As the kids say: Fire! Hoo baby, our Forever Foxes running alums were definitely on fire over the weekend, with outstanding results from hither and yon. Great stuff, people! Here’s a literal rundown of the great race results:
--Out in California, Bryan Buttigieg (aka, Butti; aka Gregg) had an intensely satisfying and monster negative split race at the California International Marathon – a race known for great depth and fast times. Butti finished in 2:37:17, exactly 6:00 pace. How about this split? First 13.1 miles = 1:19:53; second 13.1 miles = 1:17:24. He was in 334th place overall and 76th place in his division at the halfway point; he finished in 211th place overall and 51st place in his division. That must have been so thrilling!
--At
the NYRR Ted Corbitt 15km race in New York City, former teammates Christopher
Rivas (50:59), Mike Kennedy (53:08) and Riley Hughes (1:04:20) had strong
races. Rivas averaged 5:29 per mile for the 9.3-mile course and 25th
overall; Kennedy averaged 5:43 per mile and 40th overall and
progressed amazingly with each 5km split (18:05, 18:00, 17:03). See picture above ...
--Conor
Shelley texted results from Santa’s Toy Trot 5km on Long Island, where he
notched his fastest time since 20:16 (15:33.82), getting third place and bringing
home $125 in a cash prize. When I Googled the race for a results link, I
immediately noticed a very Conor-esque draw to the race: Packet pickup at Brickhouse
Brewery in Patchogue with free beer and live music at the finish. Hey. Give
Conor credit. He’s got two very young kids at home and sleep deprivation is a
certainty. If he had a post-race barley pop or three? He earned it!
--On
Saturday night at Boston University, Janelle Solviletti – racing for Battle
Road TC – had a phenomenal race in the 5km, with a sizzling 17:46.54. Great to
see her running so fast and so strong, several years removed from the red and
white.
--Lastly, saw this post on Facebook from Matthew Szymaszek (aka CT), from a Half Ironman Triathlon. Pretty amazing results. From him. And from all of them!
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