35 years ago (April 1987) - I only raced once during this month heading down to the Penn Relays for the 10,000 meters. Conditions were perfect and I ran to an 11th place 29:25. Bob Hodge took third place running 28:29. My splits were: 4:39/9:21/14:00/18:42/23:30/28:17
30 years ago (April 1992) - I only raced three times ranging from the mile to the marathon. The Olympic Trials marathon had been my goal race and I put in a lot of hard training leading up to it. My hope was a PR but the day dawned sunny, windy, and warm (upper 70’s during the race). At the mile I knew that aiming for a PR might not be so smart so I found a pace I thought I could maintain and proceeded to move through the pack in the second half of the race. I was seeded 89th (of 110 qualifiers) and with 10k to go thought I had an outside shot at the top 20 and some $$$$. I ended up finishing 20th in 2:21:18 taking home $1,500 for the effort. After a 2 week break I hit the track for the Granite State Mile. Sean Livingston took the win in 38 degree temps and drizzle, running a 4:14.7. I crossed the line .4 later in 4:15.1 for second place. Splits: 64/2:08/3:13/4:15.1. The following day I sat in a pack of 6 runners at the James Joyce ramble and made my move in the last 200 meters to outkick John Clopeck for a two second win ($500) in 29:54.
2 29:56 John Clopeck Andover, MA
3 30:13 Reinardo Flores Cambridge, MA
4 30:31 Andrzej Witczak Dorchester, MA
5 30:45 James Dendeneau Cumberland, RI
6 30:59 Tony Darocha
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