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Slow Run Pot Luck - yummy good!

It’s been a busy week and I have been late in reporting the first ever Slow Run Pot Luck Dinner on July 14th. However, with running, super people, and great food, you won’t be surprised to hear it was a great success!

We had more people attending, 15 with 10 running, than on any other Monday night. (The neighbors were astonished, and pleased, to see so many people running through our quiet neighborhood.)


front row:
Alison Phelan, Dan Leadvaro, Allison Rourke, Marie Gesnaldo, Susan Keezer

back row:
Kerry (Alison’s daughter), Amber Woolfenden, Tricia Pini, Joe Ferlazzo, Shari Hewson, John Mahoney

Those participating but not in the photo were:
Sarah Calland, Rich Girard, Christine Lutz (Rich’s wife), Nancy Morgan (my wife)

I am sure you will want to know what we had to eat and I love remembering…

veggie burgers, fresh fruit, macaroni salad, bean salad, marinated chicken wings, grilled marinated chicken, garden salad, yummy bread, grilled haddock, and ice cream bars and chocolate chip cookies - not to mention the various drinks, beer, and wine.

Finally, you should all know that Kerry is a very interesting person to run with. I learned that she will be starting as a freshman in high school next fall, that she plans to run cross country and track, and that she is the person who got her mother to join the Wicked Running Club! Way to go!

This next Monday we will have to see if we can do another Slow Run Pot Luck Dinner before the summer is over.

Slow Run Monday - before the rain

The lightening and rain held off and we had a great Slow Run Monday. The pace was pleasant at 10 to 12 min/mi and we ran from 3 to 4.5 miles. A really nice group of runners!

This week the runners were:
Belinda Pattison
John Mahoney
Tricia Pini
Shari Hewson
Joe Ferlazzo (Plans to join the 5:30 AM group this Thu.)
Kathey Moskal (Joined Wicked Running tonight!)

This was a first time Mon Run for Shari and Tricia and only the second time for Kathey. These three got to talking and soon realized that they would all be running in the Louise Rosetti Race on Wed. Hope you all have a great race! All you Wicked Runners that have not yet meet these people, this will be a good time to say hello!

Looking forward to running next Monday. You should join us. If you want more info, contact john@wickedrunningclub.com

Wicked Running at another Danvers 5K

Members of the Wicked Running team raced in the weekly Danvers 5K yesterday - looking good and running well. Naturally, the weather was warm and the beer at Cody’s Brewing was cold!


The above picture shows:

  • John Paul Bosse’ (Who swears he will join me soon for a Slow Run Monday.),
  • Tricia Pini (Who is planning to join WRC soon and I am expecting to see her at the next Slow Run Monday!)
  • Billy Prentiss (Who is too darn fast for an old guy.)
  • Amber Palacola (Who just got married a week or two ago.)
  • John Mahoney (Who should be bringing a better camera.)
  • Tim Short (Who broke the course record yesterday - again.)

Here are our finishing times:
01) Tim Short 18:19
03) Billy Prentiss 20:54
05) John Mahoney 22:21
08) John Bosse 22:45
12) Amber Palacola 23:24
25) Tricia Pini 33:20

My next planned event is the Sat 8:00 AM group run! Hope to see you there.

Monday Slow Run 06/09/08

We had a great group for this Monday Night Slow Run with Karen Giroux, Sarah Calland, Joe Ferlazzo, Allison Rourke, and John Mahoney. (Karen was camera shy, so she was our photographer.) This was Allison’s first time on a group run since she had knee surgery in February. I think this might have been Sarah’s first group run in a while too. Great to have you back, Sarah and Allison! We were a pretty advanced group for Monday night and the weather was surprisingly cool, so we all finished 4.55 mi (Joe’s GPS gave us the distance). After we finished running we had time to lounge on the back patio and talk some more before parting ways and getting ready for Tuesday. I enjoyed the run and the time after the run. Hope to see more people here next Monday!