15 Years
ago – March 1999: I ran 439 miles with no days
off but I was hampered by calf issues and a badly sprained ankle. My only race of the month was the Melrose
Police chase ½ marathon which was the USATF NE championships. The race had nearly 1,600 finishers on a
cloudy 40 degree day. Times were a bit
slow over the rolling course with a winning time of 1:07:21. I ended up a disappointing 5th
place but was only 9 seconds out of the win.
I remember the entire pack of about a dozen guys sticking together
through 10 miles. It really didn’t
string out until the last mile or so.
The finish on the Melrose middle school track was crazy. The four guys in front of me were in
lock-step entering the track. Dwyer
& Snow from the CMS “track team” battled with Hammer (BRC) and Darley (GBTC)
right to the line. Dan Verrington was
the final scoring member of CMS crossing the line in 11th place in
1:09:09. The top 11 within 48
seconds! Craig Fram was the top masters
runner in 1:07:47.
1 1/183
M1929 1:07:21 5:09 JACK
DWYER 24 M BRIGHTON MA 269 CMS
2 1/406
M3039 1:07:21 5:09 PETER
HAMMER 33 M WABAN MA 1396 BRC
3 2/183
M1929 1:07:23 5:09 RUSTY
SNOW 29 M WATERTOWN MA 882 CMS
4 3/183
M1929 1:07:26 5:09 JESSE
DARLEY 26 M SOMERVILLE MA 1439 GBTC
5 2/406
M3039 1:07:30 5:09 DAVE
DUNHAM 34 M BRADFORD MA 267 CMS
6 4/183
M1929 1:07:33 5:10 CHRIS
MAGILL 26 M ALBION RI 1026 BAA
7 5/183
M1929 1:07:41 5:10 JASON
CULLINANE 29 M SOMERVILLE MA 200 CMS
8 1/290
M4049 1:07:47* 5:11 CRAIG
FRAM 40 M PLAISTOW NH 1335 WHIRL
9 3/406
M3039 1:08:00 5:12 JIM
DANDENEPU 31 M TAUNON MA 1161 BAA
10 6/183
M1929 1:08:01 5:12 DAVID
MARCUS 28 M SOMERVILLE MA 1156 BAA
11 4/406
M3039 1:08:09* 5:12 DAN
VERRINGTON 36 M BRADFORD MA 957 CMS
12 7/183
M1929 1:08:26 5:14 ADAM
STUHLFAUT 23 M DORCHESTER MA 906 CMS
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| Craig Fram leading the race (I'm #267) |
Some
familiar names
20 11/183
M1929 1:11:00 5:25 ERIC
BEAUCHESNE 29 M NORTH CHELMSFORD
MA 1361 GLRR
25 14/183
M1929 1:11:17 5:27 RICHARD
BOLT 28 M PEPPERELL MA 71 CMS
26 3/290
M4049 1:11:21* 5:27 JIM
GARCIA 40 M WESTFORD MA 334 CMS
27 4/290
M4049 1:11:22* 5:27 JOHN
BARBOUR 44 M ROCKPORT MA 1360 GLRR
34 14/406
M3039 1:13:08 5:35 TERRY
MCNATT 34 M NEEDHAM MA 1333 CSU
35 17/183
M1929 1:13:11 5:35 JAMES
PAWLICKI 24 M BEVERLY MA 1831 GBTC
36 15/406
M3039 1:13:13 5:36 TOM
DOODY 36 M PELHAM NH 1358 GLRR
38 16/406
M3039 1:13:18 5:36 MARK
REEDER 39 M BOSTON MA 1473 GBTC
39 17/406
M3039 1:13:18 5:36 JOHN
NOLAND 36 M KINSTON MA 1110 BAA
40 6/290
M4049 1:13:21* 5:36 LOU
RISTAINO 40 M E.BOSTON MA 1341 WHIRL
41 18/406
M3039 1:13:22 5:36 MIKE
COONEY 37 M CHELMSFORD MA 1345 WHIRL
42 18/183
M1929 1:13:24 5:36 GREGORY
PUTNAM 29 M S.WEYMOUTH MA 777 GBTC
47 19/183
M1929 1:14:12 5:40 BEN
NEPHEW 23 M MALDEN MA 1506 GBTC
54 13/290
M4049 1:15:12* 5:45 TOM
CARROLL 49 M CHELMSFORD
MA 1363 GLRR
57 21/406
M3039 1:15:37 5:47 ROD
VIENS 31 M CLAREMONT NH 1493 CMS
66 25/406
M3039 1:16:43 5:52 MARK
BEHAN 36 M NEWTON NH 1539 WHIRL
73 28/406
M3039 1:17:19 5:54 PAUL
HAMMOND 39 M LEXINGTON MA 1337 WHIRL
74 29/406
