2004 Roxbury Race #16

Andrejczyk edges Moffitt; Krebs wins again

     On a perfect morning for racing, Ken Moffitt arrived in Roxbury to find that his most tenacious rivals were elsewhere.  Mike Abraham, a week after his Vermont City Marathon, was doing something else.  Ken Merrick was there, but he was taking it easy before a half marathon the next day.  You could almost see Ken making plans for a shelf for his den to keep his Roxbury trophy on.  (Ken's a little new to Roxbury; he forgot that there's only trophies at the end of the season.)  

    Then, in a race that foreshadowed Smarty Jones' race later that same day, Mark Andrejczyk ruined it for poor Ken.  They were back and forth for the first four miles of the 4.5 mile experience, but as they turned on to West Apple Lane, Mark pulled away for his second Roxbury win of the year, by a margin of 18 seconds.

    Among the women, Theresa Krebs nabbed her third Roxbury win of the season, a minute and a half ahead of Lee Ann Flanagan.  Theresa has been winning every other week lately.

 Pictures

    Ron Karl took photos at the finish line last week.  He send us these shots in time to get them on the web page.  Up top we have the crowd milling around the finish line talking about who beat whom and whose running shorts almost fell off.  Below that, we have Lee Ann Zarger and most of Copper, near the finish line.  Even farther down, we have John Murphy and Dave Harvey trying to help an unidentified, mostly naked guy in sunglasses try to get the results fixed.

    Then we have Sinead and Charley Euston.  Way down at the bottom we have a dragon.  We don't often see dragons in Roxbury.  There are no dragons (or snakes) in Ireland

Marathons

    Response to the idea of a December Marathon has been positive.  Scott Benjamin has offered to take the lead in getting it organized.  Nothing is firm yet.  If you have ideas, talk to Scott, or talk to Fossil, or eMail Web Guy (address above)  We'll remind you of the issues.

1. When?  Second week in December has been suggested.  Someone else suggested just telling people it's 2.4 miles, then surprising everyone.  
2. Where?  We get exactly 26.2 miles if we run the 2.4 mile Chalybes course 5 times (makes 12.0 miles) and the 3.55 mile Hemlock Road course 4 times (for 14.2 miles) That's not very flat, but nowhere in Roxbury is flat. Lots of little loops get a little boring, but it is good for volunteers.  Someone suggested going past Judd's Bridge to Rt 199 and back, about 8 miles each way, as the main part of the course.  Scenic, but unless we get a ton and a half of volunteers, the water stops will be pretty far apart.
3. Certify?  Should we go through the effort of certifying the course and getting the race sanctioned?  Then people could use their Roxbury times to qualify for Boston or Olympic Trials or whatever.
4. Relays?  Some people like to do Marathon Relays.  Would we want to include that, too?  How about a half-marathon at the same time?  
5. Who?  Who wants to take charge of all this? (Answer:  Scott Benjamin, plus whoever wants to help)

Other Races

Saturday June 26th
Danbury High School:  2nd Annual Danbury Area Track Club Twilight Track Meet sponsored by Road and Track Sports.  Youth events 100m, 800m, 4 x 200m, Long Jump and Shot begin at 4:30 pm.  Adult events 100m, mile, 400m, 5000m, 4 x 100m, shot, discus, hammer, long jump and pole vault begin at 6pm.  Entry fee is $10 on the day of the meet and $5 for DATC members.  $100 first prize to the first man under 4:15 for the mile and the first woman under 5:00.  For more information go to www.datc.us or call Marty Ogden at 730-2868. 

July 5 at 9am in downtown Bethel, the zillionth annual Bethel Firecracker race.  Information at www.bethel-firecracker.com.

    The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com

This week's results

Created June 7, 2004 / Last modified: June 8, 2004