Looking back - 15 years ago

15 years ago (January 2006) – I raced 6 times during this month with an equal split of three road races and three snowshoe races.  I kicked off the new year at the Winners Circle Hangover Classic.  It was chilly (20’s) and there was snow on the ground which slowed things down.  I managed a fourth place finish in 17:37. 
1 Chris Hamel     M21      17:01
2 Todd Collins     M27      17:14
3 Jeff Bartlett      M19      17:18
4 Dave Dunham  M41      17:37
5 Taylor Roberts M17       17:42

The following weekend I headed out to Savoy MA for the North Pond Shuffle. I took fourth place trailing Paul Low by over 1.5 minutes.
1 Paul Low         M32      29:46
2 Matt Cartier      M30      30:14
3 Ken Clark         M43      30:52
4 Dave Dunham  M41      31:16
5 Dave Hannon   M34      33:54
 

The next day (01/08/06) I visited Bolton VT for the USSSA snowshoe qualifier.  This served two purposes.  I was able to qualify for the national championships and preview the course that we’d run in a couple of months.  I ended up taking 10^th place (second 40+) in 53:55 over 10km of ½ groomed and ½ ungroomed trail.
1 Jimmy Gobeil               47:49
2 Kevin Tilton                  47:59    CMS
3 Richard Bolt                 49:28    CMS
4 Ben Nephew                51:46    CMS
9 Dan Verrington             55:00    CMS
10 Dave Dunham            55:57    CMS
14 James Pawlicki            58:11    CMS
 
Next up (01/14/16) was the GLRR Fudgsicle 5k.  It was a surprisingly warm day with temps in the mid-50s at race time.  Richard Bolt took advantage running a rare (for this course) sub-16, taking the win in 15:44.  I took third place in 17:49 with Dave Dechellis 2^nd in 17:39.  The following weekend it was again in the fifties and Richard again won (15:46) while Ken Trip took 2^nd in 17:06 and I recorded a 3^rd place 17:30.  My final race of the month (01/28/16) was the Greylock Glen 5km snowshoe race in Adams MA.  I was competitive for the first half of the race then pulled a calf muscle and struggled to the finish in 27:45 for 7^th place. That would lose me a week of training.
1 Paul Low                     24:30    CMS
2 Mark Churchill              25:01
3 Kevin Tilton                  25:32    CMS
5 Ben Nephew                26:43    CMS
6 Peter Maksimow           27:26    CMS
7 Dave Dunham              27:45    CMS