2008 Roxbury Race #23

3.95 miles - Jeep trail

August 9, 2008

8:30 am - 65 degrees, glorious, sunny and mild

   

A. Levy by a second

or maybe half a second

    Right from the start, a big bunch of people took off like they were in a hurry.  This wasn't too surprising because the first two miles of this week's 3.95 mile Jeep Trail course are among the easiest two miles we run.  It's almost all down hill, not too steep, and the footing is good.

    When it all sorted out, it was a near-photo finish with birthday boy Andrew Levy (turned 21) and Jeff Sheldon recording the same time, but with Andrew the first one across the finish line for his third win of the season.

    John Hirsch recorded a rare (for him) third place finish, approximately a minute and a half back.  He usually runs Roxbury a couple of times a year, and he usually wins.  

    The next cluster of runners were a couple of those "Ishmael" folks we mentioned last week, Zach Wortman and Paul Malek.

    Mary Schafer edged Dawn Reibling by just eleven seconds to win among the women.  They finished 16th and 17th, respectively.

Now and Then (May 17)

    We last ran this course on May 17.  Pat Dennen won that day in 21:52, 29 seconds faster than this week's winner, Andrew Levy.  Fourteen people ran both times.  Among them, Bob Lewis showed the most improvement, 3:29, while Scott Benjamin slowed down the most, 55 seconds.  The average improvement between then and now was 44 seconds.  Wendy Carlson was closest to the average improvement, 49 seconds faster.  Nate Mahrer was most consistent, slowing by just one second, edging Lynn Zuback (3 seconds slower), Briand Gildea (5 seconds slower) and Joe Mendes (6 seconds slower) for the honor of being most consistent.

    Complete Now and Then statistics are at the very bottom of the page, after all the Points Standings statistics.

Running in traffic

    The Fossil was reminded of ten or fifteen years ago when he ran with the Brookfield High School Cross Country team about once a week.  They Marty Sauer was their coach, and they were a pretty good team, back in the days of the Western Connecticut Conference.  They were a high-spirited group with a lot of talent (and the Fossil was still fast enough to keep up with them) and they liked to joke around while they were running.

    There wasn't much traffic, but what impressed the Fossil was how, whenever there was traffic, those boys from Brookfield would instantly stop the joking and run single file in a safe line at the edge of the road.  Nobody had to call out.  They were all paying attention, despite the joking, and they knew what to do.  All the time.

    What brought back this old memory was a couple of weeks ago when the Fossil was running with another group of high school runners.  There were about ten of us, six high schoolers and four others, spread out across half a lane as we went past Booth Free School.  A car came south from the Monument, and someone called "Car up!" as we do.  The four others lined up in single file, just like we're supposed to do.  And the six high schoolers?  They were already lining up at the call of "Car up!"

    They know the Fossil's  rules of running:  The second one is "Have fun," but the first one is "Be safe."

    We old guys have a thing or two to learn about safety from these kids.

People    

    WebGuy does name changes. If you want to change your name, you can spend a couple of hundred dollars on a probate judge, or you can drop an eMail to the WebGuy and he'll try to fix it where it really matters, on the Roxbury web pages.  He can also change your age or your time, and every once in a while he even does a sex change.

    Dawn Reibling ran her first-ever Roxbury Race this week, but she found that there were a number of people who already knew her.  Mike Abraham was one of her teachers at New Milford High School, and the Fossil  lives across the street from her father.  It turns out that Dawn is pretty fast.  We hope we see her again.

    Roxbury races inspire rivalries.  One of this year's hottest ones is between the points leader the Fossil's and his nearest competition, Jolting Joe Mendes.  On the one hand, the Fossil  has actually beaten Joe three times this season in almost twenty attempts, but when he wins, he wins by a margin.  On the other hand, ten of Joe's wins over the Fossil, including this week's thrashing, have been by just one place.  

    The Bob Lewis - Scott Benjamin rivalry is similar.  Scott beat Bob by only one place, 13 seconds this week, and they both have perfect attendance.  Scott leads the season rivalry by a fairly decisive 18-5, and that's enough for him to build up a margin of almost 100 points in the Prestigious Roxbury Point System.

    Are there any other rivalries you want to tell us about?

Pictures

    Up top, Scott Benjamin gives the safety warning.  Chuck Rocca and Erik Gundel lurk in the background.  Then Al Mletzko and Corinne Bellemare join the Hall of Fame.  All the other pictures already have captions.

