It was a big racing weekend for us! Despite tough weather with gusting winds (up to 40 mph on Saturday and averaging 24 miles per hour on Sunday) and serious humidity, we were out on the roads rocking our black singlets.
On Saturday, Funch ran the GMAA Common to Common 30K, an out-and-back (sort of) rolling course through the farmlands east of Burlington and came home with the win. His time of 1:52:45 put him just over 6 minute pace on the challenging course and marks him down as one of the fastest winners in course history. On Sunday, Sarah and Laurel exchanged some early morning texts worrying about the wind but showed up to the race nonetheless. As we're both at the peak of marathon training (Sarah's taper starts this week and Laurel's next week), neither felt fantastic but came home in hard fought 3rd and 5th place. This coming weekend, Funch and LT head to the Adirondacks for a Ragnar Relay and perhaps another team win! Funch did Lobsterman? I don't know, anyway, he rocked it. 11th overall and 3rd in his age group which I think is what matters in triathlon. Not surprisingly, Chris had the fastest run leg by almost 45 seconds. Enjoy your lobster bake, Chris!
While some of us were running through Burlington, Seth and Lindsey went home to Canton for the Run 4 Ryan. Both lined up against current and just graduated Saints and absolutely kicked ass. Seth came home as 8th overall and first alumni in, covering the 6K course in 20:10. LT (who DIDN'T run long distance while she was at SLU) was also 8th overall and second alum to recent grad and AA Amy Cymerman, covering 6K in 25:47.
Never lacking for a good idea, Chris sponsored the 2nd mile in honor of the Olde Bones. St. Lawrence was where many of the Olde Bones cut their running teeth and sponsoring a mile was a perfect way to say "thank you." Despite dicey weather and a team-wide post race game of "did I pee or is this sweat," we enjoyed a morning together at our first USATF race. Unfortunately, because Seth was off winning alumni races in Canton and Will, Ben and Todd were "training" (we suspect sleeping), the guys team wasn't able to score. The girls team, however, is on the board with a 9th place finish despite having only 3 runners to other teams 20 to 30 runners.
Adron 53:46 with the fastest 200 at the end of a 15K, possibly ever, requiring an apology to the guys he outkicked Funch 54:55 Sarah 1:02:55 Laurel 1:08:27 Elodie 1:11:00 Onward and upward for most of us for fall races. Adron and Sarah race again next weekend, at the Essex Citizens Cross Country race and Archie Post 5 Miler respectively. Chris deserves his own sentence, as his goal race (The Lobsterman Triathlon) is next weekend. Laurel keeps her eyes on Baystate, her marathon in October and Elodie is looking forward to finally being moved into Burlington and having the time to pick her next race. Laurel set ANOTHER 10K PR today at the Bridge and Back 10K. This is all in the midst of high mileage marathon training.
Check out her recap here. You can read her whole recap here, but Laurel surprised herself on Saturday with a new 10K PR on a wickedly tough course and took the overall win and prize of a gallon of maple syrup. Ah, the perks of summer racing in Vermont. Congrats Laurel!!
The women are starting to outnumber the men on Olde Bones! We're so psyched to introduce Elodie Reed, who is aiming at a whip fast September half marathon. Elodie jumped into running her freshman year of high school in Bow, NH after her old runner dad convinced her to, and she hasn't stopped since. A distance runner through and through, Elodie ran three seasons a year in high school and at Amherst College, where after an unfortunate debut in the steeplechase, she found her home in the 5k and 10k. After graduating last May, Elodie ran her first marathon in Lowell, MA in 3:28 - qualifying her for Boston in 2015. Since then, she's adapted to Vermont winter running and enjoyed the scenery. This summer, Elodie plans to run plenty of road races and try her hand at the half marathon, and she'll also start looking at her training for Boston next spring. |
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