Group Run BLOG

I'll try to update this weekly with what runs we did and who was there.  Hopefully this gives a sense of what our group runs are like and encourages more people to come - glenn  (send corrections/additions to me at president@glrr.net)

You can get directions to the groups and some course maps here: Group Runs

Important note: For March, on Saturdays we will be doing group runs on the Boston Marathon course (see the group run page for details).

Was at the Medical 6K race in Nashua.  After we got everyone on the start line, John  Barbour and I ran the course, plus some extra.

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Ran with Andy Chandonnet.  Andy is racing tomorrow at the Medical 6K and I'm still coming back so we took it pretty easy.

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Today I was helping at the the Westford Road Race.  Another win for Ben in the 10K.

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Starting my comeback. 

 

Andrea and Jimmy Shelton showed up.  We followed the same plan as April 19th.  The first run was modified version of GoodTimes.

 

Then I did a 5 mile checkout run.

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Today I was helping at the the Tewksbury Pleasant Mile 5K put on by Peter Molloy for the Tewksbury track team.  Ben arrived 5 minutes before the gun.  No problem - he won easily and then went to Groton to win the 10K.  You might have read about it in the paper.

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I rolled my ankle on Thursday. 

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Today was the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials race.  Jill Trotter, Jill's friend (??), Scotty Graham, Beth Linstad, Nick Mullen, Jimmy Shelton, and Rich Blake carpooled down.  Jimmy and Rich took pictures.  You can see Rich's pictures here.

 

We watched the start and then made our way to the Mass Ave bridge (about 3.5 miles into the race).  By the time we got there a mystery women had a 40 second lead.  For some dopy reason the BAA failed to provide named bibs.  So the crowd was left to wonder who the hell was running.  Yeah a few of the high profile names were recognizable, but even the competitors had no idea who grabbed the lead.

 

From there we made to the Memorial Drive tunnel under Mass Ave.  This was the 6/12/18/24 mile marks and a few steps away was the 7/13/19/25 mile marks.  There we found Nate Jenkins.  Fortunately Nate knows like half the field, personally.  So he filled everyone in on the top runners.  As you know by now the mystery women was Magdalena Boulet.  She ran a great race.  She started at 5:45s and held that pretty much the whole way, despite having to run solo most of the time.  Of course the big story was the beat down administered by Deena Kastor.  She race the first 18 with the pack, letting Magdalena get a lead of just under 2 minutes.  Then Deena shifted gears and took the pace down to about 5:20s.  It didn't take long to grab the lead and win easily.

 

You should have been there - maybe next time you will be.

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I know you all read my claim to run your pace and think he doesn't really mean it.  He likes to run fast.  Not true - I want people at all levels to come and run.  Today Andrea Shelton took us up on the offer.  Jonathan McKenzie and ma ran with Andrea on a what is basically the GoodTimes course.  We had a good time and we are were both pleased to see Andrea out there.  Over the long run (pun intended) having a variety of paces will help the everyone.

 

After our run with Andrea, Jonathan and I did a second run around the School St loop for 4.5 miles.  This run was also kept at a recovery pace of 10:00.

 

I can run fast, if I have to, but trust me, I'd rather have Saturday's like this.

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I ran tempo at Doyle's pub race - so I missed this run.  If you were there - send me mail and I'll update this entry.

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The foreboding weather (and the upcoming Boston Marathon?) limited this run to just me and Andy.  I needed a recovery day - so we took it easy.

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Pretty close to a carbon copy of yesterday.  Less wet, but more wind.

 

Andy Chandonnet and Andriy (Andre) Danylov were back for more and we were joined by Liam Skinner.  Distance was the goal today.  We're all pretty sick of Tyngsboro (the bridge, not the town), so like last week we headed for Robin Hill and then Mill Road to Turnpike.

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We're back to our normal group runs from the GLRR office in downtown Lowell.  It's nice to be back.

 

Wet and cold weather brought out only Andy Chandonnet and Andriy (Andre) Danylov.  We did the normal Rourke Bridge loop.  I struggled a bit and so cut it short to 8 miles via Aiken St.  Andy and Andre did the full water treatment plant loop for 9.5 (at probably about 7:30-7:20)

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Today it was the Rhoades boys - Jim and Jeff, Liam Skinner and me.  We started with Robin Hill.  Jim and Liam were out front and ended up doing Mill Road for 14+.  I was in the middle (faster than Jeff, but not has fast as Jim and Liam).  I needed 16, so I did Warren Rd to Turnpike and then sort of wandered until I got my 16.  I think Jeff took it straight back to the gym for about 9 miles.

