Run to Win

142 people braved the weather this evening, although the rain held off until after the race was over.

Curtis Wheeler ran ahead of Noah Schoneberg, only beating him by 2 seconds in 16:51. Abbey Gosling continued her trend of leading the women with her time of 19:04.

For myself, I got in an almost 7 mile warmup by running there from work, and then did a 3 by ½ mile workout with folks to chase. By the time I got done with my cool down I’d gotten in over 15 miles this evening, which is probably why I’m so tired.

The leaderboard has seen some shaking up, with both the men’s and women’s board being led by a newcomer onto the list. Lilian Childress jumped onto the board with a cumulative time of 2:07:36, which gives her an almost 20 minute lead over second place. Next week I expect another new gap to be opened up, although not quite as large as this one.

On the men’s side, Daniel Salvo opened up about a 3½ minute lead with his cumulative time of 1:49:52.

The list of folks that have run all 9 races has gone down to 6 people, from last week’s total of 7.

(More Info: Full Results – Leader Board – Complete Runner’s List)

Under some blue skies and lots of wind, there were 161 runners out in the 70 degree temperatures for tonight’s Back Cove 5k.

Scott Gorneau ran it in with Kurt Wente in 17:18 and 17:28 (respectively); this is Scott’s second race this season after having not run since the first week.

Abbey Gosling had a slightly larger lead in the women’s race, finishing faster than 2 minutes over Lilian Childress with a time of 19:11.

Now that it has been six weeks, that means that there is finally a leader board! You can now compare how you are doing against everybody else that has run at least six of the races.

The initial leaderboard isn’t quite as large as last year’s 22 members, but there’s still over 6 times as many people that have run the initial 6 races over 2007. 10 men and 3 women have made their way onto the board, with Dino DeSanctis leading the series and Alissa Poisson becoming the early front runner for the women.

I’ve only run half of the races so far this year, sadly. (I did get a good track workout in with my team tonight though.)

(More Info: Full Results – Leader Board – Photos)

There were 202 people that thought that there was some beautiful running weather this evening at the Back Cove with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s, which led to the closest finish so far this year with 4 guys hunting for a win with only a 5 second spread.

Nick Wheeler won the race in 17:02, followed a few seconds later by Stover Bedard, Andrew Clamence and Ross Nickerson.

Lilian Childress had a slightly larger lead, winning the women’s race in 21:42 with a minute cushion.

(More Info: Full Results – Photos)