Comments on: Eliot Festival Days 5k (2008)

By: pathfinder

pathfinder — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:48:52 +0000

Sounds like you had a pretty good race…I think we all feel we could have done better at the end…I havn’t run that race. Perhaps next year.

By: Jeff Caron

Jeff Caron — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:01:19 +0000

Nice run man. Like you said, it’s too bad they aren’t trying harder to keep the depth of elites coming back. With the reputation they’ve had in the past, they could build a great elite field year in and year out. This year was better than the last couple, but paying out only half the prize money won’t make these guys come back. And that type of treatment travels fast in the elite world (or more so in the sub-elite world, since those guys need the money more!).

Have a nice break and good luck getting ready for that 50 miler. You’re a tougher man than I ..and crazier!

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:57:15 +0000

Official photo link is now available courtesy of Kevin, who tracked it down.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:18:20 +0000

Kevin,

I’ll update the article with a link as soon as I hear the pictures are up, but I didn’t bother taking one of the sheets since I assumed that they’d advertise it. My guess is they’ll give a list of names, bib numbers and email addresses to the company so that they can send out an email to the folks who were there once the pictures have been sorted.

In the meantime, you can email the race directors at eliot5k@hotmail.com if you want to get the official word.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:09:21 +0000

Do you know where the “official” race photo are posted? I lost the sheet of paper and they don’t seem to have it posted on their site. I want to see if they have any of my speedy (but not sub-16) son.

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:48:47 +0000

Yea, I think all the speedy running peeps live up there cause its cool

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:07:27 +0000

New England is pretty competitive. There is a lot of top talent, and not just with the professional runners and the recently graduated young guns, there is a ton of masters and senior runners that are just as likely to dominate a race as the guys in their 20s. A race like Eliot that (advertises that it) has a deep prize pool and that is located pretty centrally (right over the Maine border from NH) can be a pretty good draw.

For myself, I’ll do some random races through the rest of the year, but I’m taking a week or so off to see if I can get my hip better and then I’m going to start getting ready for a 50 miler on January 3rd.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:18:36 +0000

Still a solid performance. What’s next on the agenda for you?

And 13 sub-16 finishes?…..no races in Virginia Beach with that amount of talent (luckily!)