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This was the  fourth and final training session on the Boston Course.

It was another fine running day.  Cool with a bit of tail wind.

 

We had 12 runners out there: Jill Trotter, Andy Chandonnet, Andriy (Andy) Danylov, Scotty Graham, MaryBeth McKinney, Amy Molloy, Krista Byam, Alyssa McNeil, Abdul, Candice, and Ally Maslowski.

 

Everyone (except Jill, free lanced a bit) did the entire course, and Candice who missed the turn onto Commonwealth did even more.

 

Pace varied - fastest was (I think) Andy who appeared to be doing near 7s.  Most of the front group was doing about 7:30-7:40.  The rest did about 8:15 to 9:00.

 

Mucho thanks to our volunteers this week: Mark Corbett (again) and Peter Molloy.  We could not have done without them.

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Being Easter Sunday - there was an understandably small group.  It was Keith O'bs and Megan and a new face, Ray Boutotte and me.  O'bs, Megan and Ray wanted to do about 5-6.  We did Nabnassett - but it turned out to be more like 7 to 7.5, which was a bit too long.  But it was a nice day to run.

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This was the  third of our four training sessions on the Boston Course.

Finally a good weather day!!  It was bright and sunny.  There was a strong west wind (5-20mph), but that was fine for the runners (although a bit cold for the volunteers).  Several remark, now if we can have this on race day!

 

We had lots of runners today - 15 in all.  So we had quite a few groups.  Not all did Hopkinton to Boston College, so I'll mention the groups and what I think they did.

 

Jill Trotter, Andy Chandonnet, Andriy (Andy) Danylov and Nate were the led group.  They started at about 7:30 pace, so I suspect they we're about 7:40 for the day.  They did the whole route for about 21.5 miles.

 

Next was our ladies from last week: MaryBeth McKinney, Amy Molloy, Krista Byam and Alyssa.  They appeared to be running about the same as last week - which was about an 8:25 pace.  They also did the whole trip to Boston College - for 21.5 miles.

 

Next was a new duo: Ally Maslowski and Kathleen Ralls (I think?).  Both are new members, so this was the first they met - but it was a great match.  They ran the whole 21.5 together.  It looked like the pace was about 9:00.

 

Following them we had Kate Maslowski (Ally sister) and Kathy Paganis (a friend of Sue's).  They hammered out 18 miles at about 11:00 (which was a bit quicker than they expected).

 

We also had two group run the Wellesley-BC section.  That was Paul Kelly and Mike Ballerini.  They also wanted to "see" the course, so they followed us to Hopkinton and then drove to Wellesley where they did an out and back run (basically similar to week 1 & 2).  I'm not sure what pace they did.

 

And last, but certainly not least, Bill and Joanne Harriman got out there today.  They plan to run the final 10 of the marathon, so they again trained on the Newton-BC section (as an out and back).  My guess is they were similar to last week, which as about 12:00 pace.

 

Mucho thanks to our volunteers this week: Jessica (again) and JJ Buono.  We could not have done without them.

 

Next week's plan is the same as this week.
Send me mail if you can help - I think I need at least 2 additional volunteers.

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Rumor has it that there was a good crew at Gold's (while I was in New Bedford running the half marathon).  Andriy (Andre) Danylov was there (he unfortunately missed us on Saturday - so this was his long run.  Also there were John Byrne and Liam Skinner and I think a couple of others.  I know Andre did the Tyngsboro to Aiken bridges - so that's about 20.  I'm not sure what the other guys did.

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This was the  second of our four training sessions on the Boston Course.

This time the weather did not cooperate.  It was snowing when our 5 runners started out.  It never got really bad, but it was wet for the whole 3 hours and, of course cold.

 

We had two groups -
MaryBeth McKinney, Amy Molloy and Krista Byam ran the whole route from Natick to Boston College (and a bit past it).
Bill and Joanne Harriman ran pretty much last week's route from, Wellesley to almost Boston College (about 10 miles).

 

We provided water stops for long group in Wellesley and at the Newton Cemetery.  This gave them four places to get water.  The Harriman's used the Cemetery stop (out and back).

 

We also monitored the course to make sure, given the weather, everyone was doing OK.

 

The ladies did great!  They are looking for 3:40 on race day, and that is pretty much what they ran today.  So - looking good!

