2005 Roxbury Race #2

Down Chalybes

February 26, 2005

8:30 am. 8 degrees, clear and sunny

   

Behling, Sheldon win in cold

      In recent years, one of the February races has been snowed out about half the time.  Two years ago we lost a December race, too.  This year, we've made it through February with our calendar intact, but we've had to run two of the coldest Roxbury races ever.  Snow was on the ground, debris from storms on Monday and Friday, with a dusting from Wednesday.

    Last week's second place finishers were both substantially faster this week (see below) and won this week.  Conditions were even more adverse this week, but we got to go down the big hill instead of slogging up it.  

    Jeff Sheldon ran a fast 13:47, nicking Mark LoSacco by just seven seconds.  Mark, in turn, was just eight seconds ahead of Peter Lofink.  The trio, along with fifth place finisher Ken Merrick, are already over a hundred points in the Prestigious Roxbury Points Race.

    Meanwhile, Adrea Behling ticked 48 seconds off her time from last week to beat Pam Quist by 25 seconds.  Pam shaved 30 seconds off last week's time, and ran faster this week than Andrea had run last week.

    There were 50 finishers this week, all a little crazier after the race than they had been before.  

Fossil Qualifies

3:29:34, 8th place over all, 1st over 50 at the Hudson-Mohawk Winter Marathon in Albany.  Results will be posted at www.hmrrc.com.

Other events

      Wally Jahn reminds us of tomorrow's Polar Bear Run at Lake Waramaug.  He has also announced that the proposed Half Marathon in Bethel is really going to happen, and it will be on April 3.

    Ryan McGorty, a senior at Shephaug Valley High School, along with Michael Hall, is organizing an April Fools Day 5k and two mile walk in Washington.  Part of the April Fools joke is that the race is April 2, not April Fools Day itself.  He handed out a bunch of entry forms.

    The Rumor is true that Wayne Blackman, a regular on the Roxbury Injured List, and Dr. Mary Chute will tie the knot the first week in April.  Paparazzi take notice!

    Pete Gillen eMailed an appeal to participate in an unusual charity drive to support "microloans" in developing countries.  You can read our conversation on this.  I was skeptical at first, feeling it seemed too good to be true, but I checked with Oxfam America and it checks out just fine.  Or you can go straight to the web site at www.povertyfighters.com. The drive ends March 31.

This week vs last week

    Thirty-one of us ran this same course, though in the opposite direction, as last week.  We were much faster this week, with Bob Lewis hacking a solid 2:02 off last week's effort, as he continues to recover from a January appendix operation.  The average improvement was 18 seconds, and second-place finisher Mark LoSacco was most average, improving by 17 seconds.  Reliable Scott Benjamin is most consistent, running 18:17 both weeks.  The Fossil was the major disappointment of the week.  Claiming he was resting up for a marathon in Albany the next day, he was 2:20 slower this week. 

    Complete details are at the bottom of the page.

Pictures

    At the top, we have spectator Andy Morehouse's photograph of the crowd rocketing away from the starting line.  Andy complains that it was too cold for photography, and apologizes for not taking more pictures.  Below that we have a crowd shot before the start.  What looks like a snowball fight erupting in the background is really somebody hurrying to get over to the line before we say "Go!" Below that we have race stalwarts Diane Hasz and Ken Neils.  Diane gave the camera a big wave, but Ken had his hands full of stopwatch and clipboard.

   Below that we have last week's crowd, slightly warmer and no snow on the ground, adjusting their gloves and trying to stay warm, just before the start.  Along side the results, we have pictures from warmer times last year, Lynn Zuback in the first shot, Chris Childs, Sharon Gawe, Tom McNulty and half of Ken Moffitt below that. Way down at the bottom we have Fossil in Germany, six time zones east of here, meeting another dragon.  Both the Fossil and the Dragon survived the encounter, only slightly the worse for wear. 

