Looking back January 2014:
Fudgesicle race(01/04/14)
- I wanted to test my glute out this weekend and after avoiding any races on
New Year’s day I was itching to get out there. When I got to the parking
lot at 7:15 it was 3 below zero and the roads were all slick with snow (there
were a few random patches of bare ground).
Mike Quintal showed up and we headed out for a loop as a warm-up. At the start Mike shot out with one other guy. It took me 1/4 mile to get by the one brave (foolish?) person who was running in shorts. At about 1/2 mile I caught up to the leaders. Mike sounded a bit ragged but he looked smooth. I accelerated a bit and he re-upped the pace. Just before the mile mark we dropped the other guy. We passed the mile in 5:58. We hit 2 miles with me one step back in 11:56 (5:58). Mike made another move and I thought he broke free but I closed back on him with 1/2 mile to go but I couldn't shake him. With less than a minute of running to go I threw everything I had into a kick and slightly gapped Mike, my hope would be that he really wasn't all that interested in kicking and would ease up. He didn't, and with 100 to go he flew by. All in all it was a good race with lots of back and forth and he result (18:50 for 3.16) running sub 6's was better than I'd hoped. It certainly was a good start to the new year.
Mike Quintal showed up and we headed out for a loop as a warm-up. At the start Mike shot out with one other guy. It took me 1/4 mile to get by the one brave (foolish?) person who was running in shorts. At about 1/2 mile I caught up to the leaders. Mike sounded a bit ragged but he looked smooth. I accelerated a bit and he re-upped the pace. Just before the mile mark we dropped the other guy. We passed the mile in 5:58. We hit 2 miles with me one step back in 11:56 (5:58). Mike made another move and I thought he broke free but I closed back on him with 1/2 mile to go but I couldn't shake him. With less than a minute of running to go I threw everything I had into a kick and slightly gapped Mike, my hope would be that he really wasn't all that interested in kicking and would ease up. He didn't, and with 100 to go he flew by. All in all it was a good race with lots of back and forth and he result (18:50 for 3.16) running sub 6's was better than I'd hoped. It certainly was a good start to the new year.
1 Michael
Qunital 2327 1/7 35 M3039 NORTH
ANDO MA 18:48 6:04
2 Dave Dunham 2326 1/4 49 M4049 Bradford MA 18:50 6:04
3 Liam Skinner 2335 2/4 47 M4049 LOWELL MA 19:25 6:15
4 Tommy Skinner 2336 1/1 17 M1519 LOWELL MA 19:28 6:16
5 Ken Cain 2369 3/4 42 M4049 Andover MA 19:57 6:25
6 Jason Bui 2375 2/7 33 M3039 Everytown US 21:01 6:46
7 Colin Loghin 2356 3/7 38 M3039 Westford MA 21:03 6:47
8 Mark Blaisdell 2353 1/14 56 M5059 WILMINGTON MA 22:51 7:22
9 Michael Luebech 2341 1/1 28 M2029 LOWELL MA 23:00 7:24
2 Dave Dunham 2326 1/4 49 M4049 Bradford MA 18:50 6:04
3 Liam Skinner 2335 2/4 47 M4049 LOWELL MA 19:25 6:15
4 Tommy Skinner 2336 1/1 17 M1519 LOWELL MA 19:28 6:16
5 Ken Cain 2369 3/4 42 M4049 Andover MA 19:57 6:25
6 Jason Bui 2375 2/7 33 M3039 Everytown US 21:01 6:46
7 Colin Loghin 2356 3/7 38 M3039 Westford MA 21:03 6:47
8 Mark Blaisdell 2353 1/14 56 M5059 WILMINGTON MA 22:51 7:22
9 Michael Luebech 2341 1/1 28 M2029 LOWELL MA 23:00 7:24
Maudslay state park snowshoe race
(01/05/14) - I ran the Trav’s course and put out flagging for the entire course
except the first and last ½ mile. Since this was technically a
“group run” I didn’t want to be too obvious (I did not have permission to host
a race at Maudslay).
