27 years ago I was 27

Old Home day 08/17/91      

I’m planning on racing in Londonderry this weekend, I haven’t been to this race in a long time. I set the course record at the Londonderry 5km Old Home Day race 27 years ago.  I can’t believe it hasn’t been broken.  Nowadays it is rare indeed for anyone to crack 15 on a flat 5k course and this race is NOT flat.  I ran 14:44 on a muggy 80-degree day back in 1991 when I lived in Londonderry and often raced in my “Mike Beeman’s Total Sports” singlet.  The course heads down the Millennium Mile hill then does a small loop before heading back up the hill.  I was in pretty good shape when I set the CR.  I ran 9:10 for 2 miles the week before and set the (still standing but the course has been changed slightly) relay leg record at Lynn woods four days later.  The Londonderry race goes back to 1979, but online results are only available from 1996.

Here are the fastest times since 1997:

15:24 Jimmy Olsen    20M Londonderry NH 2001

15:25 John Mortimer 26M Goffstown NH    2002

15:30 Alan Bernier     24M Durham NH       1998

15:30 Tim Wright      19M Londonderry NH 1999

15:33 Craig Fram      M43 Plaistow NH       2002