Coming this weekend - Wachusett Mountain race

This will be the 22^nd annual Wachusett Mountain race, and 32^nd time the race has been held (it was held from 1978-1986, and then revived in 1992).  I’ll be racing it for the 17^th time.  I’ve had three wins (1995, 96, and 98), three 2^nd place finishes (1999-2001), and four 1^st place 40+ finishes (2004-2007).  I’m hoping to get through the race with both calf muscles intact.  Everything else will be gravy!  The new course features a 3 mile climb on the road to the summit then 3 more miles of almost all downhill with a mix of road, dirt road, and grass slope.  It looks like a lot of fun!

  

My results:

Date            Dist            Time    Place    Field        40+ Pl    Notes

05/27/95           4.30      24:37    1          163                   Out w Hodge thru 1m

05/25/96           4.30      24:31    1          208                   Sunny windy 60s

05/24/98           4.30      25:29    1          243                   60-70 degrees warm and windy

05/29/99           4.30      24:32    2          243                   70-80 and sunny, caught Bolt at 4.  Eric 2418 Rich 2434

05/27/00           4.30      25:17    2          260                   Eric gone at 1/2m 2432

05/26/01           4.30      25:01    2          209                   Eric gone at 1.5, 2430 60 degrees

05/25/02           4.30      24:59    3          305                   Eric 2420 Craig 2425

05/24/03           4.30      26:48    7          247                  

05/23/04           4.30      27:33    9          204       1         

05/28/05           4.30      28:19    10         197      1          Sunny 60's.  Paul L 25:30

05/27/06           4.30      28:01    4          275       1          4 guys went off course! Low 2507

05/26/07           4.30      28:19    7          328       1          Low 2544.  Warm and breezy. 

05/24/08           4.30      27:28    11         338      3          Out in 15th worked steadily up Fram 26:41

05/23/09           5.20      33:35    9          300       3         

05/30/10           5.10      36:03    29         324      5          Ran the first 2m w Paul K then ran very hard climbs

05/26/12           4.80      31:42    8           226      3          Some scary trail on descent, ran hard but also ran to not get hurt.