Looking back - Sept 1996

25 years ago (Sept 1996)- I kicked off the month with a less than stellar run at the World Mountain running championships.  It was foggy and 50s on the muddy single-track in Telfes Austria and the course seemed to get steeper the higher you got.
 
1          56:21    Antonio Molinari              Italy
2          58:42    Severino Bernardini          Italy
3          59:25    Helmut Schmuck             Austria
4          59:27    Peter Schatz                   Austria
5          59:28    Aaron Strong                  New Zealand
19         1:01:28 Dave Dunham    
41         1:03:58 Mike Casner       
45         1:04:14 Dan Verrington   
47         1:04:21 Eric Morse         
72         1:07:25 Peter Heck        
93         1:09:43 Lyndon Ellefson  

On 09/07/96 I took the win in 15:12 at the ULowell Alumni cross-country race over the Chelmsford High School course.  A week later I ran a 10.7 mile leg for the winning CMS team at the Lake Winni Relay.  I had a tough battle with Bob Winn (Ghosts of Pease) for 7 miles before pulling away to a 55:10 first place on my leg (5:09 pace for the moderately hilly leg).
 
                                                                                                                       
65.9 Mi. Around Lake Winnipesaukee, NH (148 teams)
    1   CMS - X                                            5:39:14  5:09
    2   GHOST OF PEASE MENS OPEN            5:52:42  5:22
    3   LIBRA ATHLETIC ASSOC                     6:08:32  5:36
    4   GATE CITY STRIDERS MASTERS          6:17:42  5:44
    5   WILLIMANTIC AC                              6:18:50  5:45
 
On 09/19 I made a rare trip inside of 128 for a night race in Boston.  Lisa Doucett had convinced me to run this race which was in support of the Combined Federal Campaign.  It was windy and in the 70’s during the race (field of 180) and I won by a little over a minute.                      
1          15:53    Dave Dunham     M35      Bradford MA
2          17:18    Garth Shaneyfelt M25      Brookline           MA
3          17:24    R Naser             M35      Dedham MA
4          17:47    Adelmo Couto     M35      Cambridge         MA
5          18:57    Joel Branosky     M25      Stoneham          MA
 
My final race of the month (09/29/96) was the USATF NE ½ marathon championships in Newport RI.  Craig Fram and I had been battling back and forth all year and were very close in points for the lead in the grand prix series.  I stayed in back of the lead pack until just after 7 miles before moving toward the front.  I wasn’t able to shake Craig until ½ mile to go but got the win by 13 seconds.                                                                                               
1          1:06:48 Dave Dunham                 32         Bradford, MA       CMS
2          1:07:01 Craig Fram                     38         Plaistow, NH       CMS
3          1:07:22 David Marcus                  26         Somerville, MA    BRC
4          1:08:38 Eric Morse                      31         Barre, VT            CMS
5          1:08:47 Edward Sheehan             39         Somerville, MA    BAA
6          1:10:21 Wayne Jacob                  41         Mystic, CT          CMS
7          1:10:45 James Garcia                  38         Westford, MA      CMS
8          1:10:54 Kyle Caydle                    31         Newport, RI        BAA
9          1:10:58 David Raung                   41         New London, CT  CMS
10         1:11:09 Gabriel Heimlinger           30         Boston, MA         GLRR