Lee Heidhues 5.22.2023
My neighbor Joseph Grovers is a dedicated long distance runner.
A years long runner in high school, college and now an active competitive runner. His latest exploit was being part of a “Centipede” team in this year’s Bay to Breakers. His team finished third in the competition with a sub 40 minute time in the nearly eight mile race across San Francisco. A link to a video clip of Joseph’s team climbing “Hellish Hayes Street” is attached.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1660705795405914112
Joseph Grovers 5.22.2023 – Special to Lee’s Perspective
The members of our Centipede line-up:
Zach Litoff, Josh Rosenkranz, Simon Ricci, Jonathan Charlesworth, Richard Skogsberg, Tristan Santos, Brody Barkan, Joseph Grovers, Franklin Rice, Ben Eversole, Quinn Todzo, Michael Roberts, Jason Karbelk, Ryan Somerfield, Will Goodness.
We’re all runners who ran collegiately to some extent, whether club cross country / track, or NCAA team. And we all now reside in San Francisco, practice with & compete for West Valley Track Club.
WVTC had a B Centipede on the men’s side, a centipede for the women(dressed in a Doggy Diner theme, paying homage to the dog heads on JFK and former SF restaurant chain)
I’m a Bay Area native, from Newark specifically. I ran while at Newark Memorial, then continued competing in cross country and track at UC Davis, for the club team.
After Davis, I returned home to the Bay Area and trained independently. After a few years, I joined West Valley Track Club in San Francisco.
Top photo. Joseph’s Centipede team cruises down JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park near the DeYoung Museum
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