 

Volunteering were Mark Corbett, Jessica Costa and me.

 

Next week it is Hopkinton to Boston College - point to point.

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We had a contingent of Westford marathoners this morning - Gerard Ottaviano, Ann Lewin, Lori ? and Jill Trotter.  Add to that (given the earlier start) some old faces: John Byrne and Mark Farren, and of course me.  So we had a pretty good group.

The marathon group was there to get ready for Boston (or Vermont City) by doing a 22 milers.  So we did the Tyngsboro Bridge loop, via Sherburne.  The marathon group went on to Aiken St and back (along with a bit of improvisation) for their 22.

John, Mark and me did the junior 12 mile loop via the Rourke.

 

Last week was windy - but this week was wicked windy.  It was only three degrees colder - but it was brutal going out.  As it was last week, after the first 6 the wind was mostly behind us and the pace quickened substantially. 

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This was the  first of our four training sessions on the Boston Course.

The weather threatened to be pretty awful, but a 3 hour window opened where the rain pretty much stopped and running conditions became perfect. I think the threat of bad weather kept a lot of folks away. Too bad - you missed a perfect day.

 

Our runners were: Scotty Graham, Andy Chandonnet, Andriy Danylov and Frank Georges.
Volunteering were Jessica Costa and me.

 

The starting point was Wellesley Hills, at the train station. They ran out to Boston College and back. Jessica and me meet them at the Cemetery (about 4 miles in and 8 miles back) to hand out water and Gatorade.

 

Because we had a small group, Jessica provided transportation down and became our support van. Frank also drove down.

 

All in all - it went well.

We'll be training again next week and we'll figure out exactly what we'll do sometime in the coming week.

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It was Jill Trotter, Dave DeChellis, Andriy Danylov (new member) and me.  We did the usual (lately) Tyngsboro Bridge route.  Andriy and I did the Rourke Bridge for 12+ miles.  Dave and Jill did School St for 15+.

It was very windy on the first half of the run (out to Tyngsboro), but the run back was not so bad.  The sun was bright and the wind at our back made the run home fairly pleasant.

 

As postscript - this was Dave's last weekend workout with us for a while. On Tuesday his daughter Jessica was born.

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I can't remember the last time we gave in to the weather.  The usual plan is to run regardless of the weather, put in this case the heavy snow and narrow streets caused us to give in.  I did run later - in my case at about 3:30P.  It was fine then.
 

Note: The next 4 weeks we will be doing group runs on the Boston Marathon course.  You can find additional details on the group run page.  We will return to group runs from the office on April 5TH.

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I ran earlier with Jeff Hass and Keith O'Brien.  Keith and me worked at the US Indoor Nationals at Reggie Lewis - so we needed to get our work in early.  We ran from Jeff's house.  He brutalized with a hilly 13 miler around Hagget's Pond.

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It was a great finish to the Fudgcicle series.  The weather was very seasonable.  Today was the Twosome race.  Everyone races with a partner - it's great fun and just for fun - so no results.

After the race is the Fudgcicle Awards Breakfast.  Join us again next year.

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I had babysitting duties - so no run for me.  I hear that Jill Trotter, Dave DeChellis and Kara Haas were there.  There were others - but I can't recall what I was told (it sucks getting old).

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Another great Fudgcicle day - you wanted to run as fast as you could because it was COLD.

54 runners braved the cold.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 7.

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It started as a great day to run.  Nice and mild.  The rain came on during the last 20-25 miuntes.  I'm glad we finished before the cold and sleet came.

 

It was Jill Trotter, Dave DeChellis, Liam Skinner, Jim Rhoades and me.  Jill and I dropped off the pace at about 4 miles and did the Tyngsboro Bridge/Rourke Bridge 12 miler.  The others did about 16-17 (I think).

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A nice day to race.  We had 41 Fudgie runners.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 6.

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I didn't run today.  I was in Phoenix - yes that Phoenix.  A bit disappointing, but  great time none the less.  I still can't believe they lost.

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I didn't make it - but is was a great day to run and 56 did run.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 5

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Tough day to run - it was me, Jeff and Andy.  We ran over to Hagget's Pond

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It was a Fudgcicle day - a nice crisp 15-17 degrees.

Another good sized field of 56.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 4

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Baby it's cold!!  Well is wasn't that cold - but it was windy.

 

This week it was Jim Quadros, Dave DeChellis, Joe O'leary, Jim Rhoades and me.  Joe D is at the Pats game and Frank was recovering form 18 yesterday.

