Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, 11:00 a.m., Lexington H.S. Field House;
~29 degrees, sunny, only faint breeze; postrace food offerings rivaled almost any wedding reception’s. Racewire chiptime results & photos;course flat the first 2 miles, then a gently rolling 3rd mile, the a double-dogleg .12 mi finish.
Plc…name………………….Time….Pace…Age…Age-grd Time..Grand Prix points
.46…ABBY McCABE………22:25…7:12…37.0….22:08……..25pts
129…SUSIN CARLSON…..26:26…8:30…52.15…23:04……..24pts
153…ESTHER POWELL….27:16…8:46…34.75…27:06……..23pts..
194…MARY BAHL………….28:35…9:12…41.60…27:33……..22pts
211…TOM ABBOTT………..29:18…9:25…75.61…20:05…25pts
364…KATIE SCAFIDI………37:35..12:07…28.61…37:35……..19pts
402…TED TYLER…………..42:13..13:35…79.23…26:55…24pts
420…MARY TYLER………..46:31..14:58…71.52…31:51……..21pts…2nd F70+ (of 5)
429…KAREN BILODEAU….47:54..15:24…57.37…33:35……..20pts
476…EDW GINSBERG…….54:36..17:34…80.32…33:56…23pts
Tot 519.
There are maybe GFRC finishers that I didn’t notice on the first scan-through. Racewire doesn’t include town/city names (even though it does on the printout at the race), so that makes it harder to narrow down who’s a GFRC member. Tell us at GrandPrix “at” gfrcrun.org if you were in this but not listed above.
Race Notes: Edw Ginsberg lives nearby and runs here often – but he didn’t use any shortcuts that we know of! Abby McCabe has been doing Wednesday Bowditch workouts whenever it’s open and getting in 7-milers on Sundays – but missed both with this past week’s weather. Susin Carlson did fine despite being in heavy marathon training. Esther Powell is on the comback trail and was 17 secs better here than on New Year’s Day. Mary Bahl started way back among the 10-minute crowd for some reason, then really turned it on, averaging 9:12’s. I was happily surprised when belatedly awarded my last year’s 3rd place Cancer Survivor’s trophy – complete with a generous Marathon Sports gift certificate. Katie (nee Sullivan) Scafidi is back racing with us again! (had been last seen at the Larry Olsen 10K) Ted & Mary Tyler had just gotten back from racing in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 65-degree race temps. Ted told Edw Ginsberg prerace, “I’m going to pass you in this!” But Edw never saw Ted pass at only 1/4 mile into the race. Sneaky! Karen Bilodeau was a minute faster than in her New Year’s 5K. Mike Carlson took some good group photos.