Hi Runners!

Online registration for the 3rd annual Gansett Half Marathon is now open.

http://www.lightboxreg.com/gansett-half-marathon_2016

Registration fees are just $55 now through July 31st. Share the link and help spread the word, so we can continue to grow this great race!

Six of us ventured over to Little Compton for the classic winter 4.8-mile road race. Conditions were perfect. The following table summarizes the standings after the first race.

If you couldn’t make the first race, try to make the next. You need only race 9 of 12 to qualify for the series. Here are next three races in the series:

Bellville Pond 10K                                                 February 6

Run the Reservoir 15K                                                April 2

Clamdigger 5M                                                         April 10

There has been interest in a club race series, and we’d love to see more people getting out and representing the club at local races, so the 2016 Narragansett Club Race Series  kicks off with this weekend’s Little Compton 4.8-mile winter road race. The series is just a little extra incentive to put on your singlet and get out there and race with your friends. Many thanks to Mike Tammaro for putting this together.

All the details can be found here – http://www.gansettrunning.org/club-race-series/

If you have any questions, contact me or Mike, and hope to see you at a race soon!

-Michelle

p.s. If you don’t have an NRA singlet, a new order will be placed within the next month or two, so stay tuned for more information on that.

ICYMI – the Gansett Half made this list of 11 Gorgeous Oceanfront Marathons!

This year’s race – the third annual – will take place on Sunday, October 23, at 11am. Online registration will be opening soon, so save the date and stay tuned for more details!

Hello Everyone! As usual the club had a great showing at the Blessing of the Fleet 10 Miler on Friday, July 24th. Many fantastic performances and age group winners. Well done and congratulations! For the month of July, the Runner Spotlight goes to Lisa Garzilli. Lisa crushed the Blessing of the Fleet 10 Miler, running 1:18:54 @ 7:53 pace (first sub 8 min blessing!) This put her 10th in her age group out of 243. Congratulations Lisa! We hope to see everyone at the Battle of Stongington 5K on Tuesday, August 18th at 6:00pm. You can register here. Home – The Battle of Stonington 5k. The group will car pool leaving from Camires around 4:30pm and then stop for dinner on the way home. It is a fun race and a guaranteed good time! Stay tuned for a follow up email.

Happy running, Nicole

MA – Jul 3: Harvard Pilgrim finish at the 50 – 10k Overall
110   Michael Scott             17/101  M5059 7:36 23:07

RI – Jul 4: Glocester Road Races
31    Mike Scott                          41:28.6

NH – Jul 5: Loon Mountain Race | NE Mountain Championship
293   Patrice French                      1:58:06.3   17:54
317   Gene French                         2:08:37.8   19:30

NH – Jul 5: Loon Mountain Race | NE Mountain Championship – Female Finishers
86    Patrice French                      1:58:06.3   17:54

NH – Jul 5: Loon Mountain Race | NE Mountain Championship – Male Finishers
218   Gene French                         2:08:37.8 19:30

RI – Jul 11: Little Compton 4.8 Miler
66    Terri Martland            1 60-69   36:04.0 7:31/M
221   Elise Hedglen             12 50-59  44:40.0 9:18/M

VT – Jul 12: Mad Marathon & Mad Half
2     Brian McNeiece             M4044 2:59:11 6:51

RI – Jul 12: OceanState Duathlon
5     Angell, Warren                      1:03:09.00

MA – Jul 19: Level Renner 10k
63    RICK COTA                 17/25     45:50 7:23

RI – Jul 19: Narragansett Bay Half Marathon & 5k – East Providence
97      ELIZABETH MARCHETTI            1:45:52.7 8:04/M/M