 

We did the usual Tyngsboro loop.  Me and Jim Q took the short route back at the Rourke.  The others did at least 16.

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Another big herd - 64 today.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 3

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I don't know what they did.  I was in Phoenix at the Rock'n'Roll Marathon.  So I did 26.2 at 7:11 pace :-)

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Another amazing turn out of 63 people!  Congrats to all who ran.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 2

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Another good marathon prep day.  We had Frank Georges, Jim Quadros, Dave DeChellis, Joe Donnelly, Joe O'leary, Johhny Byrne and me.

 

We again did the Tyngsboro Bridge to Varnum route.  John and I fell of the pace.  John ran from home so he already had miles before we started.  I'm taking it easy for Phoenix next week.  So John and I too the Rourke Bridge.  John went home from the bridge.  I found Frank coming in.  The rest of the guys did about 18+.

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An astounding 66 people ran in this morning's race!!!  It was the biggest field any of us can remember.  Congrats to all who ran.  You can see the results here: Fudgcicle Results - Week 1

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I found out where the guys were last week.  They ran at 9:30 to avoid the cold - wimps!!  No just kidding.  In fact it was decided at today's run to move the start time to 11:00 to avoid the worst of the cold.  Sounds good to me.

 

Today it was Frank Georges, Jim Quadros, Dave DeChellis, Joe Donnelly, Joe O'leary and me.  We did the Tyngsboro Bridge to Varnum route.  Joe D and I went to the Rourke for 12.4.  Frank cut it short using the blvd, and the other guys did about 16 using the School St bridge.

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I guess the cold and impeding new year scared you folks off - nobody showed so I ran a route near my house.  A nice solid 13+ at 7:15 pace.

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Hey - where were you guys??  Nobody showed - so I did a solo 7 miles and then went to Colin Gouldson's (HOF member) for the annual Christmas run.  It was a great time.  Lots of HOFers.  That was a 10K run.

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It was me and Katlin Callerey.  We had a nice easy 5K.  Due to the snow (yes we had another major storm) we went to the Aiken St Bridge and then to the Hunts Fall Bridge.

 

I doubled by doing the Rourke/Hunts Falls loop - to finish the day with 11.5.

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Personally - I went to the gym and did the treadmill.

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Cold and windy?  Who cares?  Not me, Jill Trotter and Adrian (sorry Adrian - I didn't get your last name).  We had a solid 13.  Due to the snow (we had a foot on Thursday) we had to improvise a few things and break trail in some places.  We did the Rourke Bridge to Hunts Falls Bridge, plus over to Hovey Rd and it's major hill.  The snow breaking slowed us a bit, so 8:04 was faster than you might think.

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We had a great time!!

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Tough today - the wind was brutal off the river.

 

It was just me and Rick Marcotte.  We ran out to the Rourke and then back to the Aiken St Bridge and back into the warm of the GLRR office.  We struggled on the outbound leg into the wind but got back the investment on the homeward bound leg with the wind behind us.  I was surprised when I looked at the time and saw we did better than 8s.

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I was a lonely runner today

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Very cold - we are not used to this yet!

 

We had Andy Chandonnet, John Byrne, Jill Trotter, Jim Quadros, Jim Rhoades and me.  We did the Tyng Bridge to Rourke Bridge route - using Sherburne/Varnum back roads.

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It took a hardy group today -

We had Jim Stronach, Jeff Haas, Andy Chandonnet (I think) and me.

 

I did the standard treatment plant run.

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Nice to be running in a group again.

 

We had Andy Chandonnet, John Byrne, Jill Trotter, Frank Georges, Jim Rhoades and me.  We did the standard Robin Hill route.

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Awesome!!  Nate finished 7th, beating Meb in the last mile!  He ran a 2:14:56 PR.  Casey gutted out a 2:28:29 on a bad Achilles.  He ran most of the race with his brother Patrick who ran 2:18:35 for 28th.

Read more about it here: http://www.nyrr.org/races/pro/mens_trials/index.asp

and here: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/3/3_1/hall-puts-on-stunning-dis.shtml

And here are picture's that Frank took while we there: http://www.jimrhoades.com/07/trials/

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Thank goodness - we are almost back to normal - Baystate is done and only the Cape marathon next Sunday awaits.

 

Not a bad day to run - pretty overcast, but also pretty humid.

