After my hip surgery last October, I spent a lot of time on the indoor bike. I amused myself by reading a lot and watching many movies. I also killed the time thinking about what races I'd like to focus on when I got back to running. I figured I would not really be ready to race until the summer but thought up some other stuff that would be interesting and unusual. A road mile fit both of those categories. I'm no miler by any stretch but kind of enjoy the challenge of doing a distance that isn't really in my wheelhouse (whatever that might be). The USATF Masters Road Mile caught my eye. I made the 500 mile drive out to Rochester NY with teammate Tim Van Orden. We broke up the drive with a couple of interesting runs along the Erie Canal.
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| Randomly spotted two women dressed in spiderman costumes |
We picked up our numbers on the way into the city then tried to find somewhere to eat in downtown Rochester. This city essentially closes up at 5 p.m. and I ended up just stocking up at a convenience store. Our hotel room (Holiday Inn Express) was a let-down as the AC was not turned on for the "Season" and it would get to 75 degrees and humid in the room! I had jokingly told the RD I was visiting all of the sites in town because I'd NEVER be coming back to Rochester, but I probably will hold to that statement. The city actually wasn't that bad but everything seems to be under construction and nothing seemed to be open. Even Dunkin's wasn't open until 8 a.m. (and closed at 2!).
On race day, I got in an easy 6m run in the morning. Then it was a matter of killing 12 hours until the race. I think Tim was impressed with the depth of my Seinfeld knowledge. At 11:30 a.m. we headed out and did three loops of the course to get familiar with it. It definitely wasn't a fast course but it wasn't terrrible either. Many were not happy about 9 turns or the 30' of climb in the last 500 meters. I was more concerned about the heat and humidity. It wouldn't really be a factor in a race that'd take less than 6 minutes but it'd make it a bit more uncomfortable.
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| crossing the Genessee river during our preview |
Finally at 5 p.m. we could do our warm-up. Teammate Scott Grandfield joined us and we completed our team check in. Then it was a quick change into race flats and accidently leaving Scott behind waiting for us in front of the hotel!
USATF NATIONAL MASTERS MEN'S 50+ TEAM RESULTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 15:15 GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC ( 5:05) ======================================================= 1 4:50 Nat Larson 59 Amherst MA 2 5:10 Alejandro Heuck 57 Amherst MA 3 5:15 Francis Burdett 57 Worcester MA 2. 15:19 GARDEN STATE TRACK CLUB ( 5:07) ======================================================= 1 4:50 Terrance Armstrong 50 Pompton Lakes NJ 2 5:05 Steven Segaloff 51 Tenafly NJ 3 5:24 John Hogan 56 Township Of Washingt NJ 3. 15:38 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS ( 5:13) ======================================================= 1 5:07 Tim Van Orden 54 Bennington VT 2 5:11 Scott Grandfield 57 Rehoboth RI 3 5:20 Dave Dunham 58 Bradford MA 4. 15:42 ATLANTA TRACK CLUB ( 5:14) ======================================================= 1 5:11 Chip Owens 54 Atlanta GA 2 5:15 Michael Strickland 55 Acworth GA 3 5:16 Chip Hawkins 52 Atlanta GA 4 ( 7:38) Mark Flynn 74 Santa Rosa Beach FL 5. 16:14 GENESEE VALLEY HARRIERS ( 5:25) ======================================================= 1 4:56 Mark Andrews 51 Rochester NY 2 5:38 Mike Nier 57 Rochester NY 3 5:40 Dale Flanders 57 Allegany NY 4 ( 6:04) Venelin Tchamov 55 Rochester NY 5 ( 6:10) Wayne Crandall 59 West Henrietta NY
USATF NATIONAL MASTERS MEN'S AGE GROUP: 50 - 54
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PLACE NAME AGE TIME RESIDENCE ST
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1 Scott Weeks 50 4:45 Groton NY
2 Terrance Armstrong 50 4:50 Pompton Lakes NJ
3 Mark Andrews 51 4:56 Rochester NY
4 Steven Segaloff 51 5:05 Tenafly NJ
5 Tim Van Orden 54 5:07 Bennington VT
6 Jeffrey Conston 54 5:07 Hopewell Jct NY
7 Craig McAllister 52 5:09 London ON
8 Chip Owens 54 5:11 Atlanta GA
9 Matthew Cutrona 51 5:13 Wilmington DE
10 Chip Hawkins 52 5:16 Atlanta GA
11 Marcus Gage 50 5:16 Palmyra NY
12 James Ciliberto 51 5:28 Cheektowaga NY
13 Christopher Rinaldi 52 5:38 Berkeley Heights NJ
14 Stephen Ruchlin 53 5:42 Rochester NY
15 Craig Chasse 52 5:49 Reston VA
16 John Duffy 54 5:50 Hamburg NY
17 Sandro Cannizzo 54 6:03 Rochester NY
USATF NATIONAL MASTERS MEN'S AGE GROUP: 55 - 59
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PLACE NAME AGE TIME RESIDENCE ST
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1 Nat Larson 59 4:50 Amherst MA
2 John McMahon 55 5:01 Williamsville NY
3 John Borthwick 58 5:06 Dillon CO
4 Alejandro Heuck 57 5:10 Amherst MA
5 Scott Grandfield 57 5:11 Rehoboth RI
6 Scott Siriano 55 5:12 Reno NV
7 Michael Strickland 55 5:15 Acworth GA
8 Francis Burdett 57 5:15 Worcester MA
9 Dave Dunham 58 5:20 Bradford MA
10 John Hogan 56 5:24 Township Of Washingt NJ
11 Mike Nier 57 5:38 Rochester NY
12 Dale Flanders 57 5:40 Allegany NY
13 Stephen Hranilovich 58 5:47 Phoenixville PA
14 Venelin Tchamov 55 6:04 Rochester NY
15 Wayne Crandall 59 6:10 West Henrietta NY
16 Anthony Crilly 57 6:19 Rochester NY
17 Keith Scott 59 6:49 Le Roy NY
18 Michael Rohl 57 7:30 Mansfield PA
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