Running and Racing

Training for the last two weeks (after doing an 85 mile week) includes lots of races and getting back to track workouts.
Week ending August 9:
Mon- 5 miles (including 5k trails race) in 20:20

Tue 4 miles (including 5k road race) Bikini Run in Lowell 20:11:1 -won age division by 3/10 of a second after a decent last 1/2 mile getting ahead of the first "bikini"and a few others
Wed. 5 miles (including 6 X 800m on track)
Thurs. off
Fri. 15 miles
Sat. 16 miles
Sun. off
Total 45 miles

Ken Goodin is on my shoulder (barely visible) That is how close the finish was. First bikini is in the distance.

photo Ted Tyler

Week ending August 15:
Mon. 5 miles including 5k trail race in 20:08

Tues 5k race in Lowell 19:32:3 PR for course by .7 seconds beating the 19:33.0 I ran  on June 22. Finally got under 20:00 since wearing these insoles which seems to slow me down 10 seconds a mile since getting them -based on track and race times.
Wed. off
Thurs 5 miles 5k race Cigna Elliot 19:37 201st place 12th age group- felt very tight and slow-probably due to getting ART treatment  a couple of hours before running. Don McCarty caught up on the final hill, but I stayed ahead to beat him by two seconds, Didn't see Fil Faria go by at the same time. He beat me again.
Fri 8 miles
Sat off watched the Falmouth Mile (didn't take much video as it seemed everyone had a camera there, but no one posted videos so I threw mine up on Youtube showing the finish of the men's mile. Letsrun embedded it on their report of the race-(wish someone had a better video)



Sun 7 miles Falmouth Road Race gorgeous weather and felt great- results (unofficial) 00:47:12 time  259 place male 17 age group  302 overall (I'll have to report on the race weekend later) Out of almost 10,000 runners only 12 runners finished ahead of me that were older (this is a new way to check results as you get older!!)
Total 28 miles

Here are the top 20 in the 50-59 age group (Joan Benoit Samuelson finished in 41:36 good enough to beat all but the top two men in the age group)

117 David Oliver 54 M Westborough MA 00:41:00 66 4 82

113 Kenneth Gartner 50 M Falmouth MA 00:41:28 79 5 95
123 Bill Solimine 50 M West Newbury MA 00:41:43 85 6 103
194 Charles Muse 53 M Wilbraham MA 00:42:23 97 7 116
219 John Goodwin 55 M North Andover MA 00:43:53 139 8 163
250 Brian Hennessey 50 M Middletown RI 00:44:17 151 9 177
4526 James Coughlin 55 M Easthampton MA 00:44:50 167 10 194
270 Donald Palladini 53 M Franklin MA 00:45:38 192 11 224
3413 David Renneisen 54 M Goose Creek SC 00:45:48 198 12 230
267 Tor Clark 57 M Falmouth MA 00:45:57 204 13 237
264 Mark Uliasz 59 M Oxford CT 00:46:13 214 14 248
363 John Verrengia 52 M Simsbury CT 00:46:20 222 15 257
265 Jonathan Silver 51 M Bedford MA 00:46:39 235 16 273
238 Gene Hull 53 M Radnor PA 00:46:40 236 17 274
263 Denis McDonald 55 M Woodbine MD 00:47:09 255 18 297
295 Jim Hansen 51 M Nashua NH 00:47:12 259 19 302
228 Rick Breckenridge 50 M North Stonington CT 00:47:44 278 20 329
1591 Bruce Campbell 52 M Portland OR 00:47:44 279 21 331
1449 Marc Trotz 50 M Berkeley CA 00:47:46 283 22 335

I don't get the chip timing. When I crossed the line the clock said 47:03 and that would be before chip times are deducted. There were two mats at the finish line, maybe the second mat got the times. The results show I was 3 seconds behind the 50+ guy in front of me, but it was much closer. Anyhow it turns out that he is from Maryland and knows my college cross-country coach who helps coach the track club he is from now.