Danvers 5k

I received a nice thank you card from the Danvers Food Bank this week, along with there thanks I as well would like to extend my thanks to you all for doing such a good job in helping us help others every week. Lets keep it up.

Throw a couple Trophies into the mix, then suddenly all hell breaks loose. We start getting New Course Records, and jeeps falling from the sky. (Good thing that wood pile was there to catch me)

Well it looks quite a few runners ate there Wheaties this week. It must be spring fever. With 35 runners in the mix this week it is apparent the thaw is on, as a fresh crop of runners start poppin up like the first flowers of Spring. The winter is finally losing its cold grip on us as the spring rain erases the last of the snowbanks and washes the sand back out to the ocean.

Junyong Pak shows off his trophy.

We had a new course record set this week, by none other than D5K newbie and Trophy Winner Junyong Pak. He broke this course over his knee with a 16:58. That bar is lookin a little high these days “any challengers?”

Colleen Ryan was obviously tempted by thoughts of being a D5K trophy winner, and made those dreams a reality by immortalizing herself as the first female finisher this evening with a 21:32.

We only managed to Shang Hai one new runner this week. Jenn Caban took us for a lap this week, and laid down a 21:38 for her first run. Now that Jenn is familiar with the course, I think she may have her eyes set on a first place finish. We will have to wait and see if it to be.

We had 2 PR’s as well this week. D5K favorite Matt Adams threw down a 21:44 on the new course, and Jayne O’Leary gets faster every week. She ad a 33:50.

Great job to all!

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Special Thanks to:

Detective Frank Wolverton. Senior Staff Instructor at the MBTA Transit Police Academy and the 40 student officers and 4 academy staff members, who took part in the D5K this week. It was truly our privilege to have you take part in our run.

It was a good night for records, and in keeping with that theme I believe this is a record for me, for lateness in writing the blog. A thousand apologies to ALL my loyal “reader?”

Well with a little help from the transit academy we hit an all time record for runners at “93″ Not to shabby for a bunch of drunkards. The run could not have gone smoother, no problems, no one called the cops, and no one got lost, heck we still even had a couple beers left over…but no twizzlers.

I really can’t tell you the enjoymaent it gives me to see first time runners become second time runners, and ssecond time runners become D5K Regulars. Even the not-so regular regulars are great to see when they can make it. This should be a great season, we just need a warm hug from mother nature to really kick off this lingering winter chill. I was talking to the calender this week, and he assured me that “yes” it is Spring and that Winter is over. I haven’t been cold since.

A quick tip of the hat to a few of our quick little bunnies:

First Runs:

Oli Gunnarsson. 23:42

Meghan McKenna. 25:02

The Jane. 35:10

Personal Records:

Frank “the alarm clock” Lanzillo. 23:03

Lore Chapman. 25:15

Christina Nawn. 26:45

Mikey Mike Michael Hale. 27:08

The D5K. 93:runners.

On a more personal note: I doubt very much I would have made it through this winter with what little sanity I have left, if it were not for the D5K. It was the one thing this winter I really looked forward too each week. So thanks for stickin in there with me.

See you Wednesday.

It looks like the Jones trio took on the AOH 5k in Peabody along with a few other D5k regulars (see results below).

Congratulations to Elizabeth Jones who placed third in her age group. Excellent job! Almost beat Mark too.

Also congrats to Tim Short who won his age group handily and placed fourth overall.

2 David Long           66   2/13   M3039 M BEVERLY      MA   17:36  5:40
4 Tim Short           103   1/16   M2029 M AMESBURY     MA   19:01  6:07
22 Frank Lanzillo      127   6/21   M4049 M DANVERS      MA   22:32  7:16
27 Gary Jones           22   9/21   M4049 M DANVERS      MA   23:15  7:29
41 Jack McManus        126  11/18   M5059 M DANVERS      MA   24:55  8:01
45 Mark Jones           21  14/21   M4049 M DANVERS      MA   25:02  8:04
50 Elizabeth Jones     118   3/9    F2029 F DANVERS      MA   25:22  8:10
54 Doug Bollen          81  13/18   M5059 M SALEM        MA   25:53  8:20
109 Betty Cooper         24   9/10   F5059 F DANVERS      MA   31:33 10:10

So I convinced TR to drive down to Malden since I knew it was a small race and that he had a good chance of placing. Although he is still recovering from pneumonia, he did well — placing third in his age group and twelfth overall in the 5k.

I ran the 10k — about 2 minutes slower than last year, but it was a beautiful day and, best of all, I was close to pain free.

5k 3.36 Mile Results

12 T.R. RAMSDELL         3/10   45 M BEVERLY            MA   22:54  6:49

10k Results:

16 AARON TOLEOS          8/16    38 M BOXFORD            MA   45:34  7:20

UPDATE: Turns out this was a looong 5k… actually 3.36 miles instead of 3.1. That means TR ran a 6:49 pace instead of the 7:23 pace! Good job, TR!

Here are some post race pics:

TR longs for long hair.

Toleos stuffs Bird?

-  Aaron