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The Moose On The Loose 10 Mile Trail Relay attracted 35 teams of 4 runners to challenge the hilly lower trail of Mine Falls Park on a day that reached into the 90's with high humidity. The runners came out on top as a great time was had by all!
The food table, beautifully decorated by Gigi Amarello, included oranges, bananas, apples, watermelon, bagels, mini-pitas, muffins, cup cakes, pretzels, yogurt, and lots of water - both plain and ProPel flavored sports water. The heat ruled as the watermelon disappeared fast. Despite the excessive heat and humidity, the 436 bottles of water lasted until the final minutes of the event. Fortunately, several smart race volunteers held back a few bottles for the last few runners. It seems that 3+ bottles of water per person was need to overcome mother nature.
DJ Jojo P of FilMix provided groovy sounds throughout the event and featured lots of motivating running songs such as the Chariots of Fire Theme, Born To Run, and Cotton-Eyed Joe (???). Jojo P also helped with race announcements. Special thanks go out to Vic of the Nashua Parks & Recreation Department for making sure the gate into Mine Falls Park was open for us and for picking up the trash bags so fast during the race that we thought we were in Disneyland!!!
As to the race itself, The Toe Tappin Fools took and early lead over the CMS Boyz, as Chris Van Cott and Kent Taylor tapped their toes to a small lead after two legs. However, the CMS Boyz last 2 runners, Kevin Tilton and Richard Bolt, ran down the toe tappers to take a 54:04 - 55:20 victory. The Moose Milers Male Open team (including Rebecca Noe of the fairer sex) took 3rd.
On the ladies side, the Lynx Elite HS Girls led from start to finish for an easy 5 minute voctory over their younger teammates (Lynx Elite Girls), with the Moose Milers Master Women taking 3rd.
The Greater Derry Track Club Mixed Masters romped to victory in the coed race with a 6 minute win over the Fish Fries and Fish Sticks - 2 teams from the Squanacook River Runners. Relay Results
PLACE TEAM NAME RUNNERS DIV TIME PACE
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1 CMS BOYZ D DUNHAM - R BOLT - E MORSE - K TILTON M0199 54:04 5:25
2 TOE TAPPIN FOOLS C VAN COTT - K TAYLOR - J KENNEY - G DEANE M0199 55:20 5:32
3 MOOSE MILERS MO J BIGONIA - R NOE - P KANOLD - E NOTT M0199 1:00:14 6:02
4 MOOSE MILERS MM S DELAHUNTY - F KARPO - J SAUNDERS -D CROKE M4099 1:01:45 6:11
5 PFE MASTERS A GORDON - D AYKANIAN - K BIRSE - H PINO M4099 1:01:52 6:12
6 THS F4 N CARTIER - S TWOMEY - B LUSCINKSI- J CARDELLO M0118 1:02:01 6:13
7 LYNX ELITE HS GIRLS C DRON - K THOMAS - J NG - L BRADY F0118 1:03:38 6:22
8 GDTC MALE MASTERS T VARICK - J PETERS - C O'MEARA - K MARTIN M4099 1:03:41 6:23
9 GATE CITY STRIDERS W SWANBON - T WARD - D ROWE - R STOCKDALE M5099 1:05:21 6:33
10 MOOSE MILERS MS B MORSE - D DUCHARME - BOB MULVANEY - P DUNN M5099 1:08:08 6:49
11 LYNX ELITE GIRLS E FOSTER - A NEVILLE - A JONES - A FARNSWORTH F0114 1:08:54 6:54
