People's Forest 8.57/17.13-Mile Road Race Barkhamsted, CT, January 15, 2012 Results Plus Two-Loop Race History People’s Forest Run, 8.57/17.13 miles January 15, 2012 A Winter Series Run organized by the Hartford Track Club. More information on the Club and the series can be found at www.hartfordtrackclub.org This year, Tom Buckley was the race director. Some of the duties he performed were getting the permits for the race, acquiring and bringing the bagels, water and Gatorade, and marking the course. David Reik did the timing and results with the assistance of Michael Taricani who handed out the finish cards. These people, and perhaps others, contributed great baked goods: Kelly Burns Gallagher, Lee and Linda Bradley, Bekkie Wright, and Cynthia Kozak Buckley. Peter Hawley brought the Club timing device, and tables. A Few Words from Race Director Tom Buckley: Frigid People’s Forest Run – January 15, 2012 What is the proper word for 55 runners who braved the 8 degree (minus 11 windchill) icebox known as the 2012 People’s Forest Run? Hardy? Robust? Resilient? Nuts? You pick the adjective and many would fit the bill on this coldest day of the year, as the wooded roads of People’s Forest delighted in the pitter patter of frozen feet. Marc Robacynski laughed at the cold and wind on his way to a 2 loop (17.13 mile) jaunt of 1:41:06 to lead the way, while Amanda Hill led the iron women 2 loop gang in 2:04:48. For the relatively wimpy one-loopers, Doug Mulcahy cruised the 8.57 mile loop around the Farmington River in 56:49, and Katherine Bussiere scorched the frozen pavement in 1:00:52 to lead the women. A hardy, frozen thank you to David Reik for his high-tech timing and Michael Taricani for his finish line assistance and wonderful pictures, but mostly for their braving the elements for over 3 hours and providing encouragement to warm the soul (and the feet). There was no shortage of fuel for the cold furnace on this day, thanks to the warm hearts of Kelly Burns Gallagher, Lee and Linda Bradley, Bekkie Wright, and Cindy Kozak-Buckley. Tom Buckley – Race Director You can see more pictures of the race, and some commentary, at http://teamprimalforce.blogspot.com/2012/01/peoples-state-forest.html Below this year's results, you can see a history of the two-loop race. One-loop (8.57 miles) finishers: Place Time Pace Name Town State Age Sex 1 0:56:49 06:38 Doug Mulcahy Canton CT 44 M 2 1:00:12 07:02 Kevin Klett Newington CT 33 M 3 1:00:17 07:02 Chris Levesque Canton CT 29 M 4 1:00:26 07:03 Tom Buckley Avon CT 52 M 5 1:00:52 07:06 Katherine Bussiere Canton CT 20 F 6 1:01:00 07:07 Shea Williams West Hartford CT 15 F 7 1:02:20 07:17 Joel Lehman Avon CT 50 M 8 1:02:35 07:18 Doug Benedetto Torrington CT 45 M 9 1:03:00 07:21 Bert Macintosh Burlington CT 45 M 10 1:05:41 07:40 Tim Hawley Middletown CT 58 M 11 1:06:33 07:46 Mitch Bielenda South Windsor CT 55 M 12 1:07:51 07:55 Peter Hawley New Hartford CT 61 M 13 1:08:06 07:57 Doug Keats New Britain CT 51 M 14 1:08:11 07:58 Tom Roy Farmington CT 39 M 15 1:08:34 08:00 Bruce Bussiere Canton CT 57 M 16 1:10:35 08:14 Mary-Liz Williams West Hartford CT 50 F 17 1:11:46 08:23 Kelly Burns Gallagher Plantsville CT 31 F 18 1:14:31 08:42 Alan McCall Manchester CT 62 M 19 1:15:22 08:48 Ken Owen West Granby CT 59 M 20 1:15:56 08:52 Alice Carrillo Southington CT 46 F 21 1:19:40 09:18 Brent Stratton Middletown CT 55 M 22 1:22:55 09:41 Danielle McGeary New Britain CT 26 F 23 1:23:02 09:42 Cathy King Manchester CT 52 F 24 1:23:10 09:42 David Williams West Hartford CT 58 M 25 1:23:19 09:44 Marty Kozlak Torrington CT 43 M 26 1:23:19 09:44 Tom Scoville Torrington CT 50 M 27 1:23:20 09:44 Jackie Scoville Torrington CT 50 F 28 1:23:20 09:44 Stephanie Scoville Torrington CT 20 F 29 1:23:42 09:46 Anna Willis Torrington CT 52 F 30 1:24:17 09:50 Kim Marchand Winsted CT 47 M 31 1:24:17 09:50 Janit Romayko East Hartford CT 66 F 32 1:26:24 10:05 Rose Famiglietti Wethersfield CT 63 F 33 1:26:52 