From Greg Cass of the Open:
Monday’s unfortunate events have cast a shadow on the typical celebrations around the Boston Marathon. Even after some time has passed, it’s still hard to believe the scenes of pain, chaos, confusion, and sadness.
I think I speak for the entire Club when I say that we will continue to keep those impacted by the horrific events in Boston in our thoughts for the days and weeks to come. We are all fortunate to have a built-in support network from our coaches and fellow club members – we should take comfort in that and use it to help work through any lingering feelings.
As difficult as Monday afternoon was, we should still take a moment to recognize the great successes our members had out on the famed Boston course. Taking advantage of beautiful spring weather and months of preparation through the cold winter, our Men’s Open team turned in a number of stellar performances. A quick count shows that at least 10 men in orange and blue conquered the hills and finished under 3 hours – very impressive!
The scoring team was led by Francois Lhuissier (2:32:03, with a solid negative split), with Brian Valentini and Brad Weiss each clocking a 2:48:50 to round out the group.
Other performances to congratulate include:
Ron Brooks (2:49:00)
Stephen Curtis (2:51:22, over a 1-minute PR!)
Rohit Mitter (2:55:06)
Gerd Zeibig (2:57:15)
Ken Tso (2:58:06)
Itaru Fujieda (2:59:19)
Jeffrey Holy (2:59:48)
Neal Sussman (3:03:47)
Kieran Garvey (3:07:11)
Jonathan Stenger (3:14:45)
Brendan Rickert (3:18:26)
Chris Solarz (3:44:19)
Well done team – happy resting and recovery. Hopefully we can ride this momentum through spring races and take over Brooklyn in May!