     The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com.  For information contact Bob Lewis at ctstaterunner (at) yahoo (dot) com, or at 203 240 0162.

Last week's results (6.7 miles Ranney Hill-Painter Ridge)       

Next week (when available) (5.0 miles - Apple Lane-Squire Road 

 

 

This week's results

 
place time name age pace per mile
1 22.21 Andrew Levy 21  B       5.39
2 22.21 Jeff Sheldon 28 5.39
3 24.05 John Hirsch 33 6.06
4 24.53 Zach Wortman 17 6.18
5 24.59 Paul Malek 16 6.19
6 25.16 Scott Holmes 47 6.24
7 25.44 Adam Levy 23 6.31
8 26.23 Joe Mendes 42 6.41
9 26.46 Ed Sandifer 56 6.47
10 27.20 Mike Abraham 49 6.55
11 28.09 Jeff Tindell 58 7.08
12 28.13 Mark Zerbe 48 7.09
13 28.20 Don Smith 64 7.10
14 28.43 Brian Gildea 47 7.16
15 29.09 John Richers 53 7.23
16 29.14 Mary Schafer 33 7.24
17 29.25 Dawn Riebeling 23 7.27
18 29.31 Chris Morcone 7.28
19 29.42 Nate Mahrer 36 7.31
20 30.29 Ross Levy 57 7.43
21 30.55 Erik Gundel 21 7.50
22 31.18 David Mariani 44 7.55
23 31.20 Larry Deming 51 7.56
24 31.24 P.J. Scappatura 14 7.57
25 31.25 Bruce Goulart 58 7.57
26 31.47 Scott Benjamin 50 8.03
27 32.00 Bob Lewis 43 8.06
28 33.20 Lynn Zuback 42 8.26
29 33.35 Mario Hasz 59 8.30
30 34.15 John Murphy Jr 58 8.40
31 34.28 Sid Phadnis 16 8.44
32 34.55 Bob Satterlee 59 8.50
33 37.01 Wendy Carlson   9.22
34 38.25 Jeanne Bartkus 49 9.44
35 41.17 Sharon Gawe 55 10.27
36 41.47 Charlie Euston 64 10.35
37 43.44 Shannon Bartkus 14 11.04
38 45.32 LeeAnne Zarger 54 11.32
39 48.44 Janet Levy 54 12.20
40 49.49 Ron Karl 67 12.37

  Alternate courses

 
place name age distance time
41 Mo van Moffaert 48 2.40 ?
42 Amanda Deming 10 0.41 4.23
43 Chloe Karl 63 ? ?

 

 

 

Deming Brothers, Chris and Larry

 

Four colorful outfits, one far too colorful.

 

Current points standings

 

Week 23

 

    There was action in the Top Ten this week.  Chuck Rocca missed the race and got passed by Brian Gildea and David Mariani.  At the same time, Brian passed David, so the order 6-7-8 last week is 8-7-6 this week.  Word is that Rocca will be missing a couple more races this month and is worried about falling from the Top Ten.

 

    We welcome six rookies this week, bringing the total number of different people who have run at Roxbury this season to 230.  The total attendance stands at 1068.  These two numbers together, taken over the course of the season, are a measure of how popular the races are  We also welcome four new Centurions, Ross Levy, Taylor Phillips. Paul Malek and Sean Kerton.  So far this year, 77 runners have reached that 100-point milestone and have earned the right to be called "Centurions."

 

    In the table below, runners who have not missed a race yet this year are marked with a *.  Rookies, those running their first Roxbury race of the season, are marked with an "R", and people reaching 100-point milestones are marked with a C.  People whose ages were different this week than they were in our data base are marked with a B.  If everything in the data base works perfectly, this means they had a birthday recently, but we know the data base isn't perfect. Other symbols and doodads may be added later in the season. 

