I feel this cannot wait until the next newsletter to express my dismay. People are having WAY too much fun out at these weekly 5k's. Just ask ultra serious runner, Mr. Goolsky, he'll tell yah! Hmm, I wonder if Jack has ever been accused of being serious before, or me for that matter! As I was saying though, there should be more gut busting, leg burning, stomach turning going on out there!! We need runners prostrated at the finish line paying homage to the porcelain throne; if there happened to be one out there and who knows, this is the city and you can find most anything out on the side of the roads here! Anyway, let it be known that as in Whoville, there will no longer be any joy out at these 5k's!

Yah right!! You try telling that to these people! Slow, fast, half fast; fun is why we're out there!

Brad Fors was first across the line in the "Fun in small doses, 18 minutes or less" group while perennial nice guy and always fun to be around, Charlie Salmond, who also likes to limit his racing enjoyment to the 20 minutes and less range, let newcomer and visiting GSH runner Celio Hernandez take top honors in the Seniors division. Mike Auger, who doesn't need to list a home town to have fun was first for the Masters. And in an ever festive battle for the top woman, it all came down to the final stretch where Open category winner Shanna Hauver pulled away from Carol Hurley (First Senior) and Alice McKeon (First Master).

In the fun with names category, Brian Breeden won the battle of the Brians while young Ms Hauver was first for the Sydneys. Team Cruz came out and demonstrated that it's most fun when you can share with the rest of the family although it can be argued that Aimee and Mike have also been having fun each week to see who will be first Villemaire across the line.

OK, on to the routine announcement section, here's a reminder that next Saturday, March 29th, will be the last Saturday version of the 52 Week Series before we move up to Devens for the Spring/Summer starting Wednesday, April 2nd. The first two weeks at Devens will start at 6:00pm, then we will push it back to 6:15 for the next two weeks. After that, we will be at our normal start time of 6:30 until September when we start to bring it back to 6:00pm.

    

    1  17:28  Brad Fors             -1mo-  M20-39  Ashby              CMS 
    2  19:32  Celio Hernandez       -1ms-  M50-59  Wilbraham          GSH	
    3  19:52  Charlie Salmond              M50-59  Fitchburg          CMS 
    4  20:13  Mike Auger            -1mm-  M40-49                     CMS 
    5  21:33  Shanna Hauver         -1fo-  F20-39  Holden             CMS 
    6  21:42  Carol Hurley          -1fs-  F50-59  Spencer            CMS 
    7  21:43  Alice McKeon          -1fm-  F40-49  Worcester          CMS 
    8  22:00  Brian Breeden         -1mj-  M00-19  Worcester          CMS 
    9  22:04  Brian Galligan               M20-39  Worcester          CMS 	
   10  23:45  Karen Berni-Giarusso         F40-49  Worcester          CMS 
   11  25:15  Ken Deary                    M50-59  Dudley             CMS 
   12  26:01  Jerry Lembcke         -1mv-  M60-69  Worcester          CMS 
   13  26:14  Aimee Villemaire             F20-39  Worcester          CMS 
   14  26:14  Mike Villemaire              M50-59  Uxbridge           CMS 	
   15  26:28  Sydney Hauver         -1fj-  F00-19  Holden             CMS 
   16  26:33  Juan Santana                 M50-59  Worcester          CMS 
   17  26:38  Mike Keating                 M40-49  Worcester          CMS 
   18  27:28  Megan Therriault             F40-49  Princeton          CMS 
   19  27:37  Hector Cruz                  M40-49  Shrewsbury         CMS 
   20  27:59  Debbie Jarvis                F50-59  Charlton           CMS 
   21  28:02  Bob Pacetti                  M50-59  Fitchburg          CMS/NMC	
   22  28:13  Richard Hunt                 M60-69  Auburn             CMS 
   23  29:06  Art French            -1msv  M70-79  Shrewsbury         CMS 
   24  29:23  Joe Ashe                     M40-49  Charlton			
   25  29:25  Cyndy Curley                 F40-49  Sterling           CMS 
   26  29:27  Jack Goolsky                 M40-49  Rutland            CMS 
   27  29:31  Sydney Cruz                  F00-19  Shrewsbury         CMS 
   28  29:41  Nancy Sanko                  F40-49  Leicester			
   29  30:02  Katie Cruz                   F00-19  Shrewsbury         CMS 
   30  31:06  Max Cruz                     M00-19  Shrewsbury         CMS 
   31  43:35  Candy Sutherland             F40-49  Charlton           CMS 
   32  43:36  Lois Horton                  F20-39  Shrewsbury         CMS