Conditions: clear; mid-teens; roads predominantly clear and dry.
Several competitors, realizing that this was the last run in a frozen January, celebrated by doing their dance of carbulla, which, when loosely translated, means "I am so happy that January is over, the kids are in school, the bills are paid, and I am healthy enough to complete a 5K on a Saturday morning." Yowza!
1 19:10 Dave Isenberg 20-29M Worcester, MA CMS 2 19:33 Glenn Sauder 50-59M Marlboro, MA CMS 3 19:49 Dave Greenslit 40-49M Worcester, MA CMS 4 20:30 Carol Hurley 40-49F Spencer, MA CMS 5 20:55 Bob Brady 50-59M Worcester, MA CMS 6 21:24 Bill Ferrara 50-59M Milford, MA CMS 7 21:25 George Paradis 40-49M Oakham, MA CMS 8 23:04 Stan Vancelette 60-69M Amherst, NH CMS 9 23:28 Dick Hunt 50-59M Auburn, MA CMS 10 24:01 Laura Beckwith 50-59F Holden, MA CMS 11 24:21 Linda Usher 50-59F Upton, MA CMS 12 24:35 Tom Murray 40-49M Harvard, MA CMS 13 26:16 Joe Alfano 20-39M Worcester, MA CMS 14 26:17 Bill Haskell 40-49M Sterling, MA CMS
The volunteers: Peter Cotter (Jefferson); Joe Drummond (Shrewsbury); Jan McNamara (Princeton).
(14f - counter-clockwise)