Race Report by Mary Schafer

Saturday dawned an ideal day for the annual Scott Benjamin Challenge in all its hilly glory. For the first time, possibly ever, the weather was cool, dry, and outright pleasant. Scott Benjamin placed 31th in one hour, 2 seconds. Jeff Sheldon finished first in 41:56 (and shirtless!) while Mary Schafer was first on the women's side and 17th overall in 52:30.

It was a strange race without Jeff leading the way down Apple Lane. Luckily we somehow managed on our own. Mr. LoSacco brought a serious mental game with shoes very nearly falling apart. Once his competitors let down their guard, he crushed them. Michelle and Emily are stealthily moving their way to the front of the pack and they are coming for you. Don't say you weren't warned.

A very special shout out to Roxbury Runners, Jeff and Marissa (nee Walker) Bishop who were married this weekend! We will accept nuptials (your own) as an acceptable excuse for missing the Scott Benjamin Challenge. Don't even try pulling this excuse next year! [Also - a belated congratulations to Krystal (Rajcok) Koenig and Eric Koenig, who were married earlier this summer!] - CD

Welcome back to Joe, who we have missed this year. Also welcome back to our Stopwatch Princess, Amanda. Good to see the dynamic duo of Brian and David as well as Mark back at Roxbury.

A few words about scoring: It is by the grace of the Brothers Deming that we have our weekly scores recorded, tabulated, calculated, sorted, and published. As such, all "rules" regarding scoring will be at the sole discretion of the Demings, with Amanda as tie breaker, and subject to change at any time and without notice. All opposed are welcome to deal with themselves.

Next week, we're running the 8.4 mile Judd's Bridge "Long Course." See you then!


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Addendum by CD...
Kudos to Lee Anne, who witnessed an auto accident during the race and stopped to help out. And also good work by Al, who drove out on the course to find her since she was much delayed.
...Thank you for your good judgement and looking out for each other!

Race Results

Roxbury Race Series 2010 - Race #23 - August 7 - Ranney / Painter Hill, 6.7 miles
place name age time pace per mile
1 Jeff Sheldon 30 41.56 6.16
2 Mark LoSacco 41 45.33 6.48
3 Colin Lennon 17 45.46 6.50
4 Paul Malek 18 45.47 6.50
5 Brian Vanderheiden 40 45.51 6.51
6 Craig Hunt 19 46.09 6.53
7 Nelson Azevodo 51 46.11 6.54
8 Mike Abraham   46.46 6.59
9 Joe Mendes 44 47.10 7.02
10 Chris Deming 43 48.25 7.14
11 Matt Paravati 19 49.05 7.20
12 Scott Johnson 28 49.29 7.23
13 Jeff Tindell 60 49.44 7.25
14 Eric Koenig 30 50.22 7.31
15 Steve Benoit 57 51.17 7.39
16 Russ Pribanic 56 51.28 7.41
17 Mary Schafer 35 11/12 52.30 7.50
18 Ross Levy 59 52.58 7.54
19 Deb Lemien  49 53.45 8.01
20 Larry Deming  53 54.05 8.04
21 Ed Wolfe 12 54.08 8.05
22 John Kane 59 54.10 8.05
23 Clara Wolfe 14 54.20 8.07
24 Nate Mahrer 38 54.59 8.12
25 Mark Zerbe 50 56.45 8.28
26 Brian Gildea 49 57.15 8.33
27 David Mariani 46 57.18 8.33
28 Karl Hunt 49 57.44 8.37
29 Harry Ong 70 58.26 8.43
30 Marc Poliquin 28 58.55 8.48
31 Scott Benjamin 52 60.02 8.58
32 Matt Lombardi 19 60.07 8.58
33 Paul Butler 52 60.17 8.60
34 Michelle Marcisz 41 60.32 9.02
35 Bob Lewis 45 61.05 9.07
36 Emily Davis 26 61.11 9.08
37 Krystal (Rajcok) Koenig 27 61.13 9.08
38 Dave Wolfe 46 61.20 9.09
39 Kristine Dziezynski  40 61.27 9.10
40 Lynn Zuback  44 62.51 9.23
41 Mario Hasz 61 63.16 9.27
42 Regina Grebla 29 64.21 9.36
43 Keith Dupree 67 67.05 10.01
44 Kendra Lennon 13 68.26 10.13
45 Michael Lennon 45 68.27 10.13
46 Sharon Gawe 57 68.41 10.15
47 Janet Levy 56 68.42 10.15
48 Charlie Euston 66 73.44 11.00
49 Jim Little 56 74.55 11.11
Alternate Courses
place name age distance time
50 Lee Anne Zarger  56 5.50    
51 Kandace Yuen   2.00    
52 Al Mletzko 68 1.50 23.55 (15.57 pace)
53 Cindy Scannell   1.26    
54 Amanda Deming 12 0.82    

If anyone has photos of the races, send 'em to chris (at) beatfrequencies (dot) com and I'll try to put them up here on these pages...

Roxbury Race Results (Temporary)

Roxbury Races