Youth Shake Things Up at Roxbury
For most of this season its been a pretty
consistent top 10 finishers. This week the youth desc
ended
on Roxbury and shook things up big time. Regulars Jeff Sheldon, Ken
Merrick and Mark LoSacco were the victims. Jeff went out fast and tried to
hold off 16 year old newcomer Graham Keggi. He was successful until
somewhere around the steep climb up Ranney. Graham was strong and held Jeff off
to take Race #22 in 24:05. Jeff finished 16 seconds back, with Speedy Dave
Hunt another 30 seconds behind him. Steady Ken Merrick rounded out the top
4, finishing ahead of 16 year olds Michael Marston, Ryan Cheng, and 15 year old
Craig Hunt.
Among the women, Eunice Bussom bested Pam
Quist by about 45 seconds to earn her 3rd win of the season.
Leadville
Marathon
Think a Marathon is a tough race? Try it at 13,000 feet,
across the beautiful and glorious Mosquito Pass. That's what Carl Hunt and
Walt Schuttler did 2 weeks ago. The course was so tough that both took over
7 hours, and both say it was the most difficult thing they have ever done.
They also say it was the most beautiful
scenery they have ever seen, and their enthusiasm for the experience gives you
goose bumps. Congratulations Carl and Walt.
Safety
Safety is important to us, as we don't run on closed roads and generally like each other.
It is safest if we face traffic as much
as safe and possible. (on the other hand, avoid the inside of sharp, blind
curves.) Also, it is much safer if we are all
on the same side of the road,
instead of making traffic drive between runners. 
Fossil has three rules of running:
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Be safe
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Have fun
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It's sometimes more fun if you win. Set goals
you can realistically achieve.
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 use all five fingers.
This week's pictures
Up top, we have this week's
winner Eunice
Bussom. 
Then we have the crowd at the starting
line applauding Walt Schuttler and Carl
Hunt for their extraordinary run at the Leadville Marathon.
Then we have three three Demings,
Chris, his brother Larry,
and Larry's daughter Amanda. Those
that hung around after the race this week were treated to an impromptu concert
by Larry. He plays quite a fiddle.
Along the side of the results we have a
couple of people trying to straighten the posts in the parking lot. Next is a shot of
two Mark's one's a LoSacco and the other's a
Zerbe.
Third in that column are the three Neils
ladies, Lili, April
and Katie.
Way at the bottom, notice the Dragon
is back.
The
Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA
and on HiTekRacing.com