M3039 1:17:29 5:55 DOUG
HARTYN 39 M
2207
78 1/125
M5059 1:18:06* 5:58 LARRY
OLSEN 52 M MILDFORD MA 1125 TVF
79 22/290
M4049 1:18:16 5:59 DAVID
OLIVER 42 M WESTBOROUGH MA 714
90 28/290
M4049 1:19:44 6:05 MIKE
MCCORMICK 40 M NEWBURYPORT
MA 593 WC
98 29/290
M4049 1:20:32 6:09 PHIL
RILEY 47 M LOWELL MA 1374 GLRR
10 Years
ago – March 2004: I ran 300 miles with no days
off but was still recovering from hamstring tear at the attachment. I only raced
twice during the month. The first was a
late season snowshoe race on the Merrimack River trail. I won the 3.3 mile dash in 21:43. A week later I turned 40 and celebrated by
getting my ass kicked at the Merrimack River trail 10 mile. I ended up finishing in sixth place overall
in 1:06:19, CMS teammate Paul Low ran an excellent 58:23 to win the
race.
1 58:23 Paul Low 30
2 1:00:19 Ben Nephew 28
3
1:01:50 Chris Mahoney 26
4
1:02:53 Michael Cohne 25
5 1:03:35 Richard Bolt 33
6
1:05:42 Matthew Curran
46
7
1:05:51 Paul Young 38
8
1:06:20 Dave Dunham 40
9
1:07:59 Ken Clark 41
10
1:08:15 Abedon Pichardo 35
11
1:09:36 Donald Fay 30
12
1:09:51 Rob Smith 36
13
1:10:36 Bob Kearns 33
14
1:11:08 Kelli Lusk 34
5 Years
ago – March 2009 – I covered 354 miles with no
days off racing three times. I kicked
off the month with a trip out to Oregon for the USSSA snowshoe national
championships. It was a fun trip getting
to hang out with Richard and Kelly and racing in some crazy deep snow! I finished a very surprising 6th
place at the championships running 47:57 over the two-loop 10km course. I was in fifth place from 1 mile until 50
meters before the finish where I was outkicked for the final spot on the U.S.
Team.
1
Peter Fain CA M 35-39 44:30
2
Kelly Mortenson MN M 35-39 45:01
3
Charlie Werheim CO M 45-49 46:11
4 DJ
Snyder ID M 20-24 46:34
5
Robert Bolton SD M 45-49 47:48
6 Dave
Dunham MA M 45-49 47:54
7
Aaron Rogerston NY M 30-34 49:01
8 Mark
McManus CA M 35-39 49:13
9
Daren Brungardt CO M 25-29 49:42
10
Sylvester Coons NV M 35-39 50.18
A week later I was in New Bedford taking on the
half-marathon. Albee paced me to a masters PR
of 1:17:11.
Six days later I headed out
to the Catamount snowshoe race in Hillsdale NY.
This was a really cool end of the season race that was held just before
sunset. The trail was solidly groomed
for fast running. I gapped the field on
the climb and was able to hold off teammate Tim Van Orden for the win in 22:44
over the 2.6 mile course.
From my blog post in 2009:
After a
brief course description we were off. After a 1/4 mile it sounded like Tivo and
I were on our own. I knew I needed to get some space on Tivo before the downhill
or I wouldn't be able to hold him off. At the top (1.2 miles and 950' of climb)
I guessed I was 30-40 seconds up and afterwards found out I was 48 seconds in
front. I pushed hard on the down, but never felt smooth. I guess I looked like
crap, which was how I felt. Tivo closed the gap to 32 seconds, but I held on and
got my 2nd win of the season in 22:44 (14:48 to the top and 7:56
down).
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