2005 Roxbury Race #26

3.95 miles - Jeep Trail

August 20, 2005

8:30 am. 75 degrees, overcast 

   

Allison and Luis Repeat

    Hot or cold, longer or shorter, sun or clouds, Allison Lind and Luis Amaral are tough to beat at Roxbury.  Allison has run ten times and won ten times this year.  Luis has only run twice, but he also is undefeated.

    After last week's sweat bath that saw Luis win in only a 6:15 pace, this week the top five finishers all broke six minutes per mile, making it one of the faster races of the year.

    Over 50 runners participated this week, bringing the average field for the year to 48.

Personals

    Note the name in 33rd position.  Andrea will be back before very long.

    Shiloh is back and looking good.  Her recent hiatus was caused by a hip injury, not by anything more serious.  Welcome back.

    Older racing fans will remember when Decio Tenreiro dominated Danbury High School cross country.  We think this was his Roxbury debut.  Welcome.

    Did anyone stop at the tag sales after the race today?  There were a couple of large ones.

    Visit the Bridgewater Fair this year if you get a chance.  It's the first time in a decade that Roxbury old-timer Dave Harvey hasn't been running the Fried Dough Tent, but he might be working there.  Also, check sewing by the Fossil's daughter, Victoria Sandifer.  And spend money; it benefits the Bridgewater Fire Department.

Measurement tales

    We reported last week on recent developments in measuring the Marathon course.  We reported:

  1. We had already measured the Hemlock Road course using the Jogging Path at 3.5893 miles.
  2. The Hemlock Road course without the Jogging Path measures at 3.5361 miles, not 3.55 as we've been saying for the last 15 years.
  3. The 4.8 mile course is accurate.  It measures 4.85 miles, and that's good enough.
  4. Judds Bridge that we hoped would be 4.15 miles each way came out only 4.06 miles each way.
  5. Items 1 and 4 above mean that the "marathon" we ran last December was about 260 yards short.  

    We asked people last week what they wanted to do about the Marathon, and most people seem to prefer moving the turn-around point on Judd's Bridge out the necessary 130 yards.  We'll go down there with the Steel Tape and figure out where that takes us to.  

    Last Thursday, Scott Benjamin and the Fossil measured the course for the Thanksgiving Day race.  The calibration stage went very well, but measuring the course itself indicated that the course is 0.073% longer going up Chalybes than it is coming down.  This was probably because Fossil got stuck in too big a gear going up the hill and he probably wobbled too much. (He's lucky he made it at all)  You're only allowed 0.080% difference, and this is too close to the limit, so we'll probably measure it again to try to get a more accurate reading.  Fossil will have to wait until his lame hamstring recovers, though. 

Safety

    Fossil has three rules of running:

  1. Be safe

  2. Have fun

    Be nice to the drivers.  For the most part, they like us, and they are proud to have us running in Roxbury.  Smile, and, if you wave, be sure you us all five fingers.

Punctuality

    We started almost on time today.  With your continued cooperation, we hope to continue.

This week's pictures

   Up top we have Bob Lewis acting as caddy for Paul Butler.  We had told them that the turnaround point in today's race was "far away."  They apparently heard "fairway," so Paul brought his golf clubs.

    Then we see this week's top finishers ignoring the yellow "slow" sign as they go out for extra miles after the race.

    Then long-time Roxbury Regular Charlie Euston motoring towards the finish line in today's race.  

    A bit farther down we have Dermott Quigley, our correspondent in Ireland, the one whose eMail uses green electrons.  He was in America to check up on the races, and while he's here he's visiting his relatives, including his daughter Sinnead.  He'll be around for a couple of weeks.  Here he's discussing issues with Chris "Critter" Powderly.

    Along side the results we have Lynnie Zuback and Sinnead Blevio smiling, with Ron Karl behaving himself in the background.  Then there's a shot of Christina Clark going fast, and then one of Fast Mario Hasz and his wife Diane, the Belle of the Finish Line.  

    Down at the bottom, we have three women smiling after the race, Fossil meeting a dragon in Germany, and a collection of three sets of feet. 

