Club News

Boston Marathon Volunteer Opportunity
by Mary Stevens
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Attention race fans: If you can't run Boston on April 19, you can still volunteer!!

Returning Mile 12 Water Station crew members know the drill. Follow the instructions on the Web site, and when you get to the part that says "Join A Group," enter the following information:

• group name = Mile 12 North Shore Striders
• pass code = (Please send an email to receive this code)
• job preference (1) = Hydration Station 12
• job preference (2) = Hydration Station 8
• job preference (3) = Hydration Station 7

Rookies: Click here and follow the steps to register.

Good Luck!

--Mary Stevens

Mill Cities Relay
by Mike Pelletier
Sunday, December 6, 2009

NASHUA, NH - The 2009 Mill Cities Relay is in the books and it was another fun-filled, successful event for the North Shore Striders.

In 2009 we fielded ten teams, earned 26 points, and finished 11th of 18 clubs participating. This compared favorably to 2008 when we fielded eleven teams and earned 26 points and 2007 when we fielded nine teams and scored 28 points.

Although for many of us running the relay is all about participation and doing your best to help the team, we did try to field the most competitive teams whenever possible. Usually that meant putting the five fastest runners in an age group on a coed team. The best relative finish in a division was turned in by the Coed Masters team as they finished ahead of six other Coed Masters teams. The Coed Seniors team finished ahead of three other teams as did the Male Seniors Team and the Coed Open team finished ahead of two other teams.

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Wild Turkey 5 Mile Race
by Mike Pelletier
Thursday, November 26, 2009

SALEM - Twenty-eight Striders toed the starting line on Thanksgiving morning, visions of medals, fleece jackets, and/or eating without guilt dancing before them. They were among almost 1200 runners who milled about in front of the Witch Museum and then set off for a run to Winter Island in the Salem Willows. For most of the throng, the size of the field quickly ended dreams of fast times and it became a three-mile warm-up followed by a long sprint to the finish.

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Run for All Ages 5K
by Mike Pelletier
Saturday, November 7, 2009

WAKEFIELD -Twenty-two Striders toed the starting line on Saturday morning for the second-to-last race in the 2009 Strider Grand Prix. Bringing home the gold (metaphorically speaking) were three Strider women: Sue Quimby, Sue Besse, and Lauren Hamilton. Annajean McMahon finished second in her age group, while Kate Gage, Nancy Giannone, and Nancy Wilson each finished third.

Making a return to running after spending at least six months cycling was Bill Kobus. Bill ran away with second place in the race among the NSS seniors behind Lanse Stover who is having a great year after training with Coach Fernando Braz on the track. I wouldn't be surprised if Bill finishing between Lanse and Tom McMahon created a three way tie for first among NSS senior men.

Full results at Cool Running.

East Boston Savings Bank Challenge 5k/11k
by Mike Pelletier
Sunday, November 1, 2009

PEABODY - Sean Kay and Sue Quimby led the way in the 11 K with Frank Lanzillo in the middle. Joe, Vicky, Aj, and Tom were still recovering from running the Baystate Marathon two weeks ago, but Joe ran full tilt as always and earned second place among men 60+. Vicky and the McMahon twins barely broke a sweat in finishing in a three-way tie on time, but Vicky was left singing, "Why was I born too late?" when the twins scooped up first place trophies in their respective age groups. Joining them on the medal stand was Bob Holland, a surprise second place finisher among senior men, thanks to recent modifications in training. Mario and Armand are dutifully training to run the longer distances in December at the Mill Cities Relay while George works on his speed. The word among the NSS veteran runners is that Mario and Armand are right on target.

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