 

It was Andy Chandonnet, Jim Quadros and me.  We did the standard treatment plant run.

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One of those awesome New England days for running - although the air temp was cool, it felt great!

 

It was Pam Walker, Frank Georges and me.  We all started together on the usual loop out to the Rourke.  We each took slightly different routes back.  I was pressed for time and bailed first.

 

It was great to burn off a bit of the tension of putting the Baystate.

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I was working with Kelly Fleming again this week - to get here ready for the MC Marathon.

 

As good as last week was - this week was horrible - hot and humid.  We had hoped to go farther - but with the brutal heat - it just was not worth it.

 

Good Luck Kelly.

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Great day to run!!

 

We had: Andy Chandonnet, Jeff Haas, newcomer Kelly Fleming and me (glenn).

 

I'm not sure what Andy and Jeff did.

 

I ran with Kelly, who is training for the Marine Core Marathon.  She wanted 11+ at a pace near 10m/mi.  We did exactly that.  We did the Treatment Plant, Stackpole loop and then added a bit more on the river walk - to round it out to 13.5

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On Saturday I was up at Lake Winnipesauke Relay - so no run for me.
One Sunday I was at the Chelmsford 5K and most everyone else was at the Harvard 10 miler.

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Probably the best day of the season - a little cool (OK - cold) to start, but became very comfortable.

 

Good turn out: Dave DeChellis, Andy Chandonnet, Frank Georges, Eric Beauchesne, Jim Quadros, Jim Rhoades, Ben Ndaya, Mike Cooney and me (glenn).

 

I got dropped right away - but it's OK - I still ran my fastest time for this loop.  I didn't feel great (upset stomach), but these strong weekend runs have really kicked in and I was much faster than I thought.

 

I think everyone but me did the 15.5 Tyngsboro, School St loop.  I did the Tyng, Rourke loop with a bit added at the end.

 

Nobody drank any beer?!?!?

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Nice day to run!!  And I got to join the gang.

 

We had: Mark Blaisdell, Andy Chandonnet, Jeff Haas, Jim Stronach and me (glenn).

 

Mark, Andy and me did the treatment plant for 9.5.

 

I think Jeff and Jim turned at University for about 7.5

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Nice day - a little wet - but again I didn't make it - I was working at Moody Kids.

 

Word has it that Mike C, Jim Q, Jim R and Frank were there.

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Brutal day - I was at working at Dracut Old Home 5K - I ran later and got crushed!

Not sure who made this day.  Also this was the day for the Ollie GP race.

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Nice day - but no run for me - I was working at the Mill City 5K.

 

Only Jim Rhoades showed up - everyone else was at Mill City or rest for Cape Ann.

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Nice day.  I can't quite remember everyone who was there - but I think it was: Mark Blaisdell, Andy Chandonnet, Mike Paglia and me (glenn).

 

We planned to the treatment plant on the river walk, but the way was blocked near Aiken St, so we turned back and I added the GoodTimes course to make 11.5.

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Brutal hot day - I think most of us had problems.

 

Pretty small group today: Dave DeChellis, Andy Chandonnet, Johnny Byrne, Jim Quadros, Eric Beauchesne and me (glenn) [did I forget someone??]

 

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge, via Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

 

John and I too it slow.  Jim, Andy and Dave did 20+.  I'm not sure what Eric did.

 

John was in trouble at about 10 and shuffled back in over the Rourke.

 

I went on to the School St bridge for 15.5.

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Saturday, August 25, 8:00AM, downtown Lowell

Brutal hot day.  I was the Chamberas XC race - so I'm not sure who showed up or what they did.

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Sunday, August 19, 7:00AM, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

15.6 Miles, 8:02 pace

Temp 49-60, pretty low humidity, no wind

The best weather day yet!!!  Absolutely beautiful.

 

We had small group today: Dave DeChellis, Andy Chandonnet, Frank Georges, Johnny Bynre and me (glenn).

 

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge, via Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

 

Dave, Andy and Frank took it pretty easy at the start, but after about 3 miles John and I dropped back

 

John stop for water at Sullivan Farms - he has discovered the hose on the side of the building can be used.  Speaking of water sources - John also noticed that on the side of the utility building at the back of the Voc (where we leave out water for the Sunday run) is also a live line - so you can always stop there if you need a drink.

 

Anyway - John and I lost the other guys at Sullivan Farms, and they were gone by the time we got the water and potty stop at the Voc.

