USATF 5 mile championships - tomorrow

I’m heading to Merrimack NH this Sunday for the USATF NE 5 mile road championships. This will be my 101^st Grand Prix race and my 11^th time doing a 5 mile championships.  I had some luck with the distance “back in the day”.  Although I never finished first overall I was the New England champion once (1993) and 2^nd New England twice (1987 & 1989).  My fastest time was 23:46 in 1988 at the Jim Witt 8km.  The race was won by two time Olympian Bob Kempainen.

 

I’m hoping to run around 28:20 this weekend…

 

My history at USATF NE 5 mile championships

Date                  Pl          Time     Name                Dist       City, St              Notes

10/24/87           4          23:50    The Human race 4.96      Boston, MA        1 Nerrukar 23:05

10/02/88           4          23:46    Jim Witt             4.96      Lowell, MA         1 Kempanen 23:27

09/09/89           2          24:54    Collegetown       4.96      Amherst, MA      1 Donahue 24:14

05/23/93           3          23:59    Riverside Twilight 4.96      Agawam, MA      1 Kipkengo 23:12

05/19/96           4          24:31    Riverside Twilight 4.96      Agawam, MA      1 Bagley CMS 24:12

10/04/98           18         24:52    Rojacks              4.96      Attleboro, MA     1 O’Brien 24:13

09/12/09           99         28:36    Ollie                   4.91      Boston, MA        Short course!

07/30/11           57         28:20    Carver                5.00      Carver, MA        

07/28/12           60         27:22    Carver                5.00      Carver, MA        

07/27/13           137       30:41    Cranberry 5m      5.00      Carver, MA         Injured but ran anyway