10 years ago: May of
2011 was a very productive month with four races and my highest mileage in over
3 years, I even managed a few track workouts. On May 1, 2011 I headed
inside Route 128 for the USATF NE 10km championships (James Joyce Ramble).
Although CMS fielded a large team we only managed to gather four masters (40+)
and as such did not have a scoring team. I tried to key off of teammate
Dan Verrington (who buried me) and other CMS runners including Jim Pawlicki who
passed me at 5 miles and put 10 seconds on me in that final mile. My goal
was 34:30 and I managed to come in 2 seconds under that and placed 15th
in the 40-49 age group.
CMS 40+
37 6/342 M4049 33:39 5:25 33:41 Greg Putnam 41 M 1852 Wakefield MA CMS
51 12/342 M4049 34:15 5:31 34:18* Dan Verrington 48 M 1848 Bradford MA CMS
56 15/342 M4049 34:28 5:33 34:28* Dave Dunham 47 M 1850 Bradford MA CMS
64 18/342 M4049 34:54 5:37 34:54 George Adams 40 M 11000 CMS
Next up was the USATF NE 6km (3.72 miles) which is a very unusual distance. I felt awful. I‘d picked up a nasty cough and just was not “feeling it” on the quickly warming morning. Dan Verrington got out unusually fast but I could see some of the other guys I was keying off of and felt I was going at about the right pace. I hit the mile in 5:18 which was a few seconds slower than hoped for. At the top of the climb (about 1.6 miles) I caught Dan and Mark Reeder went by at the same time. I hit 2 miles in 10:45 (5:27). I tried to work as hard as I could. We hit three in 16:16 (5:31?). Mark gradually pulled ahead and I tried to stay with Mike Quintal. I didn’t have much left and couldn’t match Mike on the final uphill to the finish. I crossed the line in 20:17 and was totally spent. I did get out onto the course to watch mom come in strong setting a PR.
15 4/106 M4049 19:39 5:17 Tim Van Orden 43 M 672 Bennington VT CMS
25 7/106 M4049 19:57 5:21 Greg Putnam 41 M 629 Wakefield MA CMS
33 9/106 M4049 20:17 5:27 Dave Dunham 47 M 616 Bradford MA CMS
38 11/106 M4049 20:28 5:30 Dan Verrington 48 M 632 Bradford MA CMS
42 12/106 M4049 20:33 5:31 Rod Viens 43 M 228 Grantham NH CMS
43 13/106 M4049 20:37 5:32 Joe Shairs 42 M 630 Peabody MA CMS
55 19/106 M4049 20:54 5:37 Scott Clark 45 M 316 Gilmanton NH CMS
88 30/106 M4049 22:09 5:57 David Quintal 47 M 662 Salem NH CMS
96 33/106 M4049 22:28 6:02 John Pajer 48 M 430 Leicester MA CMS
On to Northfield Mountain! I’ve been going out to Northfield to direct and race for nearly a decade and the time is right to move on. This year I directed my final spring race. I headed out on Friday and put out the mile markers and was joined by Tim Mahoney and Paul Bazanchuk as we placed course markings. On race day I felt sluggish but not too bad as I got out in around 20th place when we reached the gate. I ended up running a fair amount with Tim Mahoney, Tom Brown, and Ross Krause. I moved into 12th place as we started the downhill. I lost some ground on the long down and I had to settle for 14th place and 3rd in the 40+.
2 36:42 Mark Miller 30m BAA
3 36:53 Jim Johnson 33m CMS
40+
8 37:57 Tim Van Orden 43m CMS
9 38:45 Todd Callaghan 41m GCS
14 39:24 Dave Dunham 47m CMS
16 40:21 George Adams 41m CMS
17 40:33 Joe Shairs 43m CMS
The final weekend of the month I headed up to Plymouth NH for the Pemi Youth 5km race. Only 75 showed up for this race that had cash for the top 3 and plenty of food and drink after the race. We took off and 100m into the race I was in fourth place and alone as the top three flew and I established my position as the first person who wouldn't win any cash. I would have liked to run in the 16:40's but with the higher mileage I’m probably not as rested as I need to be. Still no complaints breaking 17 minutes.
2 2/4 M2024 15:25 4:58 Joshua Kearns 23 M 54 Ridgefield CT
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