I was sick and had a couple of migraines during this month but managed some “adventures” along the way and mixed in a few disappointing races. I started off the month with a long-planned trip with Eric Morse, but the weekend did not go as planned. So, we made the best of things. We ran on the Causeway (part of the rail trail in Burlington that goes out into Lake Champlain). Later we also ran on the Lamoille Valley rail trail, and the following day we hit the Stowe Rec path and I finished things off with a run on the Lebanon end of the Northern Rail Trail.
The Causeway onto Lake Champlain “Champy” the lake monster as a bike rack
08/10/19 Bridge of Flowers 5 mile (USATF NE championships): Leading up to this I had fever/chills/nausea/headache that just wouldn’t go away. I did a short (2m) warm-up that turned out to be quite slow but felt fast. That made the decision for me, no way to go after it today. Teammate Paul Bazanchuk suggested I run with him as he was hoping to run “7 to 7:30 pace”. I latched onto Paul at what felt like a fast clip (below left). We were passing people left and right (and on the grass or sidewalks if they were going way slower).
I reached the bottom of the hill and figured if I could do the climb, I would be able to finish since it was all downhill from 2.8 to the end. I passed many on the climb despite a third mile of 8:23. It was all downhill from here. I caught Kara Haas with ¼ mile to go and thought I had her on the final straight but she had a kick left and put a few seconds on me to the line. Our squad had a great day with Ed Sheldon (who turned 55 this week) taking the 55-59 age group. D-la took 4th and I was 7th. Tim Van Orden topped the 50-54 breaking his age group record from last year. CMS took home first in the 40 and 50 team categories.
Bridge of Flowers (USATF NE 8km championships) M55-59
1 30:33 Ed Sheldon M 55 Hooksett NH CMS
2 30:57 John Sullivan M 58 West Roxbury MA HFC
3 31:02 Charlie Bemis M 56 Derry NH WRT
4 32:37 David Lapierre M 55 Chelmsford MA CMS
5 32:51 John Noland M 56 Kingston MA WRT
6 33:15 Mike Ryan M 56 Ponte Vedra Beach FL
7 33:36 Dave Dunham M 55 Bradford MA CMS
13 36:05 Dan Verrington M 57 Bradford MA CMS
CMS Seniors
40 28:11 Tim Van Orden M 51 Bennington VT CMS
62 29:33 David Principe M 52 Johnston RI CMS
80 30:27 Joe Shairs M 51 Peabody MA CMS
82 30:33 Ed Sheldon M 55 Hooksett NH CMS
127 32:37 David Lapierre M 55 Chelmsford MA CMS
156 33:36 Dave Dunham M 55 Bradford MA CMS
185 35:23 Philip Savoy M 57 Shrewsbury MA CMS
198 36:05 Dan Verrington M 57 Bradford MA CMS
213 36:41 Paul Bazanchuk M 64 Center Conway NH CMS
Lynn Woods Relay (08/21/19): I was looking forward to this race (and even did a little speed workout over the weekend) right up until Tuesday when I had to leave work with a migraine. I had a long wait before the race as I’d be doing the anchor leg for the CMS Senior squad. The weather was steamy, not super-hot (80 degrees) but just drenching humidity. I lined up and waited for Dave Quintal to come in and watched as other teams sent their anchors off. I gave the effort I wanted to but the time did not reflect that. I ran a truly disappointing 16:19 (6:29 pace). We had a decent night finishing 8th overall (87 teams) and 2nd in the 50+ (7 teams). The highlight of the evening was a casual stroll back over the course with Dan & Dave. I guess I really do miss running with people!
SENIORS MEN (50-59)
1 . MIKE'S IDEA (385) 1:06:19 SRR
2 . MEN OF DREW (55) 1:07:23 CMS
3 . 50 AND FAST ? (75) 1:15:31
4 . NSS WOODS STREAKS (215) 1:25:04 NSS
5 . WCRC MENS SENIORS (365) 1:28:35 WCRC
6 . DAN'S DEMONX (275) 1:31:27
7 . WICKED GENTS (155) 1:34:26 Wicked
Top Senior team times:
Rank Time Team Year
1 1:03:47 CMS 2017
2 1:04:39 NSS 1992
3 1:04:40 TG 2002
4 1:05:23 NSS 2002
5 1:05:30 GAC 2014
6 1:06:05 CMS 2018
7 1:06:19 SRR 2019
8 1:07:21 GAC 1996
9 1:07:23 CMS 2019
10 1:08:31 NSS 2005
2019 LYNN WOODS 10 MILE RELAY – Top 10 50+ leg times (may have missed some who ran on open teams)
1 JOE SHAIRS 15:02 CMS
2 JOE O'LEARY 15:55 SRR
3 CHRIS SMITH 16:04 SRR
4 DAVE DUNHAM 16:18 CMS
5 DAN VERRINGTON 17:00 CMS
6 MIKE MCKEE 17:05 SRR
7 JOHN HADCOCK 17:06 (60+) GLRR
8 WARREN MACPHAIL 17:15 SRR
9 ERIC BOWDEN 17:42
10 RICK WALSH 18:03 (60+)
08/24/19 NH 10 mile (USATF NE championships): My mid-week migraine left me feeling hungover right up until the weekend. I still thought running under 6:30 pace (65 minutes) might be do-able. Teammate Dave Lapierre was running well and had run 1:04 last year so it made sense to line up with him and try to work together. After the mile I gapped Dave and kept my focus on Chris Smith (SRR). I was running the uphills well but I just couldn’t get going on the faster running. Just before 8 miles D-la sidled up and continued on. I tried to latch onto him but was going as fast as I could muster. The warm-down was the best part of the day. The Rockingham Rail Trail is an ideal place to start the healing process after this race. Flat soft dirt trails, my favorite. The team had a fine day taking both the seniors and masters categories.
USATF NE 10 mile Auburn, NH 8/24/2019
USATF Age Group: Men 55-59
Place Name Club Age S Nettime Pace
1 John Sullivan HFC 59 M 1:01:30.4 6:10
2 Charlie Bemis WRT 56 M 1:01:35.9 6:10
3 Ed Sheldon CMS 55 M 1:01:37.1 6:10
4 David Lapierre CMS 55 M 1:04:01.9 6:25
5 Dave Dunham CMS 55 M 1:04:37.9 6:28
6 John Noland WRT 56 M 1:06:47.4 6:41
7 Paul Hammond WRT 59 M 1:07:30.1 6:45
8 E J Hrynowski GLRR 56 M 1:07:58.4 6:48
9 Ken Warren WRT 57 M 1:09:18.6 6:56
10 Mike Early GMAA 55 M 1:09:34.6 6:58
USATF Division: Men 50+
1. 5:09:43.2 Central Mass Striders (1:01:56.7)
1 58:17.9 David Principe M 52
2 1:01:08.4 Joe Shairs M 51
3 1:01:37.1 Ed Sheldon M 55
4 1:04:01.9 David Lapierre M 55
5 1:04:37.9 Dave Dunham M 55
2. 5:24:09.4 Greater Springfield Harriers (1:04:49.9)
3. 5:36:27.0 Whirlaway Racing Team (1:07:17.4)
4. 5:38:51.7 Green Mountain AA (1:07:46.4)
5. 5:42:30.8 Greater Lowell Road Runners (1:08:30.2)
6. 5:43:24.5 HFC Striders (1:08:40.9)
7. 9:22:08.9 NE 65+ (1:52:25.8)
No comments:
Post a Comment