Joe
hadn't won at Roxbury before. Lisa won a couple of times last year, but
hasn't had a win yet this year. If we'd had a podium, both of the winners'
faces would have been new. Congratulations to both.
Judds Bridge Road September 15, 2007 8:30 am. 60 degrees, rain |
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Joe Mendes and Lisa Andrews win first races
Joe
hadn't won at Roxbury before. Lisa won a couple of times last year, but
hasn't had a win yet this year. If we'd had a podium, both of the winners'
faces would have been new. Congratulations to both.
It was a rainy morning. There'd been a race in Danbury on Thursday, and another coming up on Sunday, so the field was only 30 people. Everyone in the Top Five in the Prestigious Roxbury Points Race was there, though, because that's what you have to do to be in the Top Five.
The race went out a little slowly. A pack with Joe Mendes, Bruce Goulart and a couple of others had a clear gap on a much larger group containing most of the people who ended up finishing in the first 15.
At the turnaround, Joe started to pull away to build up his lead of a bit more than a minute, and the rest of the field started scrambling. Fossil moved from 5th at the turnaround to 2nd. Others went from 3rd to 6th, and the like. Things changed in the second half more than usual, and at the end only 74 seconds separated third from eleventh.
Lisa Andrews spent much of the first half contending for a very high finish, sixth or seventh maybe, but she was a victim of the scrambling in the second half, ending up 13th. She was only three places, but almost two minutes ahead of second woman Lynn Zuback.
People
Mario Hasz is back among us, a bit out of shape from his battle with a cancer on his eye. He's improved noticeably since his comeback race last month. Welcome back, Mario.
They weren't the only ones back after missing a spell. The Fossil was gone for more than a month, visiting Montreal, San Jose and most of Germany. In San Jose he got to do a book signing for one of his new books. If you decide to buy one, get the one How Euler Did It. It's starting to turn up cheap on eBay.
All of the Levy kids have gone back to school now, Adam, Andrew and Alana, so the Bevy of Levys is down to just Ross and Janet. Ross ran the race today, finishing 14th, and Janet gave valuable help at the finish line.
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 we have Mark LoSacco changing his shoes.
Then we have recent 1-2 finishers among the women, still friends after the race. Jenna Hannibal is on the left and Mary Schafer is on the right. Both of them missed the race this week.
Below that we have a crowd scene from last week's foggy start, featuring winner Jeff Sheldon and camera-hog Mark LoSacco in the front row, as well as a number of others you should recognize.
Along side the results we have Brian Vanderheiden and Torpedo Ruospo battling the elements at Boston 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 Fossil meeting a dragon in Germany. He was back in Germany recently, and the dragon is still there.
The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com
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Created September 17, 2007
