Check out these Wicked happy competitors! (More pics in the Picture Gallery)
This is the first of three stories to come from the team captains/coaches/cheerleaders;Doug Bollen, Rich Tomlins, and Tim Short
Wicked Good Job by the Wicked Running Rebels
Story and Results By Coach Bollen
I was thrilled with the performance of everyone on my team. It was an exciting day, and the Rebels showed up early at the Funspot ready to run, provide aid to fellow runners and most of all have fun! If you haven’t run the Lake Winnapausakee Relay, you will be in for a shock as the hills are unforgiving, long and steep, and most legs are tougher than almost any other road race you have run. The weather was perfect- nice fall crispness in the air and sunny. Fred Bollen led off with a strong first leg from the Funspot and ran 10.8 miles thru the hills to Gunstock. John Paul Bosse ran a strong second leg all the way to Alton Bay smiling and talking to competitors, which led his coach to yell out the car window for him to concentrate on running! Jason M. was given the torturous leg 3, perhaps the toughest 9 mile course anywhere this side of Mt Washington. He battled hill after hill and once he was finished, he said he enjoyed the challenge and looks forward to coming back next year!! It is hard to describe to first time relay people how tough this course is until you run it. Eileen Dunn filled in as a backup and held her own running an excellent 4 mile leg. Eileen filled in last year also, so when she says she will be a fill in, you know you can count on her when the chips are down and she did a great job. Beth ran the 10.8 again this year and continued her run with another personal record as she has PR’d in just about every race this year. She turned in an excellent time for the Rebels. I had the pleasure of doing leg 6 and the beauty of it was that we had the Wicked lead by 50 second, with Coach Rich Tomlins full of fear ready to submit! Moe Kelley was in for his first Lake W experience running the rolling hills of leg 7 for 8.6 miles. He enjoyed his run so much, he wants it again next year!! I love hearing that because our runners love the challenge and that’s what it is all about. He gave it a great run. Annie Rose Willis turned
in the fastest time of the day for the Rebels, flying up and down the steep hills as our anchor passing a good number of teams to keep our team moving up the ranks in the standings. One of her hills was over a mile straight up, yet she still averaged one of the top times per mile for the entire Wicked Club, she was amazing!! Overall our Running Rebel team had a great day and lots of fun. Its such a fun day that it is over in a flash. Special recognition goes to our support team of Fred’s wife Debbie and Jason’s wife Holly who provided a lot of assistence and aid to the team. Not sure how the teams will be made up next year. I would be thrilled to keep this team intact and come back better than ever, but we also remember that we are part of the great Wicked Running Club and will do what is best for the club at large!
Lake W 2008 Wicked Running Teams
45 WICKED 8 LEGS MEN OPEN Capt. Rich
Leg Place Time Mi/Mile Runner
1 74 1:28:21 8:15 Rachel
2 80 1:33:56 8:32 Shana
3 11 1:03:28 6:49 Rich
4 47 32:50 8:13 Ken
5 74 1:35:55 8:53 Mark
6 75 59:09 9:15 Sherri
7 14 59:05 6:57 Danny
8 10 28:09 6:24 Mike
Total 47 8:40:53 8:01
31 WICKED RUNNING REBELS Capt. Doug
Leg Place Time Mi/Mile Runner
1 82 1:33:06 8:42 Fred
2 42 1:22:20 7:29 John Paul
3 66 1:20:50 8:42 Jason
4 53 33:36 8:24 Eileen
5 65 1:31:27 8:28 Beth
6 43 51:44 8:05 Doug
7 42 1:07:10 7:54 Mo
8 19 30:35 6:57 Annie
Total 52 8:50:48 8:10
95 WICKED GR 8 Capt. Tim
Leg Place Time Mi/Mile Runner
1 87 1:36:00 8:59 Karen
2 59 1:28:06 8:01 Tim
3 46 1:15:26 8:07 John M.
4 57 34:40 8:40 Sarah
5 94 1:55:13 10:40 Amber
6 53 53:36 8:23 Jim
7 68 1:12:08 8:29 Maria
8 7 27:17 6:12 Tim
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