Imagine running over two marathons, back to back. Then continuing on for another 10 miles. Jim Garcia (Westford) of CMS did just that, rolling through over 60 miles, then barely beating Belgium's Jan Vandendriessche by a mere 18 seconds. Kevin McGovern (Worcester) rambled around the 10 KM Charles River loop 10 times, to finish 10th.
Henri Giraut, the 63 year old Frenchman, has run over 400 of these 100K races. Daniele Charniak, second woman and first American woman, recently won the 1999 Canadian 100K and also lead the American team to the 1998 World 100K bronze team medal.
Pre-race story: Ultramarathon World, by Dan Brannen
Timing By: Granite State Race Services (603)863-2537
PLACE NAME AGE SEX RACE# CITY/STATE/COUNTRY ST TIME PACE
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1 JIM GARCIA 41 M 3 WESTFORD MA (CMS) 6:55:27 6:42
2 JAN VANDENDRIESSCHE 38 M 6 GISTEL BELGIUM 6:55:45 6:42
3 VICTOR HICKEY 42 M 21 MEAFORD ON CANADA 7:02:29 6:48
4 TIM SLOAN 32 M 5 HOBART TASMANIA AUSTRALIA 7:06:55 6:53
5 RUSSELL CRAWFORD M 2 HAZELPARK SOUTH AFRICA 7:13:12 6:59
6 BOB SWEENEY 32 M 15 PARIS FRANCE 7:21:34 7:07
7 MARK GODALE 29 M 4 AURORA OH 7:27:54 7:13
8 COURTNEY CAMPBELL 34 M 16 BERRYVILLE VA 7:41:10 7:26
9 RICHARD DOUBLEDAY 37 M 55 BROOKLINE MA 7:55:28 7:40
10 KEVIN MCGOVERN 41 M 24 WORCESTER MA (CMS) 7:56:58 7:41
11 EDIT BERCES 35 F 12 ZALAEGERSZEG HUNGARY 8:01:02 7:45
12 DANIELE CHERNIAK 37 F 14 COHOES NY 8:11:43 7:55
13 RIC MUNOZ 41 M 31 WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 8:29:17 8:12
14 RONALD JOHNSTON 47 M 46 DURHAM NH 8:30:32 8:13
15 ELLEN MCCURTIN 32 F 18 DANBURY CT 8:36:29 8:19
16 JERRY DE ZUTTER 34 M 43 WORCESTER MA 8:37:28 8:20
17 CHIP MERROW 38 M 70 LOUDON NH 8:40:45 8:23
18 NANCY DRACH 40 F 27 JUPITER FL 8:40:56 8:24
19 CHRISTY COSGROVE 38 F 53 BOXFORD MA 8:47:58 8:30
20 HOLLY NEAULT-ZINZOW 38 F 20 WHITEWATER WI 8:49:54 8:32
21 RICHARD BORETTI 46 M 36 MARSHFIELD MA 8:51:29 8:34
22 RIMAS JAKELAITIS 44 M 63 BROOKLYN NY 8:53:31 8:36
23 JANICE ANDERSON 33 F 19 KENNESAW GA 9:00:01 8:42
24 WILLIAM ROMITO 45 M 47 BELCHERTOWN MA 9:14:02 8:55
25 RAY KROLEWICZ 44 M 26 PONTIAC SC 9:19:40 9:01
26 SANDY POWELL 42 F 23 GREENVILLE VA 9:16:05 8:57
27 KURT HAAS 33 M 68 COLD SPRING HARBOR NY 9:24:04 9:05
28 PETER VERMEESCH 23 M 33 CAMBRIDGE MA 9:32:41 9:13
29 LEE DICKEY 45 M 35 DRACUT MA 9:40:25 9:21
30 MIKE BRIGHT 49 M 37 GAMBRILLS MD 9:51:40 9:32
31 MICHAEL MENOVICH 48 M 30 LEXINGTON MA 10:02:39 9:42
32 STEPHEN PECKICONIS 40 M 40 BOSTON MA 10:18:26 9:58
33 JENNIFER STANTON 26 F 34 SENECA FALLS NY 10:26:08 10:05
34 KATIE BENSON 24 F 22 LITTLETON CO 10:42:56 10:21
35 BOB ECKERSON 49 M 61 YARMOUTHPORT MA 11:04:38 10:42
36 KEVIN HYNES 34 M 71 MEDFORD MA 11:06:05 10:44
37 THERESA DAUS-WEBER 45 F 44 LITTLETON CO 11:07:13 10:45
38 AMES BROWN 19 M 51 NEW HAVEN CT 11:18:23 10:56
39 STEVE BYCOK 41 M 38 OWEN SOUND ON CANADA 11:22:15 10:59
40 JAMES GAWLE 48 M 56 WEBSTER MA 11:27:33 11:04
41 ARMAND LEBLANC 43 M 45 ANGUS ON CANADA 11:32:56 11:10
42 TIMOTHY KOUROUNIS 60 M 60 ROSEDALE NY 11:50:10 11:26
43 HENRI GIRAUT 63 M 52 NAINTRE FRANCE 11:56:42 11:33
44 JOE HAYES 51 M 42 YORK ME 12:03:00 11:39
45 PEG RYAN 51 F 29 PLAINVILLE MA 12:13:34 11:49
46 RUTH KESSLER 43 F 59 BURLINGTON MA 12:41:41 12:++
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