Monthly Archive for August, 2009

Big Game James in Wisconsin and Wicked takes on Marcia Lemkin 5K

Published on August 30, 2009 in Races and race results. 0 Comments

While Saturday might have been a washout in Massachusetts, conditions were just right for James DeLuca to crush the Madison Mini Marathon course with a PR of 1:23:21. James posting on Facebook had this to say about his race performance; “Probably would have had more of a kick at the end if I hadn’t done the first 10 miles at 3sec/mile faster than my 5 mile PR pace..” Great job James!

Closer to home, a pack of Wicked Runners headed up to Lowell to take part in the 7th Annual Marcia Lemkin 5K. The race benefits lung cancer research, treatment, and prevention programs at Brigham And Women’s Hospital. For more information please check out the Marcia Lemkin Lung Cancer Foundation website. There were some great highlights from Wicked. Annie Rose Willis was the first in the 20-29 age group with a 19:38, T.R. Ramsdell picked up a PR with a 20:23 and Deb Touchette picked up a nice 1st place win in the 50-59 age group with a 23:01! Great job to everyone who raced!! Go Wicked!

14 Annie Rose Willis 208 1/18 29 F2029 Danvers MA 19:38 6:19

22 TR RAMSDELL 270 8/39 46 M4049 BEVERLY MA 20:23 6:34 PR

69 Elizabeth Touchette 132 2/18 26 F2029 Revere MA 22:57 7:24

71 Deb Touchette 136 1/17 53 F5059 Salem MA 23:01 7:25

72 Steve Touchette 135 13/24 54 M5059 Salem MA 23:01 7:25

85 Beth O’Grady 26 5/36 49 F4049 Salem MA 23:43 7:38

88 Billy Prentiss 48 8/20  61 M6069 Danvers  MA   23:47  7:40

94 Doug Bollen 24 14/24 51 M5059 Salem MA 24:24 7:52

Wicked Weekly Update

Published on August 30, 2009 in Wicked Weekly Update. 0 Comments

Keep up on the latest news and events with the Wicked Running Club!

CLUB NOTES… official club biz and reminders

Group Runs: Wicked offers 4 official organized runs during the week. If you are looking for a group of people to run with on different days or different times than the official Club runs, feel free to email the entire Club at wickedrunning@googlegroups.com. Please be aware that you will need to be a subscriber to the Google Groups before sending out email to the Club. If you have questions about this please email John Mahoney at john@wickedrunningclub.com.

Monday night slow starts from Lynch Park park in lot in Beverly MA at 6:30 pm. All are welcome, no place is too slow! For more info please email John Mahoney at john@wickedrunningclub.com

Tuesdays/Thursdays at 5:30 am starting at the Front Street Café.

Thursday evening at 6:45 pm starting at the entrance of Salem Commons.

Saturdays at 8 am at Forest River Park

Board Meeting: Our next Board meeting is September 14th, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Salem Senior Center. All Club members are welcome to attend. If you would like to suggest an item for the agenda, please email Tim Short @ tim.short1@gmail.com. For those who are interested in hanging out after the Board meeting to grab a drink and some food, an email will be sent out the day of the meeting to let people know where to meet up.

Wicked Frosty Four Meeting: The next Frosty Four meeting is September 14th, 2009 6:30 p.m. at the Senior center and will be combine with the regular September Board meeting. If you have any questions about the meeting or about the Frosty Four please email Rich Tomlins: rrtomlins@gmail.com
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Wicked Running Club In The News!

Published on August 28, 2009 in Races. 0 Comments

Story from The Daily Item of Lynn that appeared in the Thursday August 27th, 2009 edtion. Wicked was mentioned a few times for it’s great performances! Go Wicked!!

Lynn Woods Relay Race draws the crowds

 The 40th annual Lynn Woods 10-mile relay race was held Wednesday at the Great Woods Road entrance to the woods. The event raises money to combat multiple sclerosis. The event featured 98 teams, the most ever.

The following are the winners: men’s open, GBTC Pumas – Dan Smith, Junyung Pak, Ryan Eckel and Kevin Somers won with a combined time of 53:33. In second place was Wicked Fast, which includes Doug Chick, David Long, Chris Osterlin  and Mike Toomey* (*Mike was left out of the Lynn Item story, but deserves credit for being on the team!).

In the women’s open, GBTC-Fast Girls won with a 67:10. The team featured Annie Morgan, Allison McCabe, Kim Eckle and Scarlett Graham.

In the high school boys division, the Three Amigos and Tito took top honors with Dave Allen, Nick Poles, Brian Collins and Juan Soto. They ran a time of 63:10. The second-place team, Sin City Boyz, featured Chris Birotte, Jesse Birotte, Jhonathan Rijo and Camy Ducasse. Their time was 65:30.

