Cadillac 10k Results
May 4, 2008

Forcast as warm and dry; the day was anything but. Cold, foggy and very windy wasn't bad enough to stop these hardy souls, who raised $130 for the Give Chris (Vincente) a Hand campaign.

1. Tommy McWalters 43:35

2. Mark Wanner 52.01

3. Michelle Gagnon 57:29

4. Beth Lawson 65:20

5. Tom Kirby 65:21

i may have left a pair of gloves in the cafe at the race is there a lost and fould?

or, Alyie's meet report thread

New England Short Course Yards Championships
Harvard University
March 27-30, 2008

Thursday:
1650 free 19:45.91
AG win, 5th overall

Want to run as a Team member for Eden at the Boston Marathon? If you've qualified and have signed up to run the Boston Marathon, please e-mail me at scalder@vtisp.com stating you want to be on Eden's Team. Signing up as a team member doesn't affect your individual designation or results. I should know your age on the day of the marathon (less than 40 or 40+). We should have enough runners for an Open Male Team and a Masters Male team. I will be contacting many of you via e-mail and asking permission to list you as a team member, but if you don't hear from me please contact me.

The Wildlands Snowshoe 1.3 & 4 Miles.
2/17/2008
The Wildlands
East Orland, Maine.

Conditions: Cold, Clear Skies with temps in the single numbers.
With 7-12 snow base of half packed/ half powder.

1.3 Mile Non-Conpetitive Tour
1.Matt Hamey
2.Maegan Hamey 49:44
3.Jay Hamey
4.Ted Pierson
5.Karen Balas-Cote'
6.Pam Farrar
7.Cheri Domina
8.Joan Stewart
9.Audrey Carter

800m freestyle, almost flawless.

Son screwed up my lap cards. He didn't put the first one in and then when he did it was on the 63. I had told him before the race, if you mess these up I am not speaking to you all weekend. And when the next number was 65, I thought when I am done this race, I am going to drown you.

Anger took me through the first 200 meters. This was not how I had visualized it, sitting on the deck yesterday and counting my way through them. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, ORANGE.

The swim

I cut my hand deeply on tues before the race so had to keep it dry until race day. I devised a bandage for the race but it mostly fell apart by the halfway point. My biggest fear was striking another swimmer on the palm and opening it up again.

The choice I made was to lay back on the scrum that is the Ironman mass start and try to swim away from the dense inside lane. This would mean a slower split but loosing more blood into the Pacific was not going to help my bike or run.

Aloha and Mahalo

I have not yet posted this to coolrunning.com as I am trying to find a photo of Greg Hammett, I have one of Elizabeth Brunton. I am hoping to get one of Greg Hammett soon.

11th Annual "Pony Pride" 5K Road Race
August 4, 2007
at Dover-Foxcroft

1. Greg Hammett 16:16(ties course record)
2. Eric Rudolph 16:22
3. Andrew Brunton 17:56
4. Tom Campbell 17:57

Sometimes your dreams come true.

The day, the weather, the support, the fans all were nearly perfect. Sure the afternoon run was hot and there was some headwinds on the second bike loop but, no complaints by me.

The swim is a mass start and a first for me in a race this size ~2400 started.
I cannot tell you how many bumps, shoves and blows I recieved and dealt out, it's part of this crazy sport. The worst were kicks to both goggle sockets, a firm kidney punch and a hand/palm in the teeth while I'm turned to take a breath. My 32/1:08 splits were excellent for me as I had hoped for ~1:10.

See Photos & Results of Rockland Rotary Summer Solstice 5K

I rubbed my body marks off in the shower.

I have never done that before. I have always left them to fade, so that for a few days I can catch sight of myself in the mirror and smile, or see the number on my hand when I look at my watch.

Today I do not want to see them. I could not get all of the ink off. They are there, as if done with a cutting quill, nothing more than a painful reminder.

The Netherlands (5/26/07) Track: 10,000 Meters..24 starters, 5 DNF; (1)Sileshi Sihine (ETH)--26:48.73 (13)Abdihakem Abdriahman (USA)--27:31.46-------------

RABBIT, RABBIT!!!!!!!!

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