Just signed off on the
Nov/Dec issue this afternoon (Tue., 10-20) so of course our immediate primo
priority is the Pub Series! (All Photos by Paul “Scooter Boy” Hammond)
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It was a tad nippy for Paddy’s but NER Central ain’t
complaining, not with glove sales up 100% over last year. It was a bit brisk for the volunteers that
showed up at 5:00 am (so we heard, we arrived at 8:00 am).

The Border Street finish through West Newton’s industrial
zone isn’t exactly the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, but it was a familiar figure
who emerged in the maillot jeune to toast victory in 15:12. HFC’s TJ Unger, the reigning, defending and
now undisputed Pub Series XVIII champion hit the first mile in 5:05 so actually
sped up a tad on his way to malt & hops glory.

Resurgent HFC teammate Lee
Danforth in 15:17 turned back SRR’s Greg
Picklesimer (15:32) for a second straight race but nonetheless finished
7-points behind Pickle Power in the standings for the 2-3 positions.

After a year of trying, CSU’s Patrick Bugbee now joins the big boys in the top 5 courtesy of his
16:04 7th place showing. CSU teammate Kevin
Delaney copped 11th and the final Open $ spot. Given that ‰Û¢Pickle’ and
Delaney are Masters, this bumps up English bloke Macdara Nash, BAA coach Mike
McGrane and HFS’s “T-Vo” Tom Vossen
for the top-3 Masters slots.