In the girls high school race, Kama won with a time of 80 minutes. The runners were Millie Champman, Alex Henry, Alie Monoco and Katie Smith. The masters’ men’s division was won by Wicked Studs. That team included T.R. Ramsdell, Tim Clarke, Patrick Smith and Danny Leadvaro.

In the masters’ women’s race, GAC Broomashers won in 79:13. The team included Kathleen Walsh, Lori Tayas, Sandy Capuano and Jerri Pratt. The senior women’s race was won by NSS Decades of more Decadence, which includes Joan Dailey, Bonnie Hallinan, Deb Jackson and Jayne Sexton. The second-place team, GAC Lady Luck, featured Jean Barry, Lois Alexander, Deb Cole and Melody Mancinelli. Their time was 87.34.

In the senior men’s division, Wicked Senile won it with Danny Chick, Steve Tourchette, Bill Morse and Bruce Campbell doing the work (69:58),

In the veterans division, Roger Perham, Joe Giannone, Mario Fagone and George Geis combined for a time of 85:34. That team is called the NSS Gold Streaks.

In the coed division, Hurricane Floyd won (64:46) with Taylor Krajewski, Christine Tafone, Fabian Mejia and Israel Rodriguez.

Lynn Woods Relay

Published on August 27, 2009 in Grand Prix Race and race results. 0 Comments

As predicted Wicked had a strong presence out on the trails for the Annual Lynn Woods Relay. With 12 teams entered there was a sea of red shirts everywhere you looked!

And while the weather was hot and humid, that didn’t stop members of Wicked from running some really fast times. One of the best performances came from Chris Osterlin who started his sprint to the finish line after hitting the pavement, saw that he had one more person to catch and turned on the afterburners. Chris who has run a sub 2 minute 800 on the track caught up and passed the other runner with room to spare before the finish line.

Spreading good will to all Wicked Runners, Doug Bollen was seen handing out temp Wicked Kidz tattoos.  We may need to get some standard Wicked Cat tattoos for all the other races coming up.

Wicked also picked up some hardware as well. Wicked Fast (2nd in men open) and Wicked Left Overs (5th in men open) both placed in the top 5 overall. While the Wicked Studs (Masters)  and Wicked Senile (Seniors) teams both captured 1st place in the respective divisions.

Results of each Wicked team can be found after the break below. If you’ve been to the Lynn Woods Relay website this morning, you will notice that Bill mentions that some splits maybe questionable. If there are any changes in the splits for any of the Wicked Runners listed below,  updates to this site will be done ASAP. Pictures will be coming soon as well.  Congrats to not only the teams that took home hardware, but to everyone else as well!  GO WICKED!!
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Derby Street Mile

Published on August 26, 2009 in Grand Prix Race. 0 Comments

What a night for a 1-mile race!! The 2009 Derby Street Mile took place last Friday night and it was the largest turn out to date for this race. New this year was the addition of a family race.  Those who ran the Family Race were given a finishers medal. In the competitive race, there were tons of great performances by lots of Wicked Runners. Leading the way for the men was Doug Chick who finished in a blazing time of 4:34 to capture 2nd place overall. Annie Rose Willis lit up the course with a time of 5:34, placing 2nd in the 20-29 age group.

Wicked was well represented with over 50 runners participating in the race. Our very own Doug Bollen was race director and put on another great race for the City of Salem. A big thanks to the following Wicked Runners who volunteered or helped out in some way to make this race awesome; John Mahoney, Dennis Gray, Marisa Wagnor, Alison Phelan, Darla Johnson, Beth O’Grady, Bruce Campbell, Karen Giroux, Rachel Hunt, Eileen Dunn, Billy Shea.

Below is the results for the competitive and family races. Not only was Derby part of the Salem Park & Rec Race Series, but it was also a Wicked Grand Prix race as well. Grand Prix results will be available soon!

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“8 for 8” at the Annual Moose on the Loose 10 Trail Race

Published on August 24, 2009 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

By Alison Phelan

On Day 8 of this August heatwave, 8 Wicked Runners decided to make the trek to the 7th Annual Moose on the Loose 10-Mile Trail Race & Relay in Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH.  With the temps hovering in the low 90s, the Wicked 8 decided they would enjoy themselves as much as possible in the 2.5m loop woods’ course that laid ahead of them.  Over 388 runners registered for this event, which was split up between a 10m race and 2 and 4-person relay teams. 

Race1

I’m happy to report that the results were “hot and sunny”.  All Wicked 8 finished in great times.  Plus, our only 2-person relay team, Kerry Phelan and Kinnon Church aka Team Phelan-Church ran a PR and finished in a combined time of 1:13:26, good enough to finish 7th place in the 2-person relay teams event.  They were also one of the younger teams!  Despite the high temps and some lack of cups at the last water stop, the day was a success for all!  Go Wicked!

