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Good Times 5K Summer Series Race #1
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Melissa Nelson and
Aisling O'Connor get into the spirit of this year's Temptation 5K. |
We are the champions my friends
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What a terrific way to start the Good Times Summer Series. We had a record turnout for a summer opener, the weather was perfect, the sides were off on the big top at Hookslides, the Red Sox defeated the Phillies 3-0 and the Celtic brought home their 17th NBA Championship. Can it get any better than this? These are truly Good Times!
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LaBrode with the winning box. photo Richie Blake |
Tonight's theme, or gimmick as my friend Jimmy Shelton calls it, was Temptation. Along the course we setup stations with the sole purpose of luring runners away and thus effecting their times. Sound demented? Well it is, but it was also a lot of fun!
We located our first temptation station just before the first mile. It had eight boxes measuring a foot square. One of the eight boxes contained $100. It was up to runners to decide whether they wanted to run two miles carrying a box with the hope of winning one-hundred bucks. At stake was an opportunity to win a Mylie PR medal, lose out on the chance of a divisional award and jeopardize overall standing points. Few of the top runners opted to take a box.
We located the second temptation station just beyond 2-miles. Here runners had to leave the course to collect an envelope that contained cash in denomination of one to ten dollars and gift certificates to Sully Ice Cream. In all there were twenty-five envelopes and all were taken. Again this small detour resulted in a small time penalty.
Finally as runners rounded by the water stop for the home stretch there was a mystery box. Runners were instructed before the race they could exchange their box for the mystery box, however the contents were unknown. Aisling O'Connor decided to do just that and she exchanged an empty box for one with a new Boston Marathon jacket courtesy of Michael Thompson.
Who Won?
In this type of event just about everyone is a winner, however the big winner
of the day, besides the Sox and Celtics, was none other than our own announcer
boy Dave LaBrode who correctly selected the box containing $100.
