Race Report by Mary Schafer

Roxbury Races Report

Winter is back and apparently with a vengance. Weather.com alleges it was 21 feels like 13 at the start and that seems about right. All you short-wearers, shirtless runners, and those craving a spring wardrobe--tough luck. For the 3.7 mile romp over Ranney Hill, Craig Hunt was the winner in 20:53 while Marge DeMarrais was first for the women in 23:45. Great races by lots of runners, especially considering the cold. Good to see some more competition at the front, especially of the women's race.

Welcome back to Dan, who has been absent from Roxbury for . . . well . . . um . . . let's call it a while. "I've joined Thrive Fitness and did 2 miles on the treadmill, so I thought it was the opportune time to come back to Roxbury," says Dan. (On a side note, anyone who knows what goes on at Thrive Fitness on Friday nights, please email this reporter.) Good to see Dan has maintained his ghost-like wardrobe (gray) and sophisticated mittens (tubesocks). Also welcome back to Jeff, who placed an uncharacteristic 5th overall. "All you in the top 5 whose names start with the letter C, you are on notice! I challenge you to a shirtless rundown!" he says. We're not entirely sure what this means but note that Jeff is a frequent user/abuser of armwarmers. Jeff also introduced us to his brother, Matt, who endured his first ever Roxbury race. "Jeff told me the race was a 5k and flat. Also that it is always a few degrees warmer in Roxbury," said Matt, through his apparent rage/tears. Matt, the rest of us like you and hope you'll come back. Its particularly encouraging to see all the couples and family units running Saturday morning races. We hope none of you were tricked as cruelly as Matt.

A reminder: the Roxbury sage, Ed Sandifer, encourages us to dress brightly (www.runningfunky.com) and be cool to cars, bikes, other pedestrians, and each other. Move to the side of the road when cars approach, don't use cars to strategize your race, and use all five fingers when waving.

Next week we'll run the Chalybes + Ranney combo. Hopefully it will be warmer. See you there!

Race Results

Roxbury Race Series 2011 - Race #6 - March 26 - 3.7 miles - Ranney Hill - Clockwise
place name age time pace per mile
1 Craig Hunt 20 20.53 5.39
2 Chris Scannell 24 22.14 6.01
3 Chris Deming 44 22.28 6.04
4 Mark DePalma 42 22.34 6.06
5 Jeff Sheldon 30 22.44 6.09
6 Scott Holmes 49 23.09 6.15
7 Noah Rossiter 16 23.31 6.21
8 John Perrino 17 23.34 6.22
9 Pete Scannell 26 23.36 6.23
10 Marge DeMarrais 47 23.45 6.25
11 Alyssa Cole 23 24.21 6.35
12 Mike Abraham 51 24.57 6.45
13 Brian Vanderheiden 41 25.16 6.50
14 Steve Haas 55 25.37 6.55
15 Matt Lukens 38 25.54 7.00
16 Jeff Tindell 61 26.01 7.02
17 John Whalen 45 26.05 7.03
18 Eric Winkelstern 14 26.14 7.05
19 Theresa Krebs 42 26.16 7.06
20 Leah Masopust 24 26.21 7.07
21 Tom McNulty 45 26.26 7.09
22 Steve Benoit 58 26.36 7.11
23 Nate Mahrer 39 26.47 7.14
24 Baerbel LoSacco 39 26.52 7.16
25 Chris DePalma 44 27.01 7.18
26 Russ Pribanic 57 27.19 7.23
27 Alison Masopust 29 27.25 7.25
28 Larry Deming 53 27.30 7.26
29 Steve 33 27.44 7.30
30 Reilly Ratcliffe 14 27.51 7.32
31 Eric Koenig 31 28.06 7.36
32 KC Gawlak 53 28.10 7.37
33 Mary Schafer 36 28.17 7.39
34 Blake Carrigan 10 28.24 7.41
35 John Kane 59 28.27 7.41
36 John A. Adomelis 56 28.46 7.46
37 Ryan Carrigan 42 28.52 7.48
38 Ross Levy 60 28.59 7.50
39 Bill Euerle 66 29.34 7.59
40 Stephanie Bennett 41 29.35 7.60
41 Jeffrey Bishop 30 29.45 8.02
42 Emily Davis 26 29.56 8.05
43 Scott Benjamin 53 30.01 8.07
44 Jeannine Fagan 41 30.05 8.08
45 Cindy Scannell 53 30.27 8.14
46 Bob Lewis 46 31.01 8.23
47 Krystal Koenig 28 31.23 8.29
48 Irene Clarke 42 31.32 8.31
49 Sarai Wilds 41 31.52 8.37
50 Nora Hulton 47 31.53 8.37
51 Dan Lamb 49 32.09 8.41
52 Susan Ratcliffe 51 32.33 8.48
53 Matt Sheldon 27 32.54 8.54
54 Colleen Dietter 46 32.55 8.54
55 Whitney Goodman 28 33.03 8.56
56 Bill Goodman 31 33.10 8.58
57 Dan Ambruso 41 33.12 8.58
58 Dan Lynch 48 33.18 9.00
59 Kateri Danay 13 33.20 9.01
60 Rizvah Dhalla 38 33.35 9.05
61 Bob Satterlee 62 33.40 9.06
62 Mario Hasz 62 34.07 9.13
63 Mark Bonitatebus 53 35.03 9.28
64 Sharon Gawe 58 36.41 9.55
65 Janet Levy 57 36.42 9.55
66 Dan Smith 43 37.48 10.13
67 Charlie Euston 66 37.49 10.13
68 Jim Little 57 37.52 10.14
69 Aurelia Boyer 57 38.01 10.16
70 Chris Powderly 48 38.05 10.18
71 Mary Ambruso 35 39.12 10.36
72 Bruce Ratcliffe 43 39.13 10.36
73 Weston Ratcliffe 13 39.22 10.38
74 Marissa Bishop 29 39.23 10.39
Alternate distances age miles time
75 Carl Hunt 60 3.70 51.15
76 Anthony Hunt 11 3.70 51.15
77 Joe Hunt 9 3.70 51.15
78 Walt Schuttler 59 3.70 51.15
79 Emily Aldrich 55 2.00 ?
80 Joseph Danay 48 1.86 ?

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