
  
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  Run for the Plunge 5K invades Rehoboth Beach Feb. 4

  By Tim Bamforth - Feb 03
  A 1 p.m. start Saturday, Feb. 4, in Rehoboth Beach will kick off the annual Run for the Plunge 5K as an expected 700 runners and walkers will line ...
  
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  Scribble Shadow Series and Mud Run on your 2012 race calendar

  By Tim Bamforth - Jan 27
  The Seashore Striders will roll out a new series of four events to be held at Cape Henlopen State Park in the coming year that will showcase the ...
  
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  Indoor track team gears up for Henlopen championships

  By Tim Bamforth - Jan 20
  The last Snow Hill Invitational for Delaware teams was Jan. 18 as they gear up for the Friday, Jan. 27 Henlopen Conference Championship to be held ...
  
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  Cape winter track, Nike Matt and Disney with Mickey

  By Tim Bamforth - Jan 13
  The Cape Henlopen indoor track team went west to the Montgomery Invitational Jan. 7 at the beautiful PG Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, ...
  
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  New Year’s weekend races set records in Rehoboth and Bethany

  By Tim Bamforth - Jan 06
  Hosted by the Rehoboth Beach Running Company and Catcher’s Restaurant and produced by the Seashore Striders, the annual New Year's Eve Race Into ...
  
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  A pair of races highlights New Year's weekend

  By Tim Bamforth - Dec 30
  Runners and walkers looking to end their racing year on the final day of 2011 can race into the new year at noon, Saturday, Dec. 31, in Rehoboth ...
  
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  Olympian embedded in Rehoboth Marathon

  By Tim Bamforth - Dec 26
  Benji Durden was standing on the starting line Dec. 10 in Rehoboth Beach getting ready to race the Seashore Marathon. In 1980, he took the lead at ...
  
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  Wacky marathon stories survive long after runners leave

  By Tim Bamforth - Dec 16
  Snowball 5K Run and 1M Walk - The annual Snowball 5K Run and 1M Walk will take place at 10 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 18, starting from the Cape Henlopen ...
  
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  Seashore Marathon begins at Rehoboth Beach Bandstand Dec. 10

  By Tim Bamforth - Dec 09
  Nine-year-old Seashore Strider Blake Hundley traveled last weekend to the AAU National Cross Country Championships in Orlando, Fla., where he ran ...
  
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  The Rehoboth Seashore Marathon set for Dec. 10

  By Tim Bamforth - Dec 02
  The Rehoboth Beach Running Company and the Seashore Striders are gearing up for the Seashore Marathon, which will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, ...
  
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  Striders place five in top 10 at national championships

  By Tim Bamforth - Nov 25
  At the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships held Nov. 19, in Huntington, W.Va., the Seashore Striders of Lewes placed five of their ...
  
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  15 striders off to National Cross Country Championships

  By Tim Bamforth - Nov 18
  The Seashore Strider Youth Cross Country Team boarded a 49-passenger charter bus Nov. 17 and traveled to its 22nd National Cross Country Championsh...
  
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  Striders qualify 14 local athletes for West Virginia Nationals

  By Tim Bamforth - Nov 11
  On Nov. 6, at the Coaches Cross Country East Regional Championships at Killen's Pond, the Seashore Striders of Lewes qualified 14 athletes for the ...
  
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  Seawitch Classic hosts 358 in Rehoboth Beach

  By Tim Bamforth - Nov 04
  Enos Benbow, 29, out of Georgetown easily won the 22nd Annual Seawitch Fall 5K Classic by running away from the field of 358 finishers in a time ...
  
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  400 runners will get their freak on for Seawitch 5K

  By Tim Bamforth - Oct 28
  An expected 400 runners, many dressed in costumes, will gather at The Grove Park for the 22nd Annual Seawitch 5K this Sunday, Oct. 30. The race ...
  
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  Seashore Striders snap at Landon Invitational

  By Tim Bamforth - Oct 21
  For the second year in a row, the Seashore Striders Cross Country team won both titles at the annual Landon Invitational in Bethesda, Md. The ...
  
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  Rehoboth’s Mary Beth Ellis finishes 15th at Hawaii Ironman

  By Tim Bamforth - Oct 14
  Pro triathlete Mary Beth Ellis was burned out and overtrained last year, wondering if her already excellent triathlon career, owning two Ironman ...
  