Oh, by the way, while all this temptation action was transpiring there was a heck of a footrace in progress. Dracut's Joe Donnelly, our 2007 springtime series' champion, led all men with a time of 17:10. Methuen's Christie Fox, our 2006 summertime series' champion, led all women with a time of 20:13. Christie has come close to winning her second title on numerous occasions, maybe this is her year.
Next week, June
24, is our Classic T-Shirt Nite 5K. This is always a lot of fun as folks show
off their classics. We'll have special awards for oldest shirt (must have a
date), furthest race away shirt, best home made shirt, most unique and a few
surprise categories. So I hope you can join us. And as always, we can't promise
you'll run a fast time, but we guarantee you'll have a Good Time at the Good
Times Series.
Place Name Sex Age Hometown St Div/Tot Time Pace Pts Total ===== =================== === === =============== ======== ======= ===== ==== ===== 1 JOE DONNELLY M 40 DRACUT MA 1/21 17:10.3 5:32 1000 1000 2 GARRY CUNEO M 22 GROVELAND MA 1/17 17:26.8 5:37 984 984 3 MICHAEL TALMADGE M 24 LOWELL MA 2/17 17:28.6 5:38 982 982 4 JUSTIN SOUCY M 27 NASHUA NH 3/17 18:18.6 5:54 937 937 5 MARK BLAISDELL M 50 WILMINGTON MA 1/19 18:40.7 6:01 919 919 6 TERRY CASEY M 45 WESTFORD MA 2/21 18:57.8 PR 6:07 905 905 7 SCOTT O'BRIEN M 26 CAMBRIDGE MA 4/17 19:04.7 PR 6:09 900 900 8 ROBERT SMITH M 35 ARLINGTON MA 1/18 19:31.5 6:18 879 879 9 JEFF HAAS M 56 TEWKSBURY MA 2/19 19:36.8 PR 6:19 875 875 10 NICK PARSONS M 15 TEWKSBURY MA 1/3 19:49.3 6:23 866 866 11 EJ HRYNOWSKI M 45 ARLINGTON MA 3/21 19:49.7 6:23 866 866 12 JONATHAN MORRIS M 39 METHUEN MA 2/18 20:07.2 6:29 853 853 13 CHUCK FARROW M 47 CARLISLE MA 4/21 20:10.4 6:30 851 851 14 JOHN RHEAUME M 26 HAVERHILL MA 5/17 20:12.2 6:31 849 849 15 CHRISTIE FOX F 30 METHUEN MA 1/23 20:13.7 6:31 1000 1000 16 TOM O'LEARY M 42 METHUEN MA 5/21 20:25.8 6:35 840 840 17 PAUL HAGGERTY M 45 CONCORD MA 6/21 20:29.6 6:36 837 837 18 ERIC MOTTRAM M 36 GROTON MA 3/18 20:29.7 6:36 837 837 19 RICK BROWN M 27 SALISBURY MA 6/17 20:33.9 PR 6:38 835 835 20 DON GATTON M 58 NASHUA NH 3/19 20:34.8 6:38 834 834 21 JASON NEWTON M 32 N CHELMSFORD MA 4/18 20:35.2 6:38 834 834 22 ALEX MACINA M 33 NASHUA NH 5/18 20:39.7 6:39 831 831 23 KERRI DESCHENEAUX F 30 METHUEN MA 2/23 20:49.1 PR 6:43 971 971 24 CHRIS JANSON M 43 NEWBURYPORT MA 7/21 21:13.7 6:50 808 808 25 BRIAN DURKIN M 43 NEWBURY MA 8/21 21:30.0 6:56 798 798 26 SONNY CROCKETT M 39 LOWELL MA 6/18 21:31.4 6:56 797 797 27 MATT STORY M 34 WESTFORD MA 7/18 21:34.4 6:57 795 795 28 KEN GOODIN M 53 LOWELL MA 4/19 21:37.5 6:58 794 794 29 MICHAEL MULLEN M 49 NATICK MA 9/21 21:39.2 6:59 793 793 30 CLINT O'BRIEN M 62 N BILLERICA MA 1/6 21:39.9 6:59 792 792 31 DAN BEAULIEU M 