Groton Town Forest Trail 10M/3M |
The weather and fall foliage were perfect and drew a large turn-out of 107 runners for the First Annual Groton Town Forest Trail Races. The goals of the races were to raise money for trail signs in the Town Forest and to publicize the beauty and variety of trails in the Town Forest. The importance of the first goal was reinforced when large numbers of runners got lost within the complex web of intersecting trails, and only 88 crossed the finish line. Most of the experienced trailrunners took this "in stride" as being typical of a first-time trail race. Certainly many lessons were learned that will serve to prevent this in future years. The second goal was seemingly met as well, as at least 26 of the 39 runners in the 3-mile race, and 10 of the 68 in the 10-mile race, had never run a trail race before. In addition, many local (even Groton!) runners said they had never been in the Town Forest before and they found the trails much to their liking. Race Director Paul Funch hopes to make these races an annual event, and he promises to keep most everyone on course next year, but he believes it wouldn't seem like a real trail race if no one got lost!
John Grenier was um reflective in his assessment of the race: "I am NOT an hour slower than John Carey for ten miles! I turned a ten-mile race into about 14. I guess the race was for a good cause trail signs." But, he added in a grudging nod to the true allure of trail races, "It was a nice place to run." Amen.
10-Mile Race 1 1:13:39 Carey John Oxford MA 37 CMS 2 1:13:40 Melo Chris Atkinson NH 36 3 1:13:45 D'Agostino Donna Topsfield MA 35 4 1:18:22 Auciello Jamie Hopkinton MA 27 5 1:18:31 Allison Don Waltham MA 43 6 1:26:42 Morse William Dracut MA 47 7 1:26:51 Hannon Dave Johnston RI 27 8 1:27:23 Chesto Jon Ridgefield CT 27 9 1:27:58 Hargreaves Paul N. Brookfield MA 42 CMS 10 1:27:59 LaChance Sue Lunenburg MA 38 11 1:28:01 Spence Scott Groton MA 34 12 1:28:03 Peterson Steve Chelmsford MA 32 CMS 13 1:29:07 Mann Walter Townsend MA 46 14 1:29:08 Parker Thomas Nashua NH 31 15 1:29:15 Premus Vince Pepperell MA 34 16 1:30:34 Hult Peter Harvard MA 17 17 1:33:33 Baxter Brenda Groton MA 36 18 1:35:11 Reusch Tracy Harvard MA 34 19 1:35:11 Speidel Tom Nutting Lake MA 37 20 1:35:39 McClellan John Groton MA 36 21 1:35:51 Ackerman David Bedford MA 37 22 1:35:54 Phillips Jack Charlestown MA 32 23 1:36:38 Butts Dolf Nashua NH 31 24 1:37:01 Doubleday Richard Brookline MA 36 25 1:37:07 Koehn Karin Boston MA 29 26 1:37:20 Cormier Karen Ayer MA 26 27 1:37:20 Lillis Ellen Ayer MA 25 28 1:37:36 McCoy Kevin Providence RI 42 29 1:37:49 Mills Mark Alton Bay NH 43 30 1:38:53 Martineau Liz Groton MA 37 31 1:39:03 Thomas Alice Fitchburg MA 35 32 1:47:09 Parker John Milford MA 59 33 1:47:17 Belsky Stephen Groton MA 42 34 1:48:30 Para Sue Dudley MA 21 35 1:48:32 Molloy Lindsey Groton MA 49 36 1:48:34 Officer Lawrence Pepperell MA 41 37 1:48:35 Kick Jack Dunstable MA 66 38 1:48:36 Robinson Andy Groton MA 45 39 1:48:45 Brown Matthew Pepperell MA 49 40 1:48:50 Maguire III Joseph Dunstable MA 15 41 1:49:03 Watts Deb Holden MA 38 42 1:49:06 Johnson Skip Groton MA 44 43 1:49:07 Molloy Kevin Groton MA 49 44 1:49:10 Sterling George Windham NH 53 45 1:50:43 Murphy Tim Chelmsford MA 31 46 2:00:18 White Justin Westboro MA 37 47 2:00:20 Fox Donna Westboro MA 38 48 2:00:21 Leiter Myron Wayland MA 62 50 2:10:44 Miscovitch Rex Pepperell MA 46 49 2:10:45 Kessler Ruth Burlington MA 42 51 2:11:04 Gulliver Art Leominster MA 59 52 2:14:02 Brady Liam Lynn MA 42 53 2:14:50 Grenier John Leicester MA 47 CMS 54 2:15:45 Matisse Linda Groton MA 41 55 2:16:04 Grieco Melissa Methuen MA 23 56 2:16:06 Hanson Ellen Allston MA 29 57 2:16:14 Page Robert Groton MA 54 top
3-Mile Race
| 1 | 0:22:53 | Brouillette | George | Medway | MA | 37 |
| 2 | 0:23:41 | Hanley | John | Townsend | MA | 34 |
| 3 | 0:23:42 | Molloy | Robert | Groton | MA | 15 |
| 4 | 0:27:26 | Tharian | Bill | Natick | MA | 41 |
| 5 | 0:27:34 | Wagner | Lenny | Lexington | MA | 47 |
| 6 | 0:27:49 | Mejia | Francine | Groton | MA | 28 |
| 7 | 0:27:51 | Gaj | Nancie | Groton | MA | 39 |
| 8 | 0:27:56 | Cummings | Colleen | Palmer | MA | 32 |
| 9 | 0:28:01 | Williams | David | Groton | MA | 46 |
| 10 | 0:28:22 | Cummings | Doug | Palmer | MA | 37 |
| 11 | 0:28:38 | Bovill | Shawn | Acton | MA | 34 |
| 12 | 0:28:47 | Bauer | Renato | Pepperell | MA | 15 |
| 13 | 0:28:50 | Ablard | Jennifer | Groton | MA | 36 |
| 14 | 0:28:55 | Bovill | Maria | Acton | MA | 32 |
| 15 | 0:29:07 | Bauer | Andrea | Pepperell | MA | 12 |
| 16 | 0:29:08 | Oliver | Jane | Concord | MA | 45 |
| 17 | 0:29:34 | Moran | JulieGee | Framingham | MA | 27 |
| 18 | 0:29:41 | Moran | Joe | Framingham | MA | 35 |
| 19 | 0:29:49 | Kiessling | Sarah | Groton | MA | 42 |
| 20 | 0:29:54 | Denomy | Michael | Newton | MA | 34 |
| 21 | 0:30:01 | Davey | Kirsta | Groton | MA | 32 |
| 22 | 0:32:35 | Brown | Amy | Brighton | MA | 28 |
| 23 | 0:34:22 | Rapala | Michele | Groton | MA | 44 |
| 24 | 0:34:28 | Perrotti | Natina | Pepperell | MA | 29 |
| 25 | 0:34:35 | Perrotti | Bryan | Pepperell | MA | 31 |
| 26 | 0:38:48 | Cox | Dave | Leominster | MA | 29 |
| 27 | 0:40:11 | Bauer | Daniel | Pepperell | MA | 08 |
| 28 | 0:40:15 | Bauer | Luis | Pepperell | MA | 42 |
| 29 | 0:40:30 | Birse | Dave | Hancock | NH | 39 |
| 30 | 1:30:34 | Jacobs | Miae | Wilmington | MA | 38 |
| 31 | 1:31:00 | Byrne | Brian | Lincoln | MA | 51 |
December 13, 1998, barry
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