RI – Jul 24: Blessing of the Fleet
46    Glen Guillemette        1/246  50-59 1:00:30.0 6:03/M (1st in age group)
63    Kaela O’Neil               1/273  30-39 1:02:24.0 6:14/M (1st in age group)
67    Chad Straight             25/250  20-29 1:02:47.0 6:17/M
84    Brian Sweenor           6/317  40-49 1:04:30.0 6:27/M
101   AJ Fournier               30/250  20-29 1:05:46.0 6:35/M
105   Jeffrey Vuono            4/246  50-59 1:05:56.0 6:36/M
110   Barbera Peter             5/246  50-59 1:06:14.0 6:37/M
112   Diane Senecal            2/243  40-49 1:06:19.0 6:38/M (2nd in age group)
161    Kyle Johnson             40/250 20-29 1:08:46.0 6:53/M
162   Tom Sinotte               17/317  40-49 1:08:48.0 6:53/M
215   David Tetreault           15/246  50-59 1:11:16.0 7:08/M
221   Claire Gadrow             5/243  40-49 1:11:31.0 7:09/M
231   Sadie Gillett Madison 14/273  30-39 1:11:47.0 7:11/M
249   Adam Durant               57/282  30-39 1:12:20.0 7:14/M
298   John Brindamour          65/282  30-39 1:14:16.0 7:26/M
344   Elizabeth Marchetti       18/273  30-39 1:15:38.0 7:34/M
359   Alfred Garceau              36/246  50-59 1:15:57.0 7:36/M
405   Michelle San Antonio    8/243  40-49 1:16:56.0 7:42/M
410   Nicole Rattay               26/273  30-39 1:17:02.0 7:42/M
436   Jim Sullivan                 46/246  50-59 1:17:42.0 7:46/M
455   Pat Ferrigno                5/56   60-69 1:18:04.0 7:48/M
472   Mary D’Arcy               9/243  40-49 1:18:24.0 7:50/M
488   Lisa Garzilli                10/243  40-49 1:18:54.0 7:53/M
493   David Heskett             56/246  50-59 1:19:08.0 7:55/M
496   Steve Wright              58/246  50-59 1:19:10.0 7:55/M
556   David Porcello            64/246  50-59 1:20:30.0 8:03/M
561   Amy Rice                    4/129  50-59 1:20:40.0 8:04/M
765   Susan Russell             61/273  30-39 1:24:15.0 8:26/M
767   Mike Bush                  94/246  50-59 1:24:19.0 8:26/M
836   Flynn Sullivan             75/103    1:25:23.0 8:32/M
887   Jennifer Davis            45/243  40-49 1:26:18.0 8:38/M
937   Linda Hurteau             18/129  50-59 1:27:12.0 8:43/M
1021  Sue Bush                   56/243  40-49 1:28:40.0 8:52/M
1174  Melissa Nathaniel         75/243  40-49 1:31:00.0 9:06/M
1185  Joe Behl                         2/5    70-98 1:31:08.0 9:07/M (2nd in age group)
1216  Diane Adams               31/129  50-59 1:31:42.0 9:10/M
1315  Tammy McNeiece        95/243  40-49 1:33:27.0 9:21/M
1458  Ken Straight                 30/56   60-69 1:35:32.0 9:33/M
1581  Teresa Eagan              51/129  50-59 1:37:17.0 9:44/M
1754  Belinda Maltz              4/12   60-69 1:40:30.0 10:03/M
1841  John Peabody            40/56   60-69 1:42:23.0 10:14/M
1914  Rob Wilson                248/282  30-39 1:44:03.0 10:24/M
1915  Alison Pudjunis           294/374  20-29 1:44:03.0 10:24/M
1939  Elise Hedglen             79/129  50-59 1:44:39.0 10:28/M
1997  Michelle Smith-Morgan     215/273  30-39 1:45:52.0 10:35/M
2023  James Griffin                   212/246  50-59 1:46:34.0 10:39/M
2104  Jennifer McCaffrey        192/243  40-49 1:49:09.0 10:55/M
2130  Nicole Zelenak            196/243  40-49 1:49:59.0 11:00/M
2367  Victoria Guy                 239/243  40-49 2:16:15.0 13:38/M

Also check out the 2015 Run with the Beaver’s Trail Race. A few NRA members and NRA friends ran this race. https://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=31265

 *Additions to Blessing Results. If we missed anyone else, please let me know. Thank you.

We have a lot of stuff: Flags, vests, tents, cones, mile marks, tables, chairs, signs, water jugs, water bottles, shirts, awards, frisbees, a banner, buckets of rocks, and so on. We keep our stuff in a 10’x20′ storage unit, and yesterday we moved our stuff from such a unit in Wakefield to one in Narragansett. Thanks to Fred for taking the lead on securing a new storage unit and terminating our contract on the old, thanks to Peter, Mike, and Dan for building storage shelves in the new unit, and thanks to Pat, Brian, Dan, Fred, and Mike for helping with the move. Pictures of the move are below.

The Rhode Island Desert is a complex of sand dunes located just off of Division road in West Greenwich. In running lore, The Desert was the training ground for more than a few legendary Providence College runners. It’s no surprise, then, that Brian regularly takes his teams to train in the desert. The Desert looks innocent enough from the roads, but after a few miles of up and down the steep dunes, you get it.

Not content with simply running in The Desert, Brian designed a 5K course, which was then professionally measured. Due to a slight change in the course, a new measurement was required, and the pictures below show elements of the measurement.

Brian taking sights at mile 3.

Mike rolling the wheel down a hill near mile 1.

A counter is attached to the front wheel of the bike, which must be calibrated before (and sometimes after) a measurement. For this measurement, the bike was walked the whole way. Rolling the wheel up some of the steep dunes required both Mike and Brian to hold onto the bike. The likelihood of slipping was so great that it was important that a second hand was on the bike to keep it in place.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the world, brother.

-Charles Dickens

Running in groups engenders camaraderie; more so when we train for the same race; still more so when that race is a marathon; and even more so when that race requires several nights away. Indeed, as we speckled Burlington—one, two, three, and four at a time—our anxiety was soothed by the knowledge that we would soon see our friends. Thus, Dave, Jess, Kyle, Rich, Diane, Kaela, Brian, and Mike competed together in the 2015 Vermont City Marathon. Great race, great course, great town, unforgettable experience. It’s a beautiful thing when you can fall short of your goal (as most of us did), yet reminisce over it with a sparkle in your eye. Let this not be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.