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Jason Hinkle and Annie Monagle win Summer's End 5K

High humidity hampers fast times
Annie Monagle goes to the front to start the race and almost stays there. Monagle was a two-time All-American at Johns Hopkins while running on two NCAA championship teams. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Dave Frederick
September 5, 2014
Delaware Sports Hall of Fame runner Doug White (red shorts), now 72, continues to run at a high level, clocking 24:38.  White won the first Lewes Marathon in 2 hours and 35 minutes back in 1977. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Jason Hinkle wins the race with nobody breathing down his back. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Ross Moshier, right, just 13 years old and an eighth-grader at SAS, runs 22:49. Ross is mainly a soccer guy. He runs with Beth Reinhart, 34, from Allison Park, Pa. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Chris Andrews, 50, from Newark, runs 23:39. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Jack Vassalotti looks like a mutated green head coming out of the salt marsh. On closer inspection, it's just another crab beanie. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Steve Prestipino, months after successful brain surgery, looks like a cool cruiser heading toward the finish line in 29:47. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Gary Killmon, 59, of Bridgeville, runs 32:48. BY DAVE FREDERICK
John Neal, 76, left, and Rich Warshauer, 79,  a couple of endless summer guys, finish the race in 40 minutes. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Jimbo Lyons, 80, drives 90 minles to run five kilometers. All runners are slightly askew of the general population. BY DAVE FREDERICK

The Aug. 31 Summer's End 5K in Dewey didn’t end soon enough as 330  dripping but not drying runners endured high humidity and temperatures hot enough to fry a thawed chicken to satisfy their elective misery personal goals.

“Sweat doesn’t evaporate easily when the air is already saturated with moisture," said professor John Neal, a regular runner smarter than most meteorologists.

Jason Hinkle, 28, from York, Pa., no stranger to the beach running scene, won the race in 17:43 followed by Steven Eshelman, 21, from Lincoln in 18:05.

Annie Monagle, 23, from Baltimore, Md., blazed to an 18:06 clocking and third overall. Cindy Conant, 53, from Kensington, Mass., was second on the women’s leaderboard in 20:01.

Monagle is an assistant  cross country coach at Johns Hopkins University.

Just eight runners managed to go under 20 minutes in the challenging conditions.

Some notable times run by locals included John Tadler, 26, 22:43; Ross Moshier, 13, 22:49; Mike Firch, 45, 23:19; John Neal, 76, 40:07; and Rich Warshauer, 79, 40:19.

Jimbo Lyons, 80 years old from Onley, Va., who drove 90 miles to run three miles, completed the course in 42:52.

The 38th annual Bottle and Cork 10 Miler/5K will start at 8 a.m., Saturday Sept. 6. The 10-mile race starts on the Dagsworthy Avenue beach side while the 5K will start on the bay side of Dagsworthy.

 

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