Rising junior Jon Kittredge had
a race that was a “work of art” the other night in Hartford. Kitt won the CFA
Society Hartford Corporate 5K on Thursday night. His official time was 15:55
and according to various measurements the course may have been long, with his
extrapolated time perhaps being 15:34. No matter. Either way, it’s a PR, and
that’s great news for him (and for us) entering preseason with big goals. Kitt
opted to forgo his Marist singlet in favor of this way-too-cool Bob Ross
singlet. For those who don’t know who Bob Ross was (oddly enough, I do!), he
had a cult following on PBS for his painting for beginners classes. With the magic
of YouTube, he has a renewed audience for his quirky, mesmerizing way of
teaching us how to paint. As I type this, on my back porch, next to me are a
few Bob Ross-inspired paintings that my kids did while watching him last year.
The “Bob Ross phase” was definitely one of many during the pandemic. In fact!
Some of the Bob Ross-inspired paintings actually hung in my daughter’s dorm
room during her freshman year up there.
Anyway, according to Strava and
to Kitt’s post-race texts, his mile splits were 4:44 (yikes! downhill!), 5:12,
5:06. His dad Chuck was there to cheer him on. And! He ran into/met Marist Running
Alum Jillian (Corley) Winterkorn. Jillian lives in Shelton, Conn., now. She was
first in her age group (30-39), third in the women’s race and 14th
overall in a strong time of 20:06 (6:30 pace). Very cool when different
generations of Marist Running can connect like that.
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