27 LOWELL MA 7/17 21:52.4 PR 7:03 785 785 32 DREW KISSINGER M 38 LOWELL MA 8/18 21:56.5 7:04 782 782 33 CHELSEY PEPIN F 14 DERRY NH 1/3 22:06.8 7:08 914 914 34 HOWARD HERSEY M 49 GROTON MA 10/21 22:10.9 7:09 774 774 35 MICHAEL THOMPSON M 46 DUNSTABLE MA 11/21 22:12.4 PR 7:09 773 773 36 DOUG ROBINSON M 44 CHELMSFORD MA 12/21 22:21.9 7:12 767 767 37 JEFF MORIN M 27 N BILLERICA MA 8/17 22:23.1 7:13 767 767 38 RICHARD BROWN M 53 SALISBURY MA 5/19 22:25.2 7:13 765 765 39 GARY SEE M 61 SALEM NH 2/6 22:27.2 7:14 764 764 40 JOHN HARRING M 38 BILLERICA MA 9/18 22:40.4 7:18 757 757 41 MICHAEL PARSONS M 15 TEWKSBURY MA 2/3 22:44.0 7:20 755 755 42 TIMOTHY BOURASSA M 38 MANCHESTER NH 10/18 22:51.2 7:22 751 751 43 ADAM BAACKE M 34 LOWELL MA 11/18 22:55.7 7:23 748 748 44 RICHARD BRESLIN M 51 LOWELL MA 6/19 22:57.3 7:24 748 748 45 GINA NEWTON F 30 N CHELMSFORD MA 3/23 23:05.6 7:26 875 875 46 TRENTON HOYT M 22 WILMINGTON MA 9/17 23:14.9 7:29 738 738 47 MARK HANKEL M 46 PLAISTOW NH 13/21 23:16.5 7:30 737 737 48 CRAIG MACKENZIE M 28 N CHELMSFORD MA 10/17 23:19.4 7:31 736 736 49 DAVE LABRODE M 51 HAVERHILL MA 7/19 23:22.8 7:32 734 734 50 MATTHEW BRACH M 28 CHELMSFORD MA 11/17 23:27.4 7:33 732 732 51 JIM BATTS M 66 ANDOVER MA 3/6 23:38.5 7:37 726 726 52 FRANK KENNEDY M 55 PEPPERELL MA 8/19 23:44.9 7:39 723 723 53 AMANDA DEBLAUW F 31 NEWMARKET NH 4/23 23:52.7 7:42 847 847 54 ROBIE SULLIVAN M 14 CHELMSFORD MA 3/3 23:56.2 7:43 717 717 55 LINDA MCCARTHY F 44 DRACUT MA 1/15 23:57.0 7:43 844 844 56 JOHN MICAVICH M 65 WESTFORD MA 4/6 23:59.0 7:44 715 715 57 CHRIS THOMAS M 40 DRACUT MA 14/21 24:06.4 7:46 712 712 58 EMILY ZEMAN F 29 CAMBRIDGE MA 1/22 24:09.9 7:47 837 837 59 MIKE GRIFFIN M 36 FRAMINGHAM MA 12/18 24:10.8 7:47 710 710 60 SHANA HALL F 33 DRACUT MA 5/23 24:11.9 7:48 835 835 61 PATRICIA CURLEY F 27 LOWELL MA 2/22 24:17.4 7:50 832 832 62 MARY CASEY F 46 DRACUT MA 2/15 24:25.9 PR 7:52 827 827 63 GREGORY STRATIS M 42 TEWKSBURY MA 15/21 24:27.4 7:53 702 702 64 MAREY MUZYKEWICZ F 27 CAMBRIDGE MA 3/22 24:31.1 7:54 825 825 65 BONNIE CAGGIANELLI F 31 PELHAM NH 6/23 24:32.0 7:54 824 824 66 SUSAN DAVIS F 46 BRIGHTON MA 3/15 24:36.8 7:56 821 821 67 STACEY ASCONE F 34 MERRIMACK NH 7/23 24:38.6 7:56 820 820 68 JAMES ERRICKSON M 25 BOSTON MA 12/17 24:40.6 7:57 695 695 69 SCOTT COLLINS M 27 CHELMSFORD MA 13/17 24:43.2 PR 7:58 694 694 70 GEORGE BISSON M 72 HOOKSETT NH 1/1 24:45.8 7:59 693 693 71 DEBBIE CORBETT F 51 PELHAM NH 1/6 24:46.9 PR 7:59 816 816 72 PATRICK CALDWELL M 52 MANVILLE RI 9/19 24:52.4 8:01 690 690 73 ANN MARIE RHODES F 43 ANDOVER MA 4/15 24:53.4 8:01 