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  Striders host triple-event weekend

  By Tim Bamforth - Oct 07
  The Seashore Striders Team rebounded off their largest event, the Dogfish Dash, to host a triple-event weekend with the Sept. 30 Dolphin Dash 5K ...
  
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  Dogfish Dash unleashes 1,700 runners on Milton

  By Tm Bamforth - Sep 30
  A field of 1,710 runners entered, and just about 1,400 finished, this year’s sixth annual Dogfish Dash converging on the brewery in Milton last ...
  
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  Cork 10, triathlons, Dogfish make huge September for racing

  By Tim Bamforth - Sep 23
  The largest events at the beach are in September with the start of the triathlon season, the end of summer with the Bottle & Cork 1-Miler, and the ...
  
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  Record crowd set for Sept. 25 Dogfish Dash in Milton

  By Tim Bamforth - Sep 16
  The annual Dogfish Dash 5K and 10K events will be held Sunday morning, Sept. 25, in Milton with both events beginning at the Chestnut Street ...
  
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  Lake Invite, Treat the Beat on tap for Sept. 10 and 11

  By Tim Bamforth - Sep 09
  The Seashore Striders Racing Series wrapped up No. 21 with all results listed in Sept. 2's Cape Gazette as a record 130 runners qualified this ...
  
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  Striders wrap up 21st summer series

  By Tim Bamforth - Sep 02
  Year No. 21 is in the books with another successful Seashore Striders Championship Series completed with new records set in several categories. T...
  
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  315 compete in Race for the Paws run in Dewey

  By Tim Bamforth - Aug 26
  Jake Sitler, 22, of Shippensburg, Pa., ran away with the third Race for the Paws 5K in Dewey Beach, leading 315 participants to the finish line in ...
  
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  Home makeover charity run and walk takes off Aug.23

  By Tim Bamforth - Aug 19
  Excitement is in the air in the Cape Region with Ty and his "Extreme Makeover" crew coming to our community to make a difference for a lucky ...
  
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  Enos Benbow, Cindy Conant win 28th Annual Dam Mill 5K

  By Tim Bamforth - Aug 12
  Cindy Conant is 50 years old and hates when I announce her age. I feel she should love to be 50 and fast, because in reality she could be 50 and ...
  
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  Dan DeWitt and Cindy Conant lead 350 at Run for J.J.

  By Tim Bamforth - Aug 05
  A crowd of 350 athletes toed the line at last weekend’s Run for J.J. Memorial 5K in Rehoboth Beach to remember former lifeguard J.J. Stein of ...
  
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  Runners brave the heat at Lewes 5K and YMCA 5-Miler

  By Tim Bamforth - Jul 29
  Last weekend’s events, the first Lewes 5K on Saturday and the 29th YMCA 5-miler on Sunday, were the weather-related hottest events I have managed ...
  
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  Adventures continue in active state of Colorado

  By Tim Bamforth - Jul 22
  Last week I wrote to you from Pikes Peak as we journeyed through the state of Colorado, the state that leads the nation with the lowest obesity ...
  
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  Family vacation features skate parks and Pikes Peak

  By Tim Bamforth - Jul 15
  I write this column from a Hampton Inn Business Center in Denver, Colo., better known as a 10-by-10 room off the lobby with a couple of 12-inch ...
  
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  Marsh and Butterly win Dave Reynolds Biathlon

  By Tim Bamforth - Jul 08
  What a weekend it was for biathlon and triathlon racing. Here in Rehoboth Beach, the Dave Reynolds Biathlon, an event I have directed for 21 ...
  
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  Beach Paper 5K, Reynolds Biathlon bring fitness to area

  By Tim Bamforth - Jul 01
  The 21st Beach Paper Firecracker 5K will take off at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, July 2, from The Grove Park with an expected crowd of 300-plus runners ...
  
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  Nine complete Seashore Striders Triple Crown

  By Tim Bamforth - Jun 24
  The 2nd Annual Seashore Striders Triple Crown Series, consisting of three events, three consecutive days, in three different towns, was held June ...
  
