The Wicked Running Register July 2010
Est. Jan 2010
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH “Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.” -Steve Prefontaine, American middle and long-distance runner
WRR EXCLUSIVE Read my interview with Doug Bollen regarding the color of the 2010 Wild Turkey 5-Mile Thanksgiving Day Race shirt, at the end of this newsletter.
WICKED KUDOS Congrats to Dave Long who came in first place (out of 332 finishers) at the Team Hoyt 18th Annual 5k Road Race in Waltham on May 28th with a time of 17:32, 5:39 pace. It takes me that long to put my sneakers on, never mind run a mile. Kudos also to Dave’s fit father Joe Long, 71 years old, for grabbing top honors in his age group at the Tufts Marathon Relay on Saturday, June 12. You can never have too many friends, or too many bag stuffers as seen by this photo taken after the North Shore Cancer Run bag stuffing party. Pizza and soda were provided by North Shore Medical Center, which fueled WRC members to make quick work of the task. A special thank you to Julie Arrison (peaking around the corner in photo left), for allowing the group to use the Phillips House for the bag stuffing! All she asked of us was to stay off the antique couch…MILES! From Stephanie Hagyard to WRC members who helped out at the race: “Thank you for volunteering at the first ever (hopefully annual) NSMC Cancer 5K! It was a success with over 400 registered runners 313 of whom finished the race. You all did awesome at your station and we appreciate you giving up some time to help out a good cause on Fathers day! Kind Regards, Stephanie, Tim Clarke & Alison Phelan. Happy 30-39 age group birthday to Melissa Jaynes, whose husband returned from his business assignment in Iraq just in time to celebrate with her and Otis. Robert Guay completed the Rock ’n Roll Marathon in San Diego CA on June 5 in 3:59:10. It was a PR with 10 seconds to spare. Karen Giroux completed the Lake Placid Marathon on June 12 in 4:28:49, placing 11th in her age group. The only thing that stood between Karen and a marathon PR were the slow pokes in front of her in the porta-potti line at mile six. Angel Green had a 5k PR of 27:13 at the Louise Rossetti Race at Lynch Park on Wednesday, June 16. From her Facebook post: “As I walked through the finisher’s chute, I heard someone to the right of me say ‘that's my inspiration’ and before she finished speaking, I looked up and saw she was pointing at me. I'm happy that I can inspire someone.” Way to go! (More on Louise Rossetti later in this newsletter.) From Kathey Moskal: “Congrats to everyone who ran the marathon in Burlington, VT. A special congrats to Shari Hewson who battled it out to finish her very first marathon and to Sarah Carrier who rocked out a huge PR by almost an hour!” (Read more on this marathon under race reviews.) Submitted by TR Ramsdell: “A big shout out goes to our resident statistician/ co-race coordinator/ mad scientist, Dan Barrett, who seems to have picked up a new running buddy along the way (sorry Gail). We would like to welcome Dan's son, Dave, to the running world, and to Wicked as well. Proud poppa ran with Dave in his very first race recently at the Rhody 5K in Lincoln, RI. The fifteen year old edged out the old man at the finish to record a 28:14 @ 9:06 pace. Congrats to both Barretts for a great finish. The first of many more races to come, I'm sure!!” (Photo in the “Like Father, Like Son” section).