BSC 5K Marlborough

16th place today at the Boston Scientific 5K. I ran about 2 minutes slower than last year. Less training equates to less fitness. Average heart rate was 172! The first two miles are all downhill and a nasty climb for the last mile back up to the campus. 705, 714 and 804 mile splits tell the story. Great weather and good BBQ and Ice Cream followed the race. Over $4k donated to the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program!

Results: https://my.racewire.com/result/9369570

Old Goat Track Club Classic 5K XC - Sutton, MA

Race number one of the USATF New England XC Grand Prix got underway with the OGTC 5K at Waters Farm in Sutton, MA. CMS had six masters runners on the starting line with me being the youngest. Dave Dunham drove us to the race and arrived with a good hour plus to pick up our number and warm up. This was a new venue and first time race being run so it was fun to see something new on the schedule. The course consisted of multiple loops on the farm with some repetitive hills. 

I saw teammate Scott Grandfield about a half mile in getting up off the field, holding his hip. Poor guy got tripped up and the look on his face said it all. I kept on going, loop after loop, maybe passing a few after half way but that was all I had. I caught the last runner a few yards from the finish. 96th place, 24:09, 7:47 pace. Masters team finished 3rd out of 4 club teams. Results here.

 https://d368g9lw5ileu7.cloudfront.net/races/results_5yh3d96mtof9dfkfzi2xvawmuhiy.txt

I ran a cool down with Dave Harper and Dave Dunham, leaving the farm and heading into the country side. It was a very pretty area, gave some perspective to the Blackstone Valley area of the state. Next up on the schedule is the GBTC XC 5K which at this point, can’t go but we shall see.

  4     11  DAVE DUNHAM          21:33
  5     18  JAMES PAWLICKI       24:09