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Dynamic Duo Team Night 5K
Lowell, MA, July 22, 2008
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Overall Results
Good Times 5K Summer Series - Race #5
For more race information, see Good Times Series.
Anthony Merra and Jeff Warren - photo Tom Hildreth
Oh, What
a Night!
For
the first time a super hero won a Good Times series race as Spiderman and Superman
dueled for the top spot. However when it was all over, it was Wonder Woman who
stole the show.
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Record
setter Kara Haas aka Wonder Woman
photo Tom Hildreth
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Tonight's race
featured a competition of 2-person teams. Teams were age and gender graded to
make things a bit interesting. A total of 51 teams competed.
You
don't tug on Superman's cape
The team of Anthony Merra and Jeff Warren added a lot of fun and
excitement to this evening's event as they arrived at the starting line dressed
in full Spiderman and Superman costumes. Typically when you see someone at a
race dressed in a costume you can usually assume they are a back of the packer.
This was not the case tonight.
Our two superheroes
were making a YouTube video and they made the best of it as Merra (Spiderman),
a Columbia University freshman, ran a terrific 15:59 to win the race. His team
mate, 18 year old Jeff Warren (Superman) of Hudson, NH, was not far behind as
he flew through the course in 17:17 and finished fourth overall. I can
only imagine what was going through the mind of second place finisher Titus
Mutinda as he battled these two superheroes.
Record
Breaking Night
With
all due respect to the performances of Mr. Merra and Mr. Warren the real superhero
tonight was Chelmsford's Kara Haas. The fleet footed MVS runner smashed her
existing five year old women's record of 18:11 by a whopping 33-seconds.
For her excellence
she was awarded a cash prize and she immediately used the cash to buy adult beverages
for her friends and family - you gotta love it! Not to be over looked, there
was another record set tonight as Lowell's Titus Mutinda lowered his master's
record from 16:19 to 16:03.
In the team competition
it was the Team Molloy (Richard Molloy and Kara Haas) who edged out the Super
Spiders (Anthony Merra and Jeff Warren) to take top honors.
On the individual
side, there was no change in the overall leader board as Christie Fox and EJ
Hrynowski held onto their leads. We had a total of 157 competitors and 60 scored
Mylies by running a course PR.
Surfs Up!
Next
week the Good Times Series is on summer vacation. We return on August 5 with
our first annual Bikini Run. All women and men who run in a bathing suit win
a towel. BTW guys, running shorts do not pass as a bathing suit. They'll also
be some really cool beach related prizes to our winners. So come spend a beach
night at Hookslide Kelly's and, as always, we can't promise you'll run a
fast time, but we guarantee you'll have a Good Time at the Good Times Series.