4.8 miles - Judd's Bridge Road out-and-back June 9, 2007 8:30 am. |
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Patrick Is The Roadrunner At Roxbury
Matt Patrick, 35, captured a 4.8-mile race Saturday, June 9, at the Roxbury Road Race Series easily defeating a field of 28 challengers.
Patrick covered the layout, which included a trip along part of Judds Bridge Road, in 28-minutes, 39-seconds.
Joe Mendes, 41, placed second in 32:31.
Wendy Carlson, a longtime photographer with The News-Times in Danbury, was the first female finisher and placed 21st overall in 42:09.
The weekly series will continue Saturday, June 16, at 8:30 a.m. with a 6.6-mile race that will include a trip along part of Sentry Hill Road. There will be no entry fee.
The William Burley 5.0-mile MidSummer Championship will be run Saturday, July 7, at 8:30 a.m.
The race is named after the founding director of the 31-year-old series, who was a longtime Roxbury resident and a principal at two New Milford elementary schools.
There will be a $5 entry fee that can be paid that morning from 7:15 to 8:20. Proceeds will go to the Roxbury park improvement fund. The top overall male and female finisher will each receive a $10 gift certificate to a local running store.
The second round of inductees to the Roxbury Road Race Series Hall of Fame will be announced that day at the post-race awards ceremony.
The weekly runs, which are sponsored by the Roxbury Recreation Commission, start and finish near the Everett Hurlburt Community Park on West Apple Lane.
For information on the series, contact Head Director Bob Lewis at (H) (860) 355-0695 or Assistant Director Scott Benjamin at BenjaminS@wcsu.edu, (O) (860) 210-2146, ext. 129 or (H) (860) 354-3521.
People
For the June 9th 4.8 miler, Ron Karl's son, Rodger Karl, age 37 and grandson, Ron Karl II, age 14 were visiting from Minnesota. So there were three generations of Karls at Roxbury; perhaps that’s a first.
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. (You know who you are.)
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
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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Created June 22, 2007
