New Bedford Half Marathon

(all photos courtesy of Jimmy Shelton)

Fifty-two Angry Chickens made the annual trip down to New Bedford for the second stop in the New England Grand Prix circuit.  This race boasts a fairly fast course and is a favorite tune up for Boston.  A bulk of the club met up at the usual spot in Drum Hill at around 8am for the hour and a half drive south.  By the time most of us arrived at the YMCA Marli and John had our numbers all picked up and laid out for us.  

Marli sorting and. handing out the numbers.

Weather was in the mid 30s and windy from the NW.  That wind played a small factor in the first couple of miles then a huge factor in the last few.  It did give us a nice boost down the downhill back stretch of the course, but that's little solace when you're struggling up that mile 12 hill into the teeth of it.  It also made it a little hard to dress for.  Some were in shorts and singlets.  Others in long sleeves and long pants.  And some wore Irish flag bodysuits or dressed as Batman.  OK, maybe those weren't weather driven.  At the start runners were huddled into any bit of sun they could find.

Andrew, Kevin, Fil, Mike, EJ, Chris, and Justin at the start.

Sully finishes his strong run.

At about 11am they took pity on us and let us get warm by running 13.1.  Crowd support was great, including the friendliest cops I've ever seen working a race.  The first Chicken across the line was James in an outstanding 1:13:42 -- trimming over 9 minutes off his time from last year.  The rest of the 11th place GLRR Male Open team was not far behind -- with all five scorers and one of the alternates clocking in under 1:20.

Layce was the first GLRR woman to cross the line, finishing in 1:24:20.  She led the Women's Open team to a 12th place finish against some stiff competition.

On the Masters side EJ scored down from the Seniors team to lead the guys to a strong 4th place finish.  In fact, EJ also scored down to the Open Team giving him the coveted hat trick.  The women were led by Trish to a 5th place finish.

Denny finishing in style.

The Seniors Men's team got us into the money, finishing in second place and ahead of the vaunted Unicorns. The scoring team of EJ, John Barbour, Matt Curran, Jim Garcia, and David Oliver all finished in less then 87 minutes.

The Senior's Women Team of Liane, Kathy, and Nancy took home a 4th place finish, while the the Veteran Men's team of Chip, Nick, and Tom got us into the money again with a 2nd.

On the individual side -- Denny took home 3rd 70-99.  Eleven GLRR finished in the top 10 in their USATF-NE five year age groups -- highlighted by Nick winning his, Liane and Denny second in theirs, and Trish third in hers.  The highest age grading belongs to John Barbour with a whopping 87.7%.  Many of the Green also notched PRs on the day.

Afterwards several of us headed down to our usual post-New Bedford pub for some re-hydration.  It's a good thing no one else had the idea of going to an Irish pub on St. Patty's Day.  Sláinte!

Team Results

11th Male Open

1:13:44 1:15:21 1:16:39 1:18:04 1:19:12 (1:19:56) (1:20:56) = 6:23:00

JAMES SULLIVAN 27 M, CODY FREIHOFER 24 M, ANDREW DOWNEY 28 M, JUSTIN PATRONICK 33 M, EJ HRYNOWSKI 50 M, MIKE GIROUARD 43 M, JAMES DELUCA 29 M

12th Female Open                     

1:24:33 1:30:56 1:32:00 (1:33:33) (1:35:48) = 4:27:29

LAYCE ALVES 32 F, TRISH BOURNE 49 F, LAUREN LIUZZO 25 F, ALLY MASLOWSKI 30 F, ZONA SHARFMAN 35 F

4th Male Masters            

1:19:12 1:19:56 1:22:41 1:23:01 1:23:13 (1:24:20) (1:26:54) = 6:48:03

EJ HRYNOWSKI 50 M, MIKE GIROUARD 43 M, JOHN BARBOUR 58 M, KEN CAIN 41 M, MATTHEW CURRAN 55 M, JIM GARCIA 54 M, DAVE OLIVER 56 M

5th Female Masters              

1:30:56 1:35:49 1:48:31 (1:50:38) (1:51:50) = 4:55:16

TRISH BOURNE 49 F, LIANE PANCOAST 55 F, MARLI PICCOLO 43 F, KATHY BURLEY 52 F, NANCY DORN 54 F

2nd Male Seniors           

1:19:12 1:22:41 1:23:13 1:24:20 1:26:54 (1:30:07) (1:34:46) = 6:56:20

EJ HRYNOWSKI 50 M, JOHN BARBOUR 58 M, MATTHEW CURRAN 55 M, JIM GARCIA 54 M, DAVE OLIVER 56 M, DAVID PENN 52 M, CHIP MANN 60 M

