T Minus 3 Days before Christmas and the runners are still coming out to the Saturday morning 5K! They must all have their shopping done! Well, everyone except the 20-39 Men, and 00-19 Kids as those categories were noticeably absent today. Times were generally slowed due to the snow along the edges of the road and on June Street Terr and Marcy but Charlie "Can't say a bad thing about him" Salmond continued his sub 20 minute streak with a little liberty from the time keepers/recorders. Charlie was also top CMS finisher on the day.

On the women's side, Roxanne Robert took first place and I'm told it was her first age group and category win ever! Nice running! And husband Tom, taking a week off from volunteering and cheering, ran his first WSC 5k.

Just a heads up: In one week, on December 29th, we will have our 52nd and final 5k race of 2007 at Worcester State. The Lobby will not be open though, as the students will be away for the holiday and the school is closed. We will need to run the race out of the back of our cars. As such, this will be a minimalistic approach, without a lot of the food/etc. Please plan accordingly. The 2008 Series will start the following Saturday and we will be back inside where it's warm!

  PLACE      TIME     NAME                            CATEGORY    CITY                  CLUB	
    1        19:04    Mike Sawyer           -1mm-      M40-49     Bellingham            TVFR	
    2        19:60    Charlie Salmond       -1ms-      M50-59     Fitchburg             CMS	
    3        23:14    John McCarthy                    M50-59     Auburn                CMS	
    4        24:52    Tom Robert                       M40-49     Charlton              CMS	
    5        25:11    Roxanne Robert        -1fm-      F40-49     Charlton              CMS	
    6        26:15    Jerry Lembcke         -1mv-      M60-69     Worcester             CMS	
    7        26:21    Mike Keating                     M40-49     Worcester             CMS	
    8        26:45    Kim McCarthy          -1fo-      F20-39     Worcester             CMS	
    9        26:46    Jodi Hirschman        -1fs-      F50-59     Worcester             CMS	
   10        26:54    Mike Villemaire                  M50-59     Uxbridge              CMS	
   11        26:54    Aimee Villemaire                 F20-39     Worcester             CMS	
   12        27:30    Laura Beckwith        -1fv-      F60-69     Holden                CMS	
   13        27:34    Debbie Jarvis                    F50-59     Charlton              CMS	
   14        27:42    Hector Cruz                      M40-49     Shrewsbury            CMS	
   15        27:44    Stu Thurston          -1msv-      M70+      Boylston              CMS	
   16        27:53    Richard Hunt                     M60-69     Auburn                CMS	
   17        28:03    Jonathan Knight                  M50-59     Worcester             CMS	
   18        28:24    Marta Carlson                    F40-49     Paxton                CMS	
   19        28:28    Nancy Sanko                      F40-49     Leicester			
   20        28:54    Bill Haskell                     M50-59     Sterling              CMS	
   21        29:39    Evelyn Dolan                     F40-49     Fitchburg             CMS	
   22        29:52    Debbie Knight                    F50-59     Worcester             CMS	
   23        30:47    Daniel Dodson                    M60-69     Methuen               NMC	
   24        32:04    Karen Lemerise                   F50-59     N Oxford              CMS	
   25        35:18    John Hendrick                    M60-69     Berlin                CMS	
   26        42:11    Megan McMahon                    F40-49     Worcester             CMS