 

John and I went on to the School St bridge for 15.6.  On our way to the dump at Steadman St, Andy and Dave caught us, and then Frank passed us.  They went to Aiken St for about 17.5.

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Saturday, August 18, 8:00AM, downtown Lowell

11.5 Miles, 9:12 avg pace

Temp 57-63, low humidity, strong NW wind (up to 18mph)

It was like a fall day - mild temps, dry air and pleanty of wind

 

We had a guest today - Jara Kern.  She has been living in Acton, near Marx, while her husband interns this summer at IBM/Lotus/Notes.

 

Her and I paired up to do 11.5 by doing the treatment plant and then Stackpole to Andover St and back to the start.  We took it easy because I was feeling a little under the weather (well - actually I was out last night playing cards and I only got 3 hours of sleep).  Anyway it was a great run.  The Asian Water Festival was today - so it was fun running through that.

 

I Think besides me and Jara, there were: Pam Walker, Mark Blaisdell, Jim Stronach, Andy Chandonnet and Bryon MacSweeny.

 

I'm not sure what they did - everyone was gone when Jara and I got back.

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Sunday, August 12, 7:00AM, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

15.6 Miles, 7:33 pace

Temp 62-77, Moderate Humidity - 93-66, no wind

Another beautiful day for running - and run we did - at least me and Jeff

 

We had Jim Quadros, Jim Rhoades (the picture man), Joe O'Leary, Eric Beauchesne, Dave DeChellis. Jeff Hass, Mike Paglia and me (glenn); later Johnny Byrne showed up during his solo run

 

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge, via Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

 

The boyz - we're a bit slow today and Jeff and I were pretty fast (for us) early - so we stayed with the pack over the first 5 miles.  Then Jeff and I dropped back a bit.  Mike also fell of the pace and opted to go back on the boulevard - so probably about 10 or 10.5 for him.  Joe had an Achilles problem and walked it in from about 10.5 miles.

 

Jeff and I went to School St for 15.6.  We were about 8 minutes faster than the same route two weeks ago.

 

I assume the Jims, Dave and Eric did the 15.6 loop.

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Saturday, August 11, 8:00AM, downtown Lowell

13.0 Miles, 9:07 avg pace

Temp 57-75, Humidity 65+%, light wind

Nice today - too bad I did run well

 

We ended up with 3 pairs today.

 

We had: Kaitlyn Callery, Mike Paglia, Pam Walker, Jeff Haas, Mark Blaisdell and me (glenn).

 

Mark was a surprise - he's been injured - so it was nice to see him today.

 

JJ was sick this weekend - so Group 1 was me and Kaitlyn.  We did the 5 mile School St loop at 11:00s.

 

Group 2 was Jeff and Mark - they did about 7.5 miles - at what I would guess was 7:40s

 

Group 3 was Pam and Mike.  I assume they did the treatment plant.  I don't know - because after runing with Kaitlyn I went back out.

 

My solo loop was the 8 Mile Rourke to Aiken loop.  I didn't run very well - I'm not sure why.

 

Oh yeah - and as to the vegetation - Mike asked at city hall about it.  It seems they'll be cutting down on both the river and road sides of the path.  I guess it will be nice when it's complete - right now is a bit of mess.

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Sunday, August 5, 7:00AM, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

17.0 Miles, 7:34 pace

Temp 63-72, Lower Humidity - 73-44, light wind N 1-13

As bad yesterday was - today was good - much cooler and drier and it was reflected in the pace.

 

We had Jim Quadros, Jim Rhoades (the picture man), Joe O'Leary;  Andy Chandonnet, Frank Georges, Eric Beauchesne, Tom Doody, Dave DeChellis and me (glenn); later we passed Johnny Byrne

 

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge, via Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

 

I'm not sure what the main pack did - I got separated pretty early.  While 7:30s is quick for me (in training) it's not fast enough for the boyz.

 

It was such a beautiful day - I took it all the way out to University to cross back over the river.  That gave me 17 miles.  I probably could have done more, but I figured it was time to get back.

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Saturday, August 4, 8:00AM, downtown Lowell

9.5 Miles, 9:01 avg pace

Temp 75-80, Humidity 75+%, light wind

Boy has it been hot!!  Just brutal.

 

I think we had three groups today - the reason I'm not sure is that I was told that JJ and Kaitlyn started before I got there.  If either of you reads this - give me an update and I'll add it.

 

So I think we had: Kaitlyn Callery, JJ Buono, Andy Chandonnet, Mike Paglia, Pam Walker, Jim Stronach, Jim Rhoades and me (glenn).

