2009 Year In Review

Posted Saturday, December 5, 2009

2009 Board of Directors

President – Kevin Eaton
Vice President – Dave Corbett
Secretary – Alan Foulds
Treasurer - Christine Skinner

2010 New Board of Directors

President – Dave Corbett
Vice President – Naomi Laing
Secretary – Alan Foulds
Treasurer - Christine Skinne

2009 Board Members :

Meg Michaels
Don Davis
Tracy Deats
Ted Dooling
Anna Foulds
Naomi Laing
Krissy Nowell
Missy Mirabile

New Board Members for 2010:

Dan Dodson
Linda Quimby Brodette
Lester Friedberg
Janet Kay Nelson
Helen Staveley
Angel Green|
Ace Fouls
Meg Michaels

Thank You Board of Directors and Board Members for leading us into the 2010 Running Year!

2009 Recognition:

Joe Pellegrino for managing the club’s clothing and being the point of contact for
the Boston Marathon numbers.

 

Don Davis for doing such a wonderful job at maintaining our club website and keeping
us all informed. This is Don’s last year for doing the website. If anyone is
interested in taking this position over please let any member of the board know.

 

Alan, on behalf of everyone in this club I would like to extent our sincere gratitude
for all the effort and time that is so evidently spent on preparing the quality product
that we all eagerly wait to read each week. The Newsprint is a cornerstone of our
club due to your hard work and commitment.

 

One of our greatest sources of revenue is derived from the Wednesday Night Fun Run.
Many of our members help out however there are a few that go above and beyond and
are there constantly. They are: Meg Michaels, Pat Ryan, Diane Dexter, Rick Collette,
Naomi Laing, Alan Foulds, Anna Foulds, Ted Dooling, John Mulroy, Marge Heck, John Kelly, Ken Skier, Steve Viegas, Bob Whitmore and our non-member volunteer Jane Ryder.

 

The following members provide us with pictures of the many races that our members
participate in. I know I always look forward to getting an email from Ken Skier.
He has individually cropped over 4,500 pictures and created over 70 photo albums
relating to Mystics. He takes a great deal of his personal time to attend the races
and to put together fantastic photo shows that he shares with our entire club. Thank you Ken!

 

Also, our club President Kevin Eaton and member John Mulroy who do an outstanding
job and we thank you for sharing your photographs with us as well.

Each year we eagerly anticipate the film show. This could not be done without Jen Dodge. Assisting her this year is Alan and Anna Foulds and Don Davis.

 

The 2009 Annual Swimsuit Classic grew from 96 runners in 2008 to 107 in 2009. This was in large part due to the efforts of Club Vice President and Race Director Dave Corbett. Naomi Laing and Dave Rand assisted with all the work that this type of an event requires. We had 18 members run the race and 22 members served as volunteers. Thank you to Bob Lane for being one of the main donors and helping make this race such a great success. As a result of all of this hard work and generosity, the Mystics donated $2,000 to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. The following members volunteered at the Swimsuit Classic; John Kelly, Steve Viegas, Krissy Nowell, Kevin Claire, Janie Ryder, Ken Skier, Linda Quimby, Barry Brodette, Don Perkins,Christine Skinner, Tracy Deats, Meg Michaels, Rick Collette, Bob Whittmore, Kevin Eaton, Ann Nelson, Donna Plachowicz, Joe Pelligrino, Naomi Laing and Dave Rand.
Thank you to family members that also volunteered; Cynthia Skier and Celeste Corbett.

 

The Mystic Runners volunteered at the 2009 Boston Run to Remember. There were 12 of us that manned two water stops and two members volunteered at the Expo. Volunteering at this event also provided revenue to our club. The following members volunteered at the water stop; David Rand, Mary Rand, Emma Rand, Naomi Laing, Bob Whitmore, Joe Pellegrino, Rick Collette, Kevin Eaton, Nakano Takayuki, Don Davis & Christine Skinner. Steve Viegas and Wayne Dwyer volunteered at the expo.

 

Each year many Mystics volunteer for the Boston Athletic Association. This year was no different. We had 17 people represent the Mystics at the packet stuffing located in Wilmington.

 

We had many others that volunteered at the Expo and on the day of the marathon. This earned us special recognition on the BAA website.

 

We would like to acknowledge Steve Viegas for providing his coaching services to the Mystics.Steve coaches both the indoor and outdoor track programs which are virtually year round programs. It is because of Steve that we are able to train at Tufts University. Thank you Steve.

 

One of the benefits of being a Mystic is having access to a Hotel Room after running the Boston Marathon. This year we can thank Kevin Eaton and his wife Nancy, Alan and Anna Foulds. Dave Rand coordinated the bus that gets the Mystics to Hopkinton. This is a great comfort to those running the marathon.

 

Thank you Alan and Anna for hosting the Boston Marathon Party at the Hot Spot this year. Thank you Rick Collette for putting together a great photo display at this event that included photographs of all the Mystics that were running Boston.

 

In early November the board became aware that the registration for the 2010 Boston Marathon may be closing earlier than in previous years. That coupled with a banquet being held a little later we felt it was best to hold the drawing rather than wait for the banquet. The Boston Marathon Raffle was held on November 12 at the Lord Wakefield Hotel. Following are the winners of the raffle and we wish you all the best with your training and a beautiful run next April.

 

1. Helen Staveley
2. Ken Skier
3. Dave Rand
4. Linda Quimby
5. Bob Lane
6. Angel Green
7. Pat Dooling
8. Kenny Mc Gowan
9. Lester Friedberg
10. Kerry Armstrong

While we had many accomplishments as a club we also had many runners achieve personal bests and our club had many successes in team events. Here are just a few.

