Race Results 1998 Results Current Month Other Months		March 1998 Race of the Month Mass. Law Enforcement Half-Marathon & 5-K Sunday, March 15th --- Melrose There was a large CRC turnout for these two races. The following reports from Bruce and Ranjeet provide some of the details: "It was a fine day for running if you don't mind running into a headwind on a hilly course (How does it manage to be a headwind on an out and back course? Beats me.) Peter, Missy and I took the soft option and ran the 5k, which was substantially less competitive than the half marathon, with the result that we all went home with trophies for age group places, while Bob's very respectable time (in the half-marathon) was only good for 19th in his age group".......Bruce "Missy is currently without email at her new job so I've been pressed into service delivering her results. She ran the Mass Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation 5K this Sunday and finished 1st in a time of 17:59. Unfortunately, in the official results she is listed in 2nd place because a race official mistook one of the men who finished ahead of her to be a women (his first name ended in a vowel). Rich (of BRC) confirmed that he was indeed a man and a member of BRC, however, the above mentioned offical, was unwilling to rectify the results until later this week"....... Ranjeet Half-Marathon Results Name Time Overall Place Age Group Place Pace Bob Gillon 1:18:50 86 19 6:01 Marcello Scippa 1:23:20 137 57 6:22 Joyce Rosenthal 1:28:12 224 8 6:44 Garyay Ram 1:36:21 425 141 7:21 Dave Quilty 1:38:16 472 128 7:30 Molly Turner 1:39:28 509 27 7:36 Janice Smaga 1:43:46 659 20 7:55 Tom Mazzotta 1:43:54 663 198 7:56 Ghassan Abusheleih 1:47:37 791 123 8:13 Melissa Caron 1:54:04 982 87 8:42 Mark Price 1:55:14 1024 140 8:48 Karen Claire 1:56:27 1066 107 8:53 5-K Results Name Time Overall Place Age Group Place Pace Peter Gallimore 16:31 3 3 5:19 Bruce Davie 17:17 4 1 5:34 Melissa Mendel 17:59 8 1 5:48 Other March Races March 1: Cape Cod Times Half-Marathon (Hyannis) --- 13.1 Miles Janice Smaga reports: "The six of us representing CRC at this New England classic race met ideal running conditions. Temps in the low 40's, a bit of cloud cover and very little wind. The race (as usual) was well run (lot's of water and sports drinks along the way) and well attended (nearly 600 in the Half). The course has gentle hills, and passes by some wonderful beaches. Lionel led the CRC pack with an awesome 5:58 pace!" CRC results: Name Time Overall Place Age Group Place Pace Lionel Kervella 1:18:13 12 6 5:58 Jim Woodman 1:30:21 48 19 6:54 Adam Penn 1:30:57 57 22 6:57 Dave Quilty 1:36:08 316 97 7:20 Janice Smaga 1:42:32 188 5 7:50 Ginny Carlin 1:49:19 292 12 8:21 March 8: Stu's 30-K (Clinton) --- 18.6 Miles Dave Quilty provided this report: "To the relief of race organizers, the nineteenth annual Stu's 30K went off today in near ideal conditions. Sunny skies prevailed with the temperature hovering in the mid-forties as 808 official entrants toed the line. Weather forecasters were warning that a nasty Nor'easter was on the way, but fortunately it held off. Stu's is famous for its challenging course, scenic views of the majestic Wachusett Reservoir and unpredictable weather. Two year's ago, white out conditions occurred during the race. Finish line personal had difficulty identifying runners from as close as ten feet during the height of the storm. This year the most serious weather condition runners had to deal with was a nuisance headwind on several sections of the route." CRC results: Name Time Overall Place Age Group Place Pace Jim Woodman 2:25:19 251 125 7:41 Diane Meuser 2:28:36 306 6 7:59 Dave Quilty 2:29:09 316 90 8:01 Adam Penn 2:29:15 319 151 8:01 Karen Claire 2:50:30 563 88 9:10 March 27-29: National Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships (Boston) Bruce Davie and Bob Gillon trained hard February and March for this event, and Bruce files this report: "On the weekend of March 27-29, Bob Gillon and I represented the `older generation' of CRC at the National Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships. Masters in this context is defined as over 30, and I have figured out why that is: it's not that running fast on the track becomes all that hard after 30, it's that training for track without getting injured becomes increasingly challenging after 30. "The meet is organised as a sequence of heats for each event, starting with the women, arranged from oldest to youngest in 5 year increments. Thus, the only woman in the 50-54 year age group to run the 3,000 meters was an automatic gold medalist. Some of our masters women would do well to consider this event next year. "On Friday evening, Bob and I watched about a dozen heats of the 3k before it was time for the relatively youthful 45-49 age group to compete. Bob was a little unlucky to find himself running against 4 pretty fast guys, and had to run much of the race without too much company. In the end, he was 5th in 9:43.05, missing his PR by just 2 seconds (but coming pretty close to a PR for the 1 mile on his way.) Could that half marathon 2 weeks ago have slowed him down by a few seconds? "On Saturday I had to wait for 14 heats of women and older men before it was my turn to run the mile in the 30-34 age group. There were a couple of good races before mine, including a new world record of 4:37 in the 50-54 age group. I ended up running 4:38 in my race (8th place out of 11, and a PR by 14 seconds), which just shows that I could be quite competitive if I can maintain my pace for another 16 years. Well, I'm running better now than when I was 18, so maybe it's possible. "On Sunday I ran the 800, taking 7th place (out of 10) in a time of 2:08.02, just missing the PR I set last month. "It's really quite an inspiring meet. The oldest athlete was 96, and a total of 26 World age-group records were set. One 70+ woman collected four records, for the long, high and triple jumps and the pole vault. How can you not be impressed by that?"