Thursday, March 13, 2014

Grand prix

I’m planning on doing my first USATF New England Grand prix race of 2014 this weekend.  If you’ve read my blog you may recall that I was not happy with how the Grand Prix was selected.  I’ll kick off the GP by running at New Bedford, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be happy about it!
 
Via the “poll” - This is the Grand Prix the masses wanted
New Bedford ½ - 03/16/14
Bedford 12k – 05/17/14
Hollis 5k – 06/12/14
Ribfest 5m – 06/15/14
NH 10m – 08/30/14
Lone Gull 10k – 09/14/14
Manchester marathon - 11/02/14
 
Via online voting - This is the Grand Prix the people thought they voted for
New Bedford - 03/16/14
Bedford Rotary 12k – 05/17/14
Hollis 5k - 06/12/14
Carver 5m – 07/26/14
NH 10m – 08/23/14
Lone Gull 10k – 09/14/14
Manchester marathon – 11/02/14 
 
Via the online voting (2nd time) – This is the Grand Prix that we ended up with
DH Jones 10m – 02/23/14
New Bedford ½ - 03/16/14
An Ras Mor 5k – 03/30/14
Ribfest 5m – 06/15/14
GMAA 15k – 08/31/14
Lone Gull 10k – 09/14/14
Manchester marathon – 11/02/14
 
The coolest GP ever - This would have been one hell of a Grand Prix
Stu’s 30k – 03/02/14
Middlebury Maple ½ marathon – 05/04/14
Memorial Day marathon – 05/25/14
Carver 5m – 07/26/14
High Street mile – 08/04/14
Lone Gull 10k – 09/14/14
Reebok 5k – 10/04/14

1 comment:

Michael said...

Of the 4 you have listed, the one I like least is the 1 we're running.