Well, we are off to a great start this year with the Wicked Grand Prix Series! What an awesome showing by Wicked at The Olde Salem Greens 5K (or as I like to call it, Doug’s hilly hell climb extravaganza). It seemed like an endless stream of red jerseys on the somewhat “bumpy” cross country course that Doug had laid out for us. Look, let’s face it; this is a tough course, but that didn’t stop 63 of you Wicked maniacs from taking it on, and making us proud. You all earned major bragging rights for toughing this one out. All I can say is, thank God it’s over. It can only get better from here on out.
The next race in the Wicked Grand Prix Series is the Patrick Downey 5K. It will be held on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, and begins and ends at the AOH on Lowell Street in Peabody. This is a fairly flat and fast course which meanders around the center of town and into some nice quiet neighborhoods. This second annual event is put on by our very own Shannon (Shanny to her friends) Downey, and is run in memory of her brother Patrick, who lost his life to Esophageal Cancer. Converse has jumped on board as a major sponsor of the event, because of Patrick’s love of his “Chuck Taylors”. Race time is 8:30, so get there early!
I want to also let you all know that due to the overwhelming interest in the WGP series, Rich and I have recruited another member to help us out with all the calculations and results. We are happy to announce that Don Gallucci will be working with Rich to help tabulate all the results and get them out to you as fast as possible. I will continue to handle all the PR and promotion, and getting you fired up to get out there and race in the series. Welcome Don, I know you’ll be a valuable asset to the race coordinator position (don’t let it go to your head kid).
Hey one last thing, when you’re out there racing, be sure and wear your Wicked gear so we can spot you. What? You don’t have any Wicked gear? Why not? Well contact our clothing guy, Jason, and get your order in. Until next time, I’m out. See y’all at the PD5K on Mother’s Day. C’mon, who’s in?
T.R.-V.P.
Olde Salem Greens 5K
GPX Individual
GPX Division Results
GPX Team Results
The April 2012 edition is now available! It’s full of great information about upcoming races, events, race recaps, coaching tips and also how to connect with the various Board members from the Wicked Running Club who are responsible for keeping us all organized!
From Michele Campbell (Newsletter Editor)
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Congratulations to everyone from the Wicked Running Club who finished this year’s Boston Marathon! Below are the results for each runner. Full results can be found at http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/results-commentary/results-search.aspx. If you spot an error please send an email to Tim Short at tim.short1@gmail.com. He will correct the error ASAP!
| Wicked Runner |
Bib Number |
Overall Place |
Time |
Pace |
| Mike Paulin |
2591 |
750 |
3:05:15 |
7:04 |
| Patrick Smith |
10127 |
8548 |
3:59:34 |
9:09 |
| Chris Nolin |
23896 |
10540 |
4:09:50 |
9:32 |
| Melissa Jaynes |
22780 |
12913 |
4:22:41 |
10:02 |
| Russ Lew |
12526 |
12941 |
4:22:51 |
10:02 |
| Michael Smith |
1797 |
13187 |
4:24:10 |
10:05 |
| Julie Hurley |
23213 |
14016 |
4:29:10 |
10:16 |
| Dawn Cobak |
25688 |
14579 |
4:32:44 |
10:25 |
| John Hagin |
20399 |
14733 |
4:33:48 |
10:27 |
| Jim Maher |
18357 |
17679 |
4:59:44 |
11:26 |
| John Paul Bosse |
24237 |
17680 |
4:59:45 |
11:26 |
| Mara Mendlesohn |
22850 |
18331 |
5:08:42 |
11:47 |
| Jason Carraro |
22169 |
18782 |
5:15:32 |
12:03 |
| Melanie McKinnon |
22321 |
19323 |
5:25:12 |
12:25 |
| Shari Hewson |
22176 |
19398 |
5:26:21 |
12:27 |
| Julie Arrison |
22166 |
20780 |
6:04:42 |
13:55 |
| Kendra Patterson |
25466 |
21261 |
6:32:37 |
14:59 |
| Paula Renzi Gibbs |
22175 |
21537 |
7:09:28 |
16:23 |
There has been a change in the schedule of races for this year’s Wicked Grand Prix Series. The Kupenda 5 mile Trail Race, originally, was to take place on June 2, but it got re-scheduled to June 16, which is the same day as Mt. Washington. To avoid any conflict with these two races, Grand Prix Co-Directors TR Ramsdell and Rich Tabbut have made an adjustment to the schedule of races and the Greenbelt Run for the Hills 10K will be replacing the Kupenda 5 Mile Trail Race. The new race will be held on July 14 and takes place in Hamilton. We really wanted to keep a trail race in the series, and this seemed like a great solution. We apologize in advance to those members that may not be able to fit this new race into their schedule, so to avoid any problems that members may have by this change, we now only require 5 out of the 8 races to be completed for the series.
Please check the Grand Prix page on the website for the updated Series schedule and race information and feel free to email either of the Co-Directors with any questions!
Happy running!
February 2012 edition is now available! It’s full of great information about upcoming races, events, race recaps, coaching tips and also how to connect with the various Board members from the Wicked Running Club who are responsible for keeping us all organized!
From Michele Campbell (Newsletter Editor)
Hey Wickeds! I can’t do this without you. Your contributions help make this news- letter happen. Submit news, race listings, kudos, high resolution photos and more. If you have an idea for a story or special feature, let me know. Email me (Michele Campbell): newsletter@wickedrunningclub.com
Powered by Issuu.com, you won’t need to download the file, just click on the issue of WRR that you would like to read. Don’t worry though, if you want to download the file to save to your computer you still can. Let us know what you think. Send all comments to webmaster@wickedrunningclub.com.
2012 Wicked Running Register
