March 7, 2003

What a difference a few hours makes. The roads were nice and dry all
day on Friday, but by the time 5:30 rolled around things had frozen over
solid and Surf Drive was almost sheer ice. This led to a somewhat
treacherous five-mile run for the Coffee-O-Fivers, but all 14 runners made
it through unscathed. Five walkers also slid through the elements this week
as well.
Mike Norton made it three wins in a row as he skated into Town Hall
Square in just a shade over 31 minutes to finish in a tie for first. Dana
Miskell made his first appearance of 2003 and managed a fourth place finish.
His time of 36:10 was two minutes behind Jeff List, who nabbed third. Jack
Carrol took fourth with a time of just under 39 minutes.

Eileen Miskell garnered her first ever Coffee-O-Five win with a time of
45:50. Her time was good enough to best Sabine Mecking and Mary-Louise
Timmermans by one minute. Ms. Timmermans and Ms. Mecking were participating
for the first time and were in a quandary as the course directional arrows
were all covered with snow and they didn¹t know the course. Bob Richards
came through in the clutch and escorted the two women through the course
without getting lost or falling down. Carolyn Bird took fourth for the
women.
The Coffee-O-Five is a weekly five mile run and 2.4 mile walk which is
held every Friday night at 5:30 from Town Hall Square in Falmouth. There is
no entry fee for this self timed event and steaming hot cocoa, is generously
supplied by Coffee Obsession for all runners and walkers after the event.
The next big event on the local running scene is the 26th Annual Seagul Six
Road Race which. The 5.74 miler will be held on April 6th in downtown Woods
Hole.