812 812 74 RUSSELL MONKS M 39 MELROSE MA 13/18 24:55.4 8:02 689 689 75 LEAH HILL F 29 LAWRENCE MA 4/22 24:57.6 8:02 810 810 76 STEVE DOWNER M 35 CHELMSFORD MA 14/18 25:05.0 8:05 684 684 77 MARK CORBETT M 53 PELHAM NH 10/19 25:12.8 8:07 681 681 78 MICHAEL BALLERINI M 45 CHELMSFORD MA 16/21 25:21.0 8:10 677 677 79 PETER STERNICK M 41 ASHLAND MA 17/21 25:21.9 8:10 676 676 80 JONATHAN MACKENZIE M 69 CHELMSFORD MA 5/6 25:24.6 8:11 675 675 81 JOHN VOLPE M 23 CHELMSFORD MA 14/17 25:30.3 8:13 673 673 82 GREG CARRIER M 35 NASHUA NH 15/18 25:32.9 8:14 672 672 83 DONALD WILSON M 52 TEWKSBURY MA 11/19 25:35.8 PR 8:15 670 670 84 ANTONIO MENDIETA M 56 LOWELL MA 12/19 25:39.0 8:16 669 669 85 ADAM SABLICH M 25 N CHELMSFORD MA 15/17 25:40.1 8:16 668 668 86 ROBERT TIVEY M 27 DRACUT MA 16/17 25:41.4 8:17 668 668 87 MARTIN HOSEK M 38 LOWELL MA 16/18 25:48.0 8:19 665 665 88 MICHELLE MCCOOL F 40 TEWKSBURY MA 5/15 25:56.7 8:22 779 779 89 ROSEMARY BREWSTER F 48 LOWELL MA 6/15 26:03.3 8:24 776 776 90 AMY FLYNN F 34 CHELMSFORD MA 8/23 26:08.3 PR 8:25 773 773 91 JESSICA COSTA F 39 CHELMSFORD MA 9/23 26:21.2 8:29 767 767 92 SARAH DENNECHUK F 31 WESTFORD MA 10/23 26:23.3 8:30 766 766 93 CARLENE ISHAM F 26 CLINTON MA 5/22 26:23.8 8:30 766 766 94 TIM O'CONNOR M 42 LOWELL MA 18/21 26:28.6 PR 8:32 648 648 95 MICHAEL J THOMPSON M 49 LONDONDERRY NH 19/21 26:36.4 8:34 645 645 96 SARAH KIRANE F 22 LOWELL MA 6/22 26:47.6 8:38 754 754 97 CARMEN MIRANDA F 30 METHUEN MA 11/23 26:49.5 8:39 754 754 98 LYNNE GALLAGHER F 20 LOWELL MA 7/22 26:50.4 8:39 753 753 99 OONA NASSAR F 35 NORTH ANDOVER M 12/23 26:51.5 8:39 753 753 100 MARION KEOUGH F 59 BILLERICA MA 2/6 26:54.2 8:40 751 751 101 KERRY GALLAGHER F 23 LOWELL MA 8/22 26:57.1 8:41 750 750 102 RICKY SULLIVAN M 51 CHELMSFORD MA 13/19 26:57.3 8:41 637 637 103 SUZANNE HARRING F 37 BILLERICA MA 13/23 27:00.4 8:42 749 749 104 CARYN PEPIN F 17 DERRY NH 2/3 27:06.0 8:44 746 746 105 KATHLEEN GRAZIANO F 50 WILMINGTON MA 3/6 27:08.3 8:45 745 745 106 JOCELYN TOBLER F 28 LEOMINISTER MA 9/22 27:09.1 8:45 744 744 107 HEATHER SHEA F 28 DRACUT MA 10/22 27:09.7 8:45 744 744 108 BRENDA MCCONNELL F 38 ANDOVER MA 14/23 27:10.8 8:45 744 744 109 RICH KENNEY M 48 ATKINSON NH 20/21 27:23.0 8:49 627 627 110 TRACY PRATT F 28 HUDSON MA 11/22 27:34.5 8:53 733 733 111 ERIC STUCKER M 50 SALISBURY MA 14/19 27:40.2 8:55 620 620 112 MELISSA NELSON F 40 WOBURN MA 7/15 27:53.4 8:59 725 725 113 ELIZABETH HAUCK F 22 FRAMINGHAM MA 12/22 28:01.2 9:02 721 721 114 KATHRYN DEMARCO F 26 HAVERHILL MA 13/22 28:08.3 9:04 718 718 115 KIM HALLORAN F 36 LOWELL MA 15/23 