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ON THE COVER: Larry Olsen 1946 - 2009 May God bless you and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young Forever young forever young May you stay forever young - Bob Dylan 1974

We'll miss you Larry You were the one constant Amen

1 .RACE REPORTS FROM THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND

14th Monson Memorial Half Marathon, 13.1 miles, Monson, MA (11/8) (Keiron And Gail Nail Monstrous Monson 13 Ekoum Repeats, Rowdy Jack Revives at 11)
21st Whitin Road Race, 3.0 miles, Upton, MA (11/26) (Larry Legend Has, Alas, Left The Building Upton 5M is Finale For Quintessential Rat)
Dreamcatcher Road Race, 5 miles, Weymouth, MA (11/26) (Thanksgiving Day In Ratdom Is, In Retrospect, A Very Sobering Milestone)
21st Canton Fall Classic, 6.21 miles, Canton, MA (10/25) (Nick Renzulli Lives! Murderous Canton Groins Rats - Delonge Over Cakouros)
23rd Norwood Turkey Trot, 4.0 miles, Norwood, MA (11/23) (Lucky Gray Hangs In There Over Four In Norwood - Navas Outruns Cakouros)
2nd Kingston Turkey Trot, 3.1 miles, Kingston, MA (11/21) (Team Nolan Is Very Fast At Kingston 5K Viera Best Old Hen)
NE65 Club Run For The Ages, 3.1 miles, Wakefield, MA (11/7)(Row and Holmquist Fast In Wakefield 5K Old Geezers Abound)
23rd Bobby Bell Road Race, 5.0 miles, Haverhill, Ma (10/11) (Old Imprescia Wards Off Bayko's Advances At Haverhill Bell 5 - Tumbleton Wins Easily)
And many, many more, with ALL HSR subscribers times listed

2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Complaints. Complaints. Complaints. (The Rat readers return fire). Completely uncensored look at what New England runners are REALLY thinking about.

3. RATDOSSIER - None this issue - It's all about the GPS #7 and Sarah Prescott in a sweaty extra small GPS 7 Singlet at the Montpelier finally!

4. COMPLETE ROAD RACE SCHEDULE:

Complete Run into WINTER!!!! Brrrrrr. Schedule - Jan 10 - Apr 17, 2010
Yup, we even have the Feb. 7 Lynn - 15K - 10am - 36th Annual Great Stew Chase - 781- 592-1667

If you haven't run the Stew Chase, you really haven't run AND tasted great stew afterwards.

. ROAD RACE ENTRY FORMS:

Over a dozen in this issue, delivered to your doorstep in the centerfold of the
January - February 2010 issue of the Hockomock Swamp Rat.

6. AND MUCH MORE:

19 jam packed pages with insightful meanderings covering New England road racing news from the only underground running magazine in the Free World and/or beyond.