10:08 Wayne Soldan Winsted CT 54 M 34 1:29:11 10:25 Jerry Shimoda-Peterson West Hartford CT 79 M 35 1:36:27 11:16 Norlean Michael Litwinka Naugatuck CT 40 F 15 miles (GPS): Time Name Town State Age Sex 2:20:27 09:22 Alice Carrillo Southington CT 46 F Two-loop (17.13 miles) finishers: Place Time Name Town State Age Sex 1 1:41:06 05:54 Marc Robaczynski Canton CT 37 M 2 1:53:08 06:36 Brett Stoeffler Tolland CT 44 M 3 1:54:37 06:41 Josh Adams New Hartford CT 38 M 4 1:55:58 06:46 Thomas Smith Wethersfield CT 44 M 5 1:59:28 06:58 Rick Konon Colchester CT 55 M 6 2:00:02 07:00 Scott Freeman Marlborough CT 51 M 7 2:01:51 07:07 Miro Baldyga Unionville CT 53 M 8 2:04:48 07:17 Amanda Hill Wethersfield CT 40 F 9 2:05:29 07:19 Paul Potamianos Ellington CT 48 M 10 2:05:44 07:20 Gareth Bye West Hartford CT 48 M 11 2:06:19 07:22 John Paggioli Marlborough CT 46 M 12 2:06:30 07:23 Todd Brown Rocky Hill CT 47 M 13 2:11:08 07:39 John Mullaney Amston CT 47 M 14 2:28:20 08:39 Vin Darcy Avon CT 53 M 15 2:31:23 08:50 Lani Ralston Granby CT 40 F 16 2:37:53 09:13 Bekkie Wright East Hartford CT 49 F 17 2:37:53 09:13 Joseph Poliquin East Hartford CT 59 M 18 2:43:12 09:32 Tracy Vroeginday Plantsville CT 39 F 19 2:43:12 09:32 Lee Bradley Newington CT 69 M HISTORY OF THE HARTFORD TRACK CLUB RIVERTON/PLEASANT VALLEY TWO-LOOP RUN Men's record for two loops: John Vitale, 1979, 1:32:08, 5:23 pace. Women's record for two loops: 1990, Mary-Lynn Pastizzo, 1:50:19, 6:26 pace. (Mary-Lynn's last name in now Currier.) The run uses a loop that goes up one side of the Farmington River to Riverton, and down the other to Pleasant Valley. The loop was measured by Bill Tribou on March 11, 1980, at least that's the date on his report. The then-new, HTC measuring wheel he used gave him a distance of 13,787 meters, so two loops would be 17.134 miles. 1972: Manfred Kandschur, 1:39:31 (no women). 1978: George Straznitskas, 1:34 (only finisher reported). 1979: John Vitale, 1:32:08 (That's 2:20:59 marathon pace; report said the time was a course record. George Straznitskas, 1:32:19, was second overall); Sally Sullivan, 1:59:46, 35th place. 1980: Ray Crothers, 1:40:44; Sally Sullivan, 1:58:49. 1981: Chris Doyle, 1:41:56; Jane Arnold, 2:05:15. 1982: George Kominos, 1:37:46; Jane Arnold, 1:58:17. 1983: George Kominos, Bob Enright (tie, no time); Sally Sliwkowski (no time). 1984: (no results) 1985: Joe Stanley, 1:39:28; Lyn Walker, 2:10:08. 1986: Bob Enright, David Reik (tie), 1:36:20; Carolyn Sunderman, 2:23:27. 1987: Al Zetterlund, 1:35:20; Jo Marchetti, 2:10:15. 1988: Peter Carnes, 1:39:06; Agnes Ruane, 1:55:21. 1989: Stephen Gates, 1:40:48; Renee Idone, 1:56:32. 1990: Al Zetterlund, 1:36:39; Mary-Lynn Pastizzo, 1:50:19. (Mary Lynn's last name is now "Currier.") 1991: Al Zetterlund, 1:38:37; Kathleen Airoldi, 2:08:53. 1992: Dan Feder, 1:45:58; Ed Sparskowski, 1:45:58 (tie?); Donna Smyers, 1:55:06. 1993: Tom Buckley, 1:46:29; Donna Smyers, 2:06:02. 1994: George Kominos, 1:46:09; Donna Smyers, 2:14:24. 1995: Dan Feder, 1:45:23; Donna Smyers, 2:01:41. 1996: Kevin Pigeon, 1:45:28; Leslie Brown, 2:12:20. 1997: Todd Brown, 1:48:19; Gail Case, 2:07:59. 1998: Tom Buckley, 1:52:51; Brigitte Boltz, 2:15:04. 1999: George Kominos, 1:43:41; Kate Petricone, 2:16:37. 2000: Mike Owens, 1:52:09; Megan Goldstein, 2:18:48. 2001: George Kominos, 1:53:32; (no women). 2002: Dan Feder, 1:46:56; Maria Huntsman, 2:48:42. 2003: Eric Blake, 1:42:58; Bekkie Wright, 2:17:19. 2004: Bill Bradshaw, 1:52:06; Karen Skwara, 2:21:30. 2005: Scott Freeman, 1:49:36; Debbie Settani, 2:08:04. 2006: No group run 2007: Mark Green, 1:49:03; Kathy Lundin, 2:20:45 2008: Chris Chisholm, Todd Brown (tie), 2:00:16; Marisa Mascolo, 2:33:34 2009: Dennis Marshall and Roy Krause (tie), 2:06:33; Kimberly McGrath and Tracy Dickey (tie) 2:28:04 2010: Marc Robaczynski, 1:42:56; Bekkie Wright, 2:31:07 2011: Marc Robaczynski, 1:42:00; Pam Morrow, 2:31:00 2012: Marc Robaczynski, 1:41:06, Amanda Hill, 2:04:48