I’ve been fortunate enough to win at least one race every year since 1979. With my win this past weekend at Hawley Kiln I now have 31 years with a win.
Here are some stats:
The average field size in my wins = 209
Biggest field = 3,122 @ Charbo’s (03-24-1996)
Smallest field = 1 @Winnekenni snowshoe (12-25-08)
By type:
Road-178
Outdoor track- 40
Cross country-33
Indoor track-32
Trail-27
Snowshoe-22
Mountain-18
Wins by year
1979 -3
1980 -13
1981 -22
1982 -18
1983 -4
1984 -10
1985 -7
1986 -3
1987 -7
1988 -16
1989 -12
1990 -10
1991 -38
1992 -20
1993 -35
1994 -13
1995 -18
1996 -24
1997 -8
1998 -7
1999 -7
2000 -11
2001 -14
2002 -6
2003 -3
2004 -1
2005 -1
2006 -2
2007 -9
2008 -7
2009 -1
Longest stretches without a win:
05/03/05 to 11/04/06 =550 days
03/20/04 to 05/03/05 =409 days
07/02/97 to 05/24/98 =326 days
01/26/02 to 10/27/02 =274 days
2/2/2008 to 7/16/2008 = 165 days
Most races without a win = 75
Favorite wins:
09/24/79 - 14:21 – Dracut, MA – JV XC race 2.4m – My first win
05/03/80 - 9:47 – Wilmington, MA - Freshman/Sophomore 2mile – My first trophy (and I still have it)
02/20/82 - 9:15.6 – Cambridge, MA -State championship 2mile - My only state championship victory
03/26/83 - 14:27.7 – Gainesville, FL -Florida relays 5,000m – Outkicked Mark Platjes for the win
09/13/87 - 14:08 – Concord, NH - NEAC 5K (Couples) – My first New England road title
06/18/88 - 60:50 - Greens Grant, NH - My first Mt Washington win
05/05/91 - 49:36 – Worcester, MA - NEAC 10M - Took Dennis Simoniatis in the last 50m.
03/08/92 -1:38:03 – Boylston, MA - NEAC 30K – Beat Sheehan and Dillon in final steps (top 3 in 3 seconds)
12/12/92 - 2:20:51 – Huntsville, AL -Rocket city marathon -1st marathon win
03/21/93 - 1:05:02 - New Bedford, MA - NEAC 13.1 - 1 second win over Simonatis
10/18/98 - 2:21:36 – Tyngsboro, MA - Bay state marathon -Won in front of hometown crowd and qualified for Oly trials
01/22/00 - 25:53 – Adams, MA - Greylock Glen 5km snowshoe - 1st snowshoe win
07/29/00 -15:45 – Greensboro, NC - Take pride in your hide - 5k XC - 1st naked race, record for fastest naked 5k XC.
10/08/00 - 6:46:39 – Boston, MA - Chancellor's challenge 100km - 1st Ultra
02/10/01 - 50:50 – Plattsburgh, NY - US snowshoe championships - 10km
10/06/07 - 23:51 – Fayston, VT - Stark Mountain – 1 mile straight up the mountain. Great sick fun!
Here are some stats:
The average field size in my wins = 209
Biggest field = 3,122 @ Charbo’s (03-24-1996)
Smallest field = 1 @Winnekenni snowshoe (12-25-08)
By type:
Road-178
Outdoor track- 40
Cross country-33
Indoor track-32
Trail-27
Snowshoe-22
Mountain-18
Wins by year
1979 -3
1980 -13
1981 -22
1982 -18
1983 -4
1984 -10
1985 -7
1986 -3
1987 -7
1988 -16
1989 -12
1990 -10
1991 -38
1992 -20
1993 -35
1994 -13
1995 -18
1996 -24
1997 -8
1998 -7
1999 -7
2000 -11
2001 -14
2002 -6
2003 -3
2004 -1
2005 -1
2006 -2
2007 -9
2008 -7
2009 -1
Longest stretches without a win:
05/03/05 to 11/04/06 =550 days
03/20/04 to 05/03/05 =409 days
07/02/97 to 05/24/98 =326 days
01/26/02 to 10/27/02 =274 days
2/2/2008 to 7/16/2008 = 165 days
Most races without a win = 75
Favorite wins:
09/24/79 - 14:21 – Dracut, MA – JV XC race 2.4m – My first win
05/03/80 - 9:47 – Wilmington, MA - Freshman/Sophomore 2mile – My first trophy (and I still have it)
02/20/82 - 9:15.6 – Cambridge, MA -State championship 2mile - My only state championship victory
03/26/83 - 14:27.7 – Gainesville, FL -Florida relays 5,000m – Outkicked Mark Platjes for the win
09/13/87 - 14:08 – Concord, NH - NEAC 5K (Couples) – My first New England road title
06/18/88 - 60:50 - Greens Grant, NH - My first Mt Washington win
05/05/91 - 49:36 – Worcester, MA - NEAC 10M - Took Dennis Simoniatis in the last 50m.
03/08/92 -1:38:03 – Boylston, MA - NEAC 30K – Beat Sheehan and Dillon in final steps (top 3 in 3 seconds)
12/12/92 - 2:20:51 – Huntsville, AL -Rocket city marathon -1st marathon win
03/21/93 - 1:05:02 - New Bedford, MA - NEAC 13.1 - 1 second win over Simonatis
10/18/98 - 2:21:36 – Tyngsboro, MA - Bay state marathon -Won in front of hometown crowd and qualified for Oly trials
01/22/00 - 25:53 – Adams, MA - Greylock Glen 5km snowshoe - 1st snowshoe win
07/29/00 -15:45 – Greensboro, NC - Take pride in your hide - 5k XC - 1st naked race, record for fastest naked 5k XC.
10/08/00 - 6:46:39 – Boston, MA - Chancellor's challenge 100km - 1st Ultra
02/10/01 - 50:50 – Plattsburgh, NY - US snowshoe championships - 10km
10/06/07 - 23:51 – Fayston, VT - Stark Mountain – 1 mile straight up the mountain. Great sick fun!
5 comments:
Yikes... to an outsider this may appear to be the work of an autistic savant...
In all seriousness though, you need to work on adding wins to the following race categories:
Beach
Naked Cross Country
Stair/Tower
Orienteering
Beer Mile
Burrito Mile
Treadmill
Wife Carrying
Hey, i have that issue of New England Runner sitting right here with my other running stuff.
Nice list. You won a race with one runner it it?
He only won that because I stayed home that day...it was frickin' xmas morning! I was going to go and at the last minute came to my senses.
I have won (and track) the number of Orienteering races. I'll have to dig up how many victories I have over double-j.
Up until the X-mas race the smallest field was 2. One time Craig Fram and I drove all the way to Dartmouth and we ended up being the only guys in the 5,000.
This is great stuff, DD,
thanks for sharing it.
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