Phoenix Running Club

Congratulations to Joey Gargaro and Mary Gargaro for their results in the West Van 10K last Sunday! Joey finished in 42:47 and Mary in an excellent age-category time of 55:29.

News for Phoenix Running Club's former members and page followers: On Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, the club had its final AGM. At that time we decided to officially close down the club after 26 years. Our activities included running in Mundy Park and at local tracks, hosting the Pinetree Cross Country Meet, and competing throughout the Lower Mainland and beyond. I would like to thank all those former members who contributed so much to the Phoenix Running Club, especially John and... Heather Taylor, John Woodcock, George Gluppe, Cathy Reis, Larry Lorette, Jim Thomson, and Simrin Purhar. Some of us will continue to meet at Mundy Park on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. for walks and runs. Contact me for more information. I will continue to post on this page to follow the running activities of our former members. Parkrun came to Mundy Park in August, 2019, and it's been great to see many Phoenix ex-members there! Nancy Tinari

Here are the leaders just after the start of today's Mundy parkrun. You can see Joey Gargaro, Nancy Tinari and Mary Gargaro behind him, and former Phoenix track man Warren McCulloch on the right. Wendy Young in black is hard to see beside a lady with a bright turquoise jacket. Warren was third overall with his best time out of three parkruns. Joey went out hard from the start and did a very respectable time of 22:38 to finish fifth. Nancy was sixth, but way behind Joey in 23:43.

Joey Gargaro went out hard with the lead pack today, and ended up in 5th place with a solid time of 22:38.

Warren McCulloch is a runner again! Third place finish at today's Mundy parkrun.