Race Results 1999 Results Race of the Month Yankee Home Coming 10m Fresh Pond Salem Heritage Chilmark 5k Falmouth 7.1m Bowdoin and Back 10 miler Fresh Pond again NETT - Bay State Triathlon Fresh Pond yet again Other Months		August 1999 Race of the Month Hood Run for the Charles on Thursday August 19th An over flow crowd created a mad dash at the start for what otherwise was an enjoyable run along the esplanade despite the occasional roller blader attempting to go up stream against this running mass. After race festivities were held at the Science Museum pavilion. This Race of the Month met the criteria for CRC: a good race (along the Charles), available to many (run in Boston and Cambridge), a social event (lots of food etc.). Beer, Pizza and music this is a fun race to run; remember that for next year.(Distance was announced as 4.3 but actual was shorter.) Chuck comments: I was pleased with my results, as I intended to run (not too hard) at 6:15 pace and managed to match my goal almost exactly. Name Place Div/Place Time Pace Chuck Dal Corobbo 51/27 26:47 6:14 Sanjay Ram 61/49 27:16 6:20 David Quilty 64/11 27:22 6:22 Janice Smaga 264/1 33:06 7:42 Other Races: Tuesday August 3rd Yankee Homecoming 3 and 10 miles Newburyport Submitted by: Diane Sagnella Race Results Coordinator: The YHC 3-miler. Rocket Ray Gonzalez made his racing debut last night at the Yankee Homecoming 3 Miler after a 2 month lay off due to a fracture of his left tibia! Judging from his time he didn't lose much! Bob Gillon snatched second in his age group but'll have to wait to get his prize as they are mailing the out later, thus depriving us of seeing a CRC member take the stage! In the ten miler the most impressive performance was given by Feliciano Protasi, who stunned the crowd coming in at 1:04:23 (6:27). It would seem that a Boston qualifying time is in his reach should he choose to do Bay-State. Peter Gallimore after having set a PR cooled down by jogging in the last .3 of a mile with Diane who finished 14 female and 10th in her division. Name Time Pace Bob Gillon 16:47 5:36 Ray Gonzalez 19:59 6:40 10 Mile Results Peter Gallimore 55:36 5:34 Feliciano Protasi 1:04:23 6:27 Diane Sagnella 1:08:55 6:54 Joe McCarty 1:11:04 7:07 Felicia Mebane 1:21:39 8:10 Shelley McDonough 1:22:07 8:13 Caryn Gordon 1:48:43 10:53 Saturday August 7th Fresh Pond 5 and 2.5 miles Cambridge Marcello Scippa became the third CRC member to win at Fresh Pond in the last 2 weeks. Marcello finished in 12:31:2 on the 2.5 (actually 2.25) mile loop. Will the streak continue? Tune in next week to find out. Sunday August 8th Salem Heritage 10K Road Race Salem, Ma. Three at Salem, no report available; blame the witches. Name Place Time Pace ADAM PENN 49 40:01 6:27 ALLISON ABBOTT 75 42:03 6:47 CHARLES DALCROBBO 66 41:11 6:39 Saturday August 14th Chilmark 5K Road Race, Chilmark, MA You make plans well in advance and you hope for the best. You watch as a near prefect summer (unless you are a farmer) unfolds. Then on the weekend you head for the islands a slow moving front installs itself directly overhead and announces its' presents with every rain drop. You put weekend plan B into action which calls for a delicate balance of doses of caffeine administered via espresso, an early afternoon beer and sandwich while admiring the ocean view, now a nap and then a night out for dancing, finally an 8 hour rest, repeat 3 times. As for the race a quintet of runners from CRC joined 1300+ for this traditional Martha's Vineyard 5k. The women faired better then the men as new comer ILeria Rebay grabbed second in her division while Janice Smaga earned first in hers. As a reward for having delayed her fellow CRC travelers Janice graciously distributed her 3 awards. Name Place/Div Place Time Pace Ilaria Rebay 56/2 20:28 6:36 David Quilty 78/19 21:15 6:51 Janice Smaga 195/1 23:38 7:37 Peter Larsen 440/78 26:59 8:42 George Morgan 475/100 27:26 8:50 Sunday August 15th Falmouth 7.1 mile Falmouth, Ma. Missy Mendel's mussings on Sundays race: Falmouth is my favorite race. I look forward to it for months then it goes by too quickly. I certainly didn't have to worry about the heat & humidity in this year's race. This is the 8th year I've run and the 1st year it rained. It drizzled all race morning with breaks of downpours. In our starting corral, Ray Gonzales warned me about a huge puddle at Mile 1 but he didn't warn me about the DEPTH of the