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

 

   

 

This week's results  

 

 
Now Last
week		 Time Name Age Div pace
1 2 13.47 Jeff Sheldon 5.45
2 4 13.54 Mark LoSacco 5.48
3 5 14.02 Peter Lofink 5.51
4 14.39 Shadow Merrick O 6.06
5 6 14.39 Ken Merrick 6.06
6 14.48 Dave Harvey 6.10
7 14.53 Dan Germain 43 6.12
8 7 15.16 Mike Abraham 6.22
9 9 15.24 Wallie Jahn 6.25
10 15.28 Mark Andrejczyk 6.27
11 15.41 Jeff Tindell 6.32
12 12 15.57 Lou Denaro 6.39
13 11 16.07 Mark Zerbe 6.43
14 16.12 Greg Ritzinger 47 6.45
15 16.42 Brian Vanderheiden 6.58
16 18 17.27 Andrea Behling   F 7.16
17 15 17.28 Chris Childs 7.17
18 17.33 Chris DePalma 7.19
19 21 17.52 Pam Quist   F 7.27
20 24 18.04 Chris Norris 7.32
21 18.09 Kevin Bradley 42 7.34
22 20 18.17 Scott Benjamin 7.37
23 18.25 Paul Teixeira 7.40
24 10 18.26 Ed Sandifer 7.41
25   18.38 Laura Hermann   F 7.46
26 25 18.42 Sinead Blevio   F 7.48
27 27 18.48 Paul Butler 7.50
28   18.51 Peg Molina   F 7.51
29 19.18 Harry Ong 8.03
30 19.20 John Murphy Jr. 8.03
31 30 19.21 Nora Hulton   F 8.04
32 29 19.24 Mario Hasz 8.05
33   20.02 Katie Neils   F 8.21
34 35 20.07 Carl Hunt 8.23
35 31 20.29 Tom McNulty 8.32
36 42 20.44 Bob Lewis 8.38
37 38 21.02 Chris Powderly 8.46
38 21.22 Dominic Rosa 11 8.54
39 40 21.35 Carl Rosa 8.60
40 39 21.52 George Hermann 9.07
41 44 21.56 Shiloh Gawe O 9.08
42 45 21.57 Sharon Gawe F 9.09
43 41 21.57 Ron Karl 9.09
44 21.59 Mo van Moffaert F 9.10
45 43 23.36 Charlie Euston 9.50
46 24.07 Walt Schuttler 10.03
47 48 24.47 Steve Schoeller 10.20
48 50 25.37 Paul Ayoub 10.40
49 53 26.46 Prasama Sangkachand F 11.09
Alt. 0.7 miles
50 April Neils

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week vs last week

 

This Last Improve
1 Bob Lewis 20.44 22.46 2.02
2 Shiloh Gawe 21.56 23.34 1.38
3 Sharon Gawe 21.57 23.34 1.37
4 Lou Denaro 15.57 16.52 0.55
5 Andrea Behling 17.27 18.15 0.48
6 Carl Hunt 20.07 20.49 0.42
7 Chris Norris 18.04 18.39 0.35
8 Steve Schoeller 24.47 25.19 0.32
9 Pam Quist 17.52 18.22 0.30
10 Ken Merrick 14.39 15.08 0.29
11 Chris Powderly 21.02 21.28 0.26
12 Wallie Jahn 15.24 15.48 0.24
13 Peter Lofink 14.02 14.23 0.21
14 Nora Hulton 19.21 19.42 0.21
15 Mark LoSacco 13.54 14.11 0.17
16 Carl Rosa 21.35 21.50 0.15
17 Paul Butler 18.48 19.01 0.13
18 Mario Hasz 19.24 19.35 0.11
19 Jeff Sheldon 13.47 13.57 0.10
20 Prasama Sangkachand 26.46 26.56 0.10
21 Paul Ayoub 25.37 25.46 0.09
22 Mark Zerbe 16.07 16.12 0.05
23 Mike Abraham 15.16 15.21 0.05
24 Chris Childs 17.28 17.33 0.05
25 Sinead Blevio 18.42 18.44 0.02
26 Scott Benjamin 18.17 18.17 0.00
27 Ron Karl 21.57 21.55 -0.02
28 Charlie Euston 23.36 23.23 -0.13
29 George Hermann 21.52 21.36 -0.16
30 Tom McNulty 20.29 20.03 -0.26
31 Ed Sandifer 18.26 16.06 -2.20

 

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