There Arose Such a Claddagh

Week two of the Wild Rover series saw a mix of E Streeters take to the streets of Lawrence for the Claddagh Pub four mile race. Decent conditions - temps in the 50s, strong headwind at the start, insane hill at the midway point, but overall, a great time to be had by all. Most pics by my beautiful wife, with a few added in courtesty of Ted Tyler over on http://www.jimrhoades.com/ Here's Valerie Armbrust, getting ready for the big run: (she ended up finishing first in her age group.) Apparently Tommy cracked the code and has figured out how to secure an award.

Andrew and the LHS track team come out of the gate strong, and he still finds time to pose:

So, funny story: seems that after Saturday's 15-mile run, there were a couple of electronic casualties in the wash, along with the running gear. Can you guess which E Streeter lost a watch, and which one lost an ipod to the washing machine?

Andrew's got the lucky 7s on his side: Jonathan has no idea of the hill that awaits him:Andrew might have been able to win the race, but instead opted to stop and high-five everyone along the race course:

Jonathan, running as fast as he can to get away from Tommy and I:Tommy, milling around in Lawrence:

Seriously, what the hell is the matter with this guy?

Valerie with a strong ipod-less finish:Post race, the L word team makes a fine showing at the finish line, taking 6 of the top 31 spots out of 736 finishers

And the E Streeters, ready for the post-race celebration

Which can be found here:

Next week: the Lowell five miler to finish off the Wild Rover trifecta!