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Tri-Valley Front Runner
- Race Results September 2008 |
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National Capital 20 Mile
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Alexandria
/ VA / Sunday, September 28 -
Mike Sawyer with a second place finish overall and first in his division.
Mike finished only 16 seconds behind the winner. |
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From Mike
- It was 70 degrees and humid at gun time, but it also had light rain and
drizzle which I thought helped not get too hot. Somewhere along the line the
argument among three of us on which two would be second and third overall turned
into chasing the leader when he came back into view at times around 16. Ran as
hard as I could from 17 on but too much for me to quite catch up to. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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2 |
Mike Sawyer |
2:05:13 |
6:15 |
1 |
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5th Annual Kerouac 5K
/ Lowell
/ MA / Sunday, September 28 - Mary
Tyler packs away another race. Good job Mary. Mary took home a third
place finish. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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355 |
Mary Tyler |
33:52 |
10:56 |
3 |
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4th Annual Reebok Canton Homecoming /
10K
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Canton
/ MA / Saturday, September 27 - The
10K went off in between the weekend of rain. Roads were wet and slippery
with a temperature of 65 and humidity equal to that. The course is up and
down with a long gradual climb followed by a steep downhill and then a shorter
but steep hill brining you to the finish. Only 58 runners in the race
following the 5K which had 250 runners. There was still plenty of food and
drink to go around. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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15 |
Martin Auty |
43:21 |
6:59 |
3 |
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20th Annual Fred Brown
Relay Around Lake Winnipesaukee
/ Weirs Beach NH - Sunday, September 20
Congratulations to TVFR Team of
Meredith Dutton, Kelley Terrill, Mike Sawyer, Keith Neal, Tara Neal, Don
Palladini and Larry Olsen for their fourth place finish in a huge twenty-four
team open field.
From Mike Sawyer
- It was terrific weather for the Lake Winnipesaukee Relay around
the big lake, and an even better day for the TVFR team of seven!
This race starts in Weirs Beach NH at the Funspot (what fun!) and across from
JT’s BBQ (mmmm), which was a great finish for the race and also
dinner for the day by some of the team members that stayed over. It
seemed other clubs also chose it for group dinners as well.
Meredith Dutton started the team off with a strong 10.7 first leg to
the applause of all teams cheering on the race start at 8:00 AM when
it was still very cool (about 45 degrees). Kelley Terrill followed
her lead with the same type of strong effort for a 11 mile lead and
got the team to the Alton Bay bandstand it good and competitive
time! Mike ran leg three, which has a big hill early in the leg and
handed off to the first half of Team Neal (Tara) at leg four, with
her passing to Keith for the 10.8 mile leg 5. Both Neal’s have not
run a race all year (and longer than that) yet ran exceptional legs
in only 28:38 for a rolling 4 miles, and 1:05:32 for another 10.8
miles! Don Palladini took the baton from Keith for a very fast leg 6
that moved the team up into sixth place. We hoped to hold onto that
place or at least the top 10 placement and were in good hope with
Larry Olsen racing leg seven. Larry opened the gap and even closed
on the in front teams by logging a 52:21 for 8.5 mile leg that was
ranked second among all runners for that leg, expanding our standing
against every team excepting the first overall team. So we found
ourselves in high hopes given we had only one leg left to run though
the town of Meredith. So of course who else to pass onto that
Meredith? Yes, she ran two legs for the team! Meredith put it away
for TVFR running a brutal 4.4 mile second leg in 30:26, a
performance that put us out of reach from the team behind us by
adding 1:45 to our lead and leaving them out of site at the finish,
a Fun Spot! Our entire team raced a 6:31 pace for over 65 miles in
7:03:10 and placed 4t h of the top 5 awarded positions for a large
Open category. It was a great weekend!
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From Meredith would like to nominate
Mike Sawyer for the "Herding Cats Award"--for corralling a bunch of
eccentric distance runners (we know who we are, guys!) into a
cohesive entity that ended up functioning like a single sleek
organism!!
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From Keith
- Also deserving special
mention was Don's team saving tactical call of the day. When it was
clear the that shuttles were not going to show up to bring Don (and
the other 100 runners) to the start of leg 6, he decided to jump in
his car and try and find the exchagne zone. He was able to get one
of the course designers, who was also stuck waiting for the bus, to
come with him and made it in time to get the baton! Some teams were
not so lucky and the runner coming in from teh 10.8 mile leg had to
tough out another 6+ miles.
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From Don
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First let me
thank Mike and Tri-Valley for letting me be part of a great running weekend.
Let’s start off with Kelly. Running 11 miles in NH. With all the hills you had
to run you were amazing. Then Keith and Tara their first race in over a year.
