Perry was involved in all stages of the race planning and explained how much was involved making the course certified for State Records. With reference to "Mole Day", Perry sent an email the week prior to the race ** (see below)
The weekend prior to the race, Kevin Beck and Jeremy Huckins joined us for fun as we ran up, up, up Snow Pond Hill then powered down Shaker Road.
Driving to the race, car thermometer said 37 degrees... glad I brought my arm sleeves. As I walked to registration in NHTI lecture hall, noticed the exceptional details... helpful volunteers, facilities... A+ for course management, cash prizes, ladies sizes technical shirts, shoe bags, etc... variety and quality post-race food (Boloco cheese & egg tortilla!)
I warmed up about 20 minutes, lined up 2nd row of 222 runners. The miles went by pretty quickly. Saw my Dad cheering and lots of volunteers I know. Held off on water & Gu until 8 miles, didn't really need them, but practicing for Cape Cod Marathon following weekend... damn, so much time slowing down to drink... lesson to remember. Giggled to myself for not automatically veering off-course towards home via my usual route.
Crossed the finish line, 1:11:46 and my blonde brain confidently recalled the previous State Age record was 1:17 something. Good margin. Perry confirmed he got his State record and I checked and found out I was 4th woman.
Massage table & change shoes, then at the awards I received $50.00 check for 1st female master... boooya!!!
NH State Age Record for Women's Single Age (45)
Time:
1:11:47, 7:11
4th woman, 222 runners
Results
** Mole Day? Perry said:
"I am a nerdy chemistry guy. We use the concept of the mole to count atoms and molecules. It turns out that there are 6.023 x 1023 atoms in exactly one mole of an element. This of course has led to the celebration of Mole Day on 10/23 or October 23. You can imagine how excited I was when it was decided that the first ever Granite 10 was going to be run on Mole Day. The race committee, who have all been working tremendously hard, denied all of my suggestions. There is no mention of Mole Day on the race app, they would not put a little picture of a mole on the sleeve of the race T-shirt (I think that would have been soooo cute), there is no category for chemists, they did not call the race the Grappone SiO2*Al2O3*xH2O 10 Miler, and they would not start the race at 6:02.3 in the morning. But that’s OK because I am very used to having my ideas politely ignored. I am still very pumped that we finally have a 10 mile race back in Concord and it is on Mole Day. My big dilemma is that I can’t decide if I should wear my Mole Day shirt running. It looks very cool, but it is not exactly light weight and I don’t think that it has any wicking qualities."
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