| 1998 CMS 5K Series Race #20 |
Where have all the young men gone? Long-time passing. As Dick Karvonen commented after the race, "I was 11th overall and the 8th age 50+ runner!" Of the 26 finishers, 16 were age 50+.
Wider is better? Maybe. But clearly, older is better. In CMS 5K #19, Peter Orni of Fitchburg (in the 50+ category) rolled away from Keith Orni of Penn State (in the 20+ category). Take that, you young whipper-snapper!
1 17:39 Charlie Salmond 40-49M Fitchburg, MA CMS/NMC 2 18:32 Bob Girouard 50-59M Fitchburg, MA CMS 3 18:46 Patrick McCormick 40-49M Rutland, MA CMS 4 18:55 Jim Daley 60-69M New Ipswich, NH CMS 5 19:37 Peter Orni 50-59M Fitchburg, MA CMS 6 20:10 Andy Blanchard 20-39M Gardner, MA 7 20:26 George Graves 50-59M Baldwinville, MA NMC 8 20:59 Bill Ferrara 50-59M Milford, MA CMS 9 21:31 Eddie Gallivan 60-69M Worcester, MA CMS/NMC 10 21:41 Larry Morris 50-59M Leominster, MA CMS/NMC 11 21:42 Dick Karvonen 50-59M Winchendon, MA CMS 12 22:18 Aldo Bianco 50-59M Leominster, MA 13 23:10 Ernie LeBlanc 60-69M Gardner, MA 14 23:15 Keith Carter 20-39M Leominster, MA ART 15 23:38 Tim Richards 50-59M Lancaster, MA CMS/OHAC 16 24:28 David Tall 20-39M Leominster, MA CMS/NMC 17 25:03 Joe Alfano 20-39M Worcester, MA 18 25:09 Steve Fredericks 20-39M Fitchburg, MA CMS 19 25:11 Russ Syrjala 50-59M Leominster, MA CMS/NMC 20 26:07 Ed Sato 60-69M Worcester, MA CMS 21 26:53 Dolores Drewniak 50-59F Princeton, MA CMS 22 28:03 Diane Mitchell 40-49M Fitchburg, MA CMS 23 28:34 Sue Cwartkowski 30-39F Baldwinville, MA CMS 24 28:52 Jim DeZutter 60-69M Harvard, MA CMS 25 29:20 Steve Brooks 70-79M Gardner, MA CMS/NMC 26 33:52 Phyllis Brooks 60-69F Gardner, MA CMS/NMC
The volunteers: Mark Beaton (Fitzwilliam, NH); Don Drewniak (Princeton); Eha Karvonen (Winchendon); Marion Larson (Lancaster); Jan McNamara (Princeton); Chuck Powers (Lunenburg).
(26f - low 80's; humid; partly cloudy)