2010 April / May Newsletter - Gate City Striders

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THE REARVIEW MIRROR A LOOK BACK AT SOME RECENT TRIAD RACING TEAM EVENTS BY MICHAEL WADE DH Jones 10 Miler – Sunday, Feb 28th 41 GCS-Triad Racing Team members made and the 2+ hour ride West to Amherst, MA for the 36th running of the DH Jones 10 miler. This race marked the official kick off of the racing season as it was the first of seven New England Grand Prix Races. And, unlike last year, the weather conditions were perfect for racing and the times our runners turned in proved it! Rich Smith was our fastest male runner. He finished in a time of 57:02 (5:43 pace) which was good enough for 43rd place overall, 5th in his 40- 49 age group and first on the Mens Masters Team ahead of Todd Callaghan (58:18) and Steve Wolfe (1:00:25). Ken Snow finished first on the Mens Seniors Team with a time of 1:08:28 outpacing Chuck Landry (1:09:58) & Rich Stockdale (1:11:22) for the win. And, Trevor Ward led the way for the Mens Veterans Team with a time of 1:10:04 which was good enough for 6th in his agegroup amongst all of the 60+ competitors and first on the team just ahead of Joe Noonan (1:13:53) & Milt Schumacher ( 1:15:24). On the womens side, Karen Pattelena ran a super strong race while finishing in a PR time of 1:08:05 which was good enough for 3rd overall in her 40- 49 age group and first on the Womens Masters Team ahead of Karen Long (1:11:49) & Tammy Gaffey (1:12:12). For the Open Women, Bonnie Ritchotte lead the way with a fine 1:08:59 over Cassie Wright (1:11:29) & Alison Findon (1:19:59). Even though Cassie did finish second to Bonnie on the Open Team she ended up 1st in her 15 & under age group. Congrats Cassie! And, unlike last year when she ran as a “Team of One”, Aline Kenney had help in her age-group this year finishing in a time of 1:29:36 which was good enough for 2nd overall in her 60+ age group and first on the 50+ team of Emily Strong (1:36:34) and Suzanne Long (1:56:58). Aline and Emily also grabbed an “asterisk” for achieving the USATF age group guideline for that distance. Way to go girls! Continued on page 7 Rich Smith at D.H. Jones Photo by: Deb Wolfe April - May 2010 Striding Along 6
Continued from page 6 New Bedford Half Marathon – Sunday, Mar 21st We had 51 GCS-Triad Racing Team members toe the line at this year’s edition of the New Bedford Half Marathon. And, with the favorable weather conditions (despite the usual ocean-spawned headwind) many of those runners went home with brand-spanking new PR’s to boot! And, to top that, at the end of the long day down in New Bedford, GCS sat 2nd place overall in Club Scoring (out of 28 teams) in the 2010 New England Grand Prix Series. This race was the second of seven New England Grand Prix Races and our Club had its highest turnout and best results yet! Rich Smith was again our fastest male runner. He finished in a time of 1:14:09 (5:32 pace) which was good enough for 60th place overall, 4th in his 40-49 age group and first on the Mens Masters Team ahead of Todd Callaghan (1:16:43) & Joseph Rogers (1:18:32). Dan Ferreira was the next fastest GCS-Triad runner after Joe finishing in a time of 1:18:33 which was enough to hold off Justin Soucy (1:23:13) & Stephen Rouleau (1:33:16) for first place on the Mens Open Team. Rich Stockdale finished first on the Mens Seniors Team with a time of 1:28:46 outpacing Ken Snow (1:30:02) & Steve Piper (1:30:35). And, Trevor Ward led the way for the Mens Veterans Team with a time of 1:30:47 which was good enough for first on the team just ahead of Milt Schumacher (1:34:48) & Joseph Noonan (1:35:49). On the womens side, Amber Cullen-Ferreira finished off an already great winter of racing by taking the prize of our fastest female with a time of 1:27:53 which was good enough for 24th overall in her 20-29 age group and first on the Womens Open Team ahead of Lauren Eyenation (1:39:16) & Cassie Wright (1:45:08). That time also enabled Cassie to finish second in her under 19 age-group. The next fastest GCS-Triad runner after Amber was Cathy Merra who finished in 1:28:24 which gave her 2nd place in her 50-59 age group as well as first place on our Womens Seniors Team ahead of Lori Hennessey (1:47:48) & Suzanne Long (2:32:04). Karen Long continued her comeback by taking first on our Female Masters Team with a time of 1:31:30 ahead of Tammy Gaffey (1:35:23) & Janice Platt (1:42:06). And last, but most certainly not least, was our Womens Veterans Team lead by Aline Kenney with a 1:56:51 and followed closely by Emily Strong (2:07:08) & Jane Levesque (2:12:39). These three ladies also took home the New England Half Marathon Championship Trophy as the fastest 60+ female team! Nice job girls! Not only did our individual runners shine, but our other teams also excelled as well. Our Women’s Masters Team of Cathy Merra, Karen Long & Tammy Gaffey took second place (out of 14 teams). And, our Men’s Masters Team of Rich Smith, Todd Callaghan, Joe Rogers, Randy Macneill & Steve Wolfe did the ladies one better by taking second place (out of 18 teams). Both second place Masters Teams also each claimed the $200 team prize money for the club! That’s like 16 race entry fees for the next NEGP race. Woo Hoo, way to go guys! Full GCS-Triad Racing Team results for both the DH Jones 10 Miler and the New Bedford Half Marathon can be found on the club website www.gatecity.org. April - May 2010 Striding Along 7
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Page 5: Continued from page 4 Getting more
Page 9 and 10: 2010 GCS-TRIAD RACING SCHEDULE Feb
Page 11 and 12: TRACK WORKOUTS !!! Track Workouts b
Page 13 and 14: Continued from page 12 Penance- the
Page 15 and 16: D.H. Jones 10 Miler Photos by Deb W
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Page 19 and 20: D.H. Jones 10 Miler Photos by Deb W
Page 21 and 22: 2010 Trail Series - Race Applicatio
Page 23 and 24: Sunday April 17, 2010, 10:00 AM Ste
Page 26 and 27: Got energy? Run for those who don
Page 28 and 29: 8th Annual Mont Vernon 5K and Fun R
Page 30 and 31: Sundays April 11, July 25, & Decemb
Page 32 and 33: Special thanks to last year’s spo
Page 34 and 35: Ride to Read ….and Walk Fundraise
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Page 38 and 39: Arjun Ayyar Morgan Barker Suzanne B
Page 40 and 41: Jenna Abreu Debra Auclair Edward Au
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