2007 Roxbury Race #34

Down Hemlock, up Ranney

October 20, 2007

8:30 am.  

   

Winning day for out-of-state visitors

Cheng, Peterson romp

    The day dawned foggy, and those who drove along to get to the race found the mists particularly opaque.  By the time the race started at 8:30, though, the clouds were breaking up, and it turned into a sunny, if muggy morning.  The sun was particularly in our eyes as we struggled up the monster Ranney Hill Road.

    From the start, local favorite Jeff Sheldon and former New Milford star Ryan moved in to the lead.   They were even until past the mile mark, but Cheng, now running for Brandeis University outside Boston pulled away to win by 24 seconds.

    Among the women, Jennifer Peterson of Skaneateles, NY, often a triathlete, and running her first Roxbury, ran an even race to finish ninth overall and a minute ahead of last week's winner Jenna Hannibal.  

    Peterson's mom, Mary Shaver of Geneva, NY, finished 30th overall, and might be easy to confuse with Mary Schafer, who finished 15th.

People

    Sometime during the summer, Jenna Hannibal ran into Frank Schildger, one of her friends from long ago. They'd known each other in high school, but this time things clicked.  He's a jeweler with a shop in Washington Depot, so you can imagine that, when the two of them figured out what was happening to them and it was time to pop the question, he fashioned a really special ring.  Somebody said "Jenna didn't run today's race; she floated."  Indeed, she did look happy.  It proves that really good love stories don't have to involve riding white horses or slaying dragons.  They'll be getting married on November 17.  Congratulations to both of them!  And ask her to show you the ring.

    People have been running marathons.  Harry Ong ran well for the first 18 miles of the Bar Harbor Marathon in Maine, covering that part of the race in just two hours.  It took him two and a half hours to do the last 8 miles, though.  Mario Hasz ran a more evenly paced race at Hartford, finishing in a bit over 4:45.  Both ran fairly normally today, and Mario gave a real crowd-pleasing kick at the finish.

    Shiloh Gawe was back for the second week in a row.  Despite a long battle with health problems, it was good to see our old friend back, only the second time this year.

Safety  

    The sun is low in the sky at 8:30 am these days, and it will be even worse when Standard Time returns in a few weeks.  We all have to do our parts to make it easy for the cars, with whom we share the roads, to miss us, even if the sun is in their (or our) eyes.  It works best if we all go to the same side, so that the cars can go around us instead of between us.

  1. Always choose a safe line.

  2. Try to stay on the same side of the road, usually facing traffic.

  3. In general, follow the people in front of you.  You can see them better than they can see you.

  4. Call traffic warnings to other runners.  "Car up!" or "Car back!"  Even if it's a truck.

    Fossil has three rules of running:

  1. Be safe

  2. Have fun

  3. 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 John Murphy Jr running almost the speed of light.  

    Then we have today's 2-4 finishers among the women, still friends after the race.  Jenna Hannibal is on the left and Mary Schafer is on the right.  

    Below that we have a crowd scene from the foggy start on September 22. In the front row we see John Kane and Eric Winkelstern, and behind them you should see a number of others you 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 Jon Binzen worrying about the fog in front of the pavillion.  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.  For information contact Bob Lewis at bwlnm (at) aol (dot) com, or at 203 240 0162.

     

 

 
Time Name Age Pace
1 24.06 Ryan Cheng 18 B 5.44
2 24.30 Jeff Sheldon 27 5.50
3 26.33 Chris Deming 40 6.19
4 26.43 Brian Vanderheiden 37 6.22
5 27.27 Joe Mendes 41 6.32
6 27.43 Mike Abraham 48 B 6.36
7 28.03 Ed Sandifer 55 6.41
8 28.11 Jack Hoey 46 R 6.43
9   28.14   Jennifer Peterson 40 R 6.43
10 28.30 Dan Lynch 45 6.47
11 29.04 Jeff Tindell 57 6.55
12   29.40   Jenna Hannibal 29   7.04
13 30.04 Russ Pribanic 53 7.10
14   30.44   Eunice Bussom 28   7.19
15   31.35   Mary Schafer 33   7.31
16 31.37 Chas Greystone 52 7.32
17 31.45 Nate Mahrer 35 7.34
18 31.53 David Mariani 43 7.35
19 31.58 Tom McNulty 41 7.37
20 32.03 Bob Lewis 42 7.38
21 32.08 John Kane 56 7.39
22 32.30 Chris Norris 38 7.44
23 32.54 Harry Ong 68 B 7.50
24 32.54 Chris Zarzycki 51 7.50
25 33.16 Larry Deming 50 7.55
26   33.26   Lynn Zuback 42   7.58
27 33.31 Richard Dumont 62 7.59
28 33.43 Cindy Scannell 49 8.02
29 34.35 Paul Butler 49 8.14
30   35.00   Mary Shaver 66 R 8.20
31 35.39 Mario Hasz 59 B 8.29
32 35.44 Scott Benjamin 49 8.30
33 38.06 Bob Satterlee 58 9.04
34   40.49   Sharon Gawe 55   9.43
35 44.30 Charlie Euston 63 10.36
36 47.09 Ron Karl 66 11.14
37   47.47   Prasama Sangkachand 48   11.23
38   50.47   Corinne Bellemare 49   12.05
39   55.49   Lee Anne Zarger 53   13.17

 

Alternate races

 
Name Age Distance Time
40 Al Mletzko 65 3.52 41.37
41 Shiloh Gawe 7 0.41 4.23
42 Amanda Deming 9 0.41 4.31
43 Collin Deming 7 0.41 4.39

 

 

 

 

 

Current points standings

 

 

Over all

Women

Other

 

1 1416 Joe Mendes
2 1411 Chris Deming
3 1244 Steve Haas
4 1028 Ed Sandifer
5 1019 Dan Lynch
6 1011 Russ Pribanic
7 995 Lou Denaro
8 937 Jeff Sheldon
9 796 Jenna Hannibal
10 794 Scott Benjamin

 

 
9 796 Jenna Hannibal
12 743 Lynn Zuback
21 561 Eunice Bussom
30 492 Sharon Gawe
33 414 Lisa Andrews
38 352 Pam Quist
40 336 Cindy Scannell
43 331 Nora Hulton
48 287 Mo van Moffaert
49 285 Prasama Sangkachand

 

 
150 35 Nylabone Hiser
189 19 Shiloh Gawe

 

 

 

 

 

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This is one of the dragons in the fountain outside the 500-year old church in Halle, a rural city in the old East Germany.