Groton Gophers off to a good start for 2007

The Groton Gophers began their year by joining the Syracuse Track Club. We'll see how many track Clubs we can get kicked out of this year. :-)

Five of the Gophers ran the Syracuse Track Club's Resolution run. (I wonder if they'll change the name next year?) Ray Wagner and Gary Rightmire in their cunning pursuit of finishing first proceeded to run a different route then the rest of the Gophers. They figured that extra mile wasn't really necessary. Ray used this route to lead the Gopher Pack with a 42 min ?? sec finish. Stephen Codner in his "I don't want to run this race." mode came in second, followed by Steve Gallow, and Ron Moore. Gary made sure to bring up the rear in case any gophers were injured, and needed assistance.

Champagne at the water stop, and Chili, Ziti, Bread, and Soda at the finish helped to make sure that a Good Time was had by all.

Looking forward Stephen Codner will be traveling the week after next to Arizona to do the Rock and Roll Half Marathon. The Cazanovia Chilly Chili will be taking place in February. And look for Ron Moore, Ray Wagner, Gideon Gal, John Daileyand Steve Gallow to run as the Dirty Half Dozen in the Green Mountain Relay in June (200 miles.)