Sunday, December 18, 2016


Greylock Road Race

4th series, race #2

When we arrived at 7:45 it was 55 degrees and sunny, very nice! As the race this year was not only a part of this series, but it was also a part of USATF-NE Mountain Series. Even this early, getting a good parking spot was challenging. Needless to say, there was a much larger field than usual!

Berkshire Running Center did another great job of putting the race on with lots of wonderful volunteers and finish line pictures…thank you so much!!!
The course follows the paved road on the North side of the mountain from Williams Reservoir 8 miles to the 3,491’ summit, rising about 2,400 vertical feet.
Aerial view of the summit taken awhile ago.

Welcome to our newest members Cris Cote n Meg paugh! So, we officially have 16 competitors for the 4th series! Thanks for signing up n hope you have a lot of fun!!!
Weather during the race was near perfect! Winning this year was Matthew Veiga in 55:14 and Leslie O’dell in 1:05:57. A total of 166 runners completed the race.
Leading the way for our runners was Josh Curtis(41M) in 11th place in 1:05:29. Next was Jeff Gould(51M) in 16th place in 1:07:21 followed by Kevin Cavanaugh(47M) in 17th in 1:07:27. Len Hall(63M) led the older guys in 19th and 1:09:27 followed closely by Bob Mulvaney(63M) in 24th in 1:11:31. Meg Paugh(31F) was our 1st woman in 36th place in 1:15:10 followed by Donna Smyth(56F) in 48th in 1:16:56. Cris Cote(53M) was 57th in 1:20:32 followed closely by Sau-Mei Leung(50F) in 58th in 1:20:39. Paul Jones in 65th in 1:21:53. Seventy year young me was 71st in 1:23:46, Darrel Lasell(58M) 104th in 1:34:02, Walter Kuklinski(67M) 110th in 1:34:44, Dennis Gilyard(65M) 114th in 1:36:10, Jill Larson(43F) 122nd in 1:38:11 and Elaine Dill(68F) 124th in 1:38:16. Congratulations to everyone! As Dave Dunham once said after one of his Northfield races…“You are now 40% Mountain Goat” J
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Here are the stat's for the 4th series, please let me know if you find any errors as I do this all by “hand”, thank you!
Series points and standings for the Greylock Road Race: (166 finishers)
       1)            Matthew Veiga(29M)     100.00
11)          Josh Curtis(41M)               84.36
16)          Jeff Gould(51M)                82.01
17)          Kevin Cavanaugh(47M)   81.89
19)          Len Hall(63M)                    79.53
24)          Bob Mulvaney(63M)        77.24
36)          Meg Paugh(31F)                73.49
48)          Donna Smyth(56F)            71.80
57)          Cris Cote(53M)                   68.59
58)          Sau-Mei Leung(50F)            68.49
65)          Paul Jones(38M)                  67.46
71)          Fred Ross III(70M)               65.95
104)        Darrel Lasell(58M)              58.74
110)        Walter Kuklinski(67M)       58.31
114)        Dennis Gilyard(65M)          57.44
122)        Jill Larson(43F)                     56.26
124)        Elaine Dill(68F)                      56.21
Current 4th series standings:
1)                 Kevin Cavanaugh          163.71
2)                Josh Curtis                      161.04
3)                Jeff Gould                        159.75
4)                Len Hall                           153.70
5)                Bob Mulvaney                 150.26
6)                Meg Paugh                      141.36
7)               Donna Smyth                   139.41
8)                Cris Cote                         135.37
9)                Sau-Mei Leung               129.10
10)            Paul Jones                       128.06
11)            Fred Ross III                    125.98
12)           Darrel Lasell                     113.07
13)           Walter Kuklinski              111.54
14)           Jill Larson                         110.17
15)           Dennis Gilyard                 109.96
16)           Elaine Dill                         109.04

Current Streak:
        1)      Fred                                                        18        
        2)      Walter                                                    12
        3)     Donna                                                        9
        4)     Jeff n Len                                                  7
        5)     Bob                                                             6
        6)     Dennis, Kevin, Josh, Sau-Mei, Paul,
                Darrel, Jill & Elaine, Cris & Meg               2
All time finishes:
        1)          Fred                                       18
        2)          Laurel                                    14
        3)          Donna                                    13
        4)          Walter                                    12
        5)          Jeff n Len                                7
        6)          Bob                                          6
        7)          Dennis & John                         
        8)          Dick Hoch                                3
        9)   Kevin, Josh, Sau-Mei, Paul,
              Darrel, Jill & Elaine, Cris & Meg       2
Total all time series points:
        1)               Fred                            978.58
        2)               Donna                          861.77
        3)               Laurel Shortell             678.77
        4)               Walter                          674.92
        5)               Jeff                              552.69
        6)               Len                              525.68
        7)               Bob                              437.07
        8)               Dennis                          225.17
        9)              John Kowalski               190.97
       10)             Kevin                             163.71
       11)             Josh                               161.04
       12)             Meg                                141.36
       13)            Cris Cote                           135.37
       14)            Sau-Mei                             129.10
       15)            Paul                                  128.06
       16)            Dick Hoch                         121.67
       17)            Darrel                               113.07
       18)            Jill                                    110.17
       19)            Elaine                             109.04
Following are a few pictures from the race. Next up is the Prospect Mountain Road Race at the end of April in Lake George, NY. If you get any pictures there, please send them to me for possibly using in updates. Thanks!
Smoke on the water

"There's a good spot over there Len"

Sao-Mei picking up her race #

Darrel n Cris, left, talking about the race.

Dennis warming up

Donna talking with Erica Kahn, competitors in the same age group.

Donna warming up.

Great to see so many runners for this race!

Len on course.

Bob on course.

Josh was our 1st finisher this day.

Jeff finishing with Kevin not far behind!

Kevin finished just 6 seconds back of Jeff.

Len finishing well.

Bob was 2:04 back of Len.

Meg was our 1st woman to cross the finish line.

Donna was 1:46 back of Meg.

Cris is one of our newest members, welcome Cris!

Sau-Mei finished just 7 seconds behind Cris.

Paul ran well.

I'm always happy to finish :)

Great Smile Darrel!

Walter always adds color to the races :)

Way to go Dennis!

Great smile Jill!

Great form Elaine!

Monument was in the process of upgrades.

Two of North Medford's Club finest, another Great day!!!