CMS 5K Series Race #40 |
Suppose they gave a race and nobody (well, almost nobody) came?
For the past several years, the CMS 52-Week 5K Series has been run at Orchard Hills Athletic Club in Lancaster, Massachusetts on Wednesday evenings from April through September and on Saturday mornings at Worcester State College in Worcester from October through March. Traditionally, the series included a 10-day break during the switch from the last Wenesday evening race to the first Saturday morning race.
This year, the powers-that-be decided to run the September and October races as cross-country runs at Assumption College in Worcester and also decided the do away with the 10-day break and schedule the first October race on the Saturday morning immediately following the final Wednesday race. The result? Only two runners, three volunteers and one bandit materialized. (Both official entrants were refunded the $2 entry fee.)
Anyway, if you are one of those who have fantasized about finishing in the top three of a race, you missed your opportunity.
1 29:47 Karen Lemerise 40-49F Oxford, MA CMS 2 29:48 Bill Ferrara 50-59M Milford, MA CMS
The volunteers: Joe Alfano (Worcester); Jan McNamara (Princeton); Mark Perrone (Worcester).
(2f - clear; mid-50's; breezy)
revd November 9, 1998, Marc (Sorry! no Picture)