Danvers 5k

Finally getting this post up about the Rockport Father’s Day 5K/10K race last week.

It was a good turnout and lots of D5Kers came away with points for the YMCA series — like over 600 points if I am counting correctly.

Awesome.

For future reference, this is a very hilly course and it appears that the 10k course is a little long. Don’t go out too fast like I did.

5K Results

3  David Long    2/19   M3039 17:48  5:44 (3rd M Overall)
14 Anne Willis   3/16   F2029 20:36  6:38 (1st F 20-29)
16 T.R. Ramsdell 4/21   M4049 21:00  6:46 (3rd M 40-49)

10K Results

9  Colleen Ryan    1/7    F3039 43:38  7:02 (2nd F Overall)
12 Aaron Toleos    3/11   M3039 44:16  7:08 (2nd M 30-39)
13 Matt Adams      4/11   M3039 44:23  7:09 (3rd M 30-39)
58 Kevin Counihan 16/19   M4049 56:07  9:02

As always, let me know in the comments if I missed anyone.

Aaron

Living proof that Lyme Disease increases foot speed.

It looks like we have five races to cover this weekend so I am going to try and do it all in this one post. Before I get into it, I want to highlight two performances: (1) Ben Goodhue ran three 5ks this weekend PR’ing  on Saturday and placing 2nd 30-39 on Sunday, and (2) James Deluca who placed 3rd overall in his Saturday race (a PR I think) and 1st overall in his Sunday race.

Great job guys!

Friday – Winthrop Seaside Striders 5K Foot Race

Ben Goodhue appears to have been the lone D5Ker at this event, the first of three races for Ben over the weekend.

24   191 BEN GOODHUE   7/29   34 DANVERS   21:10  6:49

Saturday – Squirrel Run 5Miler in Quincy

Looks like it was a close finish. Like the sub-8s.

102   39:20  7:52    9 50-59   72 M   363 Jack McManus
105   39:34  7:55   18 40-49   75 M   103 Mark Jones

Saturday – Market Square Day 10k in Portsmouth, NH

19   10/235  M3039   38:02   38:03   6:08 David Long   35 M
1403 40/67   F5059 1:08:10 1:07:47  10:55 Betty Cooper 54 F

Saturday – Byfield Days 5k

D5Kers Invade Byfield

This is my second week in a row running a race where organizers failed to produce results. Still nothing on coolrunning and not holding my breath.

Here’s what I do know:

3 – James Deluca -  (sub 18 and a pr?)

And the straight flush:

14 – Ben Goodhue (20:15, PR)
15 – Matt Adams (smiles as he passes TR)
16 – TR Ramsdell
17 – Frank Lanzillo
18 – Aaron/Adam Toleos (21:30, stroller)

Ben had both a fast and a smart race – starting last in our group and holding  a steady 6:30 pace to beat us all in the end. Note my sub 7 pace while pushing the stroller – not too shabby, eh?

Sunday – Burlington Rotary & Meals on Wheels 5K

A one/two finish for Wicked members and D5Kers Deluca and Short. Ben Goodhue aka Gouchie placed 2nd in the 30-39s. Dean Malerba placed 1st in the 40-49s.

1   1/10   M0129   17:59  5:48 James Deluca   25 M
2   2/10   M0129   18:45  6:03 Timothy Short  28 M
7   2/10   M3039   21:17  6:51 Ben Gouchie    34 M (Goodhue?)
9   1/12   M4049   21:35  6:57 Dean Melerbo   40 M (Malerba)
31   4/5   M5059   25:52  8:20 Douglas Bollen 50 M

- Aaron

The Motley Crew

When a race involves beer, you know at least a few D5Kers are likely to show up.

And so it was at the Harpoon Brewery 5 Miler on Saturday where Matt Adams, TR Ramsdell, and Christina Nawn took on the odd distance of 5.3 miles (my guess is that the guy measuring the course was sampling the product).

Our crew did great — especially Ramsdell who finished 7/112 in his age group and 119th out of almost 2000 runners. Way to go TR!

Here are the results:

119   7/112  M4049   36:27.0   36:22  6:52 T.R. Ramsdell   46 M
152 106/694  M2139   37:12.2   37:07  7:01 Matt Adams      36 M
608 185/961  F2139   43:18.9   43:13  8:10 Christina Nawn  36 F

Let me know if I missed anyone in the comments.

Aaron

Two big stories at the Hornet Hustle 5k in North Reading today.

First of all, congratulations to Dave Long who won the race AND set a new course record. Great job, Dave!

Second of all, those of you who have been around the D5K for a while will remember Chris Soucy who was a regular for most of last year but pretty much disappeared sometime last fall after the Wicked Half.

Well, I ran this race with Soucy last year (Soucy 20:56, Toleos 20:59), so I looked him up about a week before to make sure he would be there again this year. You see… he beat me by 3 seconds last year and I really wanted the opportunity for a rematch .  I may have even posted a note on his wall in facebook telling him I was going to kick his ass.

Big, big mistake.

Check this out. Soucy pulls off an 18:15 — more than 2 1/2 minutes faster than last year!?!?! WTF?? Give me some of whatever that guy is having.

Here’s how we all finished:

Dave Long  – 17:something

Chris Soucy – 18:15 (unofficial)

Aaron Toleos – 20:59 (unofficial)

Ben Goodhue – 21:15 (unofficial)

Dean Malerba – ???

NOTE: All the times are unofficial because no results have been posted. They apparently had a major malfunction with the chip timing so I don’t even know our places (besides Dave and Chris).

UPDATE – Results are finally up:

1     David Long      25   35  m  17:36:00
4     Chris Soucy     59   26  m  18:14:00
14    Aaron Toleos  146  38  m  20:50:00
18    Ben Goodhue  155  33  m  21:08:00
20    Dean Malerba  152  40  m  21:25:00

Aaron

Annie Rose - 1st Female

D5K came. D5K saw. D5K conquered.

What a great race! D5Kers finished 2nd (ARW), 3rd (BG), & 4th (TR) overall. Check out the results:

Annie Rose Willis
1st Female Overall

Ben Goodhue
2nd Male Overall

TR Ramsdell
3rd Male Overall (a PR for TR)

Frank Lanzillo
2nd Male 40-49

Aaron/Adam Toleos (stroller)
1st Male 30-39