Hills are alive - results

 Hills are alive 5k XC

 

Age Graded

Pl         Time    Name              Sx        Age      City      St         AG%    AG PL

4          20:06.3            Kasie   Enman F          45        Huntington     VT        78        1

6          20:39.3            Alex     McHenry         M         59        South Burlington        VT            76.2     2

7          20:52.9            Binney Mitchell           M         55        Burlington      VT            72.9     3

5          20:33.1            Eric      Darling M         51        Shelburne       VT        71.7     4

9          22:12.6            Dave    Dunham          M         60        Bradford         MA            71.4     5

3          20:05.2            Eli        Enman M         47        Huntington     VT        71        6

2          19:29.1            Bradley           Calkins M         42        Winooski        VT            70.5     7

16        25:22.6            Sarah   Pribram           F          56        Shelburne       VT            69.5     8

10        22:48.5            Allen   Mead  M         58        Hinesburg       VT        68.4     9

33        31:18.8            Ruth    Blauwiekel      F          71        Colchester       VT            68.2     10

 

Overall

Pl         Time    Name              Sx        Age      City      St         AG%

1          19:11.0            Christopher    Barker M         25        Burlington      VT        67

2          19:29.1            Bradley           Calkins M         42        Winooski        VT            70.5

3          20:05.2            Eli        Enman M         47        Huntington     VT        71

4          20:06.3            Kasie   Enman F          45        Huntington     VT        78

5          20:33.1            Eric      Darling M         51        Shelburne       VT        71.7

6          20:39.3            Alex     McHenry         M         59        South Burlington        VT            76.2

7          20:52.9            Binney Mitchell           M         55        Burlington      VT            72.9

8          21:38.5            Bradley           Sleeper            M         35        Colchester       VT            60.3

9          22:12.6            Dave    Dunham          M         60        Bradford         MA            71.4

10        22:48.5            Allen   Mead  M         58        Hinesburg       VT        68.4

11        23:00.8            Erin     Fisher  F          38        Essex Junction VT        65.1

12        23:39.8            Jeffrey Joquin M         56        Milton VT        64.8

13        23:50.6            Tyler    Magnan          M         41        Saint Albans    VT            57.2

14        24:17.3            Curt     Weeber           M         62        Winooski        VT            66.5

15        24:59.9            Mack   Gamache        M         21        Burlington      VT            51.4

16        25:22.6            Sarah   Pribram           F          56        Shelburne       VT            69.5

17        25:36.3            Elijah   Labrake           M         13        Peru    NY       54.2

18        25:44.9            Scott    Magnan          M         45        Richmond       VT            54.6

19        25:59.6            Cris      Cote    M         61        Essex Junction VT        61.6

20        26:03.9            Mark   Duchaine        M         46        Huntington     VT            54.3

21        26:35.1            Scott    Poquette         M         62        Milton VT        60.7

22        26:46.8            Mike    Bessette          M         54        Saint Albans    VT            56.3

23        27:02.2            Whit    Hanson           M         50        Highgate Center          VT            54.1

24        27:53.6            Daniel Blanchard       M         36        Essex Junction VT            47.1

25        28:26.1            Clayton           Cargill  M         51        Danville           VT            51.8

26        28:50.0            Meg     Bateman         F          25        Cambridge      MA            51.1

27        28:56.5            Bill       Dysart M         72        Charlotte         VT        61.8

28        29:20.5            Kristofer          Anderson        M         51        Middlebury     VT            50.2

29        29:23.6            Katie    Moffett            F          41        Plattsburgh     NY            51.8

30        29:26.0            Ron      Cleveland        M         55        South Burlington        VT            51.7

31        29:39.2            Kerry   Connor F          51        Colchester       VT        56.2

32        31:04.7            Pascal  Cheng  M         71        Burlington      VT        56.8

33        31:18.8            Ruth    Blauwiekel      F          71        Colchester       VT            68.2

34        31:24.8            Anonymous    Participant      M         63                                51.9

35        32:32.3            Jennifer           Norton-Magnan         F          44        Richmond            VT        47.8

36        33:04.5            Charles            Windisch         M         71        Jericho VT            53.4

37        33:08.8            Sara     Pecor   F          46        Colchester       VT        47.7

38        33:09.7            Alissa  Wilson F          39        Starksboro      VT        45.4

39        33:18.1            Stephanie       Lylis     F          52        Burlington      VT            50.6

40        33:25.5            Megan Breen  F          31        Middlebury     VT        44.1

41        36:15.2            Janelle Hangen           F          42        Jericho VT        42.2

42        36:16.1            Jessica Dion    F          50        Jericho VT        45.4

43        36:18.4            T.         Magnan          M         6          Richmond       VT            53.6

44        36:20.8            Elise    Seraus F          59        Winooski        VT        50.3

45        36:21.8            Debra  Woloschin       F          63        Colchester       VT            52.8

46        36:38.5            Heather           Drake   F          54        Essex Junction VT        47

47        37:50.0            Monica            Weeber           F          58        Winooski        VT            47.7

48        38:23.0            Cynthia           Kline    F          64        Essex Junction VT            50.7

49        38:48.1            Casey  Gomo  M         51        Fairfax VT        38

50        40:12.2            Chelsea           Ceardai           F          32        Essex Junction VT            36.7

51        40:25.7            Carol   Wiggins           F          66        Charlotte         VT            49.3

52        41:28.9            Jessica Redmond        F          51        Hinesburg       VT            40.2

