Valentine's Day 5K
in Ocean Springs, MS

Running Bear said the other day that the traffic statistics for the Pine Belt
Pacers web page was showing that it was a magnet that was drawing thousands of visitors from all over the world.  Well, because the PBP club web page has reached new heights of international popularity, the race report for the Valentine's Day 5K will be post in a multilingual fashion in honor to our
beloved readers.
 
OK, here we go!... Le jour 5k des Valentine a eu lieu dedans Ocean Springs, MS le samedi 10 février.  It was a beautiful, sunny but cold day.  Alors que la
température était plus qu'agréable au départ, avec le soleil et un beau ciel
bleu.  Mehr als 200 Leute sorgten sich das Rennen.  La carrera tuvo lugar en el parque Gulf Island National Seashore.  Pine Belt Pacer Leonard Vergunst était le global gagnant.  Leonard setzte sich in 17:13.  Antes de continuar y para su información incluiré la popular expresión de Valentine's Day "Te Amo" en differentes idiomas: Ek is lief vir jou. Te dua Afekrishalehou Ana Behibek Nere Maitea. I mog di narrisch gern Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi. Lakh tirikh Namumutan ta ka. Obicham te kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Bon sro lanh oon Ngo oi ney. Wo ie ni miluji te Jeg elsker dig Ik hou van jou Mina armastan sind Tora dust midaram Ik zie oe geerne Mina" rakastan sinua. Ik bin fereale op dy Ta gra agam ort Ich liebe Dich I mog Di ganz arg! S' Aloha wau ia 'oe ayapo Tane Prem Karoo Choo. Ani ohev at Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon Wa ai lu Nu' umi unangwa'ta Szeretlek te'ged Saya cinta padamu ?g elska ßig taim i' ngra leat Kimi o ai shiteru Men seny jaksy kuremyn. Nakupenda Tangsinul sarang ha yo Ez te hezdikhem Khoi huk chau. Es Tev milu Nalingi yo Ash miliu tave Aheri Saya cintakan awak Wo ai ni Konoronhkwa Ayor anosh'ni Niyakutanda Jeg elsker deg Muje se mu habbat hai Tora dost daram Mahal Kita Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie Te iu besc Ya lyublyu tebya. Ja te volim Ndinokuda Techihhila Jag a"lskar dig Ch'ha di ga"rn Mahal kita Gwa ai lee. Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren Phom Rak Khun Ha eh bak Seni seviyorum! Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai Anh ye^u em Ik hou van jou Yr wyf i yn dy garu di. Ikh hob dikh lib Ezhele hezdege Tom ho' ichema 
Auf Wiedersehen!
 
General Translation and Summary:  It was a nice day for the Valentine's Day race.  Pine Belt Pacer Leonard Vergunst was the overall winner in 17:13.  The final results look very similar to those from the YMCA Winter Classic 2 weeks ago.  Thus, Bill Gasparrini took the Grand Master title and other Pacers such as Phillip Wedgeworth, Ed Wheeler, Bob Clark, and Ron Williams placed in their age groups.  Of course, as usual I was the only club member who did not get even close to an award!  In fact, I made a wrong turn in Goverment Street, got lost, and arrived to the park 10 minutes after the start time.  Anyway, I just ran the course for fun and finished it in 22:34.  Everything about the organization by the Gulf Coast Running Club was great.  The only little concern... they forgot to bring coffee this time!!  :)  © Pijume Diwesi See results.
Picture 1 Leonard and Marie tabulate the results
Picture 2 Bob and Nancy's workout crew
Picture 3 Grandmasters Nancy Phillips, Masters Renee Hill, and Overall Winner Emily Bodin
Picture 4 Overall Winner Leonard Vergunst, Grandmasters Bill Gassparini, and Masters Pete Prichard
Picture 5 Winning Racewalkers Carolyn Graham and Terry Brandenburg
Picture 6 Winning One Miler   
Picture 7 One-Milers
Picture 8 Matthew Emerick and Troy Vincent
Picture 9 TomPfleefer, Pat Cycyk, and Wayne Snow
Picture 10 Ed Wheeler, Paul Wetterer, and Guy Truett (Note Guy wears a Christmas shirt to a Valentine's Day race. Well at least it is red.)
Picture 11 Bob Clark and Phillip Wedgeworth
Picture 12 Marie Brandenburg and Rhonda Lattimer
Picture 13 Nestor, who showed up a little late and still didn't get Colombian coffee
Picture 14 William Monroe, Ron Williams, and Jim Taylor (Paul Horning and Bart Starr couldn't make it)
Picture 15 Winning Valentine team in open division
Picture 16 Winning Valentine team in combined ages over 80.
Picture 17 Winning Valentine team in combined ages over 100. Phillip has most of those years, and Nancy is the cute, young chick.
Picture 18 Second Place team in combined ages over 100. Bob has 80 of those years.
Picture 19 Two good looking young girls and two old guys
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