2007 Roxbury Race #36

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November 3, 2007

8:30 am, 43 degrees, overcast 

   

Deming, Hannibal claim championship crowns

only four races, plus the marathon, remain in the 2007 season

    Early in the week, the weather forecasters had promised us sunny and 60's for today's Bob Lewis Mid-Autumn Championship race.  When the day dawned and Hurricane Noel hovered a couple of hundred miles off shore, the slate gray skies, 43 degree temperatures and swirling winds made us know that they'd been too optimistic.  

 

    If you watched last week's race, when Joe Mendes pushed eventual winner Chris Deming hard beyond the two-mile mark on this same course, then this week it looked like Joe took it much easier at the start, as Chris took a big lead early.  What in fact happened was that Chris started much faster this week and ran the course almost a minute faster this week than last.  Joe tried his best to stay in contact, and did the first half faster this week than last. The blistering pace got to him, though, and he surrendered second place to Dave Harvey, finishing third, 15 seconds slower than last week.  

 

    Chris Deming's two-place win over Joe, combined with the winner's bonus point puts Chris and Joe in a tie for first place in the Prestigious Roxbury Points Race. 

 

    Jenna Hannibal finished eighth overall, a virtual tie with her fiance for two more weeks, Frank Schildiger.  The eighth place finish gave her the women's crown in this championship race, two minutes and six places ahead of Eunice Bussom.

Voting begins this week

    This week and next, runners at Roxbury vote for Most Improved Runner and for Rookie of the Year.  We welcome your nominations for each of these awards (and you can always write-in on the ballot).  Here are a few candidates to think about.

Rookies

Steve Haas

Joe Mendes

Jon Binzen

Improved

Bob Lewis

Russ Prbanic

Chris Deming

Jenna Hannibal

Larry Deming

    More names will come to mind when you think about it.  Send them to WebGuy at esandifer (at) earthlink (dot) net.  Results will be announced at the Awards Ceremony after the race on December 1.

People 

WebGuy's son got married Saturday at 3:00.  So, WebGuy just posted the results and a bit of the story. He'll get back to it sometime after the wedding, by which time he might have news about the New York City Marathon, and how Dan Lynch and Russ Prbanic fare there.  Check back later.

Marathons

couples

cross country

phil's wedding     

    Wandering Roxbury veteran Ken Moffitt lives in Switzerland now, where he ran the Lausanne Marathon two weeks ago in 3:19:59.3.  Indeed, the Swiss seem to time marathons to the tenth of a second.  Up top is a picture of him near the half way point.

  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 Ken Moffitt running the marathon in Switzerland..  

    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 24.39 Chris Deming 41 6.14
2 25.33 Dave Harvey 44 B 6.28
3 26.17 Joe Mendes 41 6.39
4 26.32 Mike Abraham 48 6.43
5 26.43 Ed Sandifer 55 6.46
6 26.59 Jon Binzen 51 B 6.50
7 27.24 Steve Haas 52 6.56
8   27.29   Jenna Hannibal 29   6:57
9 27.29 Frank Schildiger 28 6.57
10 27.56 Chris Norris 38 7.04
11 28.08 Brian Gildea 46 B 7.07
12 29.02 Chas Greystone 52 7.21
13 29.31 Chuck Rocca 34 7.28
14   29.33   Eunice Bussom 28   7.29
15   29.43   Lisa Andrews 24   7.31
16   29.43   Candice Weiss 13   7.31
17 30.14 John Kane 56 7.39
18 31.05 Bob Lewis 43 7.52
19 30.27 David Mariani 44 B 7.43
20 30.37 Larry Deming 50 7.45
21 30.49 Chris Zarzycki 51 7.48
22 30.50 Mark Zerbe 47 7.48
23   30.51   Cindy Scannell 49   7.49
24 31.19 John Murphy Jr. 57 7.56
25   31.45   Lynn Zuback 42   8.02
26 32.07 Mario Hasz 59 8.08
27 32.34 Paul Butler 50 B 8.15
28 34.24 Scott Benjamin 49 8.43
29 35.16 Alex Iljin 66 R 8.56
30 36.46 Bob Satterlee 58 9.18
31 36.59 Paul Weiss 32 R 9.22
32   36.19   Mo Van Moffaert 47   9.12
33   41.43   Sharon Gawe 55   10.34
34 43.25 Charlie Euston 63 10.59
35 45.41 Ron Karl 66 11.34
36   47.17   Prasama Sangkachand 48   11.58
37   49.48   Lee Anne Zarger 53   12.36

 

Alternate courses

 
Name Age Distance Time
38 Russ Pribanic 53 2 19.28
39 Dan Lynch 45 2 19.45

 

 

 

 

 

Current points standings

 

 

Over all

Women

Other

 

1 1437 Joe Mendes
2 1433 Chris Deming
3 1244 Steve Haas
4 1047 Ed Sandifer
5 1034 Dan Lynch
6 1011 Russ Pribanic
7 995 Lou Denaro
8 937 Jeff Sheldon
9 801 Scott Benjamin
10 796 Jenna Hannibal

 

 
10 796 Jenna Hannibal
13 743 Lynn Zuback
22 561 Eunice Bussom
29 498 Sharon Gawe
34 414 Lisa Andrews
39 352 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.