 

now last change points

name

 age div races C wins star
1 1 0 986 Ed Sandifer 56 23 *
2 2 0 923 Joe Mendes 42 22 C
3 3 0 858 Dan Lynch 46 21
4 4 0 831 Lou Denaro 48 17
5 5 0 798 Chris Deming 41 18 5
6 8 2 686 Brian Gildea 47 18
7 7 0 682 David Mariani 44 20
8 6 -2 672 Chuck Rocca 35 18
9 9 0 662 Mary Schafer 33 F 18   15  
10 10 0 649 Scott Benjamin 50 23 *
11 11 0 607 Mark Zerbe 49 18 C
12 13 1 583 Nate Mahrer 36 17
13 12 -1 570 Russ Pribanic 54 18
14 14 0 550 Bob Lewis 43 23 *
15 15 0 542 Larry Deming 51 22
16 16 0 516 Matt Cappiello 43 10
17 20 3 468 Jeff Tindell 58 12
18 18 0 465 Bruce Goulart 58 12
19 17 -2 448 Paul Butler 50 18
20 22 2 438 Mario Hasz 59 18
21 19 -2 436 Steve Haas 52 9
22 21 -1 431 Joe Whelan 43 8 2
23 26 3 395 Jeff Sheldon 28 9 6
24 23 -1 392 Bob Satterlee 59 21
25 24 -1 357 Tom Dever 55 11
26 25 -1 353 Harry Ong 68 13
27 27 0 335 Brian Vanderheiden 38 9
28 31 3 331 Lynn Zuback 42 F 15   1  
29 28 -1 331 Ray Fico 42 10
30 29 -1 326 Paul Courtney 45 21
31 35 4 323 Mike Abraham 49 8 C
32 30 -2 319 John Whalen 42 7
33 32 -1 308 Jon Binzen 51 8
34 33 -1 296 Dudley Ong 7 O 11      
35 34 -1 293 Dave Harvey 44 6
36 39 3 286 Scott Holmes 47 6 B
37 36 -1 262 Theresa Oria 41 F 16
38 37 -1 261 Nora Hulton 44 F 9 1
39 38 -1 250 Chris Childs 49 6
40 46 6 235 Andrew Levy 21 5 BC 3
41 40 -1 229 John Adomelis 53 5
42 45 3 223 Don Smith 64 6 BC
43 48 5 215 Adam Levy 23 5 C
44 41 -3 214 Mo van Moffaert 48 F 14
45 42 -3 205 Ed Moros 60 9
46 43 -3 203 Mike Taylor 42 4
47 47 0 198 John Murphy Jr 58 7
48 44 -4 189 Kurt Thoennessen 29 9
49 62 13 179 Paul Malek 16 4
50 49 -1 174 Louis Garguilo 30 3
51 50 -1 172 Pat Moore 46 F 12
52 54 2 171 Sharon Gawe 55 F 12
53 51 -2 171 Theresa Krebs 38 F 5 2
54 55 1 169 Charlie Euston 63 17
55 52 -3 169 Cindy Scannell 50 F 7 1
56 53 -3 166 Tom McNulty 42 6
57 56 -1 157 Bob Moore 50 8
58 60 2 152 LeeAnne Zarger 54 F 15
59 57 -2 152 Katie Neils 15 F 6
60 58 -2 151 Rosie Morehouse 5 O 3
61 59 -2 148 Andrew Morehouse 41 3
62 73 11 148 John Hirsch 33 3 B 2
63 69 6 143 Ross Levy 57 5
64 61 -3 141 Alissa Pajer 21 F 3 3
65 63 -2 130 Prasama Sangkachand 49 F 16
66 74 8 128 Erik Gundel 21 5
67 64 -3 124 John Porges 40 3
68 65 -3 124 Taylor Phillips 17 3
69 89 20 124 Zach Wortman 17 3 C
70 66 -4 123 Brittany Ronan 17 5
71 67 -4 120 Brian Solt 35 7
72 68 -4 117 Chris Powderly 56 6
73 70 -3 113 Sean Kerton 17 3
74 71 -3 112 Michael Hicks 39 8
75 72 -3 111 Scott Bussom 29 2
76 79 3 102 Ron Karl 67 13 C
77 75 -2 101 Roderic McGahren 39 4
78 76 -2 101 David Dion 17 2
79 77 -2 100 Dan Lamb 46 3
80 78 -2 95 Jim Little 54 10
81 80 -1 94 Kevin Curley 27 2 1
82 94 12 90 Wendy Carlson F 5
83 81 -2 89 John Kane 56 3
84 82 -2 88 Dan Decrescenco 17 1 1
