Anyway, the rain mercifully held off until the last of the runners were done and heading back towards the warmth of the school. After the runners crossed the finish line of the new course, many were heard exclaiming how brutal the hills were on each of the out and back spurs.

Some were even looking for the Professor and Stu to let them know how sadistic they had to be to design this course. Sounds like a perfect course to me! One that would easily make it into a Rat Series if he were to have another one coming up.

On the opening out and back section, there were a number of runners to go off course up at the lead and CMS member Karen McGahie running on what could be called her Home Course, even though she only ran the opening section once before the race for a warmup, correctly navigated the group back on track. And what did she get for her troubles? Four of the runners re-passed her. Chivalry was not apparent today!

CMS Men's Open runner Tim Mahoney came out from Northampton to lead the pack across the line. Karen was first on the Women's side. Other notable club finishers were Byron Deane, first in the Men's Masters, Howard Bottomly, first in the Men's Veterans, Alice McKeon, First in the Women's Masters, Tom Fitzgerald, First Men's Senior as well as First Past CMS President, Linda Usher, First Women's Senior and First Whitin 5 Race Director. Thanks to ALL the volunteers that came out today and big THANKS to Dick and Stu for another great year over at the Deer Run!

 Place     Time   Name                   Town                 Division    Club
   1      35:34   Tim Mahoney            Northampton           M20-29     CMS	
   2      36:41   Larry Gentile          Holden                M50-59			
   3      37:27   Kurt Gustafson         Shrewsbury            M20-29     Nordica	
   4      37:43   Ross Mungeam           Douglas               M00-19		
   5      37:59   Karen McGahie          Boylston              F40-49     CMS	
   6      38:58   Byron Dean             Spencer               M40-49     CMS	
   7      39:14   Mark Johnson           Paxton                M40-49     CMS	
   8      39:24   Howard Bottomly        Sutton                M60-69     CMS	
   9      39:52   Scott Stevens          Holden                M30-39     SSAC	
   10     39:52   Tony Nguyen            Worcester             M30-39			
   11     39:56   Alice McKeon           Worcester             F40-49     CMS	
   12     40:09   Francisco Balaguer     Fitchburg             M40-49		
   13     42:12   Kris Gleason           Leominster            F40-49     NMC	
   14     42:40   Tom Fitzgerald         Springfield           M50-59     CMS	
   15     42:56   Bill McGee             Holden                M50-59	
   16     43:14   Rick Baker             Boylston              M50-59	
   17     43:16   Bob Magner             Shrewsbury            M40-49			
   18     44:26   Jack Goolsky           Rutland               M40-49     CMS	
   19     44:45   Mark Mungeam           Douglas               M40-49		
   20     44:48   Linda Usher            Upton                 F50-59     CMS	
   21     45:09   Tim Downey             Leominster            M30-39		
   22     45:49   Kent Rissmiller        Jefferson             M50-59     CMS	
   23     45:50   Rachel Rissmiller      Jefferson             F50-59     CMS	
   24     47:15   Peter Shea             N Easton              M50-59     BHBB	
   25     47:23   John Backstran         Northboro             M50-59		
   26     47:54   Ken Deary              Dudley                M50-59     CMS		
   27     48:37   Tim Driscoll           Spencer               M50-59     Top Dawg	
   28     48:54   Michael Scherer        Leominster            M50-59			
   29     50:32   Raymond Boutotte       Pepperell             M60-69     CMS/NMC	
   30     50:46   Susan Ericson          Ashland               F30-39     GFRC	
   31     50:58   John Parker            Milford               M60-69     TVFR	
   32     51:46   Cyndy Curley           Sterling              F40-49     CMS	
   33     52:25   Marta Carlson          Paxton                F40-49     CMS		
   34     53:04   Erin Wolosz            Boylston              F00-19     Tahanto CC	
   35     53:04   Keith Wolosz           Boylston              M40-49		
   36     58:37   Brian Conrad           Marlboro              M30-39	
   37     65:01   Buffy Cope             Marlboro              F30-39		
   38     67:24   Kara Milotte           Jefferson             F30-39     CMS	
   39     67:26   Kyle Milotte           Jefferson             M40-49     CMS	
	
	
Volunteers: Stu Thurston, Dick Hunt, Curtis Bille, Cindy Gingrich-Baker, Ralph 
Mooers, John Grenier, Deb Burns, Cynthia Rup, Amit Arora, Fran Maple, Steve 
Hebenstreit, Dave Krom, Otto Lies, Doug Usher, Karen Lemerise, Kevin Fallon, and 
MORE!