    We have more great pictures from this week's race, but Web Guy didn't find enough to write about, so there isn't room.  Maybe we'll use some of them next week.

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

 

   

 

 
1 22.31 Luis Amaral 43 ( 5.42 min per mile)
2 23.26 Adam Levy 20 ( 5.56 min per mile)
3 23.28 Daniel Murphy 35 ( 5.56 min per mile)
4 23.34 Decio Tenreiro 28 ( 5.58 min per mile)
5 23.38 Mark Andrejczyk 32 ( 5.59 min per mile)
6 24.10 Mark LoSacco 36 ( 6.07 min per mile)
7 24.21 Jeff Sheldon 25 ( 6.10 min per mile)
8 24.27 Elan Winthrop 15 ( 6.11 min per mile)
9 24.39 Allison Lind 24 ( 6.14 min per mile)
10 25.01 John Richers 50 ( 6.20 min per mile)
11 25.15 Scott Holmes 43 ( 6.24 min per mile)
12 26.10 Lou Denaro 44 ( 6.37 min per mile)
13 27.06 Mark Zerbe 44 ( 6.52 min per mile)
14 27.12 Matt Andryc 17 ( 6.53 min per mile)
15 27.20 Chris Deming 38 ( 6.55 min per mile)
16 27.22 Don Smith 61 ( 6.56 min per mile)
17 27.40 Jeffrey Dingwell 50 ( 7.00 min per mile)
18 27.47 Chris DePalma 38 ( 7.02 min per mile)
19 28.18 Pam Quist 41 ( 7.10 min per mile)
20 28.18 Ed Sandifer 53 ( 7.10 min per mile)
21 28.29 Greg Ritzinger 47 ( 7.13 min per mile)
22 29.52 Scott Benjamin 47 ( 7.34 min per mile)
23 29.08 Doug Branscombe 44 ( 7.23 min per mile)
24 29.23 Jeff Field 35 ( 7.26 min per mile)
25 29.29 John Kane 53 ( 7.28 min per mile)
26 29.30 Mike Mayer 42 ( 7.28 min per mile)
27 29.57 Tom McNulty 39 ( 7.35 min per mile)
28 30.39 Cindy Scannell 47 ( 7.46 min per mile)
29 30.48 Brian Campbell 27 ( 7.48 min per mile)
30 31.21 Bob Lewis 40 ( 7.56 min per mile)
31 31.29 Laura Hermann 15 ( 7.58 min per mile)
32 31.48 Lynn Zuback 39 ( 8.03 min per mile)
33 32.04 Kurt Behling 26 ( 8.07 min per mile)
34 32.07 Paul Butler 47 ( 8.08 min per mile)
35 32.16 Chris Powderly 52 ( 8.10 min per mile)
36 34.35 Sinead Blevio 32 ( 8.45 min per mile)
37 35.15 Steve Schoeller 50 ( 8.55 min per mile)
38 35.32 Walt Schuttler 53 ( 8.60 min per mile)
39 35.50 Mo van Moffaert 45 ( 9.04 min per mile)
40 36.20 Charlie Euston 60 ( 9.12 min per mile)
41 38.57 George Hermann 47 ( 9.52 min per mile)
42 39.33 Jeff Winthrop 12 ( 10.01 min per mile)
43 41.14 Ron Karl 60 ( 10.26 min per mile)
44 45.41 Prasama Sangkachand 45 ( 11.34 min per mile)
45 46.14 Corinne Bellemare 46 ( 11.42 min per mile)
46 48.26 Lee Ann Zarger 50 ( 12.16 min per mile)
47 49.09 Copper Zarger 5 ( 12.27 min per mile)
48 49.18 Sameh Hassan 35 ( 12.29 min per mile)
49 49.18 Ramya 25 ( 12.29 min per mile)
Alt 2.4 mi
50 18.08 Katie Neils 12 ( 7.33 min per mile)
51 18.25 Dan Lynch 42 ( 7.40 min per mile)
Alt 0.41 mi
52 3.42 Shiloh Gawe 5 ( 9.01 min per mile)
53 3.43 Sharon Gawe 52 ( 9.04 min per mile)
 

 

 

 

 

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