 

With JJ and Kaitlyn in group 1, we broke into two groups.

Group 2: Andy, Mike, and the Jims.  That splintered into Jim S cutting back early, and Mike did Stackpole to get about 10.5-11.  I think Andy and Jim R did the treatment plant.

 

Group 3 was Pam and me.  We did the treatment plant.  We went slow due to the heat.

 

They are cutting down vegetation along the north side of the river.  We understand (from Mike) it is the Army Corp in charge and that it is to protect the river flood walls.  The problem is they seem to be cutting the wrong trees and brush.  Anyway - it has reduced the shade - so it was hotter today.

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Sunday, July 29, 7:00AM, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

15.5 Miles, 8:06 pace

Temp 70-78, High Humidity - 100-75, light wind N 0-10

A brutal running day - very foggy and humid at the start, then the sun came out - dropped the humidity, but cranked up the heat.

A lot of the guys took today off - they are getting ready for Yankee Homecoming - good luck to them.

We had Ben Ndaya, Jim Quadros, Jeff Haas, Johnny Byrne, Jim Rhoades (the picture man), plus new faces: Bryon MacSweeney and Joe O'Leary; and me (glenn).

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge: taking the Dunstable Rd to Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

The run broke into two packs: the lead pack was Ben, Joe, the Jims and fro awhile John.  The back pack was me, Jeff and Bryon.  John fell into no-man's land between the packs at about 4 miles.  Then our pack passed him.  We was a hurtin' dude.

I think John, Joe, and Jim R opted for the Rourke for 12.5.

The rest of us did the Mammoth/School loop for 15.5

 

For most of it I think me, Jeff and Bryon were on about 7:50 pace but faded badly on the last 5 miles to final total pace of 8:06.

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Saturday, July 28, 8:00AM, Boathouse in Lowell

10.5 Miles, 8:48 avg pace

Temp 73-76, Humidity 90%, no wind

Three groups today!!!  Things are looking better on the runs.

 

Not as hot as we expected.

We met at the boathouse - due to the Lowell Folk Festival.

Some new old faces today: John Morrison, Rick Marcotte and Kaitlyn Callery

We also had Andy Chandonnet, Mike Paglia, Jeff Haas, JJ Buono and me (glenn).

 

We ended up with three groups -

Group 1 was Pam, Jeff, Mike and Andy.  Andy split off for 6.4mi.  Pam, Jeff and Mike did the full 9.8 loop (the treatment plant) at about 8:30s.

Group2 was John and Rick.  They went from the boathouse out to the Tyng Bridge.  That was 10.1 for John and Rick looped around to School St for 14.1.  I'm not sure what pace they did.

Group 3 was me, JJ and Kaitlyn who went around the Rourke Bridge and School St for 4 mi - at about 11:00 pace.

 

After the run with JJ and Kaitlyn I added another loop of Rourke and Aiken St for an additional 6.5 miles at tempo pace.

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Sunday, July 22, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

15.4 Miles, 7:45 pace

OK day for running, T 63-72, pretty humid, not much wind

We had Andy Chandonnet, Ben Ndaya, Frank Georges, Jim Quadros, Jeff Haas, Johnny Byrne, Dave DeChellis and me (glenn).

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge: taking the Dunstable Rd to Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

Me, Jeff and John fell off the pace but took the Dunstable Rd fork - for the longer run.

We put a water and coke stop at the back entrance to the Voc school. 

Guys did various routes back to Gold's: Rourke, Bridge, School St, University, Bridge St

I did 15.4 with John and Jeff (taking School St back.) at 7:45 pace

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Saturday, July 21, Downtown Lowell

9.8 Miles, 8:36 pace

A beautiful day for running high 60s, moderate humidity, gusty N wind

A new face - Pam Walker - we like getting new faces

We also had Andy Chandonnet, Jim Stronach, Mike Paglia, Frank Georges and me (glenn).

On our way out to the Rourke - we encountered a kid smoking a fat joint while riding a bike...  so I guess we got more than a runner's high!  Frank took evasive action to get away - the rest of us just plugged on.

Frank and Andy took it to the treatment plant (9.8).

Jim, Mike, me and Pam stayed together - running Pam's pace.  She wanted to do 9s, but we ended up comfortable at 8:30s.

Jim bailed for his usual 7.5

Pam, Mike and me did the whole 9.8.  It was a great run at 8:36 pace.

