{"id":156,"date":"2018-07-18T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/?p=156"},"modified":"2018-07-17T00:36:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T00:36:16","slug":"2018-racing-series-update-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/2018\/07\/18\/2018-racing-series-update-july\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Racing Series Update July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been away for a while, so I thought it was time for an update.<\/p>\n<h2>June Races<\/h2>\n<p>We had 29 runners at the <strong>Melrose Firefighter&#8217;s 5K<\/strong> on June 17th and 4 MRC runners at the <strong>Lahey Health 5K<\/strong> on June 23rd.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-159 size-medium\" title=\"Thuy and Steph at Lahey 5K\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thuy-Dang-and-Steph-Lawson-at-Lahey-Cancer-Run-5K-2018-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thuy Dang, Stephanie Lawson, Melrose Racing Series\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thuy-Dang-and-Steph-Lawson-at-Lahey-Cancer-Run-5K-2018-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thuy-Dang-and-Steph-Lawson-at-Lahey-Cancer-Run-5K-2018-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thuy-Dang-and-Steph-Lawson-at-Lahey-Cancer-Run-5K-2018-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thuy-Dang-and-Steph-Lawson-at-Lahey-Cancer-Run-5K-2018.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I may drop the Lahey race from next year&#8217;s schedule as it doesn&#8217;t seem to be very popular with the club. They had 1075 runners but we only had four run.<\/p>\n<p>The Melrose Fire Fighter&#8217;s had 341 runners and Melrose Running Club had 29 runners and the 2nd largest team!\u00a0 Our team also came in 2nd in the over-all team time results, just 1:09 minutes behind Team Kay\u00a0 Family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Tysall<\/strong> was the 2nd place female over all\u00a0 with a time of\u00a0 20:45!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike\u00a0Sikkema<\/strong> was the 5th male over all and 1st in his age group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa Tysall<\/strong> won her age group!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diarmuid Cahill<\/strong> came in 2nd in his age group and many other runners finished in the top 10 for their age group.<\/p>\n<h2>Jennifer Tinney 5 Miler and 5K<\/h2>\n<p>Melrose had six runners journey to Boxford for this small-town race. <strong>Stephanie Lawson<\/strong> ran the 5K and the following ran the 5 Miler:<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-160 size-medium\" title=\"Regina, Mary, Thuy and Cynthia at Jennifer Tinney Races\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MRC-at-Jennifer-Tinney-July-4th-Races-2018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Tinney July 4th Races, Melrose Racing Series\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MRC-at-Jennifer-Tinney-July-4th-Races-2018-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MRC-at-Jennifer-Tinney-July-4th-Races-2018-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MRC-at-Jennifer-Tinney-July-4th-Races-2018-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MRC-at-Jennifer-Tinney-July-4th-Races-2018.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Cynthia Berger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Greg Berger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regina Curran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thuy Dang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary O&#8217;Connell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t see any age group wins or over-all wins for these races.<\/p>\n<h2>The Standings So Far<\/h2>\n<p>With six races to go, here are the current standings for the top group of runners:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thuy Dang<\/strong> has run all 8 races<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sheph Lawson<\/strong> and <strong>Mary O&#8217;Connell<\/strong> have run 7 races<\/p>\n<p><strong>Durm, Charlotte<\/strong> and <strong>Andy<\/strong> have run 4 races.<\/p>\n<p>Thuy, Steph and Mary still have a shot at the jacket. The rest of us are running just for the fun of it, as always!<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming Races<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/events.curesma.org\/site\/PageServer?pagename=WAKEFIELD_wnr_Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cure SMA 5K<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>August 25th at 8:30 AM Lower Common, Wakefield, MA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join team Melrose Running Club<\/strong>. Entry is $35 and there are <strong>NO FEES<\/strong>! Fundraising is suggested but not required. Just enter $100 into the amount field. The Race Director told me that they will not bill you for the difference, but would be thrilled if you raised a bunch of money.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the club can do a raffle basket or a 50\/50 drawing? Anyone have ideas?<\/p>\n<p>September 22nd is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racemenu.com\/events\/159675-2018-Blue-Cross-Blue-Shield-of-Massachusetts-Island-Run-powered-Boston-com-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BCBS Island Run 5K and 5 Miler<\/a>.<\/strong> The boat leaves at 9:00AM and proper ID is required.<\/p>\n<p>$50 includes your race, lunch, 21+ beverages and round-trip ride to Spectacle Island. A deal that can&#8217;t be beat!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hallmark Health<\/strong> still has nothing on their we site. <strong>The Howling Wolf Half<\/strong> moved to October 28th so we will have two races in October and don&#8217;t need a 3rd. May have to drop Hallmark if I don&#8217;t hear from them.<\/p>\n<p>We do need a November race though. Give me some ideas!<\/p>\n<p>And we wind up the year with the <strong>Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run<\/strong> in Somerville. No date yet but I&#8217;ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p>Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been away for a while, so I thought it was time for an update. June Races We had 29 runners at the Melrose Firefighter&#8217;s 5K on June 17th and 4 MRC runners at the Lahey Health 5K on June 23rd. I may drop the Lahey race from next year&#8217;s schedule as it doesn&#8217;t seem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-races","tag-melrose-racing-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}