Saturday, June 7, 2014

Ascutney

This weekend I’m heading to Mt Ascutney for my 11th attempt at this race.  This is a great tune-up for Mt Washington or a reality check or both.  I had a “bad” race last year partly due to being really beat up from the Bretton Woods Fell race. Thankfully BW will be held in the fall this year.
 
I’m hoping to take a shot at Mt Washington Hall of Fame runner Keith Woodward’s 50+ record from 2002.  Top 10 Senior times below:
 
Cat        Rank      Time     Name                Age       Club      Year
M50-59  1          33:34    Keith Woodward 51                     2002
M50-59  2          34:15    Robert Cipriano   53                     2013
M50-59  3          34:43    Rob Higley          50                     2004
M50-59  4          35:26    Martin Tighe       54         CMS      2012
M50-59  5          35:34    Martin Tighe       50         TNT      2008
M50-59  6          36:13    Richard Stockdale50                     2001
M50-59  7          36:40    Ernest Brake       52                     2013
M50-59  8          36:56    Paul Bazanchuk   53         GSH      2008
M50-59  9          37:40    Rob Higley          54         CCC       2008
M50-59  10         37:50    Len Hall              55         GCS       2008
 
 
It’ll be interesting to see if anyone can crack the 30 minute mark.  It has only been done 12 times and only six people have done it. Blake’s 28:16 from 2010 is a sick time and Morse’s master’s record of 29:49 from 2008 is also impressive.  I’m not sure if Eric MacKnight is coming back this year but his Wachusett time a couple of weeks ago shows that he could very well go sub-30.
 
Sub 30
Cat        Rank      Time     Name                Age       Club      Year
M20-39  1          28:16    Eric Blake           31         BAA      2010
M20-39  2          28:44    Eric Morse          37         CMS      2002
M20-39  3          28:47    Eric Morse          36         CMS      2001
M20-39  4          29:02    Kevin Tilton        24         CMS      2004
M20-39  5          29:27    Paul Low            31         CMS      2005
M20-39  6          29:39    Dave Dunham     37         CMS      2001
M20-39  7          29:39    Paul Low            33         CMS      2006
M20-39  8          29:40    Joshua Ferenc     22                     2004
M40-49  9          29:49    Eric Morse          43         CMS      2008
M20-39  10         29:49    Eric Morse          38         CMS      2003
M40-49  11         29:50    Eric Morse          40         CMS      2005
M20-39  12         29:54    Josh Ferenc        31                     2013
 
Morse, Casner, and Van Orden won’t be running this year but Todd Callaghan only needs to take a few seconds off of his time from last year to move up.
 
Masters top 10
Cat        Rank      Time     Name                Age       Club      Year
M40-49  1          29:47    Eric Morse          43         CMS      2008
M40-49  2          29:50    Eric Morse          40         CMS      2005
M40-49  3          31:04    Dave Dunham     48         CMS      2012
M40-49  4          31:08    Dave Dunham     44         CMS      2008
M40-49  5          31:26    Mike Casner        40         CMS      2002
M40-49  6          31:33    Tim Van Orden   43         CMS      2011
M40-49  7          31:36    Dave Dunham     43         CMS      2007
M40-49  8          31:37    Todd Callaghan   43                     2013
M40-49  9          31:43    Todd Callaghan   42         GCS       2012
M40-49  10         31:52    Dave Dunham     49         CMS      2013

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