2009 Roxbury Race #20

4.3 miles - High Bridge Road - clockwise

July 11, 2009

8:30 am - 65 degrees, sunny and dry

   

Next Week: 5 miles - Mid-Summer Championship

Squire Road

Sheldon, Schafer

    The weather was great for running.  In the middle of July, the weather isn't supposed to be great for running.  It's supposed to be hot and sticky.  65 degrees and dry was wonderful.

    After a week off for Independence Day celebrations, people were eager for a race, and almost 60 people toed the line.  Early on, points leader Chuck Rocca seemed to be challenging Jeff Sheldon for the lead, but he wisely backed off and fell to fifth place.  Andrew Levy took second, just over a minute back.  Tyler Dunn edged Denny Lo for third place, a minute and a half farther back.

    Among the women, Mary Schafer dominated, 15th over all, routing Megan Henry by three minutes and 16 places.

People

    Mike Abraham turned 50 this week.  For the first time in months, the Fossil beat him.  Does turning 50 work that suddenly?

    Three runners from a local high school (which we won't name, to avoid tipping off the competition) finished in the top ten this week.  Running Roxbury in the summer has worked well for this team in the past, and several years ago, they were led to a state championship by runners who had sharpened their skills by running Roxbury in the summer.  We wish them the best.

    Steve Haas took a tumble from his bicycle this week and missed his first Roxbury of the year.  We're behind in maintaining the points, but our best guess is that the tumble also made him fall in the points race, probably from second to fourth.  Worse still, he'd been training hard for a triathlon, and the broken bone in the shoulder (clavicle?  scapula?  We're not sure) knocked him out of that big race.  You can't swim (or bike, or run) without working shoulders.  Our sympathies go out.

    Nelson Acevedo made a rare appearance at Roxbury.  15 years ago, he was one of the area's best runners.  He recently turned 50 and is coming back to the sport.  Just like 15 years ago, he clobbered the Fossil.

Pictures

   Up top, we have last years Mid-Autumn Classic champions, Jeff Sheldon and Pam Quist standing in front of the rocks.  We gave them a choice, a background of rocks and the playground or the outhouses, and they picked the rocks.  Good taste, both of them.

    Then the foggy starting line at a race in August.  Down the side, we have David Mariani, smiling as he sees the finish line, then Mandy Deming, the one who works the stopwatch and gets us accurate times every week.  Below that, Scott Benjamin, who ran the hill hard and then still had half a mile to the finish line.  

    Farther down, Harry Ong (Dudley is around somewhere) beats Cindy Scannell by a couple of seconds. The last one there is a photo by Charlie Euston of a pack in the 7.3 mile race.  You can see Ross Levy's legs in the back, and the corner of Brian Gildea's head behind Jeff Tindell.

A foggy start at the August 23 race of 8.2 miles

     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 

Next week (when available) 

 

 

This week's results

 
place time name age pace per mile
1 24.55 Jeff Sheldon 29 5.48
2 26.09 Andrew Levy 21 6.05
3 27.38 Tyler Dunn 17 6.26
4 27.40 Denny Lo 43 6.26
5 28.03 Chuck Rocca 36 6.31
6 28.11 Paul Malek 17 6.33
7 28.18 John Bucci 33 6.35
8 28.43 Andrew Mendelson 17 6.41
9 28.52 Nelson Azevodo 50 6.43
10 28.57 Ed Sandifer 57 6.44
11 29.11 Lou Denaro 49 6.47
12 29.27 Mike Abraham 50 6.51
13 29.42 Ray Fico 43 6.54
14 30.06 Joe Mendes 43 7.00
15 31.04 Mary Schafer 34 7.13
16 31.06 Martin Schneider 48 7.14
17 31.31 David Monti 49 7.20
18 31.45 Jeff Tindell 55 7.23
19 31.51 Don Smith 65 7.24
20 32.16 Chris Norris 40 7.30
21 32.31 Ross Levy 58 7.34
22 32.39 Vinnie Longo 45 7.36
23 32.51 Brandon Davis 24 7.38
24 32.55 John Kane 57 7.39
25 32.58 Tom Dever 57 7.40
26 33.09 Boo Boo 31 7.43
27 33.26 Martin Green 40 7.47
28 33.30 Harry Ong 69 7.47
29 33.43 Nate Mahrer 37 7.50
30 33.58 Russ Pribanic 55 7.54
31 34.15 Megan Henry 22 7.58
32 34.39 Bob Lewis 44 8.03
33 34.43 Peter Tep 8.04
34 34.51 Paul Butler 51 8.06
35 34.55 Jay Bucci 35 8.07
36 35.26 David Mariani 45 8.14
37 35.55 Larry Deming 52 8.21
38 36.03 Mario Hasz 60 8.23
39 37.16 Scott Benjamin 51 8.40
40 37.30 Nick Bucci 32 8.43
41 38.44 Hale Rickman 56 9.00
42 39.15 Greg Pings 48 9.08
43 40.02 Bob Satterlee 60 9.19
44 40.03 Wendy Carlson   9.19
45 42.01 Sharon Gawe 56 9.46
46 42.01 Janet Levy 55 9.46
47 42.53 Kim Pollard 28 9.58
48 44.28 Keith Dupree 66 10.20
49 44.41 Kara Thoennessen 2 10.23
50 44.42 Kurt Thoennessen 30 10.24
51 47.00 Aurelia Boyer 55 10.56
52 48.38 Jim Little 55 11.19
53 48.40 Charlie Euston 64 11.19
54 49.52 LeeAnne Zarger 55 11.36
55 55.35 Prasama Sangkachand 50 12.56

 

Alternate Races

 

place name age distance time
56 Emily Davis 25 2.40 ?
57 Dave Crompton 61 2.05 20.35

 

 

A happy finisher

 

 

Amanda Deming, Princess of Stopwatch

 

Are you tired when you finish?

 

Current points standings

 

Week 20

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry brightly leads Cindy

 

A pack running the 7.3 mile race along River Road

 

 

 

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