20 years ago (March 2002) – I raced three times, with the goal being a win at the 50km National championships.
I started the month with a “tempo run” workout at the
Wakefield Police chase half-marathon. My goal was to run around 1:15 which was
my hoped for pace at the 50km (that’d get me under 3 hours for the 31 mile
distance). I was right on target finishing in 9th place in a field of over
1,700 running a 1:15:10. Dan Verrington somehow went off course for about 300
meters but was still able to run a 1:13:02. The following week I raced at New
Bedford (USATF New England ½ marathon championships) and ran with teammate
Fergus Cullen for most of the distance. I took 54th running a 1:11:51. The
final race of the month was the USATF 50km national championship in Pittsburgh.
It was a cold and windy day (21 degrees and 25-35 mph winds) on a very exposed
course along the river. The only good thing about the double-out-back course
was that you could see exactly where you stood in the field. The plan was to
run with Dan and Kevin Beck and hopefully make a move after 30km to get a win
and get under 3 hours. I was off pace right from the start and Dan was 16
seconds up by the end of the first 5km loop. He continued to build a lead as
Beck and I ran together through 25km (1:33:59). At that point Dan was already
2:36 ahead of me. I slowed over the second 25k (as did most everyone) and but
held on to a 2nd place finish in 3:13:19. Dan took home gold in 3:09:15. Beck
dropped out at 35km but Mark Behan took 4th place in 3:19:10 to give CMS the
team title.
March 23, 2002 - Pittsburgh, PA
MEN 1 Dan Verrington, 39, Bradford, MA 3:09:15 6:05 2 Dave Dunham, 37, Bradford, MA 3:13:19 6:13 3 Mark Godale, 31, Streetsboro, OH 3:18:09 6:22 4 Mark Behan, 39, Newton, NH 3:19:09 6:24 5 Kam Shun Lee, 32, Cleveland, OH 3:19:50 6:26 6 Danny Fink, 38, Swoope, VA 3:22:01 6:30 7 David Ackerman, 33, Milford, OH 3:23:40 6:33 8 Stephen Marsalese, 36, New York, NY 3:30:16 6:46 9 Tim Clement, 41, Solon, OH 3:30:46 6:47 10 Kenneth Plowman, 28, Albany, NY 3:31:52 6:49 11 Bob Dion, 46, Readsboro, VT 3:36:13 6:57 12 Mike Ryan, 35, Strongsville, OH 3:38:03 7:01 13 Daniel Salazar, 36, Tacoma, WA 3:44:23 7:13 14 Terry Martin, 56, Barrie, Ontario 3:46:29 7:17 15 Lou D'Angelo, 40, Allison Park, PA 3:47:28 7:19 16 Bob Jordan, 49, Pittsburgh, PA 3:50:08 7:24 17 Ben Maynard, 25, Hoosick, NY 3:50:48 7:25 18 Marc Friesen, 27, N Newton, KS 3:53:47 7:31 19 Roy Pirrung, 53, Shebooygan, WI 3:54:26 7:32 20 Dan Stolick, 29, Pittsburgh, PA 3:59:23 7:42 21 Frank Probst, 58, Burke, VA 4:12:02 8:06 22 Ed Ayres, 60, Manassas, VA 4:17:07 8:16 23 William Ladieu, 52, Harrisburg, PA 4:22:26 8:26 24 Gary Hilliard, 47, Youngstown, OH 4:23:36 8:29 25 Tom Perry, 56, Pittsford, NY 4:25:54 8:33 26 Jim Bowles, 52, Latham, NY 4:26:11 8:34 27 Scott Ferrari, 44, West View, PA 4:28:06 8:37 28 Anthony Dicello, 48, Cheswick, PA 4:31:08 8:43 29 Joseph Salwan, 48, Munroe Falls, OH 4:35:48 8:52 30 Sam Bertenthal, 43, Mt Lebanon, PA 4:40:47 9:02 31 Tim Yanacheck, 54, Oregon, WI 4:43:17 9:07 32 Jay Barry, 48, Pittsburgh, PA 4:47:59 9:16 33 John Edleman, 49, Pittsburgh, PA 5:09:34 9:57 34 Joe Cleary, 61, Georgetown, Ontario 5:16:49 10:11 35 Kevan Matthews, 42, Pittsburgh, PA 6:03:39 11:42 WOMEN 1 Anne Riddle, 35, Asheville, NC 3:44:38 7:13 2 Ann Heaslett, 38, Madison, WI 3:45:29 7:15 3 Laura Nelson, 36, Waynesboro, VA 3:59:52 7:43 4 Connie Gardner, 38, Medina, OH 4:00:45 7:44 5 Janice Kreuz, 54, Cincinnatti, OH 4:16:33 8:15 6 Debra Moore, 49, Louisville, KY 4:53:08 9:26 7 Joyce Hodges-Hite, 64, Millen, GA 5:53:21 11:22 8 Diana Marongiu-Lutz, 36 6:11:42 11:57 Results courtesy of The Runner's High
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