Looking back - 15 years ago (June 2005)

Fifteen years ago (June 2005): I raced four times over this month.  All of the racing was of the “mountain” variety.  I was still on a come-back after missing 6 weeks at the end of 2004 into 2005 with a torn hip socket ligament.  I started the month with 06/05/05 at the Pack Monadnock 10 mile.  I did not feel good on this very hot day.  It would reach into the 90’s in the afternoon and was well into the 80’s during the race.  I ended up running alone most of the race.

1 1:07:12 Greg Ward

2 1:11:05 Mark Mayall
3 1:11:44 Dave Dunham (1^st 40+)
4 1:15:21 Rob Smith
5 1:16:03 Matt Curran
6 1:16:12 Dave Audet
7 1:16:22 Bob Chasen
8 1:16:43 Ken Tripp

The following weekend (06/11/05) I took on Mt Ascutney on another hot and humid day.  Nothing of note in my training log except “dizzy and numb fingers”.  I ran alone for the entire race, 2+ minutes behind 5^th place and 1:30 ahead of 7^th.  Eric Morse was top 40+ with an impressive 29:50.  CMS runners took the top 6 spots.

1 29:27 Paul Low CMS

2 29:50 Eric Morse CMS
3 30:28 Richard Bolt CMS
4 30:51 Peter Maksimow CMS
5 31:14 Kevin Tilton CMS
6 33 39 Dave Dunham CMS

Next up was the Mt Washington road race on 06/18/05.  I had a rough start (didn’t pass Petey until 2 miles) but was only passed by 2 people in the entire race (both Livingston brothers).  I was just out of reach of the top two ladies who had an epic duel the entire way.  I had a front row seat for a race that wasn’t settled until the final 200 meters.  CMS had a fine day setting a new open team record and masters team record.

1 1:00:54 Simon Gutierrez         TEVA

2 1:01:07 Eric Blake                  CMS
3 1:02:01 Paul Low                   CMS
4 1:02:12 Matt Carpenter           40+ record
5 1:03:42 Kevin Tilton                CMS
6 1:05:26 Eric Morse                  CMS 40+
7 1:05:43 Peter Maksimow         CMS
8 1:06:38 Chad Newton
9 1:07:13 Sean Livingston          BAA
10 1:07:30 Richard Bolt             CMS
11 1:08:07 Josh Ferenc              BAA
12 1:09:23 Dan Verrington         CMS 40+
13 1:09:29 Tim Livingston          WMM
14 1:09:40 Greg Colburn            MM&M
15 1:10:11 Melisa Moon             NZL 1^st F
16 1:10:14 David Herr               MM&M 40+
17 1:10:26 Anna Pichrtova         2^nd F
18 1:10:37 Dave Dunham          CMS 40+
19 1:11:03 Ben Nephew             CMS
20 1:11:56 David Hannon           NETT

The final race of the month was the Northfield Mountain race which was the USATF NE mountain running championships. I pulled double duty as the race director and racing it.  Richard Bolt and I set up the course the day before (over 2 hours of running).  The field was quite deep as this was a selection race for the USA mountain team. For the race I spent the first two laps running behind Chris Lundy, she would end up 2^nd overall in the 2 lap women’s race taking the top USA spot (behind Anna Pichrtova).  I ran pretty steady and thought I had a chance at Dan Verrington for top 40+ but he ran just hard enough to beat me.

1 58:30 Simon Gutierrez            TEVA

2 58:39 Eric Blake                     CMS
3 1:00:50 Paul Low                   CMS
4 1:01:34 Ryan Pauling
5 1:02:13 Peter Maksimow         CMS

8 1:03:18 Kevin Tilton                CMS
10 1:04:10 Ben Nephew             CMS
16 1:07:07 Richard Bolt             CMS
19 1:09:59 Dan Verrington         CMS      1^st 40+
20 1:10:06 Dave Dunham          CMS      2^nd 40+