Race Results 2000 Results Race of the Month FIRM Wet + Wild The Corrib Classic 5K Twilight track meet Squirrel Run USATF New England FIRM New England North Shore 1/2 Results Archieve		June 2000 Race of the Month The 23RD ANNUAL MARKET SQUARE DAY 10K ROAD RACE USATF-NEW ENGLAND 10K CHAMPIONSHIP June 10, 2000 Portsmouth, NH Submitted by: David Quilty A Group C contingent of 5 runners aided by Mark Woods from Group A combined to form a team that earned 18th place in a time of 3:40:43 at the Race of the Month in Portsmouth. This is truly a great race and in subsequent years this is a race that you and all your friends should run. This race combines all the best parts of the Newburryport race with a town and people who know how to support and organize a race. The race started on time and start was smooth, there were water stops at 1 and 1/2 miles and each mile there after, the roads were closed and the finish was well marked. Individually Mark tied his PR while both Esme and Jim turned in times better each had expected. My effort earned a personal worst and although sprinting by me in the last small downhill Fabio also reported he would have preferred a quicker time. Janice returning to racing after a winter off placed in the top third of her group. After the race we enjoyed the festival taking place in Market Square which included food, art and performances. Jan and I headed for the Fun Toast restaurant which is a funky breakfast place with an impressive collection of really bad art and the best blueberry pancakes on Earth. This was followed by a trip to the Kitty Maine outlets where we were saving so much money we ended up spending twice as much. Mark Woods 37:33 6:06 Esme Fantozzi 43:50 7:04 Jim Kane 46:17 7:27 Fabio Schiahtarelli 46:30 7:29 David Quilty 46:33 7:30 Janice Smaga 50:44 8:10 Other Races: Saturday June 3rd, 2000 The Corrib Classic 5K, West Roxbury,MA Feliciano Protasi 18:14 5:53 Ray Gonzalez 18:53 6:06 Feliciano reports: FINALLY...... finally I did it. I broke 6:00 in a 5K. Last fall I tried 3 times to do it, but clearly I was not ready yet...... I ran one time 6:00 and twice 6:01. Well, after 6 more months of intense speed work yesterday I finally ran 18:14, 5:53 pace on a pretty hilly course..... One more thing: I would like to thank Diane that biked with me the second half of the course providing the moral support needed to get to the top of that last hill... and to the end !! New England Twilight Track & Field Meet, Dedham, MA Bruce and Peter have moved from the indoor to outdoor track, dragging Marcello along with them. Bruce offers this update: Marcello, Peter Gallimore and I represented CRC in the 3rd twilight track meet of the season at Northeastern's Dedham campus. Conditions were close to ideal with clear skies, mild temperatures and not much wind. I decided to run the 5k, an event that is rarely found on the track in these parts outside of elite competitions. About 30 runners lined up and there was plenty of jostling of elbows as the gun went off. Somewhat to my chagrin there was neither a split clock nor a lap counter, so I had plenty to think about during the race, such as "Was that 5 or 6 laps to go?" "How fast am I running?" and "What sort of 2-bit operation is this?". I did get a called split of 75 seconds on the opening lap, about 5 seconds faster than my target pace; after that I just tried to settle into a groove and keep track of the laps. A clock was provided about halfway through the race, and assistant coach Brian Dunn appeared to call some splits; it looked like I was staying on track to get under 16:40, my initial target. Producing any sort of finishing kick proved difficult, but I eventually managed to run the correct number of laps (12.5) in the time of 16:31 (about 5:19/mile). This turned out to be my second best time ever for 5k, missing the PR that I set in 1988 by a mere 7 seconds. Later in the evening, Peter ran the 800 in 1:59.8 (taking 3rd place) while Marcello ran both the mile (5:13.72) and the 800 (2:27.1). Sunday June 4th, 2000 The FIRM Wet & Wild Triathlon Scott Duhaime is back: Completed the FIRM Wet & Wild Triathlon Sunday, about 2 minutes slower than 2 years earlier, lost all on the bike, with some minor run degradation. Swam better this time with no training, go figure (COLD! No wet suit). Check out this web site for results, as well as the Discussion Boards on the injured biker, whom must have been hit by a car 1 minute behind me, whom I saw on the 2nd loop - not a pretty site, lots of blood on the road. View firm results here By the way the swim to bike transition was a 300 yd downhill on tar, in bare