Notes
Back to New Bedford for the Grand Prix.
Got stuck back a few rows too many at the start but grinded out to get to a pack where I wanted to be. First mile cruised well but then got stuck in the wind solo and struggled. My nice opening mile was then backed up but 3 miles at 5:40 plus. Had I been healthy the entire time, goal would have been 5:30 the entire race, hills and wind be damned. Instead the revised goal was to be sub 1:14, which I was able to hit but still frustrated that I couldn't go for a PR.
Miles 2-4 were tough. I struggled. It wasn't really a matter of me sitting back as much as it was me just being tired. Maybe I could have grinded harder, who knows.
The good wakeup call was about 7 miles in when Matt Carrara sent breezing by me and I tried to stay close. I was stuck a good 10 yards back for a while but he kept pushing, I assumed, to have a pack to work within once we hit the wind. I tried to keep pace, but even the 5:30's were a challenge and I eventually gave him even more room to pull away. That said, as soon as we turned into the wind, I was able to close the gap. I usually have a good push on hills and into the wind is pretty similar. Matt is a good guy (from my limited interactions) and I usually seem him a bunch at the grand prix. He offered to have us work together taking turns which I gladly accepted and it made the next 1.5 miles go much more easily. That said, by the end, I think we were both cooked.
As we turned away from the wind, a GBTC guy that we picked up started pulling away and I went with him. There was another GBTC and Whirlaway guy ahead that we reeled in over the next mile. I was still sapped of energy and struggled to maintain the spot. That said, I was able to create a little breathing room on the hill but the main pack ahead recollected and started to gap us again. i think if i could have turned those last two slower miles back into 5:30s (even with the hill) I could have reeled them in. I don't know if it was mental weakness or just physical, but just couldn't do it.
As i went down the hill towards the finish and turned onto the final stretch, i made sure i did not give up any ground and pushed hard over the last 100 meters. i didn't catch anyone but i didn't lose ground.
So after missing 4+ weeks in January/February, having the stomach bug last weekend, and just feeling like crap at the end of this week, I'll take this performance. I'm 40 seconds or so off from a PR but this is not a fast course (except the middle stretch which is nice and fast) so i cant complain too much. Tough running today on a cold and windy day. I'm happy given the circumstances but yet frustrated that i couldn't just attack in full strength.
8. SOMERVILLE ROAD RUNNERS
1:13:22 1:14:34 1:14:43 1:16:49 1:16:59 (1:16:59) (1:17:20) = 6:16:27
CHRISTOPHER KLUCZNIK 35 M, PATRICK HANEBERG 24 M, ISAAC BURLEIGH 27 M,
JOHN LONGO 30 M, KYLE POCHINI 29 M, KIERAN CONDON 40 M, JON CUSICK 27
M
Place Div/Tot Div Name Ag S No. 10k Spl Net Tim Pace Gun Tim Team City
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1 1/159 M2029 JIM SPISAK 27 M 1710 30:24 1:04:50 4:57 1:04:51 Providence
2 2/159 M2029 MATTHEW HERZIG 22 M 520 31:31 1:07:20 5:09 1:07:21 THE HEARTBREAKERS Brookline
3 1/263 M3039 JONNY WILSON 30 M 1339 30:59 1:07:24 5:09 1:07:25 Falmouth
4 2/263 M3039 RUBEN SANCA 31 M 1459 31:20 1:07:39 5:10 1:07:43 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM Chelmsford
5 3/263 M3039 DAN VASSALLO 31 M 2082 31:33 1:07:42 5:10 1:07:43 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Peabody
6 4/263 M3039 ROBERT GOMEZ 34 M 926 31:47 1:08:25 5:14 1:08:26 DIRIGO RC Windham
7 5/263 M3039 SCOTT MINDEL 31 M 2088 31:33 1:08:29 5:14 1:08:29 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Burlington
8 3/159 M2029 COLE SANSEVERINO 29 M 1308 31:33 1:08:35 5:14 1:08:36 TRACKSMITH HARE AC Boston
9 4/159 M2029 MATT HILLARD 28 M 774 31:34 1:08:47 5:15 1:08:48 TRACKSMITH HARE AC Boston
10 5/159 M2029 MANUEL GONZALEZ 28 M 1807 31:34 1:08:59 5:16 1:09:00 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Charlestown
11 6/263 M3039 ROBERT ESPINOSA 33 M 1345 32:18 1:09:25 5:18 1:09:27 Western Mass Distance Project Framingham