I found myself in 11th place
right away and slowly gained on a few of the guys. I didn’t get past
Melissa Donais until nearly ½ mile, she was flying! I tried to work
the uphill to the mile and hit that in 8:40, wow that hurt. I had
hoped that by inviting 1,000 of my Facebook friends I’d get a couple of people
to run with me, I was wrong. From ½ mile on I was completely alone
out there. Paul LaRosa was the last person I could see and by the
mile I couldn’t see him up ahead. I kept working as hard as I could
and hit 2 miles in 8-flat (16:40). The last mile was tough but oddly
it was my fastest with a 7:55 and a total time of 24:35. I got a bit
over 3 miles on the Garmin and a few of the guys got 3.07 so I’m calling it
close enough to be 5km.
After a quick group picture a bunch
of the gang joined me for another lap of the course. Clearing the
flagging from the course is always the most dreaded part of directing a race
and with a big group it can be the highlight of the day. Thanks
guys!
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Place
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Name
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City
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St
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Gend
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Age
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Time
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Pace
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Team
|
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1
|
Scott
|
McGrath
|
Andover
|
MA
|
M
|
27
|
20:19
|
06:33
|
WRT
|
|
2
|
Mark
|
LaRosa
|
North Andover
|
MA
|
M
|
35
|
20:54
|
06:45
|
|
|
3
|
Steve
|
Dowsett
|
Newburyport
|
MA
|
M
|
25
|
21:09
|
06:49
|
WRT
|
|
4
|
James
|
Pawlicki
|
Lynn
|
MA
|
M
|
39
|
21:27
|
06:55
|
CMS
|
|
5
|
Gregory
|
Putnam
|
Stoneham
|
MA
|
M
|
44
|
22:00
|
07:06
|
CMS
|
|
6
|
Paul
|
LaRosa
|
Newburyport
|
MA
|
M
|
37
|
22:15
|
07:11
|
|
|
7
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
Bradford
|
MA
|
M
|
49
|
24:35
|
07:56
|
CMS
|
|
8
|
Derek
|
Dorval
|
Kensington
|
NH
|
M
|
40
|
25:29
|
08:13
|
WCRC
|
|
9
|
Brett
|
Rickenbach
|
Danvers
|
MA
|
M
|
38
|
25:41
|
08:17
|
WCRC
|
|
10
|
Tim
|
Mallard
|
Brighton
|
MA
|
M
|
24
|
26:19
|
08:29
|
GCS
|
|
11
|
Melissa
|
Donais
|
North Andover
|
MA
|
F
|
29
|
26:45
|
08:38
|
CMS
|
|
12
|
Theresa
|
Ridgway
|
Newburyport
|
MA
|
F
|
44
|
30:21
|
09:47
|
Comp Racing
|
|
13
|
Eric
|
Narcisi
|
Charlestown
|
MA
|
M
|
34
|
32:36
|
10:31
|
WRT
|
|
14
|
Mariano
|
Santangelo
|
Derry
|
NH
|
M
|
44
|
33:02
|
10:39
|
acidotic Racing
|
|
15
|
George
|
Boudreau
|
Dudley
|
MA
|
M
|
44
|
49:41
|
16:02
|
CMS
|
|
16
|
Kristen
|
Kozlosky
|
Lynn
|
MA
|
F
|
39
|
55:00
|
17:45
|
Wicked RC
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Fudgesicle
series (01/11/14) - Due to the lack of snow both the WMAC and Granite state
series snowshoe races were cancelled or postponed this weekend. Teammates Dan Verrington and Ken Tripp both
were up for a race so I knew there would be competition. I figured both Dan and Ken were both in very
similar shape so it would not be lonely out there. Ken and I locked in to a great back and forth
fight. He led for the first mile which
was 5:32. Any time I felt the pace
slacken I’d move up on him but he would not let me go by. We hit 2 miles in 11:12 (5:40 split) Soon
after I moved to go around Ken and he said “I’m done, go on ahead”. He wasn’t really done, because I made a
serious effort to drop him and just couldn’t shake him. I hit
3 in 16:57 which was a solid split for that mile (5:45) which runs 15-18
seconds long. I gave all I had left and
turned into the parking lot and across the line in 17:37. That worked out to 5:34 pace! I was very happy with the time and the
effort. Ken seemed pleased as well.
1
15:50 Ryan Gough GLRR
2
16:03 Scott McGrath WRT
3
17:16 Tim Mallard GCS
4
17:37 Dave Dunham CMS
5
17:39 Kenneth Tripp CMS
6
18:30 Dsm Verrington CMS
Whitaker Woods
snowshoe (01/18/14) - I got up pretty early and met up with Jim Johnson for a
warm-up on the course. We both used Kahtoolahs and had no trouble with
footing during the 33 minutes it took to cover the 3.7 mile loop. I ran
pretty much alone during the race over the fast packed snow.
