Submitted by Scott Duhmaine:

CRC Cleaned up in the trophy category, as 66.7% of those who raced from the club won a prize. Though warned of the hilly nature of this course, several participants were heard muttering expletive deletives while walking up the steep incline in mile 3. Diane Sagnella, who ran the race last year, attributed her attendance this year to memory loss - "kind of like why women chose to get pregnant a second time," she said.

Peter Gallimore lead through the first two miles, but got passed by the eventual winner on the hill and finished 2nd in 28 minutes flat. Bruce Davie was able to keep Peter in sight and finished 4th overall and 2nd in his age group in 29:04. Bruce didn't think the course was that difficult, but his 5:49 pace says otherwise. Diane Sagnella got a much needed boost from Scott Duhaime in the 4th mile to pass two women and finish as 4th overall female and 2nd in her age group in 34:09, while Scott faded back to 34:45, and 42nd overall. Dave Quilty was just behind him in 35:59 and 55th overall, while Janice Smaga just nipped the 40 minute barrier (39:57) to finish 2nd in her category and exactly half way in the pack (111th out of 222).

Janice, Dave, and Diane then celebrated by swimming in Scott's nearby pool and eating oreo cookies.