Bruce Day 2012 - and if you don't know what that means, welcome to the E Streeters, where every September 23rd is a reason to celebrate the birthday of our favorite musician, Bruce Springsteen. (Today was his 63rd! Yikes!) In true Springsteen spirit, the E Streeters turned out in big numbers today to support a mid-month No Bananas 5K race on the Freeman Trail in Chelmsford.
Apparently, today was a day to rock MCC swag, as seen by the spectrum of race shirts hitting the trail today. The Scanlon brothers made a red carpet faux pas and wore the same shirt, but in the end, only one of them would ride the rail to victory. More on that later.
Pre-race, 21:07 nad 21:10 were sizing one another up, trying to figure out who would come out triumphant in today's Clash of the Titans. You can see Carlos' reaction to Tommy's trash-talking.
Right away, Tommy makes his move. Big mistake. Barry would capitalize on this rookie mistake on the way back in and blaze past his older brother, leaving him soundly in his dust. Looks like Carlos gets the Hermano y Hermano duel he's been calling for all these months.
Some finish lines shots of our finer finishers, including the No Bananas Queen herself, Ruth, apparently the only member of the Crockett family still logging the running miles.
Two-thirds of the MCC Public Affairs team finish it up with smiles on their faces
And finally, the results! What's this? Tommy eked out a one-second victory over his arch-nemesis Carlos? Apparently he CAN back up his trash-talking!
Finally, the whole bunch of bananas, getting ready for their October outing, which happens to follow on the heels of the 3rd MCC Trail Race on October 6! Hope to see you all there!
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