Race Results 1998 Results Current Month Other Months		January 1998 Race of the Month Run 4 New Year's Day 4-Miler Thursday, January 1st --- Waltham We certainly haven't had very good weather conditions for recent Races of the Month ---- maybe we should start running them in Florida. On a morning in which the temperature hovered around 10 degrees, five hardy souls showed up in Waltham for this traditional New Year's Day race. Scott Duhaime led the group with a brisk 6:35 pace to finish 51st overall. He also provides us with an on-the-scene report: "Not the coldest or the hilliest race that CRC has ever chosen for race of the month, but these two factors combined to make it a challenging race! Five hardy souls fought below zero wind chills, hangovers, 375 other runners, icicles on eye-glasses (Dave), and a loooong, sloooooow hill near Bentley College to compete in this young, yet growing event. The third annual Run Four New Year's Day saw a shift in the course from downtown Waltham to North Waltham, with a start and finish at the Waverly Oaks Country Club. Those who didn't "cool" down on a treadmill or stationary bicycle after a race at the club got facials from Yolanda's Beauty Salon next door (just kidding, Jeff and George). To complete the weather hat trick, we're looking for 10" of snow to fall the night before February's race of the month..." Results Name Time Overall Place Age Group Place Pace Scott Duhaime 26:19 51 22/86 6:35 Dave Quilty 28:25 95 27/95 7:07 Jeff Phillips 30:28 134 39/95 7:37 Janice Smaga 31:10 160 5/25 7:48 George Morgan 32:50 204 51/95 8:13 Other January Races January 3: Norm Levine Memorial Track Meet (Waltham) Bruce Davie reports: "Peter Gallimore and I ran at the Norm Levine Invitational track meet at Brandeis on Saturday. We both ran in the second (gentlemen's) heat of the 1500m. It was my first attempt at this distance for about 10 years, so I was very happy with my third place finish and 4:23.5 time - the last time I beat that time I was 20. I guess I can claim a PR for the indoor 1500, having never run one before. Peter, meanwhile, remained just out of my grasp, winning the heat in 4:19.1. Also spotted on the track was Jim Reardon, wearing a GBTC shirt :-( He ran the 400 in 58.7 and the 3k in 9:22. To finish the day, Peter and I teamed up with a couple of BRC guys for a 4x800m relay. I took the baton for the third leg, at which point we were level with the only other team. My competitor had run both the 1500 and 3000, so I was able to open up a 30m lead on him, which Peter easily extended in the last leg to bring us home in first place in a time of 8:49." January 10: Dartmouth Relays (Hanover, NH) Bruce Davie reports: "On Friday, Bob Gillon and I ventured north to the Dartmouth relays in Hanover, NH. We both ran in the masters' 1500m - the masters events are actually open to anyone over 30. I went out in fourth place, running steady 35 second laps. With a couple of laps to go, I was in the lead pack, there was some jostling of elbows, and then I was in third place. That was where I stayed, shaving just 0.25 seconds off my time from the previous week, but finishing the race feeling good, in 4:23.25. Bob, meanwhile, had done his first 800m in 2:24 (36 per lap) and finished up in 4:36. His words after the race: 'I wonder if it's possible to feel worse than I feel right now.' He disputed my wife's suggestion that being hit by a truck would feel worse. I was second in my age-group, Bob first in his. We were both rewarded with fine glass mugs bearing a Dartmouth Relays logo. After about 90 minutes rest, I ran in the 800m. My elbows got another fine workout as I moved from second last to fifth in the third lap, and I was able to find just enough energy in the last 50m to snatch fourth place in 2:10.89. This was good enough for third in my age-group and another mug. Bob had a slightly longer rest before the 3000m, in which he tried to test his theory about how bad it's possible to feel. I believe he was unable to duplicate the fatigue level of the 1500, finishing strongly in 10:03. I didn't stay long enough to learn his age group place, but I'm pretty sure he too went home with a matching pair of mugs."