1st place, Dan Savukoski, CMS

2nd place, Rob Lind, CMS

Jan McNamara, CMS, handles the day-of-race registrations

Laura Beckwith, CMS, at the registration tent

The brain trust: Kevin Fallon, CMS prez, Lisa Mentzer, former CMS prez, and Pat Clark (future CMS prez?)

Pre-race marching band

Judy White belts out a terrific National Anthem

Evelyn Dolan, CMS

...and they're off...

...and a few more...

Start and finish under the huge American flag

Dan Savukoski escorted by severa motorcyclists.

687 is Larry Olsen, 5th place and 1st 50+, a fixture on the Massachusetts running circuit, and #32 is Scott Leslie who passed Larry for 4th overall.

#354: Jim Perry, 8th overall and 1st master; #477 is Russ Trottier, 9th.

#700: Jeff Bartlett, 11th overall.

#106: Herv Seitz, 12th overall, and Tom Fitman, 13th.

#495: Chris Covello 14th, and Angel Martin (right), 15th.

#104: Vasia Vagin, 17th overall

#660: Peter Margaritis, 20th, comes through the shower with something stuck to his shoe. On the left is #772, Matt DePari

#209: Mike Proto from Rhode Island, 22nd.

#350: Ramon Alicea, 23rd

#755: Justin Contols, 27th.

#748: Honathon Rossetti, 28th.

#211: Donald Swakoph, 29th.

#278, right, is Bob Covello 36th; #703, for some reason, does not show up in the official results...hmm.

#611: William Stevens, 38th.

#312, left is Melonie Furgasan, 40th overall and 2nd woman; #386, right is Arthur Sheldon, 39th.

#125 is Connecticut's Howard Sachs, 41st.

#722, left, is Greg Genis, 42nd; #302 is Brian Majoy 44th; and Shane Mason, 45th.

#318: Brian Durkin, 46th.

#215: Stephen Hebenstreit, CMS, 47th overall

#736: Carol Hurley, CMS, 51st overall, 1st masters woman, 3rd woman overall.

#580: Paul Randell, 52nd, Worcester Fire Fighter.

#144: Julie Paradis, CMS, 54th overall, 4th woman overall; so fast, she went by in a blur.

#478, left, is Sean Hanlon, 55th; and Robert Ertsgard (?), 56th