Dan V, Dave La, and I headed out of Haverhill and 3 hours
later arrived in Burlington Vermont. We got our numbers and met up with some of
the CMS crew for an easy 2 miles (checking out the last mile of the race).
After a quick change into racing flats we jogged the .7 to the start line. I
was still having issues with the blister from last weekend so the damp
conditions were worrying me a bit. It was in the upper 70s and very humid and
there was a pretty stiff breeze blowing. Having not raced in 8 weeks I really
wasn’t sure where my fitness was so I set goals of sub-6:30 (or I’d be
disappointed), sub-6:20 (realistic goal), and 6:10 (stretch goal). I got on the
starting line in the 15th row which would be about 200th
place. It seemed like the correct spot.
Off we went with a nice downhill start. I settled in to a
comfortable pace right away and could see some of my fellow 50+ runners nearby.
I hit the mile in a surprisingly easy 6:06. We turned the corner and now had a
2 mile straight shot right into the wind. I could see EJ (GLRR) and teammate
Martin Tighe a few seconds ahead tucked in with a big group of women. I picked
it up and tucked in as well. Soon after I moved to the front as the paced
slackened. EJ and I both moved along together hitting a 6:04 and 6:01. Right
at the 5km mark (18:56) we turned and were out of the wind.
That turn also brought us to the toughest mile on the course
and Martin surged ahead and I went with him. We had been rolling by about 5
people per mile before that and now we easily caught a dozen people despite
running our slowest mile of the day (6:24). It was good to have a teammate to
work with and neither of us let the pace ease and we kept catching groups in
front of us and moving on by. We reeled off our first sub-6 (5:57) and then a
6:11. That brought us to 10km in 38:06 (19:10 5km split) and I was looking
ahead to see where Dan was. He had 33 seconds on us at 10k but before 7 miles
we caught him as he was standing on the side of the road puking. Martin and I
ran 6:01 and followed that with a 5:59 mile as we caught long-time GMAA runner
Norm Larsen.
Martin began to pull away after the 8 mile mark and I just
couldn’t match his pace. I didn’t want to look back as I felt like I was
running out of steam. The 9th mile was my fastest of the day (5:46)
and I peeked to see where Norm was and saw Dan in full flight. His last 2 miles
were something like 5:40 and 5:30 after his 7:18 including the stop. He ended
up losing about 1:10 but made up a ton of ground in the last 2 miles. I had
nothing left when he went by and he ended up beating me by 8 seconds. My last
5k was my fastest of the day (18:51) but not quite fast enough. I beat my
stretch goal of 6:10’s with a 6:06 pace and was happy that the only guys to pass
me during the race were Eric Narcisi, Martin, Dan, and Carlos Rivera (who I
caught with a mile to go and he re-passed me in the last 200m).
The team did really well with our 50+ squad picking up fourth
place in a very competitive senior field. GMAA did a great job putting this
race on with everything I’d want at a championship race (although if it were a
bit hotter the 3 water stops might not be enough). My time was 10 minutes
slower than I ran last time I did a 15k championship (1991), a personal worst
and a personal best (senior).
50-54 results
|
Place
|
Name
|
Time
|
Team
|
Age
|
|
50
|
Robert Cipriano
|
0:54:21
|
Somerville Road Runners
|
54
|
|
51
|
Tom Thurston
|
0:54:33
|
Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.
|
50
|
|
58
|
Joe McNamara
|
0:55:06
|
Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.
|
51
|
|
61
|
Michael Cooney
|
0:55:29
|
Whirlaway Racing Team
|
52
|
|
63
|
Douglas Martyn
|
0:55:39
|
Whirlaway Racing Team
|
54
|
|
74
|
Charlie Bemis
|
0:56:35
|
Gate City Striders
|
51
|
|
79
|
Dan Verrington
|
0:56:49
|
Central Mass Striders
|
52
|
|
81
|
Dave Dunham
|
0:56:57
|
Central Mass Striders
|
50
|
|
85
|
E. J. Hrynowski
|
0:57:24
|
Greater Lowell Road Runners
|
51
|
|
95
|
Rory Fagan
|
0:58:08
|
Somerville Road Runners
|
52
|
|
104
|
Chris Lawrence
|
0:59:05
|
Boston Athletic Association
|
50
|
|
107
|
Mike Early
|
0:59:37
|
Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.