85 83 -2 87 Craig Hunt 17 1
86 84 -2 86 Jay McGorty 16 1
87 90 3 85 Amanda Deming 10 F 14
88 85 -3 85 Dan Watson 17 1
89 86 -3 84 Zack Krause 16 1
90 87 -3 83 Mark Losacco 39 2
91 88 -3 81 Doug Lee 47 2
92 91 -1 76 Eric Myhill 41 3
93 92 -1 76 Evan Wright 15 1
94 93 -1 75 Michele Westervelt 38 F 5
95 95 0 75 Unknown 3
96 96 0 75 Connor Greene 16 1
97 97 0 73 Terri Lee 44 F 2
98 98 0 72 Steve Benoit 55 2
99 99 0 71 Neil Walsh 18 1
100 100 0 70 Chris Zarzycki 52 3
101 101 0 70 Mike Piersal 15 1
102 102 0 68 Michael Croft 30 1
103 117 14 66 Jeanne Bartkus 49 F 5
104 103 -1 66 Heather Whalen 43 F 4
105 104 -1 65 Patrick Firmender 15 1
106 105 -1 64 Collin Deming 8 9
107 106 -1 63 Patrick O'Brien 16 1
108 107 -1 62 Al Mletzko 66 6
109 108 -1 61 Sarah Whalen 12 F 3
110 109 -1 61 Kenny Heyne 14 1
111 110 -1 60 Jon Ong 44 2
112 111 -1 60 Alessandro Criollo 16 1
113 112 -1 58 Brittany Moore 16 F 1
114 113 -1 57 Lily Horton 16 F 1
115 114 -1 56 Mark Andrejczyk 35 1
116 115 -1 55 Nina Oria 14 F 3
117 116 -1 54 Kyle Hobbs 16 1
118 118 0 52 Glenn van Moffaert 19 1
119 119 0 52 Kelsey Maikay 17 F 1
120 120 0 52 Mike Szerkowicz 18 1
121 121 0 51 Garrett Derringer 15 1 1
122 122 0 50 Ken Levalle 18 1
123 123 0 50 Pat Hall 52 F 1
124 124 0 49 Jack Whalen 10 3
125 125 0 49 Mia Myhill 5 O 2
126 126 0 49 Jim Lee 49 1
127 127 0 48 Bob Derringer 46 1
128 128 0 48 James Moen 17 1
129 129 0 48 Nathaniel Kay 16 1
130 130 0 47 Ken Burke 61 1
131 131 0 46 Kara Thoennessen 1.5 F 3
132 132 0 46 Connor Lofink 17 2
133 133 0 45 Jason Satterlee 33 1
134 134 0 45 Spencer Mannion 15 1
135 135 0 44 Alex Ehrenreich 18 1
136 136 0 44 Wyatt Golding 23 1 1
137 137 0 43 Chris DePalma 41 1
138 138 0 43 Jesse Steinmetz 14 1
139 153 14 42 Janet Levy 54 F 5
140 139 -1 42 Doug Langley 20 1
141 140 -1 41 Sheila Anson 51 F 2
142 141 -1 40 Paul Yaunsem 17 1
143 142 -1 39 Bob Trumbley 47 1
144 143 -1 39 Lisa Andrews 25 F 1
145 144 -1 39 Shannon Tredennick 38 F 1
146 145 -1 37 Michelle Courtney 14 F 3
147 146 -1 37 Colin Lennon 15 1
148 147 -1 37 Pete Gillen 26 1
149 148 -1 37 Thomas Scarola 46 1
150 149 -1 36 Pat Dennen 28 1 1
151 150 -1 36 Tyler Kniery 17 1
152 151 -1 35 Ishmael Chesto 37 1
153 152 -1 35 Richard Hunt 61 1
154 154 0 33 Jackie Devito 16 F 1
155 33 John Richers 53 1 R
156 155 -1 33 Ryan Phillips 28 1
157 156 -1 32 Raymond Pajer 59 2
158 157 -1 32 Chris Peterson 15 1
159 158 -1 31 Dave Van Moffaert 17 1
160 31 Dawn Riebeling 23 F 1 R
161 30 Chris Morcone 1 R
162 159 -3 30 Gil Rubin 60 1
163 160 -3 30 Mimi Gillen 58 F 1
164 161 -3 30 Tom Brayton 45 1
165 162 -3 29 Karen Kay 48 F 1
166 163 -3 28 Kevin Peterson 15 1
167 164 -3 28 Stephen Yu 46 1
168 165 -3 27 Lucky Zarger 1 O 3
