This would be my 13th
time racing at Lynn Woods but most of those were in the very popular 4x2.5
relay which closes out the series (I’m hoping to do that again this year as
well). I went right from work to Lynn since traffic can be hinky. I
was VERY early but was not the first person to arrive. Chris Smith (SRR)
stopped by and we chatted for a bit before he headed out to mark the
course. Later CMS teammate William Jackson arrived and we discussed a
warm-up. He was heading out for 8 miles which would be a bit much for
me. I was already feeling tired from sitting around in the car (I hate
evening races) so a longer warm-up would be a good idea. We settled on
meeting after he’d done a 3 mile loop. I got signed up and prepared all
of my race gear before meeting up for the warm-up. It was nice to have
someone to socialize with for a bit as most of my training has been on my
own. We got in a nice 5 miles on carriage roads. After that I
changed into race gear and Inov-8 shoes and headed out for another mile.
I watched the long race start then had 5 minutes for some last chance water,
glance at the course map, and line up.
The kids race starts with
the short race so there were a lot of little kids on the line. Only one
of them took it out super-hard and he stayed to the side so when he
(inevitably) slowed up he didn’t slow anyone down. One other guy took it
out pretty hard and I tried to lock onto him. As the grade increase (10%
for a bit) he accelerated. I did not panic, it was early. I caught
back up to him as it flatten before ½ mile and went by him. My hope was
to really gap him on the tough ¼ mile climb once we turned onto “Loop
Road”. I was wheezing from the effort and dripping from the humid
conditions. 6:35 at the mile felt a heck of a lot harder than the
time. I snuck a peek as the trail circled around the Steel Tower.
My guess was about a 20 seconds lead and my hope was that I was a better
downhill runner. The footing isn’t the greatest (lots of loose rock) but
better than technical single-track (at least better for me). Even with
the downhill there are a couple of “bumps” that really hurt in the last
half-mile or so. I passed a lot of people who were still heading out and
then started catching the little kids who were doing and out/back 1.2 mile
race. One kid looked back and took off at a full sprint. I caught
him soon after and offered encouragement as I went by. The last little
part is tough with the only trail section, it is only 100 meters or so but
tricky with roots and rocks and tired legs. I just made sure to not get
hurt then kicked for the line. My hope was to run around 6 minute pace so
I was close to my goal and I’ll certainly take a win.
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Lynn Woods Cross Country
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6/27/2018
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6:35 PM
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Reverse Steel Tower via Middle road = 2.3 miles
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Pl
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Name
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Sex
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Age
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City
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St
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Time
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Pace
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1
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DAVE DUNHAM
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M
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54
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HAVERHILL
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MA
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13:52
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6:02
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2
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TIANA FOGLIETTA
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F
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21
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LYNN
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MA
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14:42
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6:24
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3
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MICHAEL MANSFIELD
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M
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22
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SAUGUS
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MA
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15:25
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6:43
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4
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DAVE SINGER
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M
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52
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READING
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MA
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16:16
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7:05
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5
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KYLE MCCARTHY
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M
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16
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LYNN
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MA
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16:22
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7:07
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6
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DILLON DUVAL
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M
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13
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SAUGUS
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MA
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16:24
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7:08
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7
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EMMA GANNON
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F
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15
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SALEM
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MA
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16:46
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7:18
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8
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ANDREA SACCARDO
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F
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26
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PEABODY
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MA
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16:55
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7:21
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9
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PAUL ROBERTSON
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M
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54
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LYNN
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MA
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17:06
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7:26
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10
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SEAN NYHAN
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M
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50
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CHARLESTOWN
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MA
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17:16
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7:31
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129 finishers (61f/68m) – 12 in the 50+
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My Lynn Woods History
Date
Dist. Time
PL Info
08/21/91
2.50 12:05
1 Relay = 504/954/1205, Open
team record
07/16/92
2.50 12:15
1 60s humid most with
Cremin DC 1220, Toomey 1248 Doherty 1250
08/24/05
2.50 14:13
24 Relay anchor leg 60's
humid. 10 seconds behind 1st 40+ team
07/26/06
2.50 14:54
2 1 Al Bernier, hot
humid.
06/11/08
5.50 34:24
2 Ran with Quintal &
Pawlicki controlled (at least for them).
07/16/08
2.50 14:12
1 Out with one for first
mile then he went on 5m course. Pushed hard.
08/20/08
2.50 14:03
14 Relay Masters Team record,
2nd pl overall 55:12. Joe Shairs 13:18, Dave Quintal 14:04, Dan
Verrington 13:47.
08/24/11
2.50 14:05
7 Anchor leg CMS masters
team, Joe Shairs 14:12, Dave Quintal -14:15, Dan Verrington -14:30
08/22/12
2.50 14:24
12 Relay, had a slow night,
seemed like everyone was slow
07/27/16
2.30 15:21
2 Lead through mile then
3 went by, got 1 on the first climb, Barnes on the drop but couldn't get leader
(9 seconds)
08/23/17
2.50 14:44
12 Relay Senior team record
and 5th place overall. My leg 12th fastest
11/18/17
2.50 14:53
2 Gannon XC race
postponed due to frost so we jogged to Lynn woods and raced it. Jim
Pawlicki 14:51, Sean Conway
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