Sunday, August 14, 2011

The Week That Was

It was another epic week for the Sisu Project with 6 men's runners going up to Vermont to take part in the 100 on 100 Relay. Running for Sisu were Steve Bartholomew, Matthew Germain, Roary McCracken, Bob Parks, John Rheaume, and Andrew Gallant. Jeff Bartlett graciously drove the team transport van while Caitlyn Clark and Sumner Fletcher were present cheering the team on. SP finished fourth place overall with a total time of 10 hours, 40 minutes, and 57 seconds.



The next day, Kacey Hill ran strong at the 7.1 mile Falmouth Road Race with a time of 56:28 on the classic point-to-point course.

Congratulations to all!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Recent & Future Happenings

Things are really starting to get really active for the Sisu Project. Obviously we just completed the Yankee Homecoming races on Tuesday. The previous post featured a recap highlighting all the cool things that happened in Newburyport.

On Sunday in Providence, Kacey Hill improved her half marathon PR by running 1:56:52 at the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. This was just 5 days after she ran the Yankee Homecoming 10 Miler. Nice job, Kacey!

Wednesday training runs are still happening at Winnekenni Park in Haverhill at 5:30pm. The meeting place is right near the tennis courts. Also, many SP runners do various workouts at Winnekenni at 8am on Saturdays. Even if you are not doing a workout, feel free to come by because we always start together with a few miles of warm-up. Organized Sunday long runs are getting going again. There is always the Haverhill NECC long run that departs at 9am, and a new Central Mass long run at 8am with locations TBA on the Facebook Sisu Project Page. Check it out!

Also, a relay team consisting of Matthew Germain, Andrew Gallant, Stevin Bartholomew, Roary McCracken, Bob Parks, and John Rheaume that will be running at the 100 on 100 Relay in Vermont on August 13. Good luck!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Yankee Homecoming Races

It was a great evening for running, a rare occurance at the Yankee Homecoming Races in Newburyport Tuesday evening. In all, 10 Sisu Project runners ran - 6 in the 10 mile and 4 in the 5K. In the 10 Miler, the men's team finished in fourth place. Matthew Germain (10th overall) led the charge with a course personal best of 54:54, followed by Andrew Gallant (64:11), John Rheaume (69:03), Steven Bartholomew (71:59), and Andrew McGlathery (82:53) who made his Sisu debut! Also, in only her second race in a Sisu jersey, Kacey Hill ran a strong race with a time of 86:49.

In the 5K, Larry Fowle and Nat Coughlin came in almost simultaneously with impressive times of 18:24 and 18:25 respectively. Laura Rudd won 2nd in her age group with a 20:59, and Caitlyn Clark paced sister Jane to a 21:38.

The Yankee Homecoming is traditionally a race with strong Sisu representation, and this edition of the race was no different. Congratulations to all the finishers.