Lynn Woods Relay

Late August brings us the Lynn Woods Relay race which is a fun 4 X 2.5 mile event. The event is part of the weekly Lynn Woods fun runs that occur every Wednesday in the summer. I reached out to the CMS team, seeking to recruit four teams: open (under age 39), masters (age 40-49), senior (age 50-59) and veterans (age 60+) team. 

I was able to fill all but a veterans team for the August 24^th race. The recent wild fires within Lynn Woods Reservation forced a shutdown and no access to the woods. As a result, the event was postponed until August 31, pending the reopening of the woods. The date change also caused a conflict with three runners but we were thankful for some last minute replacements so that the open and masters teams would be filled out.

Dave Dunham would be chosen as the honorary Lynn Woods “CowBell” starter to get the 61 teams off at 5:40PM. I was running the 4th leg on the CMS masters team so I got a chance to warm up and watch the first three legs of the race.

It was awesome to see the opening leg for the three CMS teams come down into the exchange in order (Grandfield 15:12, Veiga 15:31 and Dao 15:47) to set the table to a great start. The Seniors would hold their divisional spot through each leg for the win. The masters team would lose the 2^nd place hold in the 40+ division on the last leg where I got blown out by Mike Paulin by over 2.5 minutes. But it was the open team who quietly moved up a place each leg. Dan Vassallo would take a 28 second deficit heading into the last leg, smoke the fastest run of the day (13:09) and take over the lead onto an open team win by almost a minute.

2022 LYNN WOODS 10 MILE RELAY

AUGUST 31, 2022

1 . CENTRAL MASS STR OPEN (95)             57:35

  MATT VEIGA                 15:31     15:31

  CALEB EVANTER              30:19     14:48

  TIMOTHY SHEA               44:26     14:07

  DAN VASSALLO               57:35     13:09

2 . WICKED AFTERBURN (241)                 58:29

  DREW FOSSA                 14:57     14:57

  CHRISTOPHER CHAPRUET       29:44     14:47

  JUNYONG PAK                44:38     14:54

  STEVE DOWSETT              58:29     13:51

3 . NOTCH BREWING PALE LAGER (1)           58:35

  KYLE TAYLOR                14:15     14:15

  GREG KARAS                 28:58     14:43

  CALEB HARRIS               43:58     15:00

  ALEX TROTSKY               58:35     14:37

4 . NOTCH BREWIN LAGERED FOREVER (15)    1:01:42

  SHAWN CONWAY               14:41     14:41

  RICK BRANDT                29:49     15:08

  BRIAN CULLINAN             46:23     16:34

  DAN DONATO               1:01:42     15:19

5 . SHAKE WEIGHTERS (295)                1:05:02

  TOM WALKER                 15:49     15:49

  PETER GUZA                 32:52     17:03

  JAKE AQUINO                49:06     16:14

  CHAS HODGDON             1:05:02     15:56

6 . CENTRAL MASS STR 50+ (91)            1:06:40

  SCOTT GRANDFIELD           15:12     15:12

  DAVE DUNHAM                32:20     17:08

  DAN VERRINGTON             49:20     17:00

  MIKE MCKIE               1:06:40     17:20

7 . WICKED WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE (231) 1:07:04

  JONAH HULBERT              16:44     16:44

  MATT ADAMS                 34:41     17:57

  MICHAEL O'CONNOR           51:44     17:03

  MICHAEL PAULIN           1:07:04     15:20

8 . NOTCH BREWING KOLSCH BOIS (5)        1:07:25

  WILL KEEFE                 15:09     15:09

  CHRIS BIROTTE              31:54     16:45

  DAVID RICHARDSON           50:50     18:56

  MATT ROWAN               1:07:25     16:35

9 . CENTRAL MASS STR 40+ (85)            1:09:34

  NAKRI DAO                  15:47     15:47

  BRIAN HUTTER               33:31     17:44

  WILLIAM JACKSON            51:42     18:11

  JIM PAWLICKI             1:09:34     17:52

10. WICKED TOUCH OF GRAY (251)           1:10:38

  IAN EDWARDS                18:19     18:19

  DONALD WITHEE              35:25     17:06

  BOB CALLAHAN               52:32     17:07

  ALEN YEN                 1:10:38     18:06