Paddy Kelly's was a chilling race to watch and especially to run. Kenyanesque Kevin Gray ran away from the usual Pub suspects, to which you can add former W. Virginia runner Tom Dion and a healthy Michael McGrane. Early season chill factor goes to Liverpool's Chris Teague.

The Masters pack is tight. Poor Jimmy Fallon jumped the gun, bonked 800 meters out and was gargling cream soda and stuffing twinkies down his gullet post-race. Everyone else was helping themselves to the hearty libations proffered by the Time Out Cafe. Sentimental favorite remains HFC's Paul Corcoran, the original Masters champ currently esconced in 10th.

Senior dark horse Jean-Guy Gaetano Barra spent 11 days in Eire with NER in 2001, developing a fondness for Guinness and exhibiting the endurance he'll need for Pub Series VII. The Vets scrap is a bare knuckle blueprint from 2003 between Iron Joe Drugan and Vet champ Dave Pember.

In addition, there's a certifiable 70+ contender in the Marshfield RR's Bob Hillman, a Cabot Trail teammate from 1992. Bob still hasn't acquired that parcel of land in Cheticamp in the Cape Breton Highlands, so we'll most likely have him aboard in 2004.

A Final Reminder: Folks need to be subscribers to the mag by Doyles to be eligible for scoring and all the Series-end swag (i.e. the jackets, the $$, the party, the glasses, etc.). Anyone and everyone is encouraged to participate in the Pub Series races, but to preserve our sanity and keep our merchandise sponsor solvent we're following the tact of every other series around when it comes to awards.

Men's Standings after the 23rd Paddy Kelly 5-Miler,Brockton, MA, Feb. 8

Open Men (Top 50 Score Including Age-Groupers)

1. Kevin Gray -------50
2.Chris Teague -------49
3. Eric Beauchesne -------48
4. Tom Dion ------47
5. Michael McGrane ------46
6. Andrew Wedlake ------45
7. Brian Mahoney ------44
8. Keiron Tumbleton ------43
9. Tom Doody - NH------42
10. Bryan Doldt ------41
11. Chris Mahoney ------40
12. Robert LaPlante ------39
13. Bobby Bligh - RI------38
14. Peter Lopriore ------37
15. Paul Hammond ------36
16. David Prasse------35
17. Chris Spinney------34
18. Sam Moorhead ------33
19. Mike Norton------32
20.DanielAlperin ------31
21. Barry Phelps------30
22. Tim Gavin------29
23. Michael Paglia ---------28
24. Tom Dmukauskas--------27
25. Paul Kelly--------26
26. Kit Salmon--------25
27. James Glavin-------24
28. Bob Ruel--------23
29. Ben Coyle--------22
30. Ken Warren--------21
31. Don Fredrikson - RI--------20
32. Frank Nelson--------19
33 Chris Fitzgerald--------18
34. Steven Dutra--------17
35. Jimmy Fallon---------16
36. David Welch--------15
37. Chris Smith--------14
38. Don Burke--------13
39. Ted Norton--------12
40. Kris Ventresco--------11
41. Paul Corcoran--------10
42. Robert Eaton--------9
43. KhamfeuaHaleudeth--------8
44. Dan Connolly-------7
45. Brian Applebaum--------6
46. Mike Sawyer--------5
47. Chris Lydon - RI--------4
48. Bruce Hunt--------3
49. Steven Allison--------2
50. Adrien Grise--------1

Men's Masters (Top 10 Score)

1. Tom Doody - NH------10
2. Paul Hammond ------9
3. Chris Spinney------8
4. Ken Warren--------7
5. Don Fredrikson - RI--------6
6. Steven Dutra--------5
7. Jimmy Fallon---------4
8. David Welch--------3
9. Don Burke--------2
10. Paul Corcoran--------1

Seniors (Top 8 Score)

1. Bob Ruel----------81
2. Kevin McCarthy - RI--------7
3. Billy Robertson--------6
4. Guy Barra--------5
5. Joseph Kvilhaug--------4
6. Kevin Leach--------3
7. Ray Isacco - RI--------2
8. John Babington-------1

Veterans (Top 6 Score)

1. David Pember--------6
2. Joseph Drugan--------5
3. Ken Mueller--------4
4. Fred Zuleger - RI-------3
5. Tom Abbott---------2
6. Steven Kramer--------1

70+ (Top 4 Score)

1. Bob Hillman-------4
2. Gerald Good-------3
3. Carlton Mendall - ME-------2
4. Wes Chadbourne------1