Looking back - 1982 + 1987

30 years ago

Only one race in November of 1982 and it was the New England XC championships at Franklin Park.  We’d missed qualifying for XC nationals so this was my final race of my freshman cross-country season.  I took 14^th place in 24:08 running splits of: 4:40/4:50/4:53/5:13/4:32.

25 years ago

Back to cross-country, my only two races in November of 1987 were the New England championships and the U.S. championships.  On the 15^th I ran a “part XC but mostly roads” NEAC championship in Marlborough, MA.  I ended up placing third in 29:57.  Two weeks later I (barely) cracked the top 50 at the TAC championships on a long (10.3k) course in Van Cortland park.  I took 49^th in 31:42 in a field of 500.

I couldn't find any pics from back then so here is a picture from last weekend :-)  Picture by Scott Mason