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 24th 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 2nd 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
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