Race Results 1999 Results Race of the Month Corrib Classic 5K Break Time 5k #1 Northeastern University Twilight Series #1 The Second Annual Squirrel Run (~5M) Northeastern University Twilight Series #2 Great Lincoln Steeplechase train run) Break Time 5k #2 Break Time 5k #3 Corporate Challenge Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon Amherst 10K North Shore Half Marathon Other Months		June 1999 Race of the Month Battle of Bunker Hill 8k/2m Sunday June 13th Charlestown, MA Historic Charlestown was the site of the annual Battle of Bunker Hill Road Race. The morning was cool and dry with just a hint of a sea breeze wafting through the navy yard. Among the nearly 400 competitors were several stalwarts from CRC. The march was flat except, not surprisingly, for one challenging hill. Feliciano Protasi led the CRC regiment (with a finishing time of 32:23). Chuck Dalcorobbo was right behind (32:53). Louise Brooks (33:59), David Quilty (34:42), Ingrid Larkin (34:37) and Janice Smaga (38:19) provided reinforcements. Diane Sagnella diplayed loyalty to the cause by lending logistical support as she helped pace Feliciano. Special honors (big $$$) were awarded to Louise, first in her division, Ingrid, 4th in her division, and Janice Smaga 2nd in hers. General Prescott would have been pleased! Name Place Div Time Pace FELICIANO PROTASI 28 24/32 32:23 6:31 CHARLES DALCOROBBO 37 26/38 32:53 6:37 LOUISE BROOKS 45 1/45 33:59 6:51 DAVID QUILTY 54 12/44 34:42 6:59 INGRID LARKIN 64 3/30 35:37 7:10 JANICE SMAGA 115 2/50 38:19 7:43 Other Races: Saturday June 5th Northeastern University Twilight Series, Dedham MA Bruce Davie and Marcello Scippa have been stretching their legs in Dedham. Bruce Davie reports: On a warm and windy Saturday evening, Marcello Scippa and I ran the 5,000m at the Northeastern University track in Dedham as part of the excellent Twilight series of summer track meets. In spite of the relatively large field, neither of us found another runner who wanted to go out at our target paces, so the race was more like a time trial. A 5:16 first mile put me just about on track for a PR, I wasn't able to maintain that pace, especially into the headwind on the back straight, which felt like running up a significant hill every 400m. I ended up running 16:51.25 (officially, 16:61.25 - not sure what sort of clock they measured that on), well off my PR but the first time I've broken 17 minutes on an accurate course in recent years. Marcello finished just a few places behind in 17:36.06. Sunday June 6th Corrib Classic 5K Under warm, sunny skies a handful of CRC members ran the Corrib Classic 5K this past Sunday. Peter Gallimore went to take home the gold but unbeknownst to him this one time small local race was now one of the Pub Series attracting quite a field of talented runners. Nonetheless he made an impressive showing coming in 6th in his age group as well as overall! Feliciano Protasi, with Diane pacing him the final mile, finally beat Ray Gonzalez and setting a PR in the process! It should be mentioned, however, that Rocket Ray was running with a stress fracture of his left tibia! Name Time Pace Peter Gallimore 16:14 (6th/6th) 5:15 Feliciano Protasi 19:20 6:15 Ray Gonzalez 19:42 6:22 Gina Koprowski 33:09 10:42 Thursday June 10th The Break Time 5K Boston, MA(~5M) Gallimore Gallops to Victory The story says it all. Despite some fierce headwinds Peter G. ran and won the Break Time 5K outside of Lotus in 16:05 (5:11). While not quite as fast as Peter Diane Sagnella still mustered a PR finishing the 5K in 20:18 (6:32). Saturday June 12th The Second Annual Squirrel Run Quincy, MA(~5M) Submitted by Diane Sagnella: This past weekend I opted to run the 2nd annual Squirrel Run (5M) in Quincy. After the horrible Wednesday night workout, I was hoping to go there secretly, run my race and, go home. Unfortunately I saw fellow CRCer Adam Penn thus blowing my cover. The course has a modest incline in mile one, but from then on it is as flat as a pancake running along the ocean. It was a very nice race, well organized with lots of pizza afterwards. As it turns out both Adam and I ran a good race. While I am not sure exactly what Adam did since Cool Running does not have the results posted, I do know that I came in 1st woman overall in 32:16. I must admit however that the course was a bit short. After asking the first and second place men what they thought, they approximated the course to be off by ~30s. I calculated that for my pace that would mean approximately 40 seconds, increasing my time to 32:56. To be safe I'll say 33:00 (6:36) and a 53 second PR. (We also measured the course with the car, which measures short .1 every 16 miles as calibrated on the Boston Marathon course, so I think the estimate is fairly accurate. Not that I'm obsessed or anything) Northeastern University Twilight Series, Dedham MA The CRC's 800 Meter Man, Peter Gallimore, lit up the track in Dedham with a blistering 1:58.78, his best time this year for the distance. His second place finish placed him only .65 of a second behind the first place finisher. Sunday June 13th Great Lincoln Steeplechase train run in Lincoln, MA Brian Crounse reports on what must have been an exhausting race, (chasing a train and all). I did the Great Lincoln Steeplechase train run in Lincoln, MA, today. It was my first trail race, and