111 263 Stephen Touchette     54 M Salem    MA       1:21:07  8:07

131 217 Alison Phelan            45 F Peabody  MA       1:25:36  8:34

166 262 Elizabeth Touchette  26 F Revere     MA       1:32:01  9:13

168 261 Deb Touchette          53 F Salem       MA       1:32:06  9:13

175 156 Karen Giroux            43 F Salem      MA       1:33:06  9:19

177 236 Allison Rourke         34 F Salem       MA       1:33:24  9:21

 Relay

7 Kerry Phelan  Peabody  MA PHELAN-CHURCH    1:13:26  7:21

Swimsuit Classic in Wakefield

Published on August 17, 2009 in Races and race results. 0 Comments

By James DeLuca

It was a hot Sunday morning; the sort of morning that just begs for you to trade your running shoes for a bathing suit and find the nearest piece of sand to lie down on for a good four hours…hopefully with a steady supply of frozen drinks. In other words it was a perfect day for the Mystic Runners’ Swimsuit Classis in Wakefield. Six Wicked Runners joined a crowd of 170 runners who braved the heat to and came home with 4 towels from Age Group victories. Notable was Billy Prentiss’ return to the winner’s circle on his way back from surgery last fall.

Despite the blazing sun and the suffocating humidity both Batman and Robin were seen out on the course. The two masked heroes took off with superhuman speed at the start of the race and the youthful Robin managed to hold on for 5th place overall but in his black cape and suit Batman faded back to 63rd place.

Swimsuit 5k

T.R. Ramsdell, James DeLuca and new Wicked Runner Aaron Toleos. Last guy is Kevin Counihan who is a member of the North Shore Striders and runs the D5K.

As they usually do, the Mystics came through with a well organized race with plenty of post-race food, good raffle prizes and a unique bag (last year a drawstring bag for sprint spikes, this year a canvas duffle bag) rather than the ubiquitous white cotton T. All in all, high marks to Mystics for a good race and congratulations to Wicked for a great showing all around and cleaning up at the awards ceremony; this is a race to keep on your calendar.

4       James Deluca           Beverly  MA         111      26        1 M 20-29       18:04   5:49/M

15     Aaron Toleos            Boxford  MA        149      38        2 M 30-39       19:53   6:24/M

17     Annie Rose Willis    Danvers  MA        172      29        1 F 20-29         20:19   6:32/M

20     T.r. Ramsdell            Beverly  MA         84        46        6 M 40-49       20:34   6:37/M

66     Billy Prentiss            Danvers  MA        171      61        3 M 60-69       25:08   8:05/M

114   Angel Green             Lynn  MA             107      31        8 F 30-39         29:21   9:26/M

Wicked Weekly Update

Published on August 14, 2009 in Wicked Weekly Update. 0 Comments

Keep up on the latest news and events with the Wicked Running Club!

CLUB NOTES… official club biz and reminders

Group Runs: Wicked offers 4 official organized runs during the week. If you are looking for a group of people to run with on different days or different times than the official Club runs, feel free to email the entire Club at wickedrunning@googlegroups.com. Please be aware that you will need to be a subscriber to the Google Groups before sending out email to the Club. If you have questions about this please email John Mahoney at john@wickedrunningclub.com.

Monday night slow starts from Lynch Park park in lot in Beverly MA at 6:30 pm. All are welcome, no place is too slow! For more info please email John Mahoney at john@wickedrunningclub.com

Tuesdays/Thursdays at 5:30 am starting at the Front Street Café.

Thursday evening at 6:45 pm starting at the entrance of Salem Commons.

Saturdays at 8 am at Forest River Park

Board Meeting: Our next Board meeting is September 14th, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Salem Senior Center. All Club members are welcome to attend. If you would like to suggest an item for the agenda, please email Tim Short @ tim.short1@gmail.com. For those who are interested in hanging out after the Board meeting to grab a drink and some food, an email will be sent out the day of the meeting to let people know where to meet up.

Wicked Grand Prix Race Series: The next race in the series will be the Derby Street Mile, August 21, 2009.  Competitive run starts at 7:00 pm and the Family Run starts at 7:15pm.  To register online head on over to active.com. For more information go to www.salemroadraces.com.
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Wicked Weekly Update

Published on August 9, 2009 in Wicked Weekly Update. 0 Comments

Keep up on the latest news and events with the Wicked Running Club!

CLUB NOTES… official club biz and reminders

Group Runs: Wicked offers 4 official organized runs during the week. If you are looking for a group of people to run with on different days or different times than the official Club runs, feel free to email the entire Club at wickedrunning@googlegroups.com. Please be aware that you will need to be a subscriber to the Google Groups before sending out email to the Club. If you have questions about this please email John Mahoney at john@wickedrunningclub.com.

