Thanks to the heads-up from Uniquelypam@cs.com to point us to the Jacksonville Marathon.  Jacksonville, where there is NO snow, the temperatures actually register above freezing, and that white stuff is not frozen, chunky-ice snow, but rather nice, warm sand on a nice warm beach in the nice warm sun.  SIGH.  

Actually, it was 38F at race time, 58F at the finish, but this is Florida, where when the going gets tough, the tough get out their little sand shovel and beach buckets.   And this is Massachusetts, where, when the going gets tough, the tough get All-wheel drive! 

 Michael Silvia ran a very nice 3:17 to place 78th overall.  Stan Vancelette rolled home in 350th place, and 5th in his age group. 

                                                     Start  1/2 Way     Clock Time      Chip time
ID#  PLACE PLACE            FINISHER                      PACE  TIME   PACE    TIME    PACE    TIME

  2     1    1  Jerry Lawson, 35, Jacksonville, FL   :00 5:30  1:12:00  5:30  2:23:56  5:30  2:23:56
363     2    2  Moatacim Hamcha, 27, New Bedford, MA     5:52  1:16:48  5:57  2:35:53  5:57  2:35:53
  4     3    3  Derek Fey, 23, Blair, NE                 5:31  1:12:18  5:58  2:36:21  5:58  2:36:21
364     4    4  Josh Irwin, 25, Richmond, VA             6:01  1:18:45  5:59  2:36:47  5:59  2:36:47
811     5    5  Brian Keno, 40, Ft Lauderdale, FL        6:06  1:19:55  6:06  2:39:41  6:06  2:39:41
163    78   13  Michael Silvia, 37, Marlboro, MA     :05 7:16  1:35:17  7:33  3:17:58  7:33  3:17:53
357   350    5  Stan Vancelette, 66, Amherst, NH     :30 9:35  2:05:26  9:45  4:15:16  9:45  4:14:46