2005 Roxbury Race #8

Down Chalybes, up Ranney

April 9, 2005

8:30 am. 45 degrees, sun, tricky, swirling winds

   

White, Schumacher romp in the wind

    It was chilly before the race, upper 30's, but by the time 8:30 rolled around, the parking lot was full, 53 runners toed the line, and the temperature was in the mid 40's.  The wind seemed to be coming from the north, but once the race started, it gradually became clear that the wind was swirling, and every direction was against the wind.

    Eventual winner Jeromie Schumacher and points leader Jeff Sheldon started at a fairly sane pace, but on the Hemlock downhill, insanity emerged, and Schumacher began to build a lead that grew to almost a minute.

    At the finish line, our gracious winner took over the stopwatch and clipboard and timed the race for a while.

    Caroline White also enjoyed a clear margin among the women.  Finishing 11th overall, she grabbed her third win of the season and finished about two minutes ahead of rival Pam Quist.

Stick numbers

    In the official results, your place number might not match your place in the results.  Stick 34 inadvertently went to someone running an alternate course.  We straightened that out and moved everyone after that up a place.  Times should be correct though.

This week vs Last week

    Twenty-six runners, almost exactly half the field, ran this same course in wet conditions a week ago.  For the most part, they did better.  Average improvement was 33 seconds, and 22 out of 26 people were faster, including both George and Laura Hermann, more than a minute faster.  Chris Powderly and Chris Norris led the improvements, 2:42 and 2:40 faster respectively.  Walt Schuttler and Sinead Blevio were most conspicuous among those who didn't get faster.  David Mariani and Chris Childs were most consistent, 3 and 4 seconds slower this week, and Lee Ann Zarger and Chas Greystone were most average in their improvements, 28 seconds faster this week.  Full details are at the bottom of the page.

Value Added

    It is easy to generate statistics with the sophisticated software we use to create these pages.  This week we have a column that compares the place we finished this week (first column) with the place we finished last week (second column).

    Anybody seen JT Schemm lately?  It might be that he's occupied with the new addition to his family, Elliott Maier Schemm.  Bring him to the races, JT!  And congratulations.

Pictures

   At the top, after the race Tom Fisher and George Hermann discuss whether to play on the slide, or on the swings.  At right we have Kyle Knight leading Sinead Blevio to the finish line a year ago. 

     Along the side, next to the results, we have Regular Bob Satterlee, giving the quality of writing on the web page a Thumbs Up.  Then there's a photo from February, 2004. Then comes Dave Harvey, this week running the race instead of the stopwatch. Way down at the bottom we have Fossil in Germany, six time zones east of here, meeting another dragon.  Sadly, the dragon actually bit poor Fossil's head off.  They managed to sew it back on, but his beard suffered permanent damage and has been replaced by a wad of copper Brillo. 

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

 

   

 

This week's results: 

 

