DePalma & Krebs Take Fall Honors
Mark DePalma showed up for his first Roxbury race this year and lead the charge
up the Jeep Trail and across the line with a time of 23:04 (5:50 pace).
Mark sat back early on while Jeff Sheldon and '04 Roxbury Rookie Edival Dos
Santos took the lead early. Edival was wearing funky space-age shoes
consisting of a sole and a few straps that actually went through holes in his
socks. Luckily the Jeep Trail was not muddy or navigating the steep
leaf-strewn rocky trail would have been more of a challenge for him.
By mile one Jeff and Edival had a 15 second lead over a five-man pack of
Mark Andrejczyk, Mike Abraham, Mark DePalma, Ken Merrick and Dave Harvey.
DePalma starting working his way up to the leaders and was running with them by
the two mile mark. Meanwhile Ken Merrick began his patented
come-from-behind strategy and started closing on the three leaders along the
rolling hills of River road. By the time they reached the Jeep Trail the
order was DePalma, Dos Santos, Merrick and Andrejczyk. Merrick and
Andrejczyk passed Dos Santos, but DePalma's lead was too much for Merrick to
overcome.
Theresa Krebs was the fastest woman, covering the course in an
uncontested time of 27:52 (7:03 pace). For Theresa winning Roxbury is
nothing new. This was her 16th win of the season. That ties her with
Ken Merrick for the most wins this year.
Special thanks to Mark Andrejczyk for his account of the race.
Pictures
Special thanks to Ron Karl for providing some new picture
this week. Up top, George and Laura Hermann along with Mo Van Moffaert. Below Tom
McNulty and others wait for the award ceremony. Way at the bottom, Old Web
Guy getting eaten by a German Dragon. This just reinforces Web Guy Jr.'s
fear of Dragons.
Marathons
Scott Benjamin has taken the lead in getting it
organized. If you have ideas, talk to Scott, or
talk to Fossil, or eMail Web Guy (esandifer@earthlink.net
) We'll remind you of the
issues.
- When? Saturday, December 11
- Course - 8.4 miles down to Judd's Bridge and back,
followed by five 3.55 mile loops (Down Hemlock). This makes it so we can have LOTS of
water stops with
just a few volunteers.
- Relays? People seem to think we should include a marathon relay. How
does this sound for a relay - one 4-mile leg down to Judd's bridge, another
one back up, two 7.1 mile legs, two laps each, and then one 3.55 mile leg,
just one lap? Tell Scott if you like the idea.
- Who? Scott Benjamin is Race Director, and many people are already
volunteering. When you volunteer, be sure to tell him what you are
willing to do to help. He'll try to keep a list.
- If we want to use this to qualify for Boston or anything, there are some
hoops necessary, like getting the course certified and sanctioned. To
certify the course, we need to calibrate the bicycle wheels on an accurate
three or four mile stretch of road. Does anyone know where there is a
long stretch of smooth state or US highway with those green mile markers on
it? Contact WebGuy at esandifer@earthlink.net
if you know such a stretch of road.
The
Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA
and on HiTekRacing.com
This week's results
