Dave La, DQ, and I headed to the race a bit early so that we could drive the course and get some feel for what the race would be like. It looked "rolling" but rolling UP through 5k then rolling DOWN to the finish. It also looked like it'd be a warm day with the bright sun and climbing temperatures. We hooked up with some CMS teammates (Joe, Jim, and Martin) and headed out for an easy 3 mile warm-up. After that I changed into race gear and headed out for another mile with some strides. I felt a bit tired and just the right amount of nervous. I hit the line with 5 minutes to go and staked out a spot at the front.
I tried to relax in the first mile as many runners blew by me, my plan of running with Joe was over by 400 meters in. It just felt too fast for me. I was hoping to run right around 5:30 per mile and was happy with a 5:24 opening mile. The rolling nature of the course had me slowing for miles 2 and 3 but I was also reeling in some runners. I caught Joe and Dmitri Drozdov (SRR) just before the 3 mile mark. Dmitri asked what the time was and I told him (16:40). Joe noted "I'm toast, go". I could see Wayne Levy (BAA) not too far ahead and he is leading the grand prix in the 45-49 age group. I hoped to reel him in on some of the downhill running.
I never really shook Joe and never really reeled in Wayne. Basically I stayed in the same place from 5k on. I didn't feel great when we hit the 5m mark (in a personal best 27:46) but I gave everything I had. I caught Kevin Tilton who was having a rough day and could see Joe closing on Al Bernier who was also having a tough go of it. I kicked for all I had, knowing it'd be close to my PR and I slid by Kevin in the last 50 meters before the finish. I ended up taking 9th in the masters with a new PR of 34:27.2 which is a scant one second faster than what I ran at the NE championships (James Joyce 10k) last year.
I'll take it easy again this week and not even hit the track. All the training is in the bank now and I just need to get to the top of Mt Washington without messing up my calf and I'll be happy!
Splits: 5:25 11:02 (5:37) 16:40 (5:38) 22:22 (5:42) 27:46 (5:24) 34:27 (6:41)
Results:
1 RUBEN SANCA DRACUT, MA MA 810 24 M 1 Top Fin 30:15.4
2 KEVIN JOHNSON HANOVER NH 8523 23 M 2 Top Fin 30:16.3
3 NATE JENKINS CMS ANDOVER MA 866 31 M 3 Top Fin 31:12.2
CMS finishers
25 KEVIN GORMAN NORWOOD MA 863 35 M 6 30-39 33:40.9
26 GREG HAMMETT CHESTERFIELD NH 864 34 M 7 30-39 33:43.4
38 ALAN BERNIER PROVIDENCE RI 861 37 M 9 30-39 34:15.3
39 JOE SHAIRS PEABODY MA 869 44 M 8 40-49 34:16.4
43 DAVE DUNHAM BRADFORD MA 862 48 M 9 40-49 34:27.2
44 KEVIN TILTON NORTH CONWAY NH 870 30 M 11 30-39 34:27.1
57 JIM PAWLICKI LYNN MA 867 37 M 17 30-39 35:22.3
79 JASON PORTER BEDFORD NH 875 42 M 17 40-49 36:36.0
94 MARTIN TIGHE PROVIDENCE RI 871 54 M 9 50-59 37:24.6
134 DAVE MINGORI CHARLTON MA 745 45 M 30 40-49 38:54.8
179 DAVID QUINTAL SALEM NH 874 49 M 44 40-49 41:00.7
246 DAVID LAPIERRE CHELMSFORD MA 159 48 M 58 40-49 43:09.8
Top 10 masters
7 JOSEPH KOECH CHELMSFORD MA 8662 43 M 1 40-49 32:36.2
20 JOSEPH NAVAS NORTH EASTHAM MA 8595 41 M 2 40-49 33:19.4
23 KENT LEMME PITTSFIELD MA 683 45 M 3 40-49 33:31.5
24 GREG PUTNAM CMS STONEHAM MA 868 42 M 4 40-49 33:36.1
31 DMITRY DROZDOV LINCOLN MA 8710 40 M 5 40-49 33:59.8
32 TODD CALLAGHAN BEVERLY MA 885 42 M 6 40-49 34:02.7
36 WAYNE LEVY WABAN MA 8532 46 M 7 40-49 34:10.0
39 JOE SHAIRS CMS PEABODY MA 869 44 M 8 40-49 34:16.4
43 DAVE DUNHAM CMS BRADFORD MA 862 48 M 9 40-49 34:27.2
54 JONATHAN MAY CHARLESTOWN MA 8649 43 M 10 40-49 35:02.2
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