4th Female Seniors              

1:35:49 1:50:38 1:51:50 (1:52:42) = 5:18:17

LIANE PANCOAST 55 F, KATHY BURLEY 52 F, NANCY DORN 54 F, MADELINE FEBO 53 F

2nd Male Veterans            

1:34:46 1:37:20 1:40:41 (1:53:46) = 4:52:47

CHIP MANN 60 M, NICHOLAS KANARACUS 65 M, THOMAS PETERS 60 M, DENNY LEBLANC 71 M

Individual Results

Place Div/Tot  Div   Name                     Ag S  No.   Net Tim  Gun Tim   Pace  Team
===== ======== ===== ====================     == =  ===== =======  =======   ===== =====

59    41/248  M2029 JAMES SULLIVAN      27 M  3359 1:13:42 1:13:44  5:38 GLRR                                              
84    48/248  M2029 CODY FREIHOFER      24 M  3357 1:15:18 1:15:21  5:45 GLRR                                              
101   55/248  M2029 ANDREW DOWNEY       28 M  3360 1:16:36 1:16:39  5:51 GLRR                                              
119   39/416  M3039 JUSTIN PATRONICK    33 M  3364 1:18:03 1:18:04  5:58 GLRR                                              
132    6/289  M5059 EJ HRYNOWSKI        50 M  3376 1:19:05 1:19:12  6:03 GLRR                                              
142   19/445  M4049 MIKE GIROUARD       43 M  3371 1:19:50 1:19:56  6:06 GLRR                                              
153   72/248  M2029 JAMES DELUCA        29 M  3361 1:20:50 1:20:56  6:11 GLRR                                              
190   15/289  M5059 JOHN BARBOUR        58 M  3386 1:22:34 1:22:41  6:19 GLRR                                              
202   35/445  M4049 KEN CAIN            41 M  3369 1:22:57 1:23:01  6:21 GLRR                                              
205   57/416  M3039 CHRIS HANCOCK       39 M  3367 1:22:56 1:23:07  6:21 GLRR                                              
206   16/289  M5059 MATTHEW CURRAN      55 M  2702 1:23:07 1:23:13  6:21 GLRR                              
245   20/289  M5059 JIM GARCIA          54 M  3381 1:24:18 1:24:20  6:27 GLRR                                              
253    8/510  F3039 LAYCE ALVES         32 F  3345 1:24:20 1:24:33  6:28 GLRR                                              
307   26/289  M5059 DAVE OLIVER         56 M  3384 1:26:39 1:26:54  6:38 GLRR                                              
313   79/416  M3039 KEVIN CARNABUCCI    39 M  3366 1:26:55 1:27:07  6:39 GLRR                                              
330   82/416  M3039 MATT STORY          39 M  3368 1:27:36 1:27:50  6:43 GLRR                                              
333   70/445  M4049 FIL FARIA           48 M  3374 1:27:45 1:27:59  6:43 GLRR                                              
363   92/416  M3039 COLIN LOGHIN        37 M  3365 1:28:39 1:28:53  6:47 GLRR                                              
398   39/289  M5059 DAVID PENN          52 M  3380 1:30:02 1:30:07  6:53 GLRR                                              
419    9/391  F4049 TRISH BOURNE        49 F  3351 1:30:42 1:30:56  6:57 GLRR                                              
451   36/383  F2029 LAUREN LIUZZO       25 F  3341 1:31:54 1:32:00  7:02 GLRR                                              
489   31/510  F3039 ALLY MASLOWSKI      30 F  3344 1:33:20 1:33:33  7:09 GLRR                                              
526    4/108  M6069 CHIP MANN           60 M  3389 1:34:29 1:34:46  7:14 GLRR                                              
527   56/289  M5059 ROBERT RIVARD       51 M  3379 1:34:33 1:34:48  7:14 GLRR                                              
564   42/510  F3039 ZONA SHARFMAN       35 F  3346 1:35:19 1:35:48  7:19 GLRR                                              
565    5/167  F5059 LIANE PANCOAST      55 F  3356 1:35:30 1:35:49  7:19 GLRR                                              
567  131/416  M3039 SCOTT O'BRIEN       31 M  3363 1:34:43 1:35:52  7:19 GLRR                                              
573   62/289  M5059 HOWARD HERSEY       54 M  3382 1:35:46 1:35:57  7:20 GLRR                                              
