There
are lots of other races and other things to do this Columbus Day weekend, so
attendance was down a little bit, but those who made it enjoyed a fine run in
the early fall weather.5.0 miles - Apple Lane - Squire Road October 11, 2003 8:30 am, 52 degrees, gloriously sunny with turning foliage |
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It was
a gloriously sunny day and the leaves were just beginning to turn. There
are lots of other races and other things to do this Columbus Day weekend, so
attendance was down a little bit, but those who made it enjoyed a fine run in
the early fall weather.
For the women, Roxbury's own Gisela Boelhouwer won her second race of the season, two minutes ahead of Katie Neils, who battled it out for second place with Wendy Carlson, only 12 seconds farther back.
Among the men, it was a lead pack of three after a mile and a half, and those three were all over the alphabet, Mark Andrejczyk, Jim Zoldy and the Fossil. Mark made a break going down the hill, but Jim dumped the Fossil on the up hill and by the top, both he and Fossil had caught Mark. That's how it stayed, except they kept getting farther and farther apart as the hills wore their legs off.
Walking Lessons
People who stayed late were treated (subjected?) to the comic (pathetic?) spectacle of Fossil trying to give racewalking lessons to Paul Teixeira. Apparently, Fossil got Paul to buy some line about racewalking being good for your back and helping prevent shin splints.
News from Derringer
Check out last week's eMail from Keyless Bob Derringer. He's planning to running the Hartford Marathon this week. Watch for him in the results. Like a lot of other people, he's hoping to qualify for Boston so he can pay $85 next year ($3.25 per mile) to do it again.
It
reminds us what a bargain Roxbury is, where you can run 39 races, over 150
miles, for free, and the other three races, another 14 miles or so, only cost $5
each.
This Week vs Last Week
At the bottom of the page, after the results, we have comparative times for the 15 people who ran this course both last week and this. Al Mletzko leads the improvement pack with a 5:39 improvement, 16 seconds more improvement than Bob Lewis. Though only seven people were faster this week and eight were slower, the average improvement was 53 seconds. Women's winner Gisela Boelhouwer was closest to average, with a 52 second improvement. Mark Zerbe was Mr. Consistent, only two seconds slower and edging out Scott Benjamin for the honor by just one second.
Marathon Season
It's the Fall Marathon Season now. It's all too much to keep track of, so we've created a new Roxbury Marathon Page. Of course, there is no actual "Roxbury Marathon" (yet), but we can have Roxbury Marathon results anyway, because we're so virtual. Send data, and we will improve it.
There
is more about Pike's Peak Marathon on another
page.
Rookie of the Year and Most Improved
Forms for making nominations on-line are now available by clicking here. Each year, we give an award for the Most Improved Runner and to the Rookie of the Year. It's not too early to think about candidates. If you want to compare people's performances to last year, you can follow the link to the 2002 page at the bottom of the main Roxbury Page. You can also use that to see if your candidate ran much last year and find out if he/she is a rookie.
Our definition of "rookie" is a little fuzzy. Basically, a rookie is someone who didn't run "much" last year. If the person didn't run enough to be a rookie last year, then he/she's a rookie this year. This makes Lou Denaro a rookie, with one race last year. So are Mark Losacco, Mario Hasz and Marge Demarrais, but not Tom McNulty or Mark Andrejczyk.
Pictures
Up top, we have Ed Moros, 13th this week, and second in the "Ed's Division." In the middle, we have a shot of Chris Powderly and Nora Hulton chatting before a race a few weeks ago, with Charlie Yagielski in the background. After that we have Mario Hasz motoring towards the finish line. Lower down, we have a picture of Charlie Yagielski, with a sunbeam on him because he was special.
