Hot Running in Friday Night Five The Plymouth Savings Bank clock read 76 degrees, making it the warmest Friday Night Five since way back to last August. The Elm Road water stop was operating in full force at least a month earlier than normal.
The south-west tail wind on Surf Drive was so strong that it propelled one runner along so fast that he couldn't negotiate the hard left turn onto Walker Street and had to slow down and make a "U" turn in the Surf Drive Beach parking lot. Anyone who didn’t run negative splits this week was doing something terribly wrong.
Watching the race very intently this week was a large female osprey at the three and a half mile mark. The majestic bird sat on her perch outside her nest and watched all 36 runners as they ran by.
Sharon Napier was blown into Town Hall Square in under 40 minutes for her first time. Ollie Zenk had the run of the night, however. Two weeks ago in his Friday Night debut, Mr. Zenk, of Germany, struggled home in 57 minutes, After two weeks of intensive training he returned and knocked a whopping 11 minutes off his time. At that rate he should break the course record in a month or so.
A large Cinco De Mayo celebration party was scheduled to be held after the race. It was canceled at the last minute when someone pointed out that Friday was May 4th and not May 5th as race organizers had thought.
The Friday Night Five is held every Friday night at 5:30. There is no charge for this self-timed event and all runners are encouraged to participate.
******************* RESULTS FTC FRIDAY NIGHT FIVE 05/04/2001 Pl Name Hometown Age Sex Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ken Gartner W. Falmouth 40 M 28:40 2 Mike Norton Falmouth 31 M 30:13 3 Michele Bianchini Venice, Italy 48 M 31:37 4 Bob Crowley Hatchville 45 M 33:59 5 David Farrell Barrington, RI 51 M 34:20 6 Terry Souza Falmouth 33 M 34:31 7 Tim Jones E. Falmouth 43 M 34:54 8 Peter Landry Teaticket 44 M 34:54 9 Jeff Hamilton Woods Hole 46 M 35:54 10 Dave Fratantoni Falmouth 33 M 37:14 11 Rocky Geyer Falmouth 45 M 37:48 12 Monica Hough Falmouth 39 F 38:35 13 Jim Hines Marstons Mills 67 M 38:43 14 Tom Fuller E. Falmouth 35 M 39:08 15 Paul Hartel W. Falmouth 50 M 39:11 16 Kris Tholke W. Falmouth 52 F 39:11 17 Jurek Blusztajn Falmouth 43 M 39:16 18 Sharon Napier Sandwich 40 F 39:44 PR 19 Michael Boudrot E. Falmouth 35 M 40:11 20 Mike Garry N. Falmouth 53 M 41:15 21 Judi Keller N. Falmouth 52 F 44:01 22 Lisa Lamont E. Falmouth 39 F 45:00 23 Elizabeth Sherman Falmouth 18 F 45:00 24 Ellen Montgomery N. Falmouth 42 F 45:00 25 Nicole Grevelis Marstons Mills 29 F 46:00 26 Ollie Zenk Kiel, Germany 27 M 46:30 27 Rich Sherman Falmouth 53 M 47:30 28 Stephen Howard Falmouth 50 M 47:40 29 Leslie Greene Mashpee 37 F 48:37 30 Madeleine Marken Falmouth 61 F 48:44 31 Linda Dalton Falmouth 60 F 52:01 32 Bob Yates Falmouth 64 M 56:19 33 Maggi Yates Falmouth 57 F 56:19 34 Courtney Bird Falmouth 61 M 56:19 35 Carolyn Bird Falmouth 61 F 60:00 36 Miroslav Jones Weston 28 M 63:14