Race Results Current Month Other Months		April 1998 Race of the Month Cohasset By The Sea 10K Sunday, April 5th --- Cohasset One of New England's most breath taking courses! This race starts in downtown Cohasset, and winds itself to the ocean by the 1 mile mark, and follows the ragged surf for about three miles before climbing a short, but very steep slope. South Shore native Dave Quilty provides us with an insiders look of this beautiful race. Humble as always, Dave fails to mention that his effort was a PR as well. "The run by the sea was as challenging as usual. A head wind out to 3 mile mark made strategy very important. The quiet as we turned up the hill was deafening. "Peter Gallimore ran the best race of his illustrious career, capturing 3rd place overall in a personal best for him while Melissa Mendel bettered last years PR on the same course by over a minute taking 2nd place overall for the women. She said before the race that "she placed 3rd in 1996, 2nd in 1997 and hoped to win in 1998." Upon learning that Mary Lynn Currier was present, a few expletives were muttered under her breath. "The post race results presented a lot of controversy as no other team was listed on the results pages so we thought our Men's team had captured the team event, however we were nudged out by 17 seconds by the Good Sport team (manufactured)? After all the controversy about the winning Men's team, our Women's team would have won by 10 minutes if all our women had entered CRC on their entry blanks, we had three women runners and only two entered the team name, and perhaps if Ginny Carlin only knew how to tell time,(DST), she would have most likely entered correctly and the women could have won the team event. "In the future, whenever a team name is requested on an entry blank, all members should enter CRC." CRC results: Name Place Div. Place Time Pace Peter Gallimore 3rd overall 33:41PR 5:26/mi Lionel Kervella 10th 35:14 5:41/mi Bob Gillon 11th 3rd master 35:24 5:43/mi Bruce Davie 12th 35:38 5:45/mi Missy Mendel 25th 2nd woman 37:45 PR 6:05/mi Adam Penn 57th 40:30 6:32/mi Dave Quilty 64th 41:17 6:40/mi Scott Duhaime 69th 41:30 6:43/mi Kerry Kirkendall 99th 43:16 6:59/mi Chuck Schultz 176th 46:04 7:26/mi Janice Smaga 317th 49:27 7:59/mi Other April Races: April 5th CRC sent 2 runners to Jamaica Plain for the 2nd Annual Doyle's Emerald Necklace Road Race. Sanjay Ram placed 75th in 31:44 (6:26), and Patty Seery took 446th in 39:40 (7:56) over this 5 Miles course. April 20th - Boston Marathon Boston Marathon Results Name Gross Net Half Overall Gender Div Lionel Kervella 2:48:56 2:48:46 1:21:43 392 368 289 Ken Johnson 3:06:00 David Quilty 3:27:10 3:25:21 1:41:37 3856 3472 1508 Virginia Nicknish 3:44:23 3:42:27 1:46:18 5888 1126 927 David Baum 3:58:48 3:55:01 2:04:13 7284 5519 2667 Lisa Williams 3:41:45 3:38:45 1:50:03 5612 995 819 Olivier Gourrange 4:50:43 4:49:59 2:03:37 9694 6818 3248 Several CRCer check in with their observations of the 102nd running of the Boston Marathon: Dave Quilty It was a dark and stormy morning, fortunately after 90 year old Johnny Kelly sang 'Young at Heart' at the athlete's village the day brighten to perfect marathon weather. Lionel Kervella was 'propelled' to an impressive performance finishing 392 out of over 10,000. The officials at the finish line confiscated his chapeau and sent it out for testing to MIT to determine if he gained the advantage of lift from his helicopter hat. Olivier had the intentions of a 3:10:00 and after a strong start was on target. His recently injured knee would have none of that however and Olivier struggled through to the finish. Lets hope he recovers nicely. I lowered my PR to 3:25:21 but missed qualifying by over 5 minutes. The highlight of the race was hearing The Romantic's classic tune, "That's What I Like About You" coming from the fire station at the corner of route 16 and Commonwealth Ave. Contrary to popular reports, there's no truth the the rumor that I was heard to be singing along... Lisa Williams turned in one of the better CRC performances of the day re-qualifying in 3:38:45. Although Lisa hasn't been heard from since the race to this point, she must be pleased with her 819th division placement. Dave Baum I ran my first Marathon as a member of the Dana Farber team. I finished in 3:55.01 and raised over $10,000 for the Dana Farber Cancer Center. It