Rain and wind from Hurricane Ivan greeted 14 runners in the annual 5 mile
race that is part of the North Medford Club's summer series. The course was
one mile on the road, two miles on the trails of Bradley Palmer State Park
and 2 miles on the road. Serious mud proved a challenge to runners to avoid
or pass through. Richard Walsh took the direct route through the mud while
Larry Thode lost time trying to avoid the mud. Larry realized avoidance was
going to take too much time so he proceeded to charge through also. The race
director lost several places when his shoe came off in an early deep mud
hole. Other runners missed turn indicators and ran extra. Refreshments were
donated from Three Star Pizza in Beverly. An inch of rain had soaked the
course before the start with another 3./4  of an inch recorded by the finish.



 1. Richard Walsh        37      Hamilton        37:07
 2. Larry Thode          50      Upton           37:37
 3. Ana Hubert           39      Melrose         43:43
 4. Allen Peterson       61      Lynn            43:44
 5. Anthony Fusco        37      Hamilton        43:50
 6. Paul Poveromo        45      Beverly         44:50
 7. Maury Cliffe         45      Lynn            47:48
 8. Roger Perham         57      Hamilton        47:59
 9. Buddy Hubert         57      Melrose         48:39
10. Anthony Low          19      Topsfield       50:19
11. Marge Gladwin        51      Westford        53:07
12. Dan Coffey                   Beverly         55:01
13. Louise Rossetti      83      Saugus        1:33:41
14. John Robertson       79      Lynn          1:41:55