169 166 -3 27 Stacey Kennedy 38 F 2
170 167 -3 26 Andrea Thoennessen 29 F 1
171 168 -3 25 Jacob Collette 15 1
172 169 -3 25 Jorge Lopez 43 1
173 170 -3 25 Ray Pajer 59 1
174 24 P.J. Scappatura 14 1 R
175 171 -4 24 Steve Greene 54 1
176 172 -4 23 Lola Zarger 1 O 2
177 173 -4 23 Sinead Blevio 35 F 1
178 174 -4 22 Beverly Pajer 55 F 2
179 175 -4 22 Barbara Kiselak 51 F 1
180 176 -4 22 Joanne Emanuel 40 F 1
181 177 -4 22 Rebecca Press 36 F 1
182 178 -4 22 Tommy Vanderheiden 3 1
183 179 -4 21 Bill Hoey 1
184 180 -4 21 Dave Blauch 29 1
185 181 -4 21 Jack Kennedy 9 1
186 182 -4 21 Rory Goodwin 52 1
187 183 -4 20 Britanny Ronan 17 F 1
188 184 -4 20 Michelle Norella 42 F 1
189 214 25 19 Shannon Bartkus 14 F 2
190 185 -5 19 Charlie Hastey 46 1
191 186 -5 19 Jackie Brown 15 F 1
192 187 -5 19 Kristine Dziezynski 38 F 1
193 188 -5 18 Aimee Reutzel 16 F 1
194 189 -5 18 Gregg Nolting 54 1
195 190 -5 17 Nichole Souza 15 F 1
196 17 Sid Phadnis 16 1 R
197 191 -6 16 Matt Curran 15 1
198 192 -6 16 Ryan McNulty 7 1
199 193 -6 15 Kevin McNulty 8 1
200 194 -6 15 Rosie Ong 66 F 1
201 195 -6 14 Ally Bierce 15 F 1
202 196 -6 14 Jack Fico 9 1
203 197 -6 14 Susan DeWitt 42 F 1
204 198 -6 13 Catherine Mendes 9 F 1
205 199 -6 13 Mariah Walsh 15 F 1
206 200 -6 13 Mary Lou White 52 F 1
207 201 -6 13 Rick DeWitt 50 1
208 202 -6 12 Jennifer Bacleau 34 F 1
209 203 -6 11 Angelica Mendes 14 F 1
210 204 -6 11 Kandace Yuen F 1
211 205 -6 11 Michael Kersten 37 1
212 206 -6 11 Sarah Swanson 15 F 1
213 207 -6 11 Stormy Chamberlain 32 1
214 208 -6 10 Mary Deming 84 F 2
215 209 -6 10 Jordan Butler 14 1
216 210 -6 9 Bonnie Murray 44 F 1
217 211 -6 9 Duncan Engel 17 1
218 212 -6 9 Ian McNulty 4 1
219 213 -6 8 Chelsea Smith 16 F 1
220 215 -5 7 Brittany Orbecker 14 F 1
221 216 -5 7 Erin McNulty 10 mos. F 1
222 217 -5 7 Judy Larson 52 F 1
223 218 -5 6 Ann Schafer 31 F 1
224 219 -5 6 Joan Temple 52 F 1
225 220 -5 6 Kyle Knight 41 F 1
226 221 -5 6 Maura McNulty 41 F 1
227 222 -5 6 Pam Quist 44 F 1
228 223 -5 5 Alissa Mendes 37 F 1
229 5 Chloe Karl 63 F 1 R
230 224 -6 5 Mary Beth Morrison 51 F 1

 

Now and Then (May 17)

 

now 5/17 impr
1 Bob Lewis 32.00 35.29 3.29
2 Charlie Euston 41.47 44.55 3.08
3 Larry Deming 31.20 34.08 2.48
4 Sharon Gawe 41.17 42.34 1.17
5 Mary Schafer 29.14 30.10 0.56
6 Wendy Carlson 37.01 37.50 0.49
7 Ed Sandifer 26.46 27.23 0.37
8 Mark Zerbe 28.13 28.29 0.16
9 Nate Mahrer 29.42 29.41 -0.01
10 Lynn Zuback 33.20 33.17 -0.03
11 Brian Gildea 28.43 28.38 -0.05
12 Joe Mendes 26.23 26.17 -0.06
13 Winner 22.21 21.52 -0.29
14 Mario Hasz 33.35 32.56 -0.39
15 Scott Benjamin 31.47 30.52 -0.55

 

 

 

Created August 10, 2008

 

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