|
50
|
|
123
|
Tom Varick
|
1:01:51
|
Gate City Striders
|
50
|
|
136
|
Paul Hammond
|
1:04:07
|
Whirlaway Racing Team
|
54
|
|
138
|
rick chalmers
|
1:04:44
|
Dirigo Running Club
|
52
|
|
140
|
Fil Faria
|
1:04:51
|
Greater Lowell Road Runners
|
50
|
|
142
|
Jim Quadros
|
1:05:39
|
Whirlaway Racing Team
|
51
|
|
147
|
Thomas Nuovo
|
1:06:14
|
Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.
|
51
|
|
151
|
Michael Quinn
|
1:06:59
|
Somerville Road Runners
|
50
|
|
161
|
Chris Spinney
|
1:07:50
|
Whirlaway Racing Team
|
54
|
|
180
|
Brendan Finn
|
1:11:16
|
Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.
|
53
|
|
181
|
Jonathan Davey
|
1:11:23
|
Somerville Road Runners
|
51
|
|
184
|
Stephen Laska
|
1:11:41
|
Central Mass Striders
|
52
|
|
187
|
David Lapierre
|
1:11:57
|
Central Mass Striders
|
50
|
|
190
|
Gordon Pilotte
|
1:12:48
|
Somerville Road Runners
|
53
|
|
194
|
David Penn
|
1:13:51
|
Greater Lowell Road Runners
|
53
|
|
195
|
Robert Rivard
|
1:14:02
|
Greater Lowell Road Runners
|
52
|
|
196
|
Michael Hartin
|
1:14:05
|
Mystic Runners
|
53
|
|
210
|
Scott Poquette
|
1:16:47
|
52
| |
|
219
|
Antonio Febo
|
1:18:41
|
Greater Lowell Road Runners
|
53
|
CMS results:
|
2
|
Nate Jenkins
|
33
|
M
|
2 1-39
|
0:47:28
|
0:05:05
|
|
10
|
Patrick Rich
|
38
|
M
|
10 1-39
|
0:50:13
|
0:05:23
|
|
14
|
Scott Leslie
|
33
|
M
|
13 1-39
|
0:50:40
|
0:05:26
|
|
32
|
Greg Putnam
|
44
|
M
|
3 40-44
|
0:52:22
|
0:05:37
|
|
43
|
Alan Bernier
|
40
|
M
|
6 40-44
|
0:53:15
|
0:05:42
|
|
47
|
James Pawlicki
|
39
|
M
|
36 1-39
|
0:53:47
|
0:05:46
|
|
48
|
Morgan Kennedy
|
26
|
M
|
37 1-39
|
0:53:54
|
0:05:47
|
|
53
|
Joe Shairs
|
46
|
M
|
6 45-49
|
0:54:44
|
0:05:52
|
|
54
|
Arthur Besse
|
42
|
M
|
7 40-44
|
0:54:45
|
0:05:52
|
|
78
|
Martin Tighe
|
56
|
M
|
2 55-59
|
0:56:47
|
0:06:05
|
|
79
|
Dan Verrington
|
52
|
M
|
7 50-54
|
0:56:49
|
0:06:05
|
|
81
|
Dave Dunham
|
50
|
M
|
8 50-54
|
0:56:57
|
0:06:06
|
|
184
|
Stephen Laska
|
52
|
M
|
23 50-54
|
1:11:41
|
0:07:41
|
|
187
|
David Lapierre
|
50
|
M
|
24 50-54
|
1:11:57
|
0:07:43
|
|
213
|
Frank Ruggiero
|
55
|
M
|
15 55-59
|
1:16:57
|
0:08:15
|
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