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  Benbow, Dunn capture DFRC Irish Eyes 5K

  By Tim Bamforth - Jun 17
  The Irish Eyes 5K Run took to the streets from the popular Irish Eyes Restaurant in Lewes June 11 as the DFRC Blue-Gold All-Star 5K Run attracted ...
  
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  Running in the heat and what you should know

  By Tim Bamforth - Jun 10
  The most popular time of the year to run is the summer, which happens to be the hottest time of the year. Running and heat usually do not mix ...
  
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  Race for the Ribbon June 4, Dos Locos set June 5

  By Tim Bamforth - Jun 03
  It’s going to be a busy weekend in the running and racing community as the Race for the Ribbon will take place at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, June 4, at ...
  
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  1,000+ turn out for DE-Feet Breast Cancer 5K

  By Tim Bamforth - May 27
  Last year in its opening year, the DE-Feet Breast Cancer 5K and Walk attracted just over 500 participants, which set an all-time first-year record ...
  
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  Jake Bamforth, 13, wins Surf Bagel 5K in Lewes

  By Tim Bamforth - May 20
  Young runner Jake Bamforth, 13, Beacon Middle School eighth grader, pulled away from Cape Henlopen senior J.T. DiGuglielmo just past the 1-mile ...
  
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  Get toasted at Surf Bagel 5K/10K this weekend

  By Tim Bamforth - May 13
  The annual Surf Bagel 5/10K will kick off at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 14, at Cape Henlopen High School as participants will choose among the 6.2-mile ...
  
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  Hot middle school meet set for May 6 at Cape

  By Tim Bamforth - May 06
  My traveling race crew visited beautiful Oxford, Md., April 30 to produce the 11th Annual Oxford Day 10K Run. Doris Hicks, Amy Lindsey, Emily ...
  
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  Masser 5-Miler to kick off 21st summer series

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 29
  The 18th Annual Masser 5-Miler will kick off this year’s Seashore Striders Summer Racing Series with the event taking to the streets at 7:30 a.m., ...
  
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  Seashore Classic 5K, Half Marathon set for May 1

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 22
  The Beacon Middle School track and field team traveled north to Smyrna to take on the Eagles April 20. Both Beacon teams were victorious with ...
  
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  Cape track girls win two; boys win one, draw one

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 15
  The Lady Vikings continued their winning ways as they topped Polytech by a 104-38 margin and Seaford by a score of 123-13 in tri-meet victories ...
  
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  Downstate Mud Run comes to Milton April 16

  By Tim Bamforth - Apr 08
  The inaugural Downstate Delaware Dirty Dozen Mud Run is only a week away with 360 participants making up 120 teams in three divisions of male, ...
  
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  Tackling CR half marathon

  Apr 01
  Last weekend a great turnout showed up for the 48th Annual Citizens Bank Caesar Rodney Half Marathon in Wilmington with a whole host of locals ...
  
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  Boyd brothers cruise to finish in Wrightsville race

  Mar 25
  Aric and Jeremy Boyd, Cape graduates with Lewes ties, completed the Wrightsville Beach Half Marathon March 19, crossing the finish line together ...
  
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  Record turnout kicks off Eastern Shore 8-Pack

  Mar 18
  The annual St. Patrick’s Day 5K was held March 12 in Denton, Md., kicking off the new Maryland Eastern Shore 8-Pack Racing Series with a record ...
  
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  St. Patrick's Day races cover Rehoboth, Denton

  Mar 11
  The 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Shuffle 15K/5K combination, along with a children’s 1/4-mile Clover Dash, will take place at 9 a.m., ...
  
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  First DE Dirty Dozen Mud Run filling up fast

  Mar 10
  The Cape Vikings will kick off the outdoor track and field season this week with George Pepper leading the Cape girls and Charlie Pollard leading ...
  

• Schools start spring track

  By Tim Bamforth - Mar 04
  Cape track off and running The Cape Vikings will kick off the outdoor track and field season this week with George Pepper leading the Cape girls ...
  

• Striders offer four types of series in 2011

  Feb 25
  The Seashore Striders are gearing up for a year full of events as 65 are on the schedule in 16 cities on Delmarva. Runners love to race in events ...
  

• Cape girls finish fifth at indoor state track meet

  Feb 18
  The Cape Vikings indoor track teams made the trip north to the Delaware State Championships held Saturday, Feb. 12, at the University of Delaware. ...