575   63/289  M5059 KEN JACOBSON        57 M  3385 1:35:55 1:36:03  7:20 GLRR                                              
595   65/289  M5059 ANDRE CHANDONNET    56 M  3383 1:36:19 1:36:43  7:23 GLRR                                              
613    7/108  M6069 NICHOLAS KANARACUS  65 M  3391 1:37:11 1:37:20  7:26 GLRR                                              
633   69/289  M5059 KEN GOODIN          58 M  3387 1:37:20 1:37:44  7:28 GLRR                                              
649   52/510  F3039 KRISTEN ALLEN       39 F  3347 1:37:59 1:38:17  7:30 GLRR                                              
685  153/445  M4049 RAY NICHOLS         43 M  3372 1:39:07 1:39:20  7:35 GLRR                                              
749   14/108  M6069 THOMAS PETERS       60 M  3390 1:39:39 1:40:41  7:41 GLRR                                              
792  168/416  M3039 LUIS ESCOBAR        30 M  3362 1:41:19 1:41:47  7:46 GLRR                                              
794   93/289  M5059 MICHAEL BRODEUR     51 M  3377 1:41:29 1:41:49  7:47 GLRR                                              
948  146/248  M2029 CULLEN MADDEN       25 M  3358 1:45:08 1:45:36  8:04 GLRR                                              
949  115/289  M5059 ANTONIO FEBO        51 M  3378 1:44:36 1:45:38  8:04 GLRR                                              
1005 203/445  M4049 LEONARDO MEDINA     48 M  3375 1:45:57 1:46:42  8:09 GLRR                                              
1083  65/391  F4049 MARLI PICCOLO       43 F  3350 1:47:26 1:48:31  8:17 GLRR                                              
1194  30/167  F5059 KATHY BURLEY        52 F  3353 1:49:56 1:50:38  8:27 GLRR                                              
1220 128/383  F2029 AMANDA BENOIT       29 F  3343 1:50:00 1:51:07  8:29 GLRR                                              
1222 244/445  M4049 DAVID BURNS         47 M  3373 1:50:27 1:51:10  8:29 GLRR                                              
1243 147/289  M5059 AIMS CONEY          58 M  3388 1:50:30 1:51:33  8:31 GLRR                                              
1260  33/167  F5059 NANCY DORN          54 F  3355 1:51:33 1:51:50  8:32 GLRR                                              
1306  34/167  F5059 MADELINE FEBO       53 F  3354 1:51:21 1:52:42  8:36 GLRR                                              
1324 138/383  F2029 CRISTINA GARVIN     25 F  3342 1:51:42 1:52:58  8:38 GLRR                                              
1363   3/17   M7099 DENNY LEBLANC       71 M  3393 1:52:59 1:53:46  8:41 GLRR                                              
1515 159/383  F2029 MEGHAN MISSERT      23 F  3340 1:55:11 1:56:33  8:54 GLRR                                              
1780 155/391  F4049 LINDA MCCARTHY      49 F  3352 2:00:20 2:01:32  9:17 GLRR                                              
1831 165/391  F4049 MAKI SHIBUTA        42 F  3349 2:01:06 2:02:34  9:22 GLRR                                              

Individual Points

PLC Name Club Gun  S Age DivPl NetTime AG %  

132  E J Hrynowski         GLRR           1:19:12  M 50  5     1:19:05  85.05% 
190  John Barbour          GLRR           1:22:41  M 58  6     1:22:34  87.77%
206  Matthew Curran        GLRR           1:23:13  M 55  7     1:23:07  84.80%
526  Chip Mann             GLRR           1:34:46  M 60  4     1:34:29  78.16%
749  Thomas Peters         GLRR           1:40:41  M 60  8     1:39:39  73.92%
613  Nicholas Kanaracus    GLRR           1:37:20  M 65  1     1:37:11  79.13%
1363 Denny Leblanc         GLRR           1:53:46  M 71  2     1:52:59  72.29%
419  Trish Bourne          GLRR           1:30:56  F 49  3     1:30:42  81.26%
1194 Kathleen Burley       GLRR           1:50:38  F 52  9     1:49:56  70.30%
1260 Nancy Dorn            GLRR           1:51:50  F 54  10    1:51:33  70.49%
565  Liane Pancoast        GLRR           1:35:49  F 55  2     1:35:30  83.30%