Thanksgiving Day Races

Many Sisu Project runners went out to run in some Turkey Day classics on Thanksgiving 2010. In Andover, SP was very well represented at the Feaster Five:

5 Ryan Miller 27:08
11 Andrew Gallant 28:09
27 John Rheaume 30:15
94 Tim Gallant 33:19
167 Laura Rudd 35:02

Up in Portland, Mike Griffin ran very strong in the 29th Thanksgiving 4 Miler with a 19:52 2nd place finish while Matt Germain ran 16:07 at the Turkey Trot in Frederick, Maryland just several days after his PR half marathon in Philadelphia. Also, Caitlyn Clark continued her tradition of running the St. John's Turkey Trot and Kristina Miner ran at the 74th Annual Manchester Road Race.

Congratulations everyone for getting out there on Thanksgiving morning. Please let us know if we are missing anyone.

Recent November Races

On November 20, Mike Griffin notched another victory at the Field, Forest, and Orchard 5K in Philippston, MA where he ran 15:37! The next day, Ryan Miller ran 26:12 at the Slattery's 5 Miler Turkey Trot. Congratulations to both runners on their fine performances and good luck to everyone who is running a Thanksgiving race this weekend!

Big Three Shines in Philly

Much like the Boston Big Three, the trio of Caitlyn Clark, Matt Germain, and John Rheaume shined in the 8K, Half Marathon, and Marathon respectively. Things started off on Saturday with Caitlyn finishing 4th at the Rothman 8K in a PR 28:51 (details in previous post). Matt Germain took care business in the half today with a PR of his own in 1:13:31 and 12th overall. John Rheaume kept the PR train going with an 11 minute PR of 2:56:39 (167th overall) in the full marathon.

It was a fun and extremely successful weekend that showed exactly what Sisu is all about.

Clark 4th in Rothman 8K, runs 28:51

Caitlyn Clark breezed through the Rothman Institute 8K in Philadelphia today in a lightning time of 28:51. She finished 4th place in a very talented field and made a significant improvement to her already-impressive PR. We congratulate Caitlyn on her amazing performance.

Matt Germain and John Rheaume look to continue the Sisu PR train tomorrow. Matt will be running the half marathon and John will be running the full.

Sisu Project Awards Night

Caitlyn Clark graciously hosted the annual Sisu Project Awards Night for an evening of great food and fun times. Some awards were serious and others were quite amusing. Here is the list of awards:

Runner of the Year: John Rheaume
Runner of the Year: Caitlyn Clark
Heart of Sisu: Sumner Fletcher
Heart of Sisu: Ryan Miller
Sisu Warrior: Mike Griffin
Sisu Warrior: Julie Collins
Your Goal is My Goal: Steve Bartholomew
Your Goal is My Goal: Christine O'Connell
Ambassador of Sisu: Jonathan Towle
Ambassador of Sisu: Alix Slayton
Performance of the Year: Kristina Stone (Around the Lake 12 Hour Ultra)
Performance of the Year: Chris Stone (Bay State Marathon)
Promising Newcomer: Dani Sargent
Promising Newcomer: Nat Coughlin
Comeback Kid: Adam Malek
Titanic Award: Mike Griffin
When Animals Attack Award: Andrew Gallant
When Animals Attack Award: Adam Malek
"Where Do You Cram All that Graham" Award: Tim Gallant
Team Inspiration Award: Kristina Miner
Team Tinkerbell: Laura Rudd
Positivity Award: Fawn Krumpelbeck
Positivity Award: Jeff Bartlett
Sisu Up Award: Steph Jette
Sisu Up Award: Chris Stone
Everybody Loves Mr. Bartlett Award: Jeff Bartlett

Next up is the Sisu Project Goal Summit which will be taking place on New Year's Eve. The location is TBA, so stay tuned for more information.

USATF-NE XC Championships

8 Sisu Project runners competed in the USATF-NE Cross Country Championships at Franklin Park. It appears that the Sisu men will finish the Grand Prix in third place behind BAA and Greater Boston. It also appears that Caitlyn Clark will wrap up her fourth straight individual Grand Prix title! Way to go!

Here are the results from the race:

Womens 6K Championship

18 Caitlyn Clark, 22:42
33 Danielle Sargent, 23:49
56 Laura Rudd, 25:46

Mens 10K Championship

12 Mike Griffin, 31:36
49 Matthew Germain, 33:32
63 Adam Malek, 34:06
73 Ryan Miller, 34:44
101 John Rheaume, 39:34