I hope everyone enjoyed this year’s John Carson “July 5^th” Road Race.  The timing company was surprised with the high turnout because of the near record heat…we were not.  Thanks to all of you for participating and cheering on the runners… it was a good day.

The elimination of the old chip tied onto the shoe lace was a welcome addition to this year’s race.  Bending over to take that thing off was almost as grueling as that last hill heading to the finish line. We will use a similar system next year; I believe that next year there will just be one strip on the back of your race bib.

Ribbons…we ran out of over 700 ribbons which are awarded to all of our younger runners…I guess “younger” is a relative term and I have already ordered 1000  for next year.  If you need a ribbon for a runner (and some of you definitely do) please call Sullivan Farms in a couple weeks to see if they are in.  Sorry we ran out.

All the age division prizes were mailed out on July 6^th…Congratulations, there were some great times on such a hot day.  As of today, no one has won the trip for four to Florida…remember we use the night time mass daily lottery number…if your bib matches the number you win!!!

If you were not running then you must have been shaking your head when the winner flew by.  Louie Lucini from Ellsworth, Maine won the race in a blistering 8:50 seconds, tying the course record by Patrick Tarpy in 2007.  Due to a mix up I made on the registration form Louie will be awarded the $1000 bonus which he deserves.  On the women’s side of the race, Andrea Walkonen from Boston ran the second fastest time ever finishing in 10:16.  She is only 23 years old so we hope she will come back and try to beat Lesley Lehane’s record of 10:06 set way back in 1998.

Lastly, thanks to all of the Sullivan Farms crew  and volunteers at the start, the one mile (Rick and Gold’s Gym) and at the finish line and please don’t forget to thank all the sponsors on the back of the shirt.  We hope you enjoyed it. Start training for next year!!

TOP TEN RESULTS
JOHN CARSON 2 MILE ROAD RACE
July 5, 2010 2 Miles Chelmsford, MA

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TOP TEN MEN OVERALL
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Place Div Div Time Pace Name Age Sex Race# City/state

1 1 M1929 8:50 4:25 Louie Luchini 29 M 1521 Ellsworth ME
2 2 M1929 9:17 4:39 Jeffrey Veiga 19 M 158 Lowell MA
3 3 M1929 9:38 4:49 Brian Gagnon 22 M 25 Dracut MA
4 1 M3039 9:47 4:54 James St Pierre 39 M 1037 Dracut MA
5 4 M1929 9:50 4:55 Christopher Estrella 19 M 527 Lowell MA
6 5 M1929 9:53 4:57 David Metzger 24 M 1725 Medford MA
7 6 M1929 9:57 4:59 Jon Healey 27 M 1700 Chelmsford MA
8 1 M4049 10:04 5:02 Mike Cooney 48 M 1268 Chelmsford MA
9 7 M1929 10:06 5:03 Chris Brown 20 M 20 Chelmsford MA
10 2 M3039 10:09 5:05 Scott Ouellet 31 M 1560 Lowell MA
Record 8:50 by Patrick Tarpy in 2007

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TOP TEN WOMEN OVERALL
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Place Div Div Time Pace Name Age Sex Race# City/state
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1 1 F1929 10:16 5:08 Andrea Walkonen 23 F 1548 Boston MA
2 1 F3039 11:04 5:32 Caroline Bjune 36 F 1165 Andover MA
3 2 F3039 11:11 5:36 Kara Haas 39 F 8 Chelmsford MA
4 2 F1929 11:16 5:38 Courtney Baldwin 19 F 1382 Lowell MA
5 3 F1929 11:23 5:42 Karen Roa 20 F 1383 Jamaica NY
6 4 F1929 11:46 5:53 Crystal Anthony 29 F 1732 Beverly MA
7 5 F1929 11:56 5:58 Elizabeth Pisarik 22 F 424 Chelmsford MA
8 6 F1929 11:56 5:58 Alyssa Pisarik 19 F 423 Chelmsford MA
9 1 F4049 12:32 6:16 Kathy Stackpole 43 F 872 Chelmsford MA
10 1 F1314 12:45 6:23 Ashley Hyde 14 F 1350 Shirley MA

For complete race results, go to Cool Runnings…
Record 10:06 by Lesley Lehane in 1998