5 miles - Squire Road - Mid Summer Championship July 18, 2009 8:30 am - |
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Jeff Sheldon, David Hunt and Zack Schwartz jumped out to an early lead, right
from the start, with Mike Abraham and Joe Mendes watching from maybe 25 yards
back. The lead pack stayed together for about a mile and a half, before
Zack broke it open and powered away to win by over two minutes over David
Hunt. Meanwhile, Andrew Levy and first woman Kirstin Powers both caught
Joe Mendes and Mike Abraham, and Mike also succumbed to Steve Haas.
After the race, more than one runner noted "there was a lot of uphill in that race."
People
Some of the faster runners got to pass a turtle just before the three mile mark. What was variously identified as a painted turtle or a box turtle was crossing the road just before the three mile mark just as fast as his inch-long legs could carry him. We hope he made it safely.
The Levys are back. Ross, Janet and Andrew made their first appearances of the season. Adam is in Budapest and Alana is in Paris. Both may join us later in the season.
Points leader Chuck Rocca missed his second race of the season. We don't know why. We'll have to wait until points are tabulated to see if it cost him his lead.
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.
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This week's results
Alternate Races
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A happy finisher
Amanda Deming, Princess of Stopwatch
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Current points standings
Week 20
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Harry brightly leads Cindy
A pack running the 7.3 mile race along River Road
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Created June 27, 2009
This is one of the dragons in the fountain outside the 500-year old church in Halle, a rural city in the old East Germany.