puddle. This year's race could have been a biathlon, the puddles were so deep and so numerous. I set out at an easy pace and crossed Mile 1 in 6:27. I ran the remaining 6.1 miles very evenly, slowing only a few seconds on the hill in Mile 3. The section of the race that is traditionally deadly for me along Surf Drive, through Miles 4 and 5, felt much easier this year without the sizzling sun and heat. I felt great in the last 2 miles, and although I ran 1:30 slower than last year and finished further back than I have in years, I had much more fun than in years past. I finished in 45:19, and I don't yet know what place that is. And I can't wait for next year's race. Name Place Time Karl Amundson 81 37:56 Peter Galimore missing 39:?? Bruce Davie 122 40:10 Melissa Mendel 277 45:19 Kerry Kirkendall 652 49:58 Raymond Gonzalez 683 50:17 Bowdoin and Back 10 miler in Maine Submitted by Joe McCarty On August 15 I ran the Bowdoin and Back 10 miler in Maine. It was a really soggy day (think Falmouth, but cooler temps), so the feet were squishy by mile 3, which never makes life fun. The race course went from Bowdoin College in Brunswick out to the coast and looped back. The course was very reminiscent of the Yankee Homecoming in Newburyport, rolling hills, trees, and farmland everywhere. I finished at 1:09:50, which is about a minute slower than I planned. But considering the weather and the blisters I can't be too disappointed. Saturday August 21st Fresh Pond 5 and 2.5 miles Cambridge Bruce Davie checking in: Waking up on August 21st to find myself a year older than I had been the previous day, I decided to take advantage of the cool weather and see if the old legs could still carry me around Fresh Pond. I turned up at the start to find CRC represented by Marcello Scippa and new member Simon Barker. Simon and I tackled the 2-lap course (now reduced to 4.5 miles due to construction) while Marcello set out for 2.25 miles. Marcello and I finished the first lap together; he took second place in 12:23 and I too found myself in second place heading into the second lap. Within another mile or so I had managed to take over the lead, which I then held to the finish, which I crossed in 24:58. Simon finished a few places back in 28:something. Don't be fooled by the 5-mile distance listed in the Globe - I have not suddenly developed the ability to run sub-5-minute pace for 5 miles. Sunday August 22nd NETT - Bay State Triathlon Medford, MA. Submitted by Gina Koprowski: The Bay State Triathlon was a resounding success with great performances by all CRCers! A pre-dawn wake up call got us to the race on time, where it was pouring in Medford. Uh oh~ but as an Ironman Qualifier, lots of elite racers were counting on this race, so we knew that the show would go on, and what a show it should be- monsoons or no monsoons! Since Triathlon is a GEAR sport, just checking out the bikes that look like lunar modules with a zippy paint jobs was entertaining! Not to mention being impressed with the logistics, the pre race "documentation", and the rules and regs which actually included the direction one should throw the banana peel upon completion of its innards when on the bike (that is, to the right- paragraph II, section 3b). Some of us never saw a tri in action, and this one was a great spectator's race with stealth-like swimmers creating wake for 2 laps in Wrights Pond to complete one mile; cyclists buzzing like a swarm of bees for 8 laps to clock a total of 38 miles; and runners doing that same loop twice to valiantly cross the finish line to collect the finisher's medal with 9.5 miles on their legs! By the end of the race, the sun was peaking from outside some of the clouds, and Chuck's brownies helping with muscle recovery, we were discussing how to apply our collective and varied athletic prowess to all sorts of relays in the future! Name Event Time Place Hanchett Swim 00:33:55 14 Hanchett Bike 01:56:26 4 Gallimore Run 00:53:30 1 CRC 1 Totals 03:23:52 2 Powers Swim 00:22:05 3 Koprowski Bike 01:54:50 3 Larkin Run 01:08:56 8 CRC 2 Totals 03:25:52 3 Stringfellow Swim 00:21:22 2 Schultz Bike 02:24:16 14 Laforest Run 01:16:36 11 CRC 3 Totals 04:02:15 14 Saturday August 28th Fresh Pond 5 and 2.5 miles Cambridge Lately CRC members have owned this race. This week in the 5 (4.5 actually)miles Melissa Mendel was first in 28:21 and in the 2.5 (2.25 actually) Peter Gallimore was first in 11:28.