2006 Roxbury Race #29

Confusion

    We had trouble at the finish line this week.  At the finish line, people got sticks, heard their times, and wrote their times and places on the results sheet, but things didn't line up.  For example, John Boccuzzi Jr claimed to be 19th in 17:22, but Casey Fallon claimed 18th in 17:36.

   After about four hours of wrestling with it, WebGuy gave up.  He had to make lots of guesses, and surely guessed wrong much of the time.  He doesn't think that anyone is more than 10 places off, but that matters to some of us.  To try to placate what may be 65 disappointed competitors, here's a beautiful picture of a peaceful waterfall.

    The race itself was a doozie.  Jeff Sheldon ran one of his very best times on the course, 13:14,  at the doorstep of the course record of 12:47, which has stood for more than ten years.  (The record going down the hill is 12:40)

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:

1. Be safe

2. Have fun

3. 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

     We begin with the shot of the Roxbury Waterfall, occasionally seen on the 4.3 mile High Bridge Road course.  Then we have four cyclists, under the triathaloning tutelage of John Hirsch, who didn't think that eight miles running in the rain was enough, so they were about to set out for a lap or two on the bicycle.  For them, a lap is 27 miles.  

    Then we have three three Demings, Chris, his brother Larry, and Larry's daughter Amanda.  

   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.  Then at the bottom a new sign that recently appeared on a tree near the start-finish line.

    Way at the bottom, notice the Dragon is back.  There are sea slugs in Santa Cruz, but no dragons.

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

Current points leaders

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