From Nicole Falcaro:

The women shipped up to Boston this weekend for the 22nd annual Mayor’s Cup. New Yorkers racing in New England was no tea party, as the women won the team race with 40 points to New Balance Boston’s 47 points. Rolanda Bell, a.k.a. Toots was fifth overall, earning some prize money on her birthday! Birthday twin Lidia Garcia, a.k.a. “Babu” was there to witness the women’s dominance. “Steph never sang us ‘Happy Birthday’ so Ro Ro and I didn’t have as happy of a birthday as it could’ve been. We LOVED all the tasty homemade treats from Nicole and the Lacey’s. Ro’s birthday pin didn’t fall off during her kick ass race, and we made the most bomb.com personalized shirts in the universe!”

Though not totally jazzed about her race, Captain Cat was second for the team but was more proud of the team’s overall victory and Mass-ive trophy that came with it. “The team doing well, even with several people not having a completely fabulous day was thrilling! I’d have to say that seeing that shiny silver cup come out of the wrapping was the highlight of the day for me.” Christina took time on the ride home thinking of alternate uses for the bowl-like trophy. “A water bowl for Nicky? An ice cream bowl? A receptacle for baked beans?”

Andrea Bradshaw departed with the performance of the day, running a huge course PR and the first time running an XC 5k under 18:00. This is especially impressive given the softer, more clam chowder-like footing than in the past since they reconstructed the course last year.

Jane doesn’t think the Red Sox were the only winning team this weekend as she remarks, “We are so strong! I like how we push each other to our limits on good and bad days! Loved getting to know teammates much better on cooldown, warmups, and car rides!”

The ladies return to Franklin Park in two weeks for a longer version of the course, a 6k at the USATF New England Championships. It’ll be (Bos)tons of fun. But first, Cat, Steph, Erin, Jane, Andrea, and Shannon will be running the Dash to the Finish Line 5k this Saturday at 8:30am.