28:18.1 9:07 714 714 116 JAMES SHELTON M 53 LOWELL MA 15/19 28:27.6 9:10 603 603 117 DEBBIE RYAN F 48 WESTFORD MA 8/15 28:29.5 9:11 709 709 118 ALICIA LEEMAN F 29 LOWELL MA 14/22 28:40.6 9:14 705 705 119 DENNIS PRICE M 27 CHELMSFORD MA 17/17 28:43.1 9:15 597 597 120 AISLING O'CONNOR F 35 LOWELL MA 16/23 28:44.1 9:15 703 703 121 DARA DUHAMEL F 41 ACTON MA 9/15 28:44.4 9:16 703 703 122 ELIZABETH WALDMAN F 60 TEWKSBURY MA 1/2 28:46.4 9:16 703 703 123 KRISTINA HALLORAN F 35 LOWELL MA 17/23 28:46.5 9:16 702 702 124 KEVIN REYNOLDS M 58 NASHUA NH 16/19 28:47.4 9:16 596 596 125 ESTELLE MCCORMACK F 40 N CHELMSFORD MA 10/15 28:48.5 9:17 702 702 126 FRANK GORMAN M 53 DRACUT MA 17/19 29:07.1 9:23 589 589 127 AMY COLLINS F 26 CHELMSFORD MA 15/22 29:39.9 9:33 681 681 128 KERRY WILSON F 20 TEWKSBURY MA 16/22 29:53.3 9:38 676 676 129 MICHAEL FEENEY M 51 METHUEN MA 18/19 30:02.2 9:41 571 571 130 CHARISMA CARPENTER F 35 DRACUT MA 18/23 30:07.3 9:42 671 671 131 MEG XENAKIS F 34 NORTH ANDOVER M 19/23 30:19.9 9:46 666 666 132 ORORO MUNROE F 36 LOWELL MA 20/23 30:46.9 9:55 657 657 133 KRIS GORMAN F 35 DRACUT MA 21/23 30:51.3 9:56 655 655 134 SHAYLA GREENE F 27 HUDSON NH 17/22 30:54.9 PR 9:58 654 654 135 CAROLE DOLAN F 47 PEPPERELL MA 11/15 31:22.5 10:06 644 644 136 DOUGLAS SYLVESTER M 38 MARBOROUGH MA 17/18 31:24.6 10:07 546 546 137 ERIN RIORDAN F 15 CHELMSFORD MA 3/3 31:34.5 10:10 640 640 138 MARIANNE SULLIVAN F 42 TEWKSBURY MA 12/15 31:41.1 PR 10:12 638 638 139 KENNETH ZACCAGNINI M 45 BILLERICA MA 21/21 31:45.2 10:14 540 540 140 MEGAN KEOUGH F 31 BILLERICA MA 22/23 32:20.7 10:25 625 625 141 TAMMY CROTEAU F 29 LOWELL MA 18/22 32:35.6 10:30 620 620 142 CHERYL VAREY F 53 WILMINGTON MA 4/6 32:47.1 10:34 616 616 143 SARAH SAMAROS F 29 LOWELL MA 19/22 33:33.1 10:48 602 602 144 KAREN MIRANDA F 25 LOWELL MA 20/22 33:49.6 10:54 597 597 145 DON PATCH M 57 CHELMSFORD MA 19/19 34:20.4 11:04 500 500 146 BERNADETTE BUCK M 38 ROSLINDALE MA 18/18 34:28.3 11:06 498 498 147 REBEKAH BURKE F 29 TYNGSBORO MA 21/22 35:17.5 11:22 573 573 148 KIM BONILLA F 36 NORTH ANDOVER M 23/23 35:32.0 11:27 569 569 149 DONNA NIVEN F 40 LOWELL MA 13/15 35:51.3 11:33 564 564 150 KAREN LACHAPELLE F 48 LOWELL MA 14/15 35:54.7 11:34 563 563 151 BETTY ASHE F 52 ANTIOCH TN 5/6 36:32.8 11:46 553 553 152 JANE WILSON F 50 TEWKSBURY MA 6/6 36:42.3 PR 11:49 551 551 153 DAVID MAYALL M 67 ACTON MA 6/6 37:17.3 12:01 460 460 154 NANCY PATCH F 61 CHELMSFORD MA 2/2 38:01.6 12:15 531 531 155 ALLISON CORMIER F 27 MERIMAC MA 22/22 39:37.0 12:46 510 510 156 ANDREA SHELTON F 44 LOWELL MA 15/15 45:53.0 14:47 440 440