Monday night slow starts from Lynch Park park in lot in Beverly MA at 6:30 pm. All are welcome, no place is too slow! For more info please email John Mahoney at john@wickedrunningclub.com

Tuesdays/Thursdays at 5:30 am starting at the Front Street Café.

Thursday evening at 6:45 pm starting at the entrance of Salem Commons.

Saturdays at 8 am at Forest River Park

Board Meeting: Our next Board meeting is September 14th, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Salem Senior Center. All Club members are welcome to attend. If you would like to suggest an item for the agenda, please email Tim Short @ tim.short1@gmail.com. For those who are interested in hanging out after the Board meeting to grab a drink and some food, an email will be sent out the day of the meeting to let people know where to meet up.

Wicked Grand Prix Race Series: The next race in the series will be the Derby Street Mile, August 21, 2009.  Competitive run starts at 7:00 pm and the Family Run starts at 7:15pm.  To register online head on over to active.com. For more information go to www.salemroadraces.com.

Relays: Wicked will be participating in 2 relays in the near future and we would love to have you be part of the fun and excitement! The Lynn Woods Relay and the Lake Winnipesaukee Relay is a great way to get to know the excellent people that make up the Wicked Running Club, experience the challenge of trail running, and the beauty of Lake Winnipesaukee. If you are interested please read below for more details! If you really want to be organized, put the the Mill Cities Relay on your calendar. It will be held on December 6, 2009, stay tuned for more details.

Lynn Woods Relay

When? August 26th, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.

Where? Lynn Woods

Why? Cause running on the road is boring, running on trails with rocks and dirt is fun!

How long? 2.5 miles per leg

Who should I contact to be part of this wonderful event? Karen Giroux giroux.karen@gmail.com

Lynn Woods Website

Lake Winnipesaukee Relay

When? September 26, 2009 8 a.m.

Where? Start and finish at Fun Spot in Weirs Beach, NH

Why? Seeing your friends in the Wicked Running Club  for only a few hours at a time is just not enough…why not spend an entire day with them!?!?

How long? Each team consist of 8 people. The shortest run is 4 miles, while the longest run is 11 miles.

Who Should I contact to be part of this wonderful event? Rich Tomlins rrtomlins@gmail.com

Lake Winnipesaukee Relay Website

Fall Open House

When? September 19, 2009 10 a.m.

Where? Forest River Park in Salem, MA. Home of the Wicked Running Club!

Why? Get to know other members of the Wicked Running Running Club and meet runners from the area that are thinking about joining Wicked.

There will be a fun race, food/drinks, a raffle, and other fun activies going on. Hope to see lots of people there!

Wicked Grand Prix Series Standings Updated with Yankee Homecoming 5K/10M results

Full standings can be viewed at Wicked Grand Prix Race Series

Men 1-19:Kyle Hewson 110, Kai Nalipinski 110

Men 20-29:Tim Short 748, James DeLuca 590, Doug Chick 330

Women 20-29:Annie Rose Willis 440, Jaynes 348, Karra Cheever 321

Men 30-39: Dave Long 550, Colin Doherty 472, Matt Adams 403

Women 30-39:  Gail Gordon 440, Angel Green 450, Mary Tolian 218

Men 40-49: T.R. Ramsdell 817, Peter Raymond 664, Tim Clarke 501

Women 40-49:  Shannon O’Donnell 667, Mellissa Shea 550 , Beth O’Grady 314

Men 50-59: Billy Shea 417, Doug Bollen 366, John Mahoney 312

Women 50-59: Marie Gesnaldo 415, Caron Weiner 202, Deb Touchette 185

Men 60-69: Gordon McFarland 110, Billy Prentiss 110, Stan Cahill 110, Lester Friedberg 67

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Wicked Awards Scholarships at 5th Anniversary Party

Published on August 4, 2009 in Wicked Events. 0 Comments

On Saturday August 1st, 2009 the Wicked Running Club awarded the very first Wicked Frosty Four Scholarships to Emily Barnes, Kayla Banville and Syeda, and Eric Kimball (Could not make it).  Race Director of the Wicked Frosty Four, Rich Tomlins, talked about the great qualities that each of the winners had. Each recipient of the Scholarship received a plaque, a check for $500.00, and a one year membership to the Wicked Running Club.

Congratulations to Emily, Kayla, Syeda, and Eric!  

Board Members and Scholarship Winners

The Board of Directors (left to Right: Tim Short, Rich Tomlins, John Mahoney, Doug Bollen, Shari Hewson, Kathey Moskal, Kerry Gertz. Center: Alison Phelan) take a moment to pose for the camera with Scholarship winners Emily Barnes, Kayla Banville, and Sydea Raji.