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| Joe Shairs and I soaked to the bone after the race. Photo by Nakri Dao |
Joe Shairs, Nakri Dao and I headed down to Narragansett, RI
for the Bobby Doyle Summer Classic 5 mile. It was the USATF 5 mile championship
the last two years. It was not so for this year but all club representatives
got invited down several months ago. The race has been really good to CMS based
on our performances and Linda Hurteau is so nice to work with. I put it out
there to CMS and got some interest to field a team.
The course was to change back to a former course and I must
say I like it better. It offered a little more shade and fairly flat for the
last couple of miles. I got out with a 5:37 mile out to the ocean. I hung out
with WTAC’s Jeff Walker as we seemed matched well for the pacing. We have been battling at a few trail races this
summer. Mile 2 had some climb to it and I recall a 5:59 split. Three miles
brought me a 6:14 and I was dragging from there on. I lost Jeff and he rolled
away into mile 4 battling Kayla O'Neil from the BAA.
I faded where I should have been cranking back down into the
5:50’s but I was all done battling. I got to the finish line in 30:08. I managed 6th in the 40-49
age group and 5th CMS master runner. The team ran really well with Josh
Perks, Robert Jackman, Joe Shairs, David Principe, and Kevin Gorman scoring the
open team all within 20 seconds (28:40 to 29:00)! The Open and Masters teams took first place.
Nakri ran a PR too. It was quick and fun road trip on another humid day in RI. Here are the results. Quick
5 mile period! I can't wait to see Scott Mason's photos of the race.
Jim, just came across your blog. Good write-up and a fun read. I was expecting you to pass me in the last mile or two. Until the next match-up ...
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