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1
|
32
|
Nick
|
Wheeler
|
Male 20-29
|
BAA
|
22:04.8
|
1
|
|||
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2
|
50
|
Jim
|
Johnson
|
Male 30-39
|
CMS
|
|
23:16.6
|
1
|
||
|
3
|
9
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
Male 40-49
|
CMS
|
|
24:59.5
|
1
|
||
|
4
|
53
|
Sam
|
Wood
|
Male 20-29
|
CMS
|
|
26:09.0
|
2
|
||
|
5
|
65
|
Tony
|
Henderson
|
Male 30-39
|
|
|
26:19.9
|
2
|
||
|
6
|
55
|
Phil
|
Erwin
|
Male 40-49
|
Acidotic
|
|
26:29.1
|
2
|
||
|
7
|
47
|
Richard
|
Lavers
|
Male 30-39
|
Acidotic
|
|
27:09.4
|
3
|
||
|
8
|
36
|
Scott
|
Mitchell
|
Male 40-49
|
Acidotic
|
|
27:24.4
|
3
|
||
|
9
|
39
|
Christopher
|
Dunn
|
Male 40-49
|
Acidotic
|
|
27:26.6
|
4
|
||
|
10
|
43
|
Damon
|
Gannon
|
Male 40-49
|
|
|
27:40.1
|
5
|
||
|
11
|
42
|
Kristina
|
Folcik
|
Female 30-39
|
Acidotic
|
|
28:07.6
|
1
|
||
|
12
|
66
|
Tom
|
Hooper
|
Male 30-39
|
Six03
|
|
28:48.3
|
4
|
||
|
13
|
54
|
Ron
|
Ruhnke
|
Male 30-39
|
Acidotic
|
|
28:50.1
|
5
|
||
|
14
|
44
|
Melissa
|
Donais
|
Female 20-29
|
CMS
|
|
28:53.8
|
1
|
||
|
15
|
27
|
Jason
|
Saltmarsh
|
Male 40-49
|
|
|
29:06.9
|
6
|
||
|
16
|
2
|
Leslie
|
Beckwith
|
Female 30-39
|
Acidotic
|
|
29:15.3
|
2
|
||
|
17
|
70
|
Eric
|
Narcisi
|
Male 30-39
|
Whirlaway
|
|
29:24.9
|
6
|
||
|
18
|
80
|
Joanie
|
Kaijala
|
Female 30-39
|
NBB Boston
|
30:13.9
|
3
|
|||
|
19
|
79
|
Tim
|
Kaijala
|
Male 20-29
|
NBB Boston
|
30:14.8
|
3
|
|||
|
20
|
7
|
Andrew
|
Corrow
|
Male 40-49
|
Acidotic
|
|
30:16.2
|
7
|
||
Sidehiller
4 mile snowshoe race (01/26/14)- 6 degrees and windy (but sunny) and a record
crowd of 120 for a twice around 2 mile loop of the fairground. The field was solid as many were attempting
to qualify for Nationals. From the
results it looks like CMS will be able to field a competitive team. We put 7 in the top 20, only acidotic had
more (8 in the top 20).
1 Brandon Newbould 31 M Nottingham NH Whirlaway 27:25
2 Jim Johnson 36 M Madison NH CMS 27:37
3 Kevin Tilton 32 M Conway NH CMS/Dion 28:11
4 Robert Jackman 31 M Warwick RI TNT 28:21
5 Ethan Nadeau 40 M Amherst MA aR 28:51
6 Todd Callaghan 44 M Beverly MA GCS 29:03
7 Steve Dowsett 25 M Newburyport MA Whirlaway 29:12
8 Dave Dunham 49 M Bradford MA CMS 29:14
9 Nate Bassett 26 M Northwood NH 29:24
10 James Pawlicki 39 M Lynn MA CMS 29:27
11 Ryan Welts 34 M Northwood NH aR 29:29
12 Ben Nephew 38 M Mansfield MA CMS 29:48
13 Phil Erwin 46 M Wading River NY aR 30:02
14 Ken Tripp 44 M Amesbury MA CMS 30:07
15 Tim Cox 40 M Northwood NH aR 30:47
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