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Go from the couch to a 5K in just 10 weeks

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
Most want-to-be runners make the same mistake youth runners make when it comes to getting started...

Ugly Sweater 5K brings the holiday spirit

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The inaugural Redemption City Ugly Sweater 5K was held Dec. 17 at Cape Henlopen State Park,...

Record crowd turns out for Run With Santa 5K

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The 18th annual Run With Santa 5K took to the Cape Henlopen State Park trails Dec. 10, setting a...

Seashore marathon, half-marathon draw 2,600 runners

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Rehoboth Beach Running Company Seashore Marathon and Half Marathon came to town last weekend...

Seashore Marathon invades Rehoboth Beach

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Rehoboth Beach Seashore Marathon and Half Marathon comes to town this weekend with a nearly...

Local cross country runners compete in national...

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The high school and middle school cross country seasons are over, which means one thing: the...

Strong turnout for two inaugural races

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The inaugural Nicola Pizza 5K Run/Walk was held Nov. 11 from Nicola Pizza in Lewes to benefit Home...

Sussex Academy girls win Henlopen cross country title

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
Coach Jay Diaz and his Sussex Academy girls’ cross country team squeezed out a two-point win over...

700 runners compete in middle school meet

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Beacon Middle School cross country teams demonstrated the true meaning of pack running Nov. 1,...

Sussex Academy girls, Cape boys win Sussex cross...

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Sussex Academy and Cape Henlopen cross country teams came away with team titles at the Sussex...

Sparacino and Dalton win Ashley Furio 5K

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
A nice field of 372 turned out for the Ashley Furio 5K Run/Walk Oct. 14 at Crooked Hammock Brewery...

Cape cross country trampled by Riders

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Cape cross country teams traveled to Brecknock Park in Camden Oct. 11 to take on the tough...

Cape boys’ cross country wins Tidewater Fall Classic

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Cape boys’ cross country team put together its best team showing Oct. 4 at the 51st annual...

1,400 runners dash through streets of Milton

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Dogfish Dash 3.82-mile off-centered road race took to the streets of Milton Sept. 24 with 1,930...

Stop, Drop & Run draws racers to Paradise Grill

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The eighth annual Paradise Grill Stop, Drop & Run 5K was held Sept. 17 in Long Neck, and...

Large field turns out for Run, White and Blue 5K

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
A nice field and the third-largest crowd turned out in Georgetown Sept. 7 for the 10th annual Run,...

Prediction 5K gives everyone a chance to win

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
One of the most unusual road races in the year was held Sept. 2 in Rehoboth Beach, as 154...

Last Blast Prediction 5K set Sept. 2 in Rehoboth

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
One of the most extraordinary road races in the year takes place at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 2,...

Record crowd of 331 turns out for Fire Fightin’ 5K

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
What a better cause to have a road race event than a fire company fundraiser. Last Sunday morning...

Memories surround Maggie’s Mile at Cape

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
Seashore Striders hosted the third annual Maggie’s Mile Aug. 11 at Cape Henlopen High School’s...

Run for JJ 5K is still a premier race in Delaware

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The Run for JJ 5K will be held Sunday, Aug. 13, to close the 32nd edition of the summer racing...

Brokaw twins compete in Oregon ironman

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
Cape Henlopen graduate Grace Brokaw finished 23rd in the 25-29 division and 241st among female...

Run for the Paws 5K set for Aug. 5 in Dewey

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The 10th event in the Seashore Striders Summer Championship Series will be the 15th annual Run for...

Runners rumble around Cape campus for Bill Degnan 5K

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
West Chester, Pa. runner Owen Parsons, 15, took off early to the front of the pack July 16 at the...

Beebe Heroes 5K draws record numbers

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The fourth annual Beebe Heroes 5K was held July 9 in Lewes hosted by Irish Eyes, and when the dust...

Saxton wins his third Dave Reynolds Biathlon

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
Dover High School graduate Sean Saxton won his third Dave Reynolds Biathlon July 2 in Rehoboth...

Jungle Jim’s 5K draws near-record field

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The popular Jungle Jim’s 5K Splash was held last weekend, June 24. It’s the only race where you can...

30 runners complete Triple Crown Series

Tim Bamforth
2 years ago
The 33rd Father’s Day 5K finished up a busy weekend of running in the resort area, with more than...

Three races in three days in three towns

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Father’s Day 5K has been a family affair for the 33 years it has been in production in Rehoboth...