53        43:22.4            Laura   Buermann       F          40        Essex Junction VT            34.9

 

60+

Pl         Time    Name              Sx        Age      City      St         AG%

9          22:12.6            Dave    Dunham          M         60        Bradford         MA            71.4

14        24:17.3            Curt     Weeber           M         62        Winooski        VT            66.5

19        25:59.6            Cris      Cote    M         61        Essex Junction VT        61.6

21        26:35.1            Scott    Poquette         M         62        Milton VT        60.7

27        28:56.5            Bill       Dysart M         72        Charlotte         VT        61.8

32        31:04.7            Pascal  Cheng  M         71        Burlington      VT        56.8

34        31:24.8            Anonymous    Participant      M         63                                51.9

36        33:04.5            Charles            Windisch         M         71        Jericho VT            53.4

Week Ending 10/27/24

 Week Ending 10-27-24

Not a bad week with another 90 mile total, a strong workout, and a tough XC race. Mid-week I got in my best workout this season and probably this year with a 3 mile tempo run of 19:41 (6:34 pace).  So far the workouts have been improving which is a good sign.  The XC race was not really my style of course (a bit too rough and twisty for both my knee and ankles) but I made it through.

10 Weeks since starting back from knee surgery – 10, 45, 56, 65, 83, 85, 85, 85, 90, 90.

Month – 337

Year – 3,215

Life – 161,946

 

The Hills are alive - XC

 The cross country racing season is winding down and there were not many options for this weekend. I got in my best workout this season and probably this year with a 3 mile tempo run of 19:41 (6:34 pace) earlier in the week and felt good enough that racing seemed like a good idea.  The Mayor’s cup was a possibility but I saw the “Hills are alive” 5k XC race checked a lot of boxes for me.  Entry fee was only $15, race started at 9:30 am, it was put on by GMAA who always do a nice job.  I signed up and Eric invited me to crash at his place on Saturday.  That’d cut into the nearly 4 hour drive to Milton VT.

We saw some nice alpenglow on Camels Hump on the drive with the sun rising on the hour drive to Milton.  We were among the first to arrive and once they were set up I retrieved my number.  Cute touch, each number had a little note from the race director on it.  Eric was dealing with a quad injury so I headed off on a warm-up course preview on my own while he ran on the road.  I think the road would have been better as I worked fairly hard on the course and only managed a 9:22 pace!  The course was much more trail than cross country.  It was definitely not the kind of course I was hoping for.  Funny, it was on a par 3 golf course but only used the golf course for the first half-mile (which was very nice).  The rest of the course was on twisty trail.  It seemed like you never went more than 20 yards before taking a sharp turn.  There were a LOT of roots as well and a little bit of mud.  I was really worried after the warm-up that I might get hurt on this.  Number one goal was to get through this with as little damage as possible.  I will say that GMAA did a great job with course marking and had a lot of Halloween decorations as well.  They obviously had some fun out there.

I switched into Inov-8 trail shoes (instead of XC spikes due to the nature of the course) and headed out for another mile.  Temps were about 35 degrees and there was a stiff breeze.  Not terrible for late October racing.  I got back to the start with about 3 minutes to spare and we were off.  I found myself in 10^th right away and got passed by a younger kid in the early going.  I got back around him as we exited the grass and got onto the trails and then moved into 9^th before reaching the mile.  The second mile had most of the really rough terrain and with all of the twisting and turning you could see other runners both ahead and behind.  I slowly gained on 8^th place and was as close as about 5 seconds at the 2 mile mark but I think he was holding back in the early going as he was soon out of sight.  I continued running as hard as possible worrying about a couple who didn’t look too far behind at 2.  I crossed the line in 22:16 for 9^th place and first in the 60+.  Mostly just glad I did not get hurt (although my ankles and knee were already yelling at me at the finish).

Eric and I did a nice 2 mile warm-down on the road and then called it a day.  I broke up the drive with a stop in Warner to loosen up with 3 miles on the Stevens rail trail.  Oddly, I bumped into Joe Astle who I hadn’t seen in years.  He used to do Mt Washington and some of the mountain series races.  Always nice to catch up with some of the old school runners still out there doing it!

 

Week Ending 10/20/24

 Vacation week certainly help my mileage.  This was my first 90 mile week since April.  Of course, with my theoretical cap set at 80 miles I rarely go much more than that.  Gotta make an exception for vacation fun.  I also managed to get in four hours on the bike and a couple of hours hiking.  I closed out the week dealing with a front flat on the bike but still getting in a fun ride with peak foliage.

Week - 90

Month - 247

Year - 3,125

Life - 161,856

Vacation!

 This past week I've been on vacation.  I didn't have any major plans but hoped to do some running and biking on various rail trails.  I also put in a mini camping vacation in VT that featured a little snow!  I got in a lot of running (averaged 13 miles per day) and some biking, hiking, raking, and also threw in a race and a workout.  My kind of vacation.

Rail trails - Londonderry, Concord & Sunapee, Freeman, Narrow Gauge, Methuen RT, Sugar River, D&H (north), D&H (south), Mascoma, Danvers, Sunflower, and Portsmouth & Concord.

Londonderry with big Mike Beeman

Concord and Sunapee

Bruce Freeman - Chelmsford

Narrow Gauge

Methuen RT

Sugar River

D&H (north)

D&H (south)

Sunflower

Portsmouth & Concord.