this week last week time name age pace
1 23.38 Jeromie Schumacher 31 5.38 min per mile)
2 2 24.32 Jeff Sheldon 24 5.50 min per mile)
3 3 24.37 Mark LoSacco 36 5.52 min per mile)
4 4 26.34 Mike Abraham 45 6.20 min per mile)
5 26.54 Dave Harvey 41 6.24 min per mile)
6 27.09 Ed Sandifer 53 6.28 min per mile)
7 27.21 Lou Denaro 44 6.31 min per mile)
8 5 27.31 Brian Vanderheiden 35 6.33 min per mile)
9 6 28.43 Mark Zerbe 44 6.50 min per mile)
10 28.56 Mark Andrejczyk 32 6.53 min per mile)
11   29.09 Caroline White 42 6.56 min per mile)
12 7 29.40 Chris DePalma 38 7.04 min per mile)
13 30.00 Bruce Goulart 55 7.09 min per mile)
14 8 30.18 David Mariani 41 7.13 min per mile)
15 12 30.45 Chas Greystone 49 7.19 min per mile)
16 11 31.02 Chris Childs 46 7.23 min per mile)
17   31.13 Pam Quist 41 7.26 min per mile)
18 32.08 Bill Gillen 40 7.39 min per mile)
19 20 32.19 Chris Norris 36 7.42 min per mile)
20 13 32.29 Scott Benjamin 47 7.44 min per mile)
21 32.46 Tom Fisher 45 7.48 min per mile)
22 17 32.58 Mario Hasz 56 7.51 min per mile)
23 33.19 Ray Giordano 55 7.56 min per mile)
24 18 33.26 Paul Butler 47 7.58 min per mile)
25 19 33.38 Nora Hulton 41 8.00 min per mile)
26   34.44 Andrea Behling 26 8.16 min per mile)
27 34.45 Kurt Thoennessen 26 8.16 min per mile)
28 34.48 Harry Ong 65 8.17 min per mile)
29 21 34.51 Laura Hermann 15 8.18 min per mile)
30 22 34.55 Chris Powderly 52 8.19 min per mile)
31 35.18 Tom McNulty 39 8.24 min per mile)
32 37.10 Bob Satterlee 57 8.51 min per mile)
33 16 37.18 Sinead Blevio 32 8.53 min per mile)
34 25 38.00 Ed Moros 57 9.03 min per mile)
35 38.00 Carl Hunt 53 9.03 min per mile)
36   38.17 Mo van Moffaert 45 9.07 min per mile)
37 24 38.27 Ron Karl 60 9.09 min per mile)
38 26 39.11 George Hermann 47 9.20 min per mile)
39   39.22 Erin Ashwood 24 9.22 min per mile)
40 27 39.27 Charlie Euston 60 9.24 min per mile)
41 40.09 Carl Rosa 40 9.34 min per mile)
42 33 41.05 Bob Lewis 40 9.47 min per mile)
43 28 42.35 Steve Schoeller 50 10.08 min per mile)
44 23 43.21 Walt Schuttler 53 10.19 min per mile)
45   44.41 Alyce Cognetta Bertz 49 10.38 min per mile)
46   46.13 Christina Clark 35 11.00 min per mile)
47 32 46.25 Corinne Bellemare 46 11.03 min per mile)
48   46.42 Prasama Sangkachand 45 11.07 min per mile)
49 30 47.39 Lee Ann Zarger 50 11.21 min per mile)
50 31 48.17 Copper Zarger 5 11.30 min per mile)
alt 3.55 mi race
51 37.28 Gary Bertz 50
alt 2.4 mi race
52   23.17 Shiloh Gawe 5 9.42 min per mile)
53   23.18 Sharon Gawe 52 9.43 min per mile)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week vs Last week

 

this last Improvement
1 Chris Powderly 34.55 37.37 2.42
2 Chris Norris 32.19 34.59 2.40
3 Corinne Bellemare 46.25 48.24 1.59
4 Mike Abraham 26.34 28.01 1.27
5 Charlie Euston 39.27 40.52 1.25
6 Mark LoSacco 24.37 25.57 1.20
7 George Hermann 39.11 40.25 1.14
8 Laura Hermann 34.51 36.01 1.10
9 Brian Vanderheiden 27.31 28.37 1.06
10 Jeff Sheldon 24.32 25.35 1.03
11 Ed Moros 38.00 38.59 0.59
12 Mario Hasz 32.58 33.54 0.56
13 Paul Butler 33.26 34.21 0.55
14 Mark Zerbe 28.43 29.35 0.52
15 Nora Hulton 33.38 34.26 0.48
16 Steve Schoeller 42.35 43.22 0.47
17 Lee Ann Zarger 47.39 48.07 0.28
18 Chas Greystone 30.45 31.13 0.28
19 Ron Karl 38.27 38.52 0.25
20 Scott Benjamin 32.29 32.52 0.23
21 Chris DePalma 29.40 29.45 0.05
22 David Mariani 30.18 30.15 -0.03
23 Chris Childs 31.02 30.58 -0.04
24 Copper Zarger 48.17 48.08 -0.09
25 Sinead Blevio 37.18 33.39 -3.39
26 Walt Schuttler 43.21 38.21 -5.00

 

 

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