The PRT men’s team, back in black, showed up in impressive numbers at the Mizuno-sponsored Coronado Valentines Day 10k, the first team-focus event of the year. Thirteen men, both open and masters, finished the race, and the theme of the day may have been team pack running. The top four PRT men took 7th through 10th place (Derek Bradley, Daniel Seidel, Alex Phipps, Daniel Farmer), all of them running sub-33 minutes by working together through the tough middle miles. If current trends continue, we might see a sub-32 minute 10k on this course next year from one or more guys.
Not far behind were Andrew Corman (33:17) and Luis de la Vega (33:30), and another PRT pack took 20th through 23rd (Mario Fraioli, Brian Culley, Michael Daly, and Alec Fillmore). Also running were Robert Verhees (35:08), Matt Sheremata (36:38), and Gerard Reski (38:40). Full results are available here.
The Carlsbad 5000, held on April 7, was host to some further strong performances from the PRT men, across various age groups and competing on various teams—open, masters, and mixed. The men’s A Team (Daniel Seidel, Daniel Farmer, Alex Phipps, Derek Bradley) claimed second place, losing to CalCoast (by a measly seven seconds!). The men’s B Team (Chuck McKeown, Dan Mansfield, and James Fieberg) took third, with a collective time of 51:46.
In the masters men’s division, the team of Brian Culley, Robert Verhees, Matt Sheremata, Gerard Reski, and Chris Hupfield took third place, while the mixed A (Michael Daly, Luis de la Vega) and mixed B (Alec Fillmore, Stephen Moxey) took second and third place, respectively. Full team results are available here.
The next team-focus event, the inaugural Fast Times 5k on April 21, was a clear victory for the PRT men. Led by Fernando Blanco with a 15:21, the men took the team title, with an average top-three time of 15:39 (Dan Seidel and Andy Corman running 15:46 and 15:51, respectively). Captain Brian Culley ran 16:25, and Dan Mansfield had a strong race, running 16:35.
At the Encinitas Sports Festival Bloom Natural Health 5k, Derek Bradley led wire to wire along the picturesque course, and won in a convincing 15:26. Dan Seidel was second in 15:37, followed by Dan Mansfield (16:35), Chuck McKeown (16:41), and Steve Moxey (16:54), all of whom placed in the top ten.
In recent days, we saw outstanding performances from Mike Daly, who ran 2:47 at the Rock N Roll San Diego Marathon, and from Fernando Blanco, who ran a blistering 1:10:40 in the half marathon, a two-minute PR and a breakthrough performance.
Happy training, everyone, and see you at the Scripps 10k on July 4!
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