2002 Roxbury Race #32

3.55 miles - down Hemlock

September 28, 2002 

   

 

Pam and Abe Yet Again

    Mike and Pam won again.  For the first quarter of a mile or so, it looked like Keyless Bob would try to keep up with Abe, but then suddenly  Abe had a 25 yard lead that gradually grew to 31 seconds by the end of the race.  In August, the pair were evenly matched, running about 6:05 a mile.  Since then, Keyless got about three seconds faster, but Abe has shaved ten seconds a mile off his pace, and now he makes it look easy.  Abe was nearly 20 seconds faster this week than he was last week on the same course.

    PQ Pam Quist was three seconds slower this week than she was last week.  Last week, astute readers may recall, she started very fast.  This week, she started a tad slower.  Runners' Wisdom says that better runners start slower, finish faster, but that advice didn't work for Pam this week.  In a rare simultaneous appearance, both Pam Quist and Peg Molina both ran this week, as well as Kyle Gancher, who has been missing for several weeks.  Kyle and Peg are separated by only 11 points in the Points race.

    For the first time since he turned 50, Steve Benoit picked off the Fossil this week.  For a at least the next week now, Steve's the best in that 50-59 age groupl

    We left the camera at home this week, and so we missed some opportunities for some  good photos.  Besides missing the shot of Pam and Peg together (some people still don't believe they aren't really the same person, like Clark Kent and Superman), we could have had a fine picture of New Milford High School Cross Country Parents, as Peg and Kyle were joined after the race by parents of alumni Bill Gillen and John Murphy.  All had plenty to brag about, since the New Milford Boys are ranked among the top ten in the state, and are looking pretty strong.

     Corinne Bellemare ran the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska last week. It was a difficult marathon with lots of hills and ice at the top of the highest one.  The race director ran the marathon himself and had to be treated for hypothermia at the top.  He finished anyway.  Corinne tells us that some of the people who run marathons like that are a little bit crazy.  We don't know what you're talking about, Corinne.  Nobody at Roxbury is even a little bit crazy, are we?

    Corinne has started her recovery program, planning to run the Detroit Marathon in two weeks, along with Walt Schuttler, Carl Hunt and Kyle Gancher.  Mo van Moffaert and Lynn Zuback are looking towards Hartford, and Peg Molina is looking at Philadelphia.  Some of the 50-state crew are going to Maryland for a marathon soon, but I don't have details yet.  Makes you think maybe Corinne is right about some people, doesn't it?

    Our upper picture is Gregg Scribner, now leading Scott Benjamin 21-11 on the season.  To the left is Al Mletzko being pursued by his shadow.  Down below we have Rapid Lynn Zuback, getting ready for the Hartford Marathon in October, and below that is Paul Teixeira, who, in contrast to Al Mletzko, is chasing his shadow.  Hope you catch it, Tex!

    The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet on CoolRunning.com and on HiTekRacing.com AND on runningintheusa.com.  All the great sites link to RoxburyRaces.com!

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This week's Roxbury results

 
1 20.55 Mike Abraham 42 ( 5.54 min per mile)
2 21.26 Bob Derringer 40 ( 6.02 min per mile)
3 22.33 Steve Benoit 50 ( 6.21 min per mile)
4 23.15 Ed Sandifer 50 ( 6.33 min per mile)
5 24.03 Mark Andrejczyk 28 ( 6.46 min per mile)
6 24.21 Mike Shears 48 ( 6.52 min per mile)
7 24.23 Al Curtis 39 ( 6.52 min per mile)
8 24.27 Mark Zerbe 41 ( 6.53 min per mile)
9 24.31 Paul Teixeira 43 ( 6.54 min per mile)
10 24.40 Pam Quist 38 ( 6.57 min per mile)
11 24.58 Jeff Tindell 52 ( 7.02 min per mile)
12 25.24 John Murphy Jr 51 ( 7.09 min per mile)
13 25.46 Gregg Scribner 29 ( 7.15 min per mile)
14 26.00 Bill Gillen 38 ( 7.19 min per mile)
15 26.26 Peg Molina 44 ( 7.27 min per mile)
16 26.27 Chris Childs 43 ( 7.27 min per mile)
17 27.48 Carl Hunt 50 ( 7.50 min per mile)
18 27.49 Kyle Gancher 35 ( 7.50 min per mile)
19 27.55 Bob Lewis 37 ( 7.52 min per mile)
20 28.56 Gisela Boelhouwer 37 ( 8.09 min per mile)
21 29.40 Wendy Carlson 45 ( 8.21 min per mile)
22 30.13 Chris Powderly 49 ( 8.31 min per mile)
23 30.39 Lynn Zuback 36 ( 8.38 min per mile)
24 30.40 Tom McNulty 36 ( 8.38 min per mile)
25 30.48 Terry Lyons 41 ( 8.41 min per mile)
26 31.11 Carl Myhill 62 ( 8.47 min per mile)
27 31.40 Mo van Moffaert 42 ( 8.55 min per mile)
28 31.45 Sharon Gawe 49 ( 8.57 min per mile)
29 33.08 Bob Satterlee 53 ( 9.20 min per mile)
30 34.54 Ron Karl 60 ( 9.50 min per mile)
31 39.12 Marla Truini 46 ( 11.03 min per mile)
alt 2.4 mile
32 17.53 Scott Benjamin 44 ( 7.27 min per mile)
33 23.12 Al Mletzko 61 ( 9.40 min per mile)

 

 

 

 

 

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