Groton Town Forest Trail Races

13 Oct 2013

 

We had a beautiful day for our race this year.   Temps in the 60’s with light clouds which made for some great running weather.   We had 87 sign up and 78 run the 9.5 mile race.  We had 79 sign up, 73 start and 71 finish the 3.4 mile race.    Unfortunately we had a twisted ankle that made it not possible for a runner and their friend to finish.  Total participation was at 151 runners, a little less than last year because we conflicted with a big trail run out in western Mass. 

The 9.5 mile race was won by Steve O’Brien of Clinton MA with a time of 55:56, which is not his best on this course but gave him the first prize of an apple pie and a bottle of wine made especially for the GTFTR.  The top female on the 9.5 course was Robin Schulman of Maynard MA with a time 1:19:07, also earning a pie and bottle of wine.  Despite the great running weather no records were set this year.  At age 67, Walter Perkins of Webster MA was our oldest 9.5 runner this year coming in at an impressive 1:35:20.  Emma Ordemann of Groton Mass, at 18 years old was our youngest runner of the 9.5 coming in at 1:31:33.

 

The 3.4 race was won this year by Kris Depew from Acton Ma with at time of 21:47.  The first female was Jessica McGarty of Brighton MA with a time of 27:19.  We had one record set on the 3.4 mile course this year with 9 year old Malcolm Thornton of beating Nicolas Thornton’s record for the 5-9 year old with a time of 28:51.  Both of these guys are from Harvard MA but not related.  Our youngest runners were 7 year olds Jorden Strauss of West Groton and Jack Whiteman of Westford.  Our oldest finisher this year was the lovely Rita LeBella at age 62 coming in at 36:20.  Rita has rarely missed the Groton Town Forest Trail Race and won a bottle of wine for her age group again this year.