East Somerville, MA - Big storm in Boston yesterday, but at Khoury's it was just another Thursday night. Women's winner Aileen Mason was quoted before the race as saying, "We're runners not toilet paper." 16 runners showed up to do battle with Somerville's famous fleet of plows through the blinding snow, so blinding in fact, that 2 runners who shall remain nameless (ok, Dermott and John), got lost and had to be escorted back to Khoury's by a friendly Saint Bernard. Greg Hammond gets the coveted yellow jersey this week, but how long will he wear it? Show up next week to find out.
Women's Open: 1. Aileen Mason 31:58 2. Carol Lahiff 35:02 3. Una McKeever 35:38 4. Ellen Parker 39:27 5. Tricia O'Neill 40:30 Men's Open: 1. Greg Hammond 29:02 2. Jostein Pederson 29:14 3. Larry Horlick 30:08 4. Peter Terhune 30:09 5. John Evans 31:29 6. Frankie Keane 32:10 7. Buddy Cormier 32:13 8. Doug Peterson 35:35 9. Jake Jacobsen 37:15 10. Greg Menounos 39:28