The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com
This week's Roxbury results
| 1 | 30.37 | Jim Zoldy | 41 | ( | 6.07 | min per mile) |
| 2 | 31.59 | Ed Sandifer | 51 | ( | 6.24 | min per mile) |
| 3 | 32.29 | Mark Andrejczyk | 30 | ( | 6.30 | min per mile) |
| 4 | 33.34 | Jeff Tindell | 53 | ( | 6.43 | min per mile) |
| 5 | 35.20 | Mike Matthews | 40 | ( | 7.04 | min per mile) |
| 6 | 35.31 | Mark Zerbe | 43 | ( | 7.06 | min per mile) |
| 7 | 35.58 | Paul Teixeira | 43 | ( | 7.12 | min per mile) |
| 8 | 39.40 | Bob Lewis | 38 | ( | 7.56 | min per mile) |
| 9 | 39.54 | Harvey Strauss | 60 | ( | 7.59 | min per mile) |
| 10 | 40.05 | Chris Childs | 44 | ( | 8.01 | min per mile) |
| 11 | 40.11 | Gisela Boelhouwer | 38 | ( | 8.02 | min per mile) |
| 12 | 40.29 | Mario Hasz | 54 | ( | 8.06 | min per mile) |
| 13 | 40.55 | Ed Moros | 56 | ( | 8.11 | min per mile) |
| 14 | 41.10 | Scott Benjamin | 45 | ( | 8.14 | min per mile) |
| 15 | 42.13 | Katie Neils | 10 | ( | 8.27 | min per mile) |
| 16 | 42.24 | Paul Butler | 46 | ( | 8.29 | min per mile) |
| 17 | 42.25 | Wendy Carlson | ( | 8.29 | min per mile) | |
| 18 | 43.42 | Bob Satterlee | 54 | ( | 8.44 | min per mile) |
| 19 | 43.57 | Mo van Moffaert | 43 | ( | 8.47 | min per mile) |
| 20 | 44.03 | Carl Myhill | 63 | ( | 8.49 | min per mile) |
| 21 | 44.14 | Al Mletzko | 60 | ( | 8.51 | min per mile) |
| 22 | 50.47 | Ron Karl | 61 | ( | 10.09 | min per mile) |
| 23 | 41.16 | Richard Vasko | 58 | ( | 8.15 | min per mile) |
| 24 | 55.52 | Corinne Bellemare | 44 | ( | 11.10 | min per mile) |
| 25 | 64.00 | Lee Ann Zarger | 48 | ( | 12.48 | min per mile) |
| 26 | 64.01 | Copper Zarger | 2 | ( | 12.48 | min per mile) |
| 27 | 70.00 | Carole Strauss | ( | 14.00 | min per mile) | |
| Alt 0.41 mi | ||||||
| 28 | 6.28 | April Neils | ( | 15.46 | min per mile) |
This week vs Last week
| This | last | Improvement | ||
| 1 | Al Mletzko | 44.14 | 49.53 | 5.39 |
| 2 | Bob Lewis | 39.40 | 45.03 | 5.23 |
| 3 | Katie Neils | 42.13 | 45.02 | 2.49 |
| 4 | Carl Myhill | 44.03 | 46.40 | 2.37 |
| 5 | Gisela Boelhouwer | 40.11 | 41.03 | 0.52 |
| 6 | Bob Satterlee | 43.42 | 44.11 | 0.29 |
| 7 | Jeff Tindell | 33.34 | 33.47 | 0.13 |
| 8 | Mark Zerbe | 35.31 | 35.29 | -0.02 |
| 9 | Scott Benjamin | 41.10 | 41.07 | -0.03 |
| 10 | Mark Andrejczyk | 32.29 | 32.14 | -0.15 |
| 11 | Ed Sandifer | 31.59 | 31.41 | -0.18 |
| 12 | Chris Childs | 40.05 | 39.25 | -0.40 |
| 13 | Mario Hasz | 40.29 | 39.39 | -0.50 |
| 14 | Paul Teixeira | 35.58 | 35.06 | -0.52 |
| 15 | Ron Karl | 50.47 | 48.53 | -1.54 |
Last modified: October 11, 2003