Mill Cities Relay:

We had a Ladies Team, Ladies of the Lake, consisting of Krissy Nowell, Meg Michaels, Missy Mirabile, Amy Adamcewicz, and Jen Dodge.
The Car Avoiders: Don Davis, Ted Dooling, Mark Hemenway, Dave Corbett and Rob Mirabile.We also had several of our members run for other clubs teams; Bill Peters, Rich St. Hilaire, Jackie St. Hilaire, Dan Dodson, Rick Collette, Marge Heck, Maureen McNulty, Sharon McKenna, Alan Foulds.

24 Ultra Relay – Wakefield

The Mystics had an outstanding performance. The team, captained by Don Davis and Christine Skinner, consisted of the following members; Linda Quimby, Mark Hemenway, Krissy Nowell, Dave Corbett, Donna Plachowicz, Diane Dexter, Rob Mirabile and Mystic friend Cam Manning. The team placed second running 54 laps, 169.56 miles, in 23 hours, 39 minutes, 49 seconds. Second place finisher was not determined until the hour. Therefore, the battle for second place went on for over 10 hours.

 

Lake Winnie

 

Mystics Over 50 1st Place Mens’s : Taki Nakano, John Mulroy, John Kelly, Steve Viegas, Noel Robinson, Ted Dooling, Wayne Dwyer (Captain)
1st Place Women’s ; Meg Michaels (Captain) Diane Dexter, Donna Plachowicz, Sharon McKenna, Marge Heck, Cynthia Hendricks, Betty Cooper, Maureen McNulty

Ragnar Relay; John Mulroy, Meg Michaels, Sharon McKenna, Cindy Hendricksen and Jen Dodge were members of two teams.

 

Lynn Woods Relay; 10 mile relay through Lynn Woods, John Mulroy, Don Perkins, Meg Michaels, Rick Collette, Marge Heck, Sharon McKenna, Angel Green.

 

Mountain Goat Series

 

Ken Skier
John Mulroy
Don Perkins
Jackie St. Hilaire
Rich St. Hilaire
Marge Heck

Also, congratulations to Angel Green for completing all but one of the races.

The series includes running 6 mountains in the New England area and earns the “goats” an automatic entry to the Mountain Washington Road Race.

 

05/23 Wachusett Mountain Princeton, MA 4.3 Miles
05/31 Pack Monadnock Wilton to Temple, NH 10 Miles
06/13 Northfield Mountain Northfield, MA 10.3Km USATF-New England Trail Championships
06/28 Cranmore Hill Climb North Conway, NH 13.5Km (men) 9Km (women) USA & NACAC Mountain Championships
07/05 Loon Mountain Race Lincoln, NH 5.7 Miles
07/12 Ascutney Mt. Challenge Windsor, VT 3.8 Miles

Triathlons

 

Triathlons became an activity that many of our runners were involved in during the past year. There was even a triathlon at Lake Quannapowitt in which many of our members competed in. Individuals that competed in triathlons this year.

 

Pat Ryan
Sharon McKenna
Lisa Hodge
Marge Heck
Jack Downing
Don Perkins
Ken Skier
Pete Dahl
Rick Collette
Meg Michaels
Michael Hodge
Mark Hemenway
Lester Friedberg
Dan Dodson

 

Three of our members competed in a two Team Triathlon;

 

Ken Skier - Swim
Bob Lane - Ran
Jeff Mader – Bike

Boston Marathon: We had an excellent showing at this year’s Boston Marathon. The mystics had 21 members run. That’s 18 % of our club membership.

There were three members that ran two marathons in consecutive weekends; Richard St.Hillaire, Kevin Claire and Helen Stavely.

 

There are a several members that enjoyed some amazing running accomplishments this year.

Kevin Claire ran a total of 308.15 miles this tear. Including 4 Ultramarathons and 2 marathons. He ran 66 miles in a 24 hour period around our very own Lake Quannapowitt. His running efforts qualify him to join a special group called the “Marathon Maniacs” Kevin’s goal is to complete a 100 miler. Fellow Mystic, Rick Collette, joined Kevin on his road trip to the Canadian Rockies to
compete in the Sinister Ultra 7. Now that’s what you call support!

Track Coach, Steve Viegas had a year full of running accomplishments. In the USA Masters Track national rankings, He is ranked No. 11, outdoors in the 300-meters and again at No. 13 for the indoor 800- meters. Additionally, his 22:11 in the recent Run for All Ages in Wakefield earned him the All-American Award in the 5K for long distance running.

 

Also, Wayne Dwyer earned the 13th ranking for the indoor 800 meters based on a 22:27:45 at the BU Valentines Meet.

 

Pat Ryan is a member of an elite group of women who has run in the Tufts 10K each year since its inception. In 2009 Pat ran with 18 other women who have run Tufts 33 years in a row. Pat is also an avid Triathelete who often places in her age group.

As of November 30 one of our members has run 140 races totaling 630.27 miles. This is an average distance of 4.502 miles per race. He does this with a cheerful smile and warm greeting to everyone he sees. This is an average of 1.73 races per day and 24 marathons. Dan Dodson’s running achievements are amazing.

Many members achieve PRs. They are:

 

Rick Collette
Dave Corbett
Angel Green
Colette McGonagle
Maureen McNulty
Gerardo Panza

Rick Collette set 15 PRs this!

2009 also enjoyed some wonderful personal news that warrants mentioning.

Bob & Naomi were married.
Barry Brodette and Linda Quimby were married.
Amy & Rob had beautiful baby Jane, our youngest Mystic.
Krissy & Don became engaged.
Christine & Don became engaged.
Two members became grandparents, Marge Heck & Don Davis.