20 years ago today: April 1, 1995 – Craig Fram
called me up the night before and asked me if I knew of any good races. I
convinced him to show up the next day at the Merrimack River trail race. My
mistake! Craig sat behind me for most of the race. We cranked out an opening 3
miles of 16:13, and then hit the hills. At the 5 mile turn (28:56) we were well
on our way to the first sub-1 hour run at the Rivah. I just could not shake
Craig who flew by me with about ½ mile to go. Despite throwing down a 4:54
final mile (and a 28:40 2nd 5m) I couldn’t get back around him.
Craig went on to a 57:36 course record with me one second back in the closest
finish in the races history. Craig broke Bob Hoppler’s course record from 1994
(1:01:58) and his time still ranks as the 9th fastest ever run.
Since that day only four people have run faster than Craig’s time. Paul Low
(three times), Chris Mahoney (57:29), Judson Cake (57:35), and me (three times).
Splits:
5:13/5:32/5:28/6:14/6:29/6:40/6:01/5:35/5:34/4:54
All times under 58
minutes
Time
Finish
Rank Time Place Name Age
Year Team
1 56:30 1 Paul
Low 32 2006 CMS
2 56:42 1 Dave Dunham 35
1999 CMS
3 56:53 1 Dave Dunham 33
1997 CMS
4 57:06 1 Paul
Low 31 2005 CMS
5 57:29 1 Dave Dunham 32
1996 CMS
6 57:31 1 Chris Mahoney 31
2009 Whirlaway
7 57:32 1 Paul
Low 29 2003 CMS
8 57:35 1 Judson Cake
33 2011 Acidotic Racing
9 57:36
1 Craig Fram 36 1995 CMS
10 57:37
2 Dave Dunham 31 1995 CMS
11 57:42 2 Ben Nephew 27
2003 GBTC
12 57:44 1 Paul
Low 33 2007 CMS
13 57:46 1 Kevin Tilton
26 2008 CMS
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