2002 Roxbury Race #42

2.4 miles - down Chalybes

December 7, 2002 

   

 

Bitter Cold for Season Finale

    Biter cold greeted the 43 runners who braved the 2.4 mile Roxbury Season Finale this week.  Most people huddled in their cars before the race, emerging only just before the race began.  The pen at registration froze.  It was so cold that people hardly even gossiped.  Had they stood around and talked, they would have spoken only of how cold it was at THEIR house.  At Web Guy's house, it was 7.

    Bundled like a band of rummage sale refugees, most people had so many clothes they could hardly move.  

    Mike Abraham was able to overcome the conditions, though, with a fairly respectable 14:10.  Nobody was very close behind, though  with his nearest competition nearly half a minute back.  On such a short course, that is quite a significant gap. Second place was hotly contested, though, even if "hot" is perhaps not the right word, given the conditions.  David Hunt nipped (there's a better word, "nipped" Vern LaRoux by just one second, and Keyless Bob Derringer lurked 13 seconds farther back. 

    Marge DeMarrais was also not intimidated by the conditions, grabbing her first ever Roxbury Race win and ending Pam Quist's string of 13 races without a loss (though with several missed races.)  Pam's streak went clear back to July, and included two wins over Marge DeMarrais.  Still, Pam was second, forty seconds back.

    Conditions improved dramatically after the race. As the sun crept above the trees, temperatures rose rapidly, and by the time people were going home, it was 20 degrees warmer than it had been an hour and a half earlier.

    After the race there were presentations in the pavilion, made far more comfortable by the lack of wind and the rising temperatures.  The top six points finishers among men and women each got awards, and Bob Lewis was presented with a Service Award for his work in setting up the race each week.  Three people, Gregg Scribner, Scott Benjamin and Bob Lewis, were recognized for participating in all 42 races this season.

    Then the parking lot emptied, and the Roxbury Racers were finished for another season.  The races will resume on February 15 at 8:30 am, when we will kick off the 27th Season with the traditional 2.4 mile race.

    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!

        

This week's Roxbury results

 
1 14.10 Mike Abraham 42 ( 5.54 min per mile)
2 14.33 David Hunt 14 ( 6.04 min per mile)
3 14.34 Vernon LeRoux 47 ( 6.04 min per mile)
4 14.47 Bob Derringer 40 ( 6.10 min per mile)
5 15.18 JT Schemm 26 ( 6.23 min per mile)
6 15.18 Chris DePalma 35 ( 6.23 min per mile)
7 15.33 Steve Benoit 50 ( 6.29 min per mile)
8 15.51 Mark Andrejczyk 28 ( 6.36 min per mile)
9 15.53 Marge Demarrais 38 ( 6.37 min per mile)
10 16.04 Ed Sandifer 50 ( 6.42 min per mile)
11 16.19 Al Curtis 39 ( 6.48 min per mile)
12 16.20 Mark Zerbe 41 ( 6.48 min per mile)
13 16.24 Jack Adomelis 47 ( 6.50 min per mile)
14 16.33 Bill Gillen 38 ( 6.54 min per mile)
15 16.37 Pam Quist 38 ( 6.55 min per mile)
16 16.43 Paul Teixeira 43 ( 6.58 min per mile)
17 16.46 John Murphy ( 6.59 min per mile)
18 16.51 John Kane 50 ( 7.01 min per mile)
19 17.23 Mike Shears 48 ( 7.15 min per mile)
20 17.46 Gregg Scribner 29 ( 7.24 min per mile)
21 18.05 Peg Molina 44 ( 7.32 min per mile)
22 18.18 Nora Hulton 38 ( 7.38 min per mile)
23 18.23 Brian Cox ( 7.40 min per mile)
24 18.32 Chris Powderly 49 ( 7.43 min per mile)
25 18.55 Bill Dwyer 48 ( 7.53 min per mile)
26 18.58 Charlie Paler ( 7.54 min per mile)
27 19.17 Scott Benjamin 44 ( 8.02 min per mile)
28 19.41 Matt Dwyer 10 ( 8.12 min per mile)
29 19.50 Bob Satterlee 53 ( 8.16 min per mile)
30 19.59 Gisela Boelhouwer 37 ( 8.20 min per mile)
31 20.29 Wendy Carlson 28 ( 8.32 min per mile)
32 20.42 Tom McNulty 36 ( 8.38 min per mile)
33 21.59 Shiloh Gawe 3 ( 9.10 min per mile)
34 21.59 Sharon Gawe 49 ( 9.10 min per mile)
35 22.38 Bob Lewis 37 ( 9.26 min per mile)
36 23.03 Ron Karl 60 ( 9.36 min per mile)
37 23.49 Betsy Daniels 41 ( 9.55 min per mile)
38 24.11 Dennis Harrington 48 ( 10.05 min per mile)
39 24.11 Lee Anne Zarger 47 ( 10.05 min per mile)
40 24.12 Copper Zarger ( 10.05 min per mile)
41 24.26 Andy Clemons ( 10.11 min per mile)
42 24.26 Corinne Bellemare 43 ( 10.11 min per mile)
43 24.40 Marla Truini 46 ( 10.17 min per mile)

 

 

Last modified: March 24, 2003 

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