{"id":79,"date":"2017-07-05T01:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T01:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/?p=79"},"modified":"2017-07-05T01:24:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T01:24:51","slug":"jennifer-tinney-road-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/2017\/07\/05\/jennifer-tinney-road-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Tinney Road Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a great day for racing!<\/h2>\n

Melrose runners participated in ten races over the holiday weekend and eight races on the Fourth of July. There may have been more races, but I can only see 10 races on the MRC web site.<\/p>\n

Four runners ran two races on The 4th of July: Matt Kerton, Andrea Kerton, Gail Severt<\/strong> and Andy Brown<\/strong>. I’ve done that twice before, and it’s not easy. From their times it looked like they were able to get to their second race, no problem.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Tinney Road Races<\/h1>\n

I wasn’t sure how many people would drive to East Boxford Village to run a 5K or 5 mile race. When I got there I was pleasantly surprised to see so many purple singlets! Four people ran the 5K and nine people ran the 5 miler.<\/p>\n

We are missing Rebecca Hughes<\/strong>, one of our recent Walk-to-Run graduates. A Walk-to-Run grad ran a 5K right after finishing her training! How cool is that!<\/p>\n

And Mike Sikkema<\/strong> won the whole enchilada! He received a medal for winning his age group, and a gift card for winning the race. \u00a0Lots of other medals for MRC runners.\u00a0\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

I ran the Jennifer Tinney 5 Miler in 2013 and loved the whole scene up in Boxford. It’s a small town. The race is low key and it has more of an emphasis on family. I love a big race in Cambridge or Boston, but a change of pace is always a nice change of pace.<\/p>\n

I’ll have a more complete blog post on Wednesday morning around 10AM. It will be on my FB page and the blog it self.<\/p>\n

Off to the next race<\/h2>\n

Our next race is the Mary O’Donnell 5K<\/a><\/strong> at Pine Banks in Melrose. This is almost as convenient as the Firefighter’s Father’s Day 5K.<\/p>\n

Registration is open, but I do not see a way \u00a0to make a club designation. This is their 2nd running of this race and I get the impression they are still learning how to do this.<\/p>\n

This race raises funds for ALS. Over the weekend Lou Frates<\/strong> was in the hospital and it looks bleak to a non-professional. That being said, please consider this race a worthy cause to support with your running dollars.<\/p>\n

I did ask about a discount for the club. We could get a $5.00 discount per runner if five or more of us signed up on a sheet of paper. The logistics of getting everyone and their checks together and not missing anyone were more than I was willing to take on.<\/p>\n

In addition, I think the people looking for a cure for ALS need our $5.00 more than we do.<\/p>\n

The Mary O’Donnell 5K is at 9AM on August 13th. The Sunday Long run will be 16.2 miles that day, and I cannot miss it. As such, I wont be able to run \u00a0this race.<\/p>\n

I encourage everyone who is not doing the SLR program to sign up and head over to Pine Banks for a great run and to support a local 5K race.<\/p>\n

Run well my Friends,<\/p>\n

Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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