August 97 Newsletter
Dan Verrington (Bradford) finished 2nd in a field of 400 with a time of 25:31 - one second out of first - in the 20th Pat Polletta 5M held in Newburyport on July 11th. Glenn Sauder (Marlboro) was 30th and 3rd senior with a time of 30:39.
Geary Daniels (Dudley) was 10th overall in a field of 744 and first master with a time of 26:15 in the Marathon Sports NIKE 5M held in Wellesley on July 10th.
It has often been said in the CMS newsletter that no one who consistently runs races in New England should miss the experience of running Fresh Pond (Saturdays mornings, 10:00AM, Fresh Pond, Cambridge). Ed Sato (Worcester), at age 68, made his 83rd race of the year the July 19th Fresh Pond 5M. Ed finished in 40:14. Ed was also the last finisher on June 19th at Khoury's Thursday Night 4.13M in Somerville with a time of 38:45. It seems that Ed took a wrong turn and ran an extra four or five blocks. Among Ed's other races: July 8th, Colonial Road Runners Summer Series 3.27M - 25:25; June 21st, Amherst 10K, Amherst, NH - 52:45; June 15th, Khoury's 4.13M, Somerville - 32:01 (first veteran age 65-69); July 22nd, Firefighter 5, South Hamilton - 38:58; June 14th, Walpole Village Fair 5K - 24:37; June 8th - Poweder House Pub & Grille 4M, Somerville, MA - 32:15 (3rd veteran); June 20th, Waltham Family YMCA, Waltham - 24:31 (2nd veteran); June 29th, Sharon Five, Sharon - 39:45; June 28th, Xaverian 10K, Holliston - 51:35 (3rd vereteran); June 22nd, Cherry Tree 5K, West Newton - 26:16.
The Great Legs 5K in Lowell on Friday, July 11 saw Deberra Guay (Worcester) finish 125th in 24:26, Dianne Van Voorhis (Ashby) 134th in 24:41 for third in her age group (age not revealed by me!), Joannie Murzycki (Leicester) 190th in 27:02, Loree Burns (Princeton) 201st in 27:25, Carol Goodrow (Fiskdale) 234th in 28:41, and Alice Eriksen (Shrewsbury) 282nd in 30:41. Alice provided the impetus to track down this information, some of it provided by Cool Running.