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Sunday, July 15, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

11.5 Miles, 7:55 pace

We like the 7AM start time (well - at least it has increased the numbers)

Brutal day for running, mid 70s, very humid, gusty SW wind

We had Joe Donnelly, Andy Chandonnet, Ben Ndaya, Frank Georges, Eric Beauchesne, Tom Doody, Jim Quadros, Jeff Haas, Johnny Byrne, Robert Onchaga and me (glenn).

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge: taking the Dunstable Rd to Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

Me, Jeff and Robert fell off the pace and took the short cut (I was still dead from yesterday)

We put a water and coke stop at the back entrance to the Voc school.  We all met back up there.

Guys did various routes back to Gold's: Rourke, Bridge, School St, University, Bridge St

I did 11.5 (taking the Rourke back.) at 7:56

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Saturday, July 14, Downtown Lowell

8.0 Miles, 7:36 pace

Good day for running around 68-70, pretty humid, almost no wind

We had Andy Chandonnet, Jim Stronach, Mike Paglia, Frank Georges and me (glenn).

With no JJ to save me - the pace was way to quick for me...  I might still have been suffering from my late night doing Berna's the day before - anyway the early pace was sub 7s and I crashed.

Frank and Andy took it fast to the treatment plant (9.8).

Mike did 9 (I think)

Jim bailed for his usual 7.5

I crashed and burned for 8 miles at 7:36 and walked it in.

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Sunday, July 8, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

16.2 Miles, 7:32 pace

We moved the start time to 7AM (oh man that is early for me!!) - but it brought the horses!!

Good day for running T 68-74, somewhat humid, almost no wind

Quite a group: Joe Donnelly, Andy Chandonnet, Ben Ndaya, Frank Georges, Eric Beauchesne, Tom Doody, Mike Cooney, Jim Quadros, Jeff Haas, Jim Stronach and me (glenn); plus late Johnny Byrne

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge: taking the Dunstable Rd to Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

Me, Jeff and Jim S fell right off the pace - we did about 7:30s (much faster early on) - the rest of the boys were doing about 6:00 to 6:15.

Jim S bailed out a little after Vinal Sq and went back

Jeff and I took a short cut (Misson Rd) to the Tyng Bridge (we saved about 3/4 mile on the boys).

We put a water and coke stop at the back entrance to the Voc school.  We all met back up there.

Guys did various routes back to Gold's: Rourke, Bridge, School St, University, Bridge St

I did 16.2 (taking University back) at 7:32

Oh yeah - and Johnny B - he showed up at 8 and was told we left an hour ago - Jeff and I saw him on Varnum doing the route in the opposite direction.

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Saturday, July 7, Downtown Lowell

4.5 miles, 9:27 pace
3.6 miles, 7:07 pace

A beautiful day for running around 64-70, somewhat humid, almost no wind

We had Phil with us again!  Awesome.  And another surprise - JJ Buono came.

In addition to Phil and JJ, there was Andy Chandonnet, Paul Kelly, Jim Stronach and me (glenn).

Phil and Andy did the 9.8 loop (to the treatment plant) about about 6:50 (I think)

Paul and Jim went together - but Paul injured his calf and walked it in

JJ and I did 4.5 at about 9:30s, then I tacked on another 3.6.

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Sunday, July 1, Gold's Gym, Chelmsford

12.5 Miles, 7:42 pace

OK day for running started at 60 but went to 82, pretty humid, not much wind

Quite a group: Joe Donnelly, Andy Chandonnet, Ben Ndaya, Dave DeChellis, Robert Onchaga, Johnny Byrne, Frank Georges, Paul Kelly and me (glenn)

We did the Tyngsboro Bridge: taking the Dunstable Rd to Flints Corner route; then Sherburne/Varnum.

Me, Paul, John and Robert went 12.5 (coming back on the Rourke Bridge) at 7:42 pace

The other guys went sub 7s for 16+

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Saturday, June 30, Downtown Lowell

8.3 Miles, 7:32 pace

A beautiful day for running around 70, moderate humidity, not much wind

Phil Riley was a surprise runner - it was great to see him here.

In addition to Phil, there was Andy Chandonnet, Paul Kelly, Jim Stronach and me (glenn).

Phil and Andy did the 9.8 loop (to the treatment plant) about about 6:50 (I think)

Paul and I did 8.3 (came back on Akien) at 7:32 pace

Jim did about 7.5 coming back on School St

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