The Roxbury Mile May 26, 2007 8:30 am. 70 degrees - Hot and hazy |
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Short and Fast
Summer unofficially arrives on Memorial Day weekend,
and summer weather greeted the 45 Roxbury runners who chose to spend their
Saturday morning running the Roxbury Mile. We moved the starting line back
about 50 yards, not so that we could "enjoy" an uphill start but so
that we could use the second crosswalk at the Booth Free School as a well-marked
finish line.
Though the winners were the same as last week, the race was different. Steve Palmer challenged David Hunt to the very end, and when they crossed the finish line, only 1.48 seconds on the official tape separated them. Close, indeed.
Jenna Hannibal won for the women, finishing 12th overall in 5:54, 27 seconds ahead of the duo of Cloe Benoit and Lisa Andrews, who finished 17th and 18th.
Recent birthdays
Our records* suggest that a few people have celebrated birthdays recently. Birthday greetings go out to Chris Powderly and to Larry Deming, who turned 50 as he approached the finish line today.
* We keep track of people's ages. When the age you put on the sign-up sheet goes up, we guess that you've had a birthday.
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 possible. Also, it is 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:
Be safe
Have fun
It's more fun if you run well
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 on the right we have Jenna Hannibal in weather just a tad colder than today's conditions.
Below that we have a crowd scene from the start, featuring Lou Denaro in the foreground, with a lot of people you might recognize in the background.
Along side the results we have Lynnie Zuback and Sinnead Blevio smiling, with Ron Karl behaving himself in the background. Where's Sinnead been this year? Then there's a shot of Mark Zerbe in his red vest. Then we have brightly colored Brian Vanderheiden and Mark LoSacco. Near the bottom of the column, a shot 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.
The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com
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This year vs Last year
Comparing the results for the 22 people who also ran the Roxbury Mile on May 29, 2007.
| This | Last | Improve | |||
| 1 | Steve Schoeller | 10.10 | 14.11 | 4.01 | |
| 2 | Larry Deming | 6.42 | 7.55 | 1.13 | |
| 3 | Sharon Gawe | 7.56 | 8.26 | 0.30 | |
| 4 | Chris Powderly | 6.52 | 7.10 | 0.18 | |
| 5 | Amanda Deming | 8.37 | 8.50 | 0.13 | |
| 6 | Russ Pribanic | 6.11 | 6.23 | 0.12 | |
| 7 | Bob Satterlee | 7.11 | 7.19 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | Lynn Zuback | 6.35 | 6.32 | -0.03 | |
| 9 | Jenna Hannibal | 5.54 | 5.50 | -0.04 | |
| 10 | Paul Butler | 6.45 | 6.37 | -0.08 | |
| 11 | Scott Benjamin | 6.10 | 6.02 | -0.08 | |
| 12 | Mark LoSacco | 5.21 | 5.07 | -0.14 | |
| 13 | Brian Gildea | 6.09 | 5.54 | -0.15 | |
| 14 | Kurt Thoennessen | 6.25 | 6.08 | -0.17 | |
| 15 | Chris Deming | 5.41 | 5.19 | -0.22 | |
| 16 | Mike Ruospo | 5.52 | 5.29 | -0.23 | |
| 17 | Bob Lewis | 6.57 | 6.33 | -0.24 | |
| 18 | Charlie Euston | 8.39 | 8.12 | -0.27 | |
| 19 | Mario Hasz | 7.11 | 6.40 | -0.31 | |
| 20 | Richard DeMarco | 7.09 | 6.27 | -0.42 | |
| 21 | Ron Karl | 9.33 | 8.00 | -1.33 | |
| 22 | Dan Lynch | 7.35 | 5.44 | -1.51 |
Current points standings
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Created May 26, 2007
