Peabody, MA, April 6, 2019 Write-up by Mike Pelletier. Only three North Shore Striders competed in 2019, but the results were impressive as Tom and Cheryl medaled and Sally was in the top half of her age group: OA PlaceAge GroupTime46Tom McMahon1st/3M606927:1688Sally Fowler6th/16F505933:09115Cheryl Welsh3rd/3F606937:04 … [Read more...] about Firefighter Rice Memorial 5K
Race Info & Recaps
Frank Nealon 15K
Write-up by Mike Pelletier. Only three Striders traveled to Upton yesterday for the Frank Nealon 15K, the 2nd race in the 2019 USATF/NE Road Running Grand Prix series. This 15 K is 9.3 miles of hills. The field included over 300 members of USATF/NE, the best runners in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Results: Dave Jefska, 1:28:54, 29/32 … [Read more...] about Frank Nealon 15K
45th Annual 15K Great Stew Chase Road Race
January 27, 2019 - Recaps by Linda Desjardins and Art Clay. Linda Recaps The Stew Chase: January is such an iffy month. It can be below zero or up to 60, dry, wet, snowy, icy, calm or windy. Race organizers just have to take their chances – and hope. Today brought 40 degree temps, mostly sunny skies, and dry roads thanks to Thursday’s heat which melted Monday’s snow and ice; … [Read more...] about 45th Annual 15K Great Stew Chase Road Race
North Shore Striders at First Run in Lowell
– 5K and 10K, 1/1/19 - Writeup by Linda Desjardins. There is a core of Striders who just seem to have a thing about this Lowell Race and we keep meeting up each New Year’s. This year, thankfully, it wasn’t 8 degrees with -16 windchills. It was more like 50 and there were 50-60 mph winds. The 5K course is like a long, skinny triangle. The road we start and finish on is about .3 … [Read more...] about North Shore Striders at First Run in Lowell
Mill Cities Relay 2018
- December 2, 2018 - A Pelletier/Desjardins Collaboration. We all knew and dreaded that it was going to be rainy the whole race; but we hoped the predicted downpours wouldn’t materialize. Fortunately…it was just plain old nonstop rain which had started in the wee hours and made lots of puddles along the route. We navigated them as best we could, sometimes having to run in … [Read more...] about Mill Cities Relay 2018