10k of Fight
Just flew in from club nationals in west chester Ohio and boy are my arms tired.
My brain and body certainly is anyway.
New Balance Boston men came in a respectable 13th of 50 and the women kicked some ass and took some names with a 2nd place over all team finish with two women in the top 10. The results in full are here.
13. New Balance Boston
25 Jeffrey Caron, 24, Medford, MA 32:47.2
38 Justin Lutz, 27, Framingham, MA 33:20.3
85 Ryan Carrara, 31, Hudson, MA 34:20.7
96 Erik Nedeau, 36, Belchertown, MA 34:28.2
129 Mario Fraioli, 25, Auburn, MA 34:59.2
150 Justin Maloney, 29, Somerville, MA 35:24.2
183 Bradford Klinedinst, 31, Medway, MA 36:00.0
Total Time = 2:49:55.5 Total Places = 373
2. New Balance Boston
2 Erin Dromgoole, 28, Brighton, MA 20:48.5
3 Jessica Minty, 23, Boston, MA 20:57.5
32 Shauneen Garrahan, 22, Hadley, MA 21:51.6
35 Kristen Coon, 23, Chestnut Hill, MA 21:53.4
87 Laura Kennedy, 25, Charlestown, MA 22:43.4
104 Karina Johnson, 24, Wayland, MA 22:57.7
137 Yvonne Mok, 25, Watertown, MA 23:52.5
Total Time = 1:48:14.1 Total Places = 159
Conditions were ideal if you were a lugworm, fiddler crab, or any other creature who is more at home in a submerged mudflat rather than solid ground. I was actually hoping for some crummy conditions because Mud is my best surface and it brings a lot of people who are faster and stronger back a bit and turns it into race of focus, tactics, and concentration. I was able to stay small and keep my feet in the mud a lot by not over striding. The big striders had a real tough time today because all that strength and power went into moving the mud a round instead of propelling them forward. I will do a whole race rundown tomorrow.
Here is the only picture I could find so far of the race.
I should get my uniform back from decontamination in about two weeks. Lets hope they don't use solvents that are too destructive and some of the material survives the process.
That's all I got.