April 7, 2018 - Race Summary by Linda Desjardins It was an unseasonably brisk morning, air temp 36, wind chill 29, leading the majority of us to await the 9AM start indoors at the AOH Hall in Peabody. This was the sixth annual race honoring the memory of James Rice, who gave his life fighting a housefire, and it is growing every year. Today had 265 finishers, and 13 of them … [Read more...] about Firefighter Rice Memorial 5K
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Rice Memorial 5K
Writeup by Linda Desjardins. Firefighter Rice Memorial 5K, Peabody, MA, April 8th, 2017. It was a blustery morning, feeling more like late October than early April. My Garmin said it was 43 degrees with 19 MPH wind for a wind chill factor of 34. Yes, there was definitely headwind in mile 2, which most of us both noticed and mentioned. It was a real pace-killer, but not so much … [Read more...] about Rice Memorial 5K