Think twice before running in poor air quality

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
On Thursday morning, I checked a cool site called airnow.gov. It is one of the weather sites I...

Mike Wardian wins Masser Five-Miler

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Dr. Lee Masser was an icon in the Cape Region running scene. Wherever he went to race, he was well...

A blizzard of runners do the DQ Dash on Lewes Beach

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Five years ago, Dairy Queen’s queen Ashley Diehl organized the DQ Dash to raise mondy for the Go...

Masser 5-Miler kicks off Seashore Striders Racing...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The 33rd edition of the Seashore Striders Racing Series will kick off with the 30th annual Masser 5...

Track teams head to Henlopen Conference Championships

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Cape track & field teams head to the Henlopen Conference Championships May 11-12 at Lake...

Cape track teams win Henlopen North titles

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Cape track & field teams went 2-0 at the Senior Day meet against Smyrna and Dover May 2, to...

Cape runners take on Penn Relays

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Vikings will make their traditional trip north to the Penn Relays this week. Cape has competed...

Downstate runners take on Boston Marathon

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
A group of 10 downstate Delaware runners made the trip to Beantown to take part in the 26.2-mile...

Sussex County runners heading to Beantown

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The 127th Boston Marathon will take place Monday, April 17, featuring nearly 30,000 athletes from...

Beacon girls’ track wins Jim Blades Invitational

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Beacon girls’ track and field team captured the Jim Blades Invitational March 31, with a half-...

Ryan Baker among the best 5K runners in state history

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Senior Ryan Baker put together a race in the rain March 22 that etched his name among the top all-...

Tim Kennard River Run brings many local runners to...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The 18th annual Tim Kennard 10-miler took to the streets of Salisbury, Md., March 19, bringing...

A trip down indoor track memory lane

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The 30th annual indoor track & field banquet was held Monday at Padua Academy in Wilmington,...

Furlong runs 100 miles in 24 hours

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Gavin Furlong, a local runner, member of the Seashore Striders and coach at Sussex Academy, began a...

Blue Ribbon Run-A-Thon raises awareness about...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Gavin Furlong, a local runner, Seashore Striders member and Sussex Academy coach, will attempt to...

Memories of ‘The Chief’ in early Rehoboth running days

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Former college and high school basketball coach Bruce Springer attended the Delaware Sportswriters...

Cape boys win Henlopen Conference track title

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Henlopen Conference Track & Field Championships were held Feb. 8-9 at University of...

Cape’s Fletcher and Baker win indoor state titles

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The DIAA Track & Field State Championships were held Feb. 4 at the Prince George’s Sports...

Delaware indoor track championships set this weekend...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Delaware Indoor Track & Field State Championships will be held Saturday, Feb. 4 in Landover...

Ryan Baker sets Cape record for indoor 1,600

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Senior Ryan Baker, coming off a freshly set two-mile record last week, etched his name again on the...

Baker, Kuhlman break indoor records at Virginia...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Katie Kuhlman, fresh off her new indoor 1,600-meter record at Ocean Breeze, wasted little time...

Katie Kuhlman sets new indoor record in 1,600 meters

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Cape senior Katie “KK” Kuhlman has been the top distance runner since she arrived at the high...

Kicking off a 12-month fitness challenge

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
During the COVID year when all races were virtual, I organized two challenges. The first was an...

Start 2023 with the Couch to 5K in 10 weeks

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Most want-to-be runners make the same mistake youth runners make when it comes to getting started...

Merry Christmas from the Seashore Striders

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Merry Christmas to my Cape running readers. Each year, I like to leave a little present under the...

Cape boys win Pat Russo indoor track meet

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
Cape indoor track traveled to Snow Hill, Md., for the Pat Russo Invitational Dec. 14, with the Cape...

Remembering longtime Seashore Striders runner Mike...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Seashore Striders lost one of its longtime runners this week as Mike Richardson, 75, passed...

Marathon mania hits Cape Region this weekend

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
I teamed up with Marybeth Evans of Rehoboth Beach Running Company 15 years ago to create the...

Four Seashore Striders youth runners earn All...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The Seashore Striders youth cross country team made its 32nd trip to the Cross Country Coaches...

Rehoboth Seashore Marathon sold out at 3,000 runners

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
In just over two weeks, it will feel like summer in the Nation’s Summer Capital again as the...

Youth Seashore Striders runners compete in East...

Tim Bamforth
3 years ago
The high school cross country season will wrap up this Saturday at Killens Pond with the DIAA State...