Lone Gull 10k = USATF New England championships

Well, it wasn't pretty but I got it done.  I had high hopes of a "fast" time at Lone Gull which served as the USATF New England 10k championships but it just wasn't my day.

The highlight of this race was the drive to the start.  Dan picked me up and we rode in his Ural motorcycle with me in the sidecar!

Pic courtesy of Emer O.

We, as did many, arrived late and had to hurry up the warm-up.  Dan and I met up with D-La and we did an easy 2 miles on the course.  It was windy but not terrible and the temperature was just about ideal for racing (although not really ideal for riding in a motorcycle).  With only moments to go, I nearly sprinted the 1/2 mile from parking to the start line.  The race start was then held up about 10 minutes as traffic had been at a stand-still trying to get into the beach parking area.

The start was a bit of a cluster-f as the timing company had a mat that did not go all the way across the road so someone was standing blocking people.  Add to that the lack of announcement or any count-down and people were a bit taken off guard by the start.  I did hear one of the best lines of the day while standing 10 rows back waiting for the start.  Long-time New England runner Craig Fram noted "I remember when I could SEE the starting line".

I got out well, keeping an eye on teammates Martin Tighe and Dan V.  I worked through 3 miles with Martin with Dan anywhere from 10-15 seconds ahead.  Soon after I moved ahead of Martin but had a "twinge" in my calf.  I'd hurt the left calf a couple of times and knew it was a problem immediately.  I eased up just a little and then was passed by Doug Martyn (WRT) which got me racing again.  I felt okay and started to close a bit on Dan after 5 miles, but then the calf locked up on me and I started to hobble.  My last mile and especially the last .2 was just terrible but I finished as best I could trying to kick for every second.  I just missed breaking 36 minutes although my chip time was 35:57.

The 50+ team had our best race this year with a third place finish in a pretty stacked field.

My splits:
5:33
5:48 = 11:21
5:33 = 16:54
5:54 = 22:48
5:47 = 28:35
6:03 = 34:38
1:22 = 36:00

CMS results:
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4 Nate Jenkins          30:34  4:56   30:34  4:56 33  M3039 North Andover CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

8 Dan Vassallo          31:33  5:05   31:33  5:05 29  M2029 Peabody        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS

17 Scott Leslie          32:07  5:11   32:08  5:11 33  M3039 Rutland          CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

19 Patrick Rich          32:09  5:11   32:10  5:11 38 M3039 South Hamilton CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS          

30 Greg Putnam           32:37  5:15   32:38  5:16 44  M4049 Stoneham   CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

52 Colby Chrusciel       33:45  5:26   33:48  5:27 22  M2029 Templeton  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

56 Stephen Trainor       33:57  5:28   33:59  5:28 22  M2029 Salem         CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS     

61 Morgan Kennedy        34:07  5:30   34:10  5:30 26 M2029 Grafton    CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

62 Alan Bernier          34:13  5:31   34:15  5:31 40 M4049 Braintree        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

69 Joe Shairs            34:30  5:34   34:31  5:34 46  M4049 Peabody           CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

72 James Pawlicki        34:40  5:35   34:43  5:36 39 M3039 Lynn             CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS   

74 Todd Callaghan        34:44  5:36   34:46  5:36 45 M4049 Beverly        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

82 Arthur Besse          35:02  5:39   35:04  5:39 42 M4049 Templeton      CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

97 Dan Verrington        35:44  5:46   35:48  5:46 52 M5059 Bradford        CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

101 Dave Dunham           35:57  5:48   36:01  5:48 50 M5059 Bradford      CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

112 Martin Tighe          36:19  5:51   36:22  5:51 56 M5059 Providence     CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

130 Derek Dorval          36:49  5:56   36:54  5:57 41 M4049 Kensington     CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

145 John Gillis           37:30  6:03   37:35  6:03 50 M5059 Manchester      CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS

294 David Lapierre        43:49  7:03   43:56  7:05 50 M5059 Chelmsford   CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

336 Stephen Laska         45:07  7:16   45:14  7:17 52 M5059 Holdon         CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

486 Frank Ruggiero        49:00  7:54   49:19  7:57 55 M5059 Lunenburg   CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

1107 Jonathan Knight     1:06:06 10:39 1:06:41 10:44 58 M5059 Worcester CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS              

MENS SENIOR TEAM RESULTS

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   1.  WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM             

            35:03   35:23   35:35   38:06   38:57 (  40:07) (  41:40) (  41:57)

          = 3:03:04

         Craig Fram 55, Michael Cooney 52, Douglas Martyn 54, Paul Hammond 54,

         Paul Doe 55, Jim Quadros 51, Chris Spinney 54, Frank Corsaro 58

   2.  GREATER LOWELL ROAD RUNNERS       

            34:21   36:40   36:44   37:44   41:56 (  42:54) (  42:59) (  43:06)

          = 3:07:25

         Mark Reeder 54, John Barbour 60, E.J. Hrynowski 52, Jim Garcia 56, Ken

         Goodin 59, Thomas Peters 62, Robert Rivard 53, Stephen Sartori 60

   3.  CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS             

            35:48   36:01   36:22   37:35   43:56 (  45:14) (  49:19) (1:06:41)

          = 3:09:42

         Dan Verrington 52, Dave Dunham 50, Martin Tighe 56, John Gillis 50,

         David Lapierre 50, Stephen Laska 52, Frank Ruggiero 55, Jonathan

         Knight 58