D-la and I carpooled to the race and got there plenty early for (illegal?) parking near the finish. After getting some tax stuff done and my trunk library cleaned out we headed out for a 2 mile warm-up. We stayed on the sidewalk to avoid any grumpy police. After getting into our race gear (I bought new race flats the day before at Whirlaway) we jogged another .7 to get a nice even mileage for the day. I figured we'd be between 100-150th place so we lined up 10 rows back and was a bit surprised that a good number of FAST CMS guys were back there as well. With 600 runners it was a little crowded the first 1/2 mile but nothing terrible. The course rolls pretty much constantly so splits would be all over the place. I was thinking more of the 'feel' than the actual times so I rarely looked at my watch.
Dave and I started rolling through some aggressive starters by 1/2 mile in. It felt fast to me but only just a bit under 6:20 at the mile mark. It was going to be a tough day, no surprise in that. I could see some fellow 50+ runners up ahead and focused on closing the gap.
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| Wearing my number upside-down, D-la on the right (my left) |
Dave and I stayed pretty much side-by-side through 4. Dave made a move on a big downhill and my quad was a bit sore and it seemed too early to push. I lost about 5 seconds on Dave but then started gaining ground on the tough hill before 5m. We got Chris Smith (SRR) and Terry McNatt (CSU) on that hill and closed on Wayne Levy (BAA). I latched onto Wayne as we went through 5m. A quick mile had us pull ahead of Dave but then Wayne gapped me and I couldn't go with him. I caught a couple of the LOUDEST chatting women in the race. On and on they yammered. Nothing more annoying in a race. I get it, you aren't running all-out, but really? I was glad when I could hear their voices fade behind me. I wasn't able to gain back to Wayne and was worried that Dave might be gaining on me.
By 8 miles I was feeling pretty tired, maybe my lack of long runs (I rarely go over 6 miles in a single run) was catching up with me? I took a peek on the turn at 8.5 and Dave was close. I was running out of gas but managed to hang on taking 3rd in the 55-59 with Dave just 6 seconds back.
Our team had a great day, taking 1st in the 50+ (and the 40+ as well). Now we have a bit of a break until the 5k championships in May. Maybe I'll even get in some speedwork by then, but I'll settle for not being any more injured than I am now.
Splits:
50+ Results:
| 1 | 51:49.8 | Andy Gardiner | 5:34 | BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | M | 53 | |
| 2 | 52:04.5 | Nat Larson | 5:35 | GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC | M | 56 | 1 |
| 3 | 53:07.6 | Tim Van Orden | 5:42 | CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS | M | 50 | |
| 4 | 54:21.7 | David Principe | 5:50 | CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS | M | 52 | |
| 5 | 54:34.4 | Robert Ashby | 5:52 | DIRIGO RUNNING CLUB | M | 50 | |
| 6 | 54:40.2 | Joe Shairs | 5:52 | CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS | M | 50 | |
| 7 | 55:03.0 | Jason Cakouros | 5:54 | HFC STRIDERS | M | 53 | |
| 8 | 56:43.5 | Binney Mitchell | 6:05 | GREEN MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | M | 50 | |
| 9 | 56:57.4 | Kent Lemme | 6:06 | GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC | M | 52 | |
| 10 | 56:59.9 | Scott Anderson | 6:07 | WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM | M | 54 | |
| 11 | 57:29.4 | Nicholas Cotton | 6:10 | M | 51 | ||
| 12 | 57:32.4 | Charlie Bemis | 6:10 | WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM | M | 56 | 2 |
| 13 | 57:44.7 | Kevin Delaney | 6:12 | CAMBRIDGE SPORTS UNION | M | 50 | |
| 14 | 58:03.8 | Alejandro Heuck | 6:14 | GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC | M | 54 | |
| 15 | 58:40.2 | Wayne Levy | 6:18 | BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | M | 53 | |
| 16 | 58:58.0 | Dave Dunham | 6:20 | CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS | M | 55 | 3 |
| 17 | 59:02.9 | David Lapierre | 6:20 | CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS | M | 55 | 4 |
| 18 | 59:04.2 | Allen Mead | 6:20 | GREEN MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | M | 52 | |
| 19 | 59:11.0 | Ronald Jacobs | 6:21 | GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC | M | 53 | |
| 20 | 59:24.1 | Brian Ruhm | 6:22 | M | 53 | ||
| 21 | 59:35.6 | Terry McNatt | 6:24 | CAMBRIDGE SPORTS UNION | M | 54 | |
| 22 | 59:47.4 | Peter Fratini | 6:25 | GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC | M | 54 | |
| 23 | 1:00:11.9 | Matt Gallagher | 6:27 | GREEN MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | M | 54 | |
| 24 | 1:00:19.3 | Christopher Smith | 6:28 | SOMERVILLE ROAD RUNNERS | M | 53 | |
| 25 | 1:00:36.7 | Ej Hrynowski | 6:30 | GREATER LOWELL ROAD RUNNERS | M | 56 | 5 |
50+ teams
MALE SENIORS 50+ TEAM Results ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 4:39:50.0 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS (0:55:58.0) ======================================================= 1 0:53:03.2 557 Tim Van Orden 50 2 0:54:18.7 451 David Principe 52 3 0:54:37.3 498 Joe Shairs 50 4 0:58:52.8 166 Dave Dunham 55 5 0:58:58.0 306 David Lapierre 55 2. 4:45:29.2 GREATER SPRINGFIELD HARRIERS, INC (0:57:05.9) ======================================================= 1 0:51:58.1 308 Nat Larson 56 2 0:56:51.4 318 Kent Lemme 52 3 0:57:56.8 251 Alejandro Heuck 54 4 0:59:03.0 270 Ronald Jacobs 53 5 0:59:39.9 200 Peter Fratini 54 3. 4:55:00.7 GREEN MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (0:59:00.2) ======================================================= 1 0:56:39.4 386 Binney Mitchell 50 2 0:57:54.3 307 Norm Larson 63 3 0:58:58.9 369 Allen Mead 52 4 1:00:06.4 205 Matt Gallagher 54 5 1:01:21.7 365 Alex McHenry 53 4. 5:02:30.1 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM (1:00:30.1) ======================================================= 1 0:56:53.8 9 Scott Anderson 54 2 0:57:26.1 37 Charlie Bemis 56 3 1:00:45.7 233 Paul Hammond 59 4 1:01:35.5 601 Ken Warren 57 5 1:05:49.0 126 Frank Corsaro 62 5. 5:07:15.5 GREATER LOWELL ROAD RUNNERS (1:01:27.1) ======================================================= 1 1:00:26.0 262 Ej Hrynowski 56 2 1:00:32.6 165 Michael Dufour 54 3 1:00:52.0 617 John Barbour 64 4 1:02:39.1 110 Kevin Christie 61 5 1:02:45.8 301 Peter Lagoy 59
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