between almost getting lost twice and the occasional brief downpour, it was quite an adventure! Fortunately, my track work paid off as I was able to nail down second place (overall & age group) out of about 100. I was a good boy and wore my CRC singlet, and got some inquiries about the club. Brian failed to mention that he completed the challenging 6.7 mile jaunt in 43:35 (6:30)! (editors note: Brain claims this was a TRAIL run not a TRAIN run, must have been a typo) Thursday June 17th The Break Time 5K, #2 Once again Peter triumphs on the Charles! Blasting the field Peter finished in 15:57 (5:09), the second place finisher was no where to be seen! See and read about Peter in Cool Running Gallimore Gallops to Victory Part II. Feliciano Protasi got another smashing PR running the Esplanade loop in 18:47 (6:04)! Diane was also there and thanks to the help in the final 200m by, a by then well-rested, Peter she broke 20 minutes for the first time crossing the finish line in 19:55 (6:25). The is the third PR for her in the past week. She comments: Last week I had a pretty miserable race. One reason being running the first mile in ~6, the other the wind. This week the weather was perfect. I had no excuse. This time I ran a bit more intelligently. Instead of following the lead women (I was WAY outclassed!) I hung back. In doing so I felt that I ran much more consistently and even managed to beat the woman that was right in front of me last week. That was quite satisfying. I was also gaining bit by bit on the 3rd place woman. Unfortunately, I relaxed my pace too much in the final 1/2 mile and let her go. Peter helped me finish strong and got me to the ever elusive sub 20 minute mark! Thanks Peter! Despite this I still feel incomplete. True I broke 20 but I JUST broke 20. 19:55 is just too close for comfort! I guess I gotta suffer more at the track! Saturday June 19th Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon Anchorage, Alaska Not all us travel to such exotic places as Alaska to torture ourselves through a marathon, but Caryn Gordon is NOT all of us! She offers this perspective: I ran the Anchorage, Alaska "Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon" on June 19, 1999 in approximately 5:00:27. While I neither saw moose nor bear, it was an incredible race over pavement,dirt, rocks and gravel!! I tried to run quickly but was concerned with staying vertical. The views were spectacular. I ran the marathon in memory of my step-father for the Leukemia Society of America and raised over $4,700.00. The experience was tremendous and I feel like I really contributed to something- not just ran for my own benefit (not that there is anything wrong with that!). I am recooperating right now and doing lots of swimming- but you will all see me back at the track in July! Thursday June 24th The Break Time 5K, #3 Peter Gallimore Takes the Breaktime triple crown on the Muddy River finishing first in 16:34. See and read about Peter in Cool Running Gallimore Gallops to Victory Part III. Diane Sagnella (20:34) Battled the mid-day sun and heat earning second on this day and first in the series. So CRC had double wins! A special that-a-boy goes to Ray Gonzales who voluntered his time to this race. Saturday June 26th Amherst (NH) 10K Trying to keeping out of the eye of big brother, Adam Penn went to Amherst, NH to run the Amherst 10K. Adam finished in 41:48 (6:44)! North Shore Half Marathon Swamscott, MA On what was probably the hottest day of the year so far Shelley McDonough and Lori Marcotte traveled to Swamscott to participate in the North Shore Half Marathon. Unbeknownst to her they had changed the once beautiful shoreline course, routing 7 miles of it over a parking lot of hot, black asphalt. The heat, humidity, and the sheer banality of the course made for a fairly miserable 13.1 miles. Nonetheless They perservered finishing in 1:47:23 (8:12) and 1:52:55 (8:37) respectively. Good job Ladies! Tuesday June 29th The Corporate Challenge Boston Ma. Scott Duhaime and 12,000 of his closest friends ran (or attempted to) the Chase Corporate Challenge. Scott battled near record heat and humidity levels as well as pot holes over the streets of Back Bay to post a finishing time of 24:10 over the 3.5 mile course. He then handed out popsicles to other heat stricken runners, while polishing off 6 himself (it was recorded that he tried all three flavors twice - grape, orange, and cherry). Scott along with Jeff Phillips, Marcello Scippa and Molly Turner earned triple T-shirts: company, race and volunteer. Bob Gillon on working the race: Kudos to the CRC volunteers who helped last night at the Chase Corporate Challenge. This event is considered the largest New England road race outside of the Boston Marathon. On one of the most hot, hazy and humid nights of the year, with the threat of high winds and thunder storms in the forecast, 39 faithful CRC members turned out to support the over 13,000 runners who participated in this 3.5 mile event. This event involves hundreds of volunteers to pull it off successfully and last night was considered a success by the race director. Our 39 volunteers was the largest turn-out for our club, exceeding last year's 30 volunteers, since we have been doing the event which spans at least 13 years. We should be proud of these numbers as they represent a