Roxbury full!

Here are some pix Linda took yesterday. In reverse chronological order.

Lee at top of hill at the finish. 4:56. Tired. Icicle sideburned. Last of 5 loops. Happy.

Mike. Early start. 5:15. Always the optimist.

Tony Thatcher. Trinity student we met last year. Not sure exactly what his time was but it was something like 4:40. Just getting over being sick. We traded places throughout the race. His Mom Pat and Linda walked the loop and were spotted *everywhere*! Go Tony! Well done.

New Brickyarder Lindsey Gendall and Lee climbing the hill. Lindsey jumped in at the beginning of the 5 loops after we all ran the 8.5 mile out and back and ran the loops. She wanted hill training for her March marathon (Napa Valley). She got it. Wonderful company.

 Bill Odendahl. Just a training run for an upcoming 100. :)

Tracy. 4:04. Better than last year. Wanted sub-4. Always aims high. The fastest Brickyarder by far.

Mike, mid course

Joe Laskey, Tray, Bill, Lee, Kate. Hard to find closer friends

Too good to not post. :)

Tony and Lee. RD Scott Benjamin in the background. Putting on this race is a labor of love. Hot soup, "medals," hot chocolate, fire in the fireplace, vehicles on the course asking you if you're doing OK, gatorade (frozen and thawed, your choice), course monitors telling you which way to go, tough decision makers (postpone or not), massage. A fellow (don't know his name but remember him from the Roxbury to Newtown run a week after last year's trajedy) spoke briefly at the start and gave us a moment of silence for the 26 who died. One mile for each victim.