Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Looking back : June 1984


35 years ago: June 1984, I ran 261 miles during this month due to a very sore arch (missed 2 days). I only raced twice. On June 17th I ran the Kappys Kopper Kettle race in Lowell. There was always a fair amount of cash at this race so usually there was some good competition. I ended up placing second to Fernando Braz (24:35) in a field of 850 runner (which wasn’t a particularly big field back then). I ran 24:50 with splits of 4:59/9:50/15:02/20:04. Two weeks later I ran the Blessing of the Fleet race in Gloucester MA. The field was pretty good, with Guy Stearns taking the win in 23:45, he was closely followed by Pete Pfitzinger. I took fourth place six seconds behind Fernando Braz (24:11 to 24:17).

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