North Medford Running Club

The next stop on the NMC Summer Series Tour is at Burbank Hospital!!! Go to top of hill and take right and pass the Emergency Room. Race will be in the old Helicopter Landing Pad beginning at 6:30.

Much of the technical stuff has been removed from the old 7 Mile course and condensed down. There are still some rocky stretches beginning at the 3/4 Mile, again up around the Overlook dam, and finally just after the 4 Mile mark.

It promises to be a hot one- bring plenty of Bug Juice- you WILL need it!!
Google Map of course!

Full Size- go here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/117286734472111067985/NMCCourses#

Congratulations to our own Jimmy Impescia on his performance over the last year running the Hockomock Rat Series. On June 27 up in Montpelier Vermont- Jim was crowned the #1 Rat for the 2009-2010(and final) Rat Series.


Photos- Courtesy of Paul McDermott

For those who don't know what this entails- it is a series of 20 mandatory races(including back to back Marathons)- and 5 to 7 Optional Races. Other NMC members who ran part or all of the series include-
Paul McDermott, Larry Morris, Bob Sullivan, Peter Orni, Ray Boutotte, Ted Ridout, Dan Dodson, Jeff Gould, Jim Gaffney, Jim Fay, and Jim McDermott.

Additional Photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mcdermott.paul11/LastTripOfTheRats#

Attendance at the Summer Series continues to be strong- even in the heat we've had lately.

Many thanks to the Highland City Striders and Central Mass Striders for attending our Whitney 5K race in Hudson... 54 runners in a 98 degree night!!!

Our Ron and Tom Boone 10K had to be re-routed and shortened, when an accident on Clark St closed the road 10 minutes before the start of the race.

Results have been posted for Whitney 5K, Boone 4 Miler, and even the Phillipston Fire 5.5 Mile race held back in June

Pictures have been posted in Photos for 2010 Mt Washington, and the Boone race in Gardner.

The 50th Annual Mt Washington Road Race was held this past Saturday June 19th- on an extremely hot sunny day. The day was one of those few that you can see clear skies the entire way.

As a club- we did very well- but our 50 yr old Senior Womens Team took First Place Honors WAHOO!!! As a result of that- the top 3 Women in that division get to by-pass next years lottery. Big hands for Carolyn Finch, Deb Wallgren, and Sandy Superchi.

Big thanks- and Congrats to the volunteers- with the heat and sun- the Fluid Stations were hoppin'.

A link to pictures will be posted soon
Please read the attached from Ken Parker

06/19/10 - Mt Washington 2010

Results from the Greyhound Pub Mr Bean Memorial & Boxford State Forest races have been posted in Results section.

Please join North Medford Club this coming Tuesday 6/22 for the Lake Dennison 4 miler. Take Rt 2 West to Exit 20(Baldwinville Rd)- right off the ramp and follow to end. Take Right on Rt 202 until a left a Lake Dennison Recreation area. Race begins from the Beach at 6:30 PM.

On June 1st- NMC kicked off its Summer Series of Races for 2010 with the Bob Hersey Memorial 5 Miler. Thunder and Lightning kept the crowd thin, but that meant for Food for the rest of us!!!

Winner for the Men was Brian Allen @ 30:16, and first for Women was Heidi Bixby-Handy @ 39:09. Full Results have been posted in the Results heading.

A recent Saturday has the folks who handle the Fresh Pond Races hamming it up for the camera in their new NMC Jackets-

Shown are: Phil Keeley, Diane McLaughlin, Joe MacDonald & Paul Schell

On May 15th- several members of the Rindge Road Runners volunteered for Race Day at Perkins School for the Blind in Newton. Eyesight challenged runners came from all over the country to participate. Volunteers acted as running "guides", timers, and markers.

Missing from photo is Paul McDermott

The summer series has begun and with some luck with the weather we hope to have many enjoyable and competitive Tuesday evening club races. As suggested by a number of club members we have adjusted the grand prix scoring as well as added age group designations. Hopefully these standings will be updated weekly as long as life does not interfere. If you happen to notice an omission or error of any kind let me know and I will correct it. There will be an additional posting for the trail race series for the four trail races that the club has on its summer schedule. The first race in this series within the summer series is Boxford Sate Forest 10K Trail Race which is scheduled for June 15th. The following week is the Lake Dennison 4M Trail Race followed by the inaugural NMC Burbank 5M Trail Race on July 13th and finally the 5.75M Lynn Woods Trail Race. Hope to see you there.

Hot off the press, the NMC late spring newsletter is now available. Another great job by the editors!!