This week's big news is that CMS/OHAC race series family put in their orders for next week's pizza party. Next week is the final week at Orchard Hills before the series does its annual migration south for the winter to Worcester State College. Gizmo will be checking everyone next week to ensure all runners brought along feedbags and an appetite for the annual CMS post-race pizza party.

"Where there's smoke there's fire," and this week the smoke was coming from the women's veterans division and the fire could be seen on Phyllis Brooks' and Marilou Crohan's running shoes. Marilou ran well under the 40 minute mark and ran a personal best of 38:19. Phyllis though was "feeling it" and came in 38:16, 3 seconds under Marilou's time. Phyllis celebrated her 73rd birthday by setting a 2003 personal record for the OHAC course and winning the female veterans division. Hats off to both Marilou and Phyllis for having a great night at the races!

Mighty Mike Thornton per the usual ran another sub-eighteen this week and came in first place in a time of 17:49. Mike's triathlon partner in crime Bob Johnson took second place overall and 1st master by running a time of 18:37 and Pat McCormick, treating a recent minor running injury, placed the pain on the back burner and ran a strong 18:44 to take third place overall.

Charlie Salmond, trying not to rush his injury recovery progress, has been gradually dropping his 5K times back closer and closer to his 2002 5K times. In this week's race, not only did he capture the men's senior division but he also did his first sub-19 minute (18:53) performance of the 2003 OHAC series. Again this week, Anthony Koroskenyi took the junior division by running a time of 20:05, barely missing the ever-elusive mark of 20:00.

1st female overall (and 1st female master) was the always-smiling speedster Darlene Murray. Darlene annihilated last week's 2-year PR by shaving off another 7 seconds and posting a time of 21:43. Pat Wojtas won the female senior division in a time of 30:30.

Other race highlights:

• Jim Shope achieving his milestone's goal for the year by breaking the 20:00 (19:55) mark!
  
• Evelyn Dolan for the second week in a row set another PR and did it in grand fashion by taking 15 seconds off last week's time!
• Fred Anderson not only set a PR but also broke the 21:00 minute mark (20:42)!
• Frank Hanley became a full-fledged CMS'er this week and also ran a nice 21:52 to give him a great starting point for future races!
• Ray Boutotte set a PR for the last 2 years on the OHAC course and it would've been an overall 2 year PR as well had he not set a PR this weekend.
• Lastly, if my mind serves me correctly I believe both Pete McCarron and John Loiselle each set a PR for the year.

Good luck to CMS'ers Lisa Mentzer, Stan Vancelette, Pat Clark, Larry Morris, Ray Boutotte, Paul McDermott, Ken Robichaud, Jody Hirschman, and Joe Wooster. They are all heading up north to Keene, NH to run the Clarence Demar Marathon on Sunday. [Good luck to Steve Veach too.... He will also be running the race!]

Quote of the Week: "Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good." Bill Rodgers

PLACE  TIME  NAME                    DIV    CITY           CLUB
    1  17:49 Mike Thornton           M20-39 Harvard        CMS/NMC/OHAC
    2  18:37 Bob Johnson        -1m- M40-49 Leominster     CMS/NMC
    3  18:44 Pat McCormick           M40-49 Rutland        CMS
    4  18:53 Charlie Salmond    -1s- M50-59 Fitchburg      CMS/NMC
    5  19:24 Rick Hebert             M40-49 Leominster     CMS/OHAC
    6  19:42 John Loiselle           M50-59 Leominster     CMS
    7  19:45 Mike Sikorski           M40-49 Sterling       CMS
    8  19:55 Jim Shope, Jr.          M40-49 Leominster     CMS
    9  20:05 Anthony Koroskenyi -1j- M00-19 Leominster     CMS
   10  20:42 Fred Anderson           M40-49 Lancaster      CMS/OHAC
   11  20:55 Marty Barry             M40-49 Clinton        CMS
   12  21:31 Pete McCarron           M50-59 Lunenburg      CMS
   13  21:37 Glenn Richards          M50-59 West Boylston  CMS
   14  21:43 Darlene Murray     -1f- F40-49 Sterling       CMS
   15  21:52 Frank Hanley            M40-49 Ashburnham     CMS
   16  22:13 Steve Wysk              M40-49 Leominster     CMS
   17  22:22 John Kleczka            M50-59 Lunenburg      CMS/NMC
   18  22:47 John Riley              M40-49 Holden         CMS
   19  22:52 Ray Boutotte            M50-59 Pepperell      CMS/NMC
   20  23:33 Joe DiMucci             M40-49 Leominster     CMS
   21  24:14 Aldo Bianco             M50-59 Leominster     CMS
   22  24:30 Bill Haskell            M50-59 Sterling       CMS
   23  24:33 Evelyn Dolan            F40-49 Bolton         CMS/OHAC
   24  24:55 Dave Bellew             M40-49 Fitchburg      Unattached
   25  25:31 Bill Krauss             M50-59 Worcester      CMS
   26  26:20 David Tall              M40-49 Leominster     CMS/NMC
   27  28:26 Paul Obara              M50-59 Leominster     CMS/OHAC
   28  30:30 Pat Wojtas        -1fs- F50-59 Chelmsford     CMS
   29  33:49 Cathy Riley             F40-49 Holden         CMS
   30  38:16 Phyllis Brooks    -1fv- F70-79 Gardner        CMS
   31  38:19 Marilou Crohan          F70-79 Leominster     CMS