feet, which was included in the bike split. Slight discomfort in right calf during bike, no problems on the run. First race following December back surgery (ruptured disc). Results: .25 mile swim (16th in M35-39, 88th overall, 6:46), 11 mile bike (12/73/34:47), 3 mile run (11/59/20:42) Sunday June 11th, 2000 The Squirrel Run five miler, in Quincy Jeff Townsend get's a little squirrely in Quincy and takes home the gold! On blistering hot Saturday, I had a great race - the Squirrel Run five miler, in Quincy. I passed the two lead runners in mile four and was home free to finish, Olympic style, around the stadium and then around the track in the stadium, first overall with a time of 27:28. Yippee! Saturday June 17th, 2000 The USATF New England track & field championships Dedham,MA. Bruce Davie proves he's not getting older, he's getting faster! The USATF New England track & field championships represented my last chance to race on the track this summer and I decided on a whim to have a go at the 800m, in spite of having done no appropriate speed workouts for the event since March. I tuned up with a workout of 10 fast 200s on Monday and then arrived on Saturday not knowing what sort of race to expect. I prepared myself on Saturday afternoon by reading the section on race strategy in the book by Seb Coe's father (Coe held the 800 world record for 18 years). I noticed that elite runners running for a good time usually do the second lap about 3 seconds slower than the first, so, after years of trying to run the race in even splits, I decided to experiment with a faster start. I took off like a scared rabbit from the gun which, given the quality of the field I was in, put me into about 7th place (out of 10) coming off the first turn. I sat at the back of the lead pack and tried to run a pace that wouldn't leave me in a crumpled heap after 600m. Bobby was there to call my splits and yelled "62" at the bell which meant that I was close to PR pace. This was a pleasant surprise. Running hard but relaxed for the next 200 moved me up to 5th place. I knew that the price of this "fast start" strategy would be a painful last 200 but hey, that's what middle distace running is supposed to be about. I tried to keep from tightening up as I ran as fast as possible in my oxygen-depleted state. Passed by one runner in the straight, I held on for 6th place and a final time of 2:06.70 - a new PR! And just when I was starting to look at the age-grading tables to explain my declining track performances. This was my first PR at any distance in over a year, and makes me wonder what I might be able to do if I actually trained specifically for the 800. A final note: many CRC folks will know that I obsessively analyze my pre-race behavior to look for factors that might have contributed to a good run. The good news is that I had a couple of glasses of very good wine (Syrah, Sancerre) with dinner on Friday night; the bad news is that the dinner itself was an extravagant French affair at Clio - I'm not sure I can afford to eat there every time I have a race coming up. But I do note that I now have several PRs that were preceded by pretty good dinners not involving pasta. Saturday June 24th, 2000 Northshore Half Marathon/5K Swampscott, MA. Old friends Martha and Frank recently checked in to note there continued efforts at the longer distances and Karen Claire offers her viewpoint: I ran it in 2:02:14, 43/72 in my age group, and 348/486 overall. The course runs along the shore and to Nahant, with a short loop in Nahant and a return to Swampscott. It was a fairly hot day, so I didn't want to leave Nahant because of the shade there! My only goal for the day was to run negative splits. I haven't been running roads, or timing myself much at all, so I didn't know what to expect. I started out at a 9:30 pace and finished off at 9:20, so I was psyched. Maybe after my *next* long distance event I'll work on getting some speed...! Karen Claire 2:02:14 8:50 Martha Dannis 2:02:30 9:04 Frank Gribos 2:02:58 9:23 Sunday June 25th, 2000 FIRM New England Adult Triathlon Sunday in Worcester MA. Scott Duhaime checking in: Did the FIRM New England Adult Triathlon Sunday in Worcester Ma, battling fishnet-like grabbing weeds during the swim, severe acid reflex indigestion during the bike, and hot sun and wind during the run. Triathlon results: .5 mile swim - 16:46, 22 age group/135 overall 12.8 mile bike - 40:50, 12/65 3.2 mile run - 23:44, 11/55 Total: - 1:21:20, 15/74 The sport doesn't lie - you get out of it what you put into it for training, and my biking and running is suffering from too much work and not enough play.