12 6/159 M2029 PATRICK CARROLL 26 M 796 32:11 1:09:42 5:20 1:09:52 Schenectady
13 7/263 M3039 JASON AYR 30 M 2299 31:56 1:09:44 5:20 1:09:44 TRACKSMITH HARE AC
14 7/159 M2029 PAUL GENNARO 23 M 1164 32:10 1:09:45 5:20 1:09:46 MOHEGAN STRIDERS New London
15 8/159 M2029 JEFFREY SEELAUS 23 M 1360 32:20 1:10:11 5:22 1:10:12 TRACKSMITH HARE AC Brighton
16 8/263 M3039 SCOTT LESLIE 35 M 2085 32:42 1:10:23 5:23 1:10:26 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Rutland
17 9/263 M3039 CHRISTOPHER HARMON 30 M 1260 32:24 1:10:34 5:24 1:10:44 DIRIGO RC Portland
18 9/159 M2029 RYAN SMITH 22 M 1588 32:12 1:10:39 5:24 1:10:41 Farmington
19 10/263 M3039 ROBERT NORCROSS 36 M 991 33:11 1:10:41 5:24 1:10:45 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Mansfield
20 10/159 M2029 THOMAS PAGUETTE 26 M 2211 32:39 1:10:57 5:25 1:11:02 Keene
21 11/263 M3039 DERRICK HAMEL 34 M 969 31:59 1:10:59 5:25 1:11:02 Newmarket
22 11/159 M2029 MATT BROOKER 27 M 1271 32:04 1:11:17 5:27 1:11:20 Albany
23 12/159 M2029 WILL APPMAN 27 M 1851 33:07 1:11:20 5:27 1:11:22 GARDEN STATE TRACK CLUB Hoboken
24 13/159 M2029 JACOB WORMALD 22 M 1059 32:54 1:11:27 5:28 1:11:39 GATE CITY STRIDERS Pelham
25 14/159 M2029 PETER GILMORE 28 M 2144 32:46 1:11:43 5:29 1:11:45 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Brighton
26 12/263 M3039 ERIC MENDOZA 33 M 1667 33:13 1:11:43 5:29 1:11:46 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Dorchester Center
27 13/263 M3039 BRANDON NEWBOULD 36 M 1471 33:16 1:11:54 5:30 1:11:56 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM Nottingham
28 14/263 M3039 SHAUN DEVER 31 M 1653 33:04 1:12:01 5:30 1:12:19 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Brighton
29 15/159 M2029 MICHAEL CREEDON 25 M 1347 33:16 1:12:13 5:31 1:12:17 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Providence
30 15/263 M3039 MALCOLM THOMAS 37 M 1416 33:42 1:12:26 5:32 1:12:28 AME FOR IT ELITE Boston
31 16/263 M3039 JOHN MESSER 32 M 1262 32:51 1:12:27 5:32 1:12:30 Western Mass Distance Project Quincy
32 1/290 M4049 DAVID BEDOYA 41 M 2141 32:39 1:12:30 5:32 1:12:32 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Somerville
33 16/159 M2029 PATRICK CUNNINGHAM 23 M 1843 32:36 1:12:46 5:34 1:12:53 TRACKSMITH HARE AC Pembroke
34 17/263 M3039 IAN NEILL 33 M 1657 33:05 1:12:56 5:34 1:13:15 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Cambridge
35 17/159 M2029 JOSE ORTIZ 29 M 1458 33:43 1:12:58 5:35 1:13:03 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM Methuen
36 18/159 M2029 ROBERT LAMARRE 24 M 1382 33:51 1:13:01 5:35 1:13:13 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Medford
37 19/159 M2029 PATRICK CARON 20 M 2338 33:49 1:13:03 5:35 1:13:06 NEEDHAM TRACK CLUB Needham
38 20/159 M2029 SAMUEL FAZIOLI 26 M 1457 33:49 1:13:07 5:35 1:13:08 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM Salem
39 18/263 M3039 ROGER DONAGHY 39 M 2045 34:08 1:13:12 5:36 1:13:42 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Melrose
40 19/263 M3039 TURNER ZAMORE 33 M 1742 33:52 1:13:12 5:36 1:13:18 Cambridge
41 20/263 M3039 DAVE METZGER 31 M 1760 34:27 1:13:16 5:36 1:13:36 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Roslindale
42 21/159 M2029 DANIEL RABOIN 26 M 2083 33:48 1:13:17 5:36 1:13:20 CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS Ayer
43 21/263 M3039 CHRISTOPHER KLUCZNIK 35 M 1314 34:09 1:13:22 5:36 1:13:27 SOMERVILLE ROAD RUNNERS Needham
44 1/208 M5059 JAMES SULLIVAN 58 M 554 34:29 1:13:27 5:37 1:13:30 Cataumet
45 22/263 M3039 MATT GARFIELD 30 M 2235 34:26 1:13:32 5:37 1:13:36 Wells
46 22/159 M2029 ERIK HINRICHSEN 29 M 1648 34:13 1:13:35 5:37 1:13:37 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Brighton
47 23/159 M2029 MARK HEGARTY 23 M 1523 34:25 1:13:36 5:37 1:13:39 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM Brimfield
48 24/159 M2029 DERIK NOLAND 23 M 1488 32:56 1:13:44 5:38 1:13:45 WHIRLAWAY RACING TEAM Kingston
49 25/159 M2029 DAVE MOYER 28 M 1661 33:34 1:13:45 5:38 1:14:01 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB Jamaica Plain
50 2/290 M4049 RYAN CARRARA 41 M 1802 34:21 1:13:45 5:38 1:13:48 BATTLE ROAD TRACK CLUB Hudson