Former NCAA qualifier
Chris Cipro took a stab at the marathon over the weekend placing 12th
in the Baltimore Running Festival Marathon. His debut at the distance was clocked in 2:53:57 which is very impressive considering he spends more time teaching 3rd graders and coaching high schoolers in Bellefonte than training these days. It will be a quick turnaround for Cipro as he is expected to race with the Alumni Team this friday at the Penn State National (more to come on that later). Also earning a 12th place finish on Saturday was former Penn Stater
Stephanie Pezzullo with a 2:38:04 in the prestigious Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Hell of a run for the girl known as "Pezz".
Results here for Chicago,
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| Looks like it was a painful final 8 miles |
As Chris and Stephanie were running the streets of B'more and Chi-Town other PSU Track Alums reunited for a great homecoming tailgate and
football game.
Steve and Beth Shisler stopped by to stick it to the young guns in a
game of stump. Concerns about the weather were unfounded as the day turned out to be gorgeous and good times were had by all.
My better half finished the Baltimore 1/2 Marathon as training for her upcoming Dopey Challenge (5K/10K/0.5 Marathon/Marathon). She only had to jump over 1 rat the whole way, a vast improvement over previous years.
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