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Greystone Electronics is an official United States Track and Field registered running club. We have a wide variety of members ranging from 6 years to 75 years of age and from 20 minute to 4:30 milers. Our runners enjoy competition in cross-country, track and field, road racing, and trail running. Membership to Team Greystone is FREE! We offer race uniforms for both male and female athletes as well as other types of running aparel. As a Team Greystone member, you are entitled to free entry in a number of local races as well as proffessional coaching and guidance in the running comunity , locally, regionally, nationally, and abroad. For more information on how to become a Team Greystone member, on how to capitalize on race entry discounts, coaching, and discounts on apparel, contact team membership 12/14/04 The Norfolk Pub 10-Mile Course Description is drafted in cronological order. I show you the photos with an occasional view because often we don't have the time to appreciate the scenery during a race. Next year I'll set the description up in linear order. This year is a work in progress. If you need to think linearly, start with the oldest posting at the bottom of the page and read up; otherwise, enjoy the views. Once the initial 2.5 miles are over, the next 5 miles are relatively calm. From 2.5 to just after 3, it's mostly downhill.
The hardwood grove at 5.5 Like many courses in New England, there's usually a modest climb up a hill from a stream. The stream at 5.8 leads into a modest climb onto a flat and the 6-mile mark.
12/10/04 The start of the Norfolk Pub 10-Miler is about a 600 meter straight with a gradual rise. From 600 to about 800 meters the course has a slight flat and then from 800 to 1200 there is a significant down hill
The mile mark is the start of the first significant ascent; a 1-mile gravel hill where any significant surge could prove costly for the later stages of the race.
A brief recovery with a short downhill to 2.3 miles. 12/2/04 $100.00 for a new men's record at the Norfolk Pub 10-Miler, Saturday, December 18th at 11:00 AM! Top Ten Times for Men in Norfolk Pub 10-Miler (CT00003DR) 1. Chad Johnson 26, 54:40, 5:28's, 1st in 2001 2. Peter Oviatt 32, 55:38, 5:34's, 2nd in 2001 3. Eric Blake 24, 56:37, 5:40's, 1st in 2003 4. Dave Dunham 36, 57:57, 5:48's, 1st in 2000 5. Joseph LeMay 37, 58:53, 5:54's, 2nd in 2003 6. J. David Blodgett 35, 1:00:31, 6:04's, 1st in March of 2000 7. Bill Thramann 40, 1:00:34, 6:04's, 3rd in 2001 8. Kevin Gorman 23, 1:00:41, 6:05's, 2nd in 2000 9. Kevin Skehan 41, 1:00:42, 6:05's, 4th in 2001 10. Matthew Kalinski 21, 1:00:50, 6:05's, 3rd in 2003 Download an application... The start is a gradual climb with a 600 meter straight. The finish is fantastic with a fast gradual 600 meter drop over a wide open straight.
and the registration is located in front of the Norfolk Town Hall on Maple Street.
11/13/04
From a distance it looks harmless enough. The hills of Norfolk surround Doolittle Lake and the Norfolk Pub 10-Mile Road Race conquers each and every last hill. This is the 6th Annual Norfolk Pub 10-Miler and each year has offered a different challenge with the weather. I've run the course every single month. The fall in its brilliant foliage, the spring with newborn flora and fauna, the summer with unrelenting heat and humidity, and the winter. I guess technically December 18th isn't really winter. Tell that to the people who live in Norfolk. The winter course offers the most challenge because of cold , raw winds, that cut to the bone, and slick black ice patches that would just as soon have you foot placed elsewhere. Over the next few weeks I will be placing photos of the course along with mile-by-mile descriptions for your review. This page will be turning over on a regular basis so check it as such.
The course is an overall test of fitness. This is not a personal record-type of course. The 10-Mile distance is a classic road race distance. Long before there were 5K's and 10K's, there was the 10-Mile. Many have come and gone. The Framingham Terrible 10 is no longer in existence and that was the traditional test for runners preparing for the Boston Marathon; including , Bill Rogers. The Simsbury 10-Miler has faded in and out. The Amherst 10-Miler is still going strong, along with the Yankee Homecoming in Newburyport and the Blessing of the Fleet in Narraganset, but the Pack Monadnock 10 has recently sputtered, in large part because of the challenge that such a distance and such a course has to offer to the 5K and 10K runners. Has today's runner gotten soft? Are flat and fast courses the choice of the common runner? The statistics put up by the Road Runners of America and the United States Track and Field suggest that the answers are yes.
This course offers a little bit of everything. To race the course requires strategy and tactics. To race and finish in the top of your division requires strength, stamina, intelligence, and courage. You don't need to be fast, you do need to be tuff. Check out the calendar for more info and/or download a race application. 11/8/04 Over the next few weeks the team page will be highlighting the Norfolk
Pub 10-Miler scheduled for Saturday,12/18/04, at 11:00 AM. This is
a classic 10-Mile race with a challenging course run by some of the top
runners from all over New England. It is considered to be the most challenging
10-Miler in Connecticut, and barring the Wilton Pack Monadnock 10 ( part
mountain race), it is widely considered to be one of the prettiest and
most challenging 10-Mile Road Races in all of New England. For $1.00
per mile, race day, or $.737 per mile, pre-registration, you can't beat
the price, the value, the competition, and the fun. Stay tuned to the
team page for a feature presentation. This is what running should be
like... Wendy's info: Registered Quarter Horse Mare "Winds of Dorey"
Like the drawing says, "Go Greystone!" |
Thank
you.
the
turn at 2.8 miles begins to roll mostly downhill
There's
a pretty little cemetery, located on the right, at the base of a relatively
steep downhill at 3.9 miles.
Following
the cemetery, the course takes a right-hand turn with a short uphill
at the 4-mile mark.
There's
a short flat with an occasional glimpse of Doolittle Lake and an S-Turn
at 4.3 miles.
Then
a 600m flat straight to a modest climb to the 5-mile mark and an unmanned
water table..
Then
another quick dip at 6.2
An
occasional summer home
at
3/4 of a mile the course bottoms out with a flat straight that turns
to gravel.
One/Nine
Mile Mark.
In
past years, the mile long hill up Lovers Lane has proved a difficult
challenge with snow, ice, ruts, and mud. It's even more of
a
challenge
on the way back down; as THE FASTEST ninth mile! The gravel ends just
before the 2-mile mark and pavement takes over for the next 6+ miles
until you
return to the Lovers Lane intersection and head back to the finish. There
will be an unmanned water station her at the Two/eight mile mark. Be
prepared to break through the ice covered cup of water...
Enjoy
the country views as you climb a short, sharp, hill to 2.5 miles.
