Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Wicked Frosty Four Mile

I lined up for the Frosty Four Mile road race in Salem today to kick off the New Year. Unseasonably warm temperatures close to 50 degrees allowed a singlet only. In short, this is basically 2 miles out to the Salem Willows and 2 miles back past Fort Lee. CMS was represented well with Dave Dunham, Dan Verrington, Joe Shairs, and Martin Tighe warming up together. I ran a few minutes with Kevin Delaney from CSU. The start of the race was quick and I settled in after 200m behind Dan Donato (Notch Brewing), Joe, and David Long (Wicked) after a few left hand turns onto Derby Street.

I would trail them down Derby Street by 5 seconds with the mile in 5:42, holding 6th place. I would pass Dan approaching the hill before Winter Island. At mile two (5:47), I was still 4 seconds behind Joe who was a step behind David. Joe would get by David into the wind leaving the Willows. I would catch David with 800m to go. I took the right turn on the Charter Street like a pedestrian and David got a good surge there and held strong to the finish line. I would finish 2.7 seconds back from him and 7.5 behind Joe. My last two miles were 6:04 and 5:55 revealing a head wind. Joe and I would run another 4 miles back to the Willows and back. I got a 1st place age group medal when I got back to the awards at Village Tavern.

               Twelvth Annual Wicked Frosty Four
            Tuesday, January 1, 2019 USATF Certified MA14043JK
         
Place No.  Name                Div/Tot  Div   Ag S City              St Time      Pace     
===== ==== =================== ======== ===== == = ================= == ========= ===== 
    1  709 Dan Chruniak          1/25   M3539 35 M Beverly           MA   22:29.3  5:38 
    2  467 Jonah Hulbert         2/25   M3539 38 M Marblehead        MA   23:03.2  5:46 
    3  411 Joe Shairs            1/31   M5054 50 M Peabody           MA   23:23.2  5:51 
    4  721 David Long            1/36   M4549 45 M Beverly           MA   23:28.0  5:52 
    5  395 James Pawlicki        1/27   M4044 44 M Lynn              MA   23:30.7  5:53 
    6  399 Kevin Delaney         2/31   M5054 50 M Arlington         MA   23:45.8  5:57
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2019 at 8:56 PM

    Nice 5:55! That's one of my biggest fears in life actually too. And that is not being able to ever break the six minute barrier eventually even in a one mile race alone again one day as I get older. As we all get older sub 6 becomes an even more special time to break because when we all started running long years it was so fun to watch the seconds go down month after month and year after year. When we get older and want to give the mile race one more chance and do the proper training and feel good during the run only to get a 6:21 that will be for me a sad and scary day. 5's,a time that realistically cannot ever be achieved again in my life.

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