was an amazing experience and I look forward to doing it again next year in 3:30 or better. Thanks to all the CRC member for their support over the last 6 month. Ken Johnson I finished in 3:06--and could not have run another step! For the first 21 miles, I held 2:56 pace, then suddenly hit the wall. Thankfully, I found Jocelyn who ran with me and talked me through the next few miles. Next marathon I run will be on a flatter course. Ginny Nicknish I just joined the CRC but I thought I would share some thoughts on running the 1998 Boston Marathon. I recently moved to Boston from Vail, Colorado, so I am still getting acquainted with the city. Anyway, I had no idea what a big deal the Boston Marathon is to the people of MA! It was crazy! At times, I almost felt claustrophobic from the people lining the streets! The course was a lot more difficult than I imagined... per usual, I started out running too fast. It was difficult to get yourself to slow down because people are running so fast, and then there's the downhill. Thank God my sister jumped in to run with me at mile 17 through the finish. She saved my life! This was my 4th marathon (San Francisco, Steamboat Springs (qualified for Boston w/ 3:35:35), and Humbolt County marathons), and the most difficult. My quads were screaming by mile 17 - it was painful! But, I finished with my 2nd best time of 3:42:27 (net) and I'm glad I did it. It is the most incredible experience to see the number of people who come out to cheer you on! Some time in April Unable to swim, bike, or run, past member Todd Tamura kayaked from Newton to Boston during a cold, miserable day during The Run of The Charles. "I didn't know the Charles had rapids!" Todd was heard to exclaim as he went over one of the falls (either Newton Upper or Newton Lower). He completed the 9+ mile course much to his chagrin in under two hours. April 26th CRC's medal vault got a little heavier today, as Scott Duhaime completed his first multi-sport event of the year, taking 2nd in his age group (it helps to find the races that breakdown 5-year categories!) and 18th overall at the Rockbuster Duathlon in Ashland. This short but challenging course involved a 2 mile trail run, followed by a mostly technical 7 mile mountain bike, concluding with the same 2 mile run. Scott's splits were 11:30 (23rd), 27:18 (28th), 12:23 (6th), totalling 51:11. Of course, most normal CRC athletes prefer to run road races, and one of the most fun races is the James Joyce Ramble. It's a 10K in Dedham, always the Sunday after the Boston Marathon, and the mile markers are highlighted by actors dressed in period costume, reading from works of Joyce. In no other race can you be crossing the 1 mile marker and hear about a Moo Cow. Bruce Davie was one such runner, and he writes: Cool, calm and festive conditions prevailed at the 15th annual running of the James Joyce Ramble in Dedham on Sunday. With readings from Joyce's works along the course and at least one runner dressed as the author, the race lived up to its literary reputation. A good number of CRC'ers turned out - thankfully, none of them had run a marathon in the last week. Having crashed and burned at the Cohasset 10k 3 weeks ago, I went out a little more conservatively this time, and was repaid with a PR by 32 seconds, convincing myself yet again of the merits of an even pace (are you listening, Fred?). I had two experiences that evoked last week's marathon: first was being handed a water cup by one of my fellow runners after I missed a water station (a la DeReuck and Roba), the second was a very close finish in which I managed to squeeze into 15th place - I would have liked it to be a race for first, but the 29:52 winning time was too fast for me by about a minute per mile. So far, the following results are in: Bruce Davie, 15th, 34:53 (5:38) PR Bob Gillon, 22nd, 35:35 (5:44) Jim Woodman, 56th, 38:29 (6:12) Adam Penn, 80th, 39:38 (6:24) Ginny Carlin, 307th (26th female, 4th in age group), 44:58 (7:15) Jodie Crofut, 645 (99th female), 49:27 (7:59) No pain no gain: Though nursing an ankle injury, Peter Gallimore decided to run the Richardson 5K in Quincy. He thought it would be safe to run a 5k without making the injury worse, but half way through the race he started to feel some discomfort. He was able to finish the race in 16.22 (5:17 pace), which was good enough for second place.