12 ORANGE CRUSH N WAGELING - D DUCHARME - D CONSIGLINO - D DUNN M0114 1:09:39 6:58
13 THIRSTY IRISH RUNNERS R NASER - J O'CONNOR - J MCGOURTY - B MCCOLGAN M4099 1:10:39 7:04
14 GDTC MIXED MASTERS C JONES - M FOLEY - L WEGENER - M LUTTER C4099 1:11:21 7:09
15 GDTC MALE SENIORS B NEIL - S HUCKINS - D BREEDEN - P DISALVO M5099 1:12:06 7:13
16 MOOSE MILERS FM R ALLEN - D HEINRICH - K KENISON - S KENNEY F4099 1:12:49 7:17
17 THE RUNNING LEONARDS S LEONARD - K LEONARD - A LEONARD - M LEONARD M0199 1:15:58 7:36
18 THE AMATEURS S O'BRIEN - D O'BRIEN - P FRISOLI - C O'BRIEN M0199 1:17:10 7:43
19 FISH FRIES K MALLOY - K KURDZO - M GRAF - S HOXIE C4099 1:17:11 7:44
20 FISH STICKS L MALLOY - J HURDZO - T SHEA - F ROW C0199 1:17:19 7:44
21 MOOSE MILERS MV B MIGELL - D PEMBER - S MOLAND - J LOGAN M6099 1:17:48 7:47
22 DIRTY ROTTENS C FORD - E DENEERGARD - A QUINNETT - M HAMEL C0199 1:18:26 7:51
23 THS GIRLS K TWOMEY - C MEEHAN - B MEEHAN - N HOWE F0118 1:18:26 7:51
24 WOLFE PACK A KILEY - P WARNER - J DUFFIELD - S THIEVON F0199 1:19:46 7:59
25 GDTC TURTLE MASTERS S WERNER - R TEJADA - R WINES - M KNEPP C4099 1:23:54 8:24
26 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS L BEHAN - C ZANNI - C DUNHAM - M RYAN F0199 1:24:17 8:26
27 THE HALF FAST FOUR M HARTY - R LAKIN - N TOLMAN - D HARTY C4099 1:24:56 8:30
28 COLONIAL ROAD RUNNERS L THODE - J GOLDROSEN - S THODE - L THODE M5099 1:25:13 8:32
29 J HAWK LAKERS R TRAGER - D RATHBUN - P RATHBUN - P RATHBUN M0199 1:27:03 8:43
30 50/50 N ARUSH - K ROACH - S LATHROP - A ROACH C0199 1:30:41 9:05
31 CHICKLETS L RUSIN - K WHEELER - H STONE - T PERKINS F0199 1:32:38 9:16
32 LIMBER LYLES D LYLE - A LYLE - N LYLE - T LYLE C0199 1:33:14 9:20
33 3 MOMS & A DAD E MCWHIRTER - A MCWHIRTER - S RIETH - N TAKU C0199 1:42:15 10:14
34 WOLFERUNNERS H HEINRICH - L KENISON - T DEARBORN - H HEINRICH F0114 1:42:15 10:14
35 T-SHIRT SEEKERS N GATLIN - M GIBBONS - T STILLWELL - R GIBBONS C0199 1:45:41 10:35
Post race comments came fast and furious as many runners voiced praise for the race, the volunteers performance, the disk jockey, the food spread, and the funny guy in the Sombrerro. Positive comments continue to arrive by email as I write this 27 hours after the race. I would have written this article last night, but chose to sleep instead (as if I had any choice in the matter!).
Thanks to our sponsors: Loco Sports, ProPel Sports Water, RoadID, Cliff Bars, Hockomock Swamp Rat, Carol Parnell Acupuncture, and Running Times.
Thanks to all our volunteers: Tom Kolb, Brian Kenney, Mike Whelton, Gigi Amarello, Chris Amarello, Elliott Nott and the New England College Cross Country Team, Jason Bigonia, Damian Rowe, Bill Morse, Bob Mulvaney, Susan Kenney, Dave Pember, Jim Logan, Steve Moland, and anybody else who pitched in to make this race a great success. Plans are already in the works for next year's event to be held on August 28, 2005. Additions to next year's race will be a 2-runner relay (5 miles each), and possibly individual 2.5, 5, and 10 mile races. |
Photos by Gigi Amarello