Last night was the Lynn Woods Relay. Four people make up a
team and each run 2.5 miles. I put the word out to the team, CMS, to see who
was interested. I got interest to fill a masters and senior team. Chris Smith, who has been racing at Lynn Woods all summer, was nice enough to put down his SRR singlet and chip in for the CMS Senior team. Meanwhile, Nick Taormina
saved the masters team as we were short one person and he stepped up late last
week.
Patrick Rich led off the masters team with the lead leg running 14:34. I had
the second leg and took off up the hill. I was breathing pretty hard at the top
of the hill so I knew the effort was good. I went through the mile in 6:01. I
caught and passed the co-ed team. Shortly after that, I caught another runner going down
to the turnaround spot. The next runner ahead was the 1st place
team, Erich O’Neil from Wicked. I was closing the gap but I could not catch him
through the goat path and back down to the finish. I got within 6 seconds at
the end (my split was 15:07) before passing off to Nick Taormina who ran 15:04.
Nakri Dao kept the 2nd place position in the end by just 5 seconds with
a 15:47. The 3rd place team (Filthy James had a 4th leg
race a 14:11). Our masters team won the division with a combined
time of 1:00:32.
The Central Mass Striders 50+ team of Dave Dunham, Chris
Smith, Martin Tighe, and Paul Young broke the Lynn Woods Senior team record,
won the division, and placed 5th overall.
In summary, it was a fun
evening for the teams. The low key atmosphere yet competitive enough on the
trails make it fun for all, In addition, the team picked up half zip “The Woods”
sweatshirts. This was the first time that I got a sweatshirt (1st
place team award) and twenty years after picking up what might have been my
first Lynn Woods open team trophy that I gave back to Bill Mullen recently so
he could recycle for the future. The night was capped off with a Pizza party
with Krissy and the Wicked Running Club at Polcari’s on Route 1.
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| CMS 40+ team: Nick Taormina, Nakri Dai, Jim Pawlicki, Patrick Rich |
Nice! Sounds like everything is still going well around here. Tell my friend "Black Cat" I said hello. You actually got lucky getting that cat. Rare breed, good job, great effort!
ReplyDeleteYup 1976 Olympics! I was kicked out about half way through the first perfect 10 in Gymnastics. A baby with a bottle screaming. THE MARATHON. YUP, YUP. My Mother went to St.Joseph's in Webster and I met Polish Power Ivan many times. It's all good. Sure, sure. Of course.
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