2015 Hollis Fast 5K

Dennis, Lee, Rick, Johanna, and Kim heading out for a cooldown.
Photo courtesy of Hollis Fast 5K.

For the second year in a row the Hollis Fast 5K was the USATF-NE Grand Prix 5K Championship.  This was a popular race for the club as eighty-five Angry Chickens toed the line for the downhill romp.  The first across the line was Alex Eld in 16:36.  Next was Kara Haas only 5 seconds behind.  Kara was the third female overall and first master by almost a minute.  Another impressive performance in her storied career.  Jason Bui, Justin Patronick, John Barbour, and Shawn Conway joined Alex on the Men's Open Team that finished 12th.  Kara led the Women's Open team of her, Candice Gagnon, Trish Bourne, Emily Stover, and Katie Gessler to a 6th place finish.  Also finishing in 6th place was the Men's Masters team of John Barbour, Shawn Conway, Mark Odell, EJ Hrynowski, and Mike Haas.

Now time for the money to start pouring in.  The Women's Masters team of Kara, Trish, and Jill Trotter beat out Whirlaway for first place.  Trish plus Liane Pancoast and Amanda Maffei took home second place for Female Seniors.  The Female Veterans team of Denise Piekos, Johanna Riley, and Hazel Palmer also finished in second place.  The Male Seniors team tied for third place with a powerful CMS team led by Dave Dunham.  John Barbour, Mark Odell, EJ Hrynowski, Bill Dixon, and Doug Cook were just as powerful.  John and Bill were joined by Ken Goodin on the first place Male Vets team that placed three runners in the top five in the 60-69 age group.

Kara Haas and John Barbour were runaway age group winners.  Bill Dixon and Hazel Palmer each took home a second.  Trish Bourne finished third in her age group, Ken Goodin and Denise Piekos each finished fourth, and Stavros Kanaracus finished fifth.

Full results can be found here.

2015 Vermont City Marathon

Bucci finishing with a little help.
Photo courtesy of Krissy Kozlosky

Twenty four GLRR made the trip out to Burlington on Memorial Day Weekend for the 2015 Vermont City Marathon.  The weather started out cool, but was schizophrenic as a warm front was trying to push in.  A little wind, a little rain, a little hot, a little cold.   Narcisi "The Younger" led a trio of chickens (EJ Hrynowski, Alex Eld) to sub-3 finishes and a seventh place Men's Open finish. The Women's Open team of Elizabeth Powell, Candice Gagnon, and Robin Nichols matched the men with a seventh place performance.    EJ combined with Joe Loureiro and Ken Goodin to take home a fifth place in Men's Masters.  EJ, Ken, and Doug Cook were the fourth place Men's Seniors team.  Ken, Nick Kanaracus, and Ray Phillips were in the money with a second place in Men's Vets.

Some notable individual performances were Ken Goodin's impressive 3:22 that won the 60-64 age group by 5 minutes, EJ's sprint to the finish to beat out Mike Cooney for 3rd 50-54, and Nick Kanaracus taking home a second for 65-69.

Full results can be found here.