You would never know it by the times they ran they are fantastic. Mike running
up a mountain on his leg and passing runners on the way he was incredible.
Larry!! 2nd overall time on his leg. I don’t know what to say about
him he is unbelievable and we are lucky to witness his greatness. But my vote
for MVP is Meredith. She ran 10.7 at 8am and then ran 4.4 to finish. A total of
15.1 and the last 4.4 mostly up hill. (And not baby hills these were HILLS) She
was the true IRON WOMAN on our team. The best part of running the relay is just
that. We were a team. It this sport we have chosen it’s rare that you feel
part of a team heading for a common goal. We accomplished our goal and thank
you for letting me be a part of that.
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Nahant 30K Road Race
/ Nahant
/ MA / Sunday, September 14 - 296
Runners in this race. Looks like Mike Sawyer and Mike Carroll are ready to
roll as they continue to ready for the Lowell Marathon. Amazing as they
finished 1 second apart in this race taking seventh and eighth place overall.
Great job guys. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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7 |
Mike Sawyer |
1:55:50 |
6:13 |
4 |
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8 |
Mike Carroll |
1:55:51 |
6:13 |
5 |
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Eastern Bank Flutie 5k Road Race
/ Natick
/ MA / Sunday, September 14 - 563
Runners in this ninth annual event. Gary Atlas finishing better than the
top 50 percent and Mary Tyler taking first in her division. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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225 |
Gary Atlas |
27:25 |
8:50 |
44 |
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463 |
Mary Tyler |
35:35 |
11:27 |
1 |
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USATF Ollie 5 mile Road Race /
South Boston
/ MA / Saturday, September 6 - Another
good turnout for this next to last USATF event. Over 1000 runners.
Mike Sawyer first across the line for TVFR. John Brown second and fifth in
his division. Larry Olsen second in his division. Followed by Harry
Jarvis, Kelley Terrill Don Basso. Jennifer Lade was the first lady TVFR
across followed by Charlene Gaboriault fourth in her division, Linda Zavalick
fifth in her division, Sherry Brown and Mary Tyler. Great job everyone. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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100 |
Mike Sawyer |
29:36 |
5:56 |
24/134 |
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111 |
John Brown |
29:57 |
6:00 |
5/91 |
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117 |
Laurence Olsen |
30:13 |
6:03 |
2/39 |
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205 |
Harold Jarvis |
33:42 |
6:45 |
27/91 |
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208 |
Kelley Terrill |
33:45 |
6:45 |
28/91 |
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294 |
Donald Basso |
36:34 |
7:19 |
42/91 |
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402 |
Jennifer Lade |
39:30 |
7:54 |
44/184 |
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686 |
Charlene Gaboriault |
46:17 |
9:16 |
4/7 |
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767 |
Linda Zavalick |
47:56 |
9:36 |
5/7 |
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860 |
Sherry Brown |
50:28 |
10:06 |
52/67 |
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994 |
Mary Tyler |
59:40 |
11:56 |
6/7 |
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Around the Cape / 25K
/ Gloucester
/ MA / Sunday, September 1 - A
good turnout of TVFR's in a field of over 500 runners. John Brown finished
twelfth overall and first in his division. Meredith Dutton took first in
her division and thirty-sixth overall. Harry Jarvis, Don Basso and Sherry
Brown also had very good races. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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12 |
John Brown |
1:40:56 |
6:31 |
1/68 |
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36 |
Meredith Dutton |
1:50:08 |
7:07 |
1/50 |
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85 |
Harold Jarvis |
1:57:48 |
7:36 |
10/68 |
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92 |
Donald Basso |
1:58:41 |
7:40 |
12/68 |
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185 |
Rob MacDonald |
2:12:41 |
8:32` |
14/28 |
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467 |
Sherry Brown |
2:52:01 |
11:06 |
105/109 |
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Walpole Labor Day / 10K
/ Walpole
/ MA / Sunday, September 1 - A
tough 10K with many hills to contend with. 208 runners in the 10K.
The weather was near perfect with no humidity and a cooling breeze. Martin
was first TVFR in followed closely by Rich Victor. Charlene Gaboriault was first
in her division and Mary Tyler took third in her division. |
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Place |
Name |
Time |
Pace |
Div/Tot |
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50 |
Martin Auty |
46:35 |
7:30 |
10/31 |
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51 |
Rich Victor |
46:42 |
7:31 |
17/62 |
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165 |
Charlene Gaboriault |
58:47 |
9:28 |
1/3 |
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204 |
Mary Tyler |
1:16:21 |
12:18 |
3/3 |
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