10 years ago – I kicked off May of 2012 with a rare (and hated) night race in West Newbury for the Pipestave 5k. I found myself in the lead at ½ mile and stayed there until 1.5 miles when Dmitry Drosdov stormed by on a technical downhill. Steve Dowsett and Josh Korn also went by as we started the second shorter loop. I got back into second but could not close on Dmitry who broke Dan Verrington’s course record from the previous year (by 1:20!).
1 Dimitry Drozdov 18:02 5:49 40M Lincoln, MA
2 Dave Dunham 18:16 5:54 48M Bradford, MA
3 Josh Korn 18:25 5:57 31M
4 Steve Dowsett 18:35 6:00 24M Newburyport, MA
5 Sean McDonough 18:39 6:01 29M Somerville, MA
6 Christopher Smith 18:45 6:03 46M Woburn, MA
7 Joe Shairs 18:49 6:05 43M Peabody, MA
Next up was the Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race which was the kick-off to the season here in New England. I spent the weekend hanging out with Eric and Murdock Morse before headed to the race.
I started out in the top 15 and felt like I was moving pretty quickly. When I passed the 2 mile mark I started to feel good as we started the big climb. I caught teammates Mike Quintal and Tim Van Orden by the top. We’d end up battling the rest of the way. We ended up with me 7th, Mike right behind in 8th, and TiVO close behind.
Next up was the Bedford Rotary 12k the following week (05/19/12). A big group of CMS teammates headed out for our normal 3 mile warm-up, which was a good time to check out the course from 6 miles to the finish. I wanted to “ease” into the race and hopefully have a strong run after we’d passed three miles. By three miles I was feeling pretty good and tried to up the pace on the tougher fourth mile. I slowly began reeling in some of the top 50+ runners At four miles I started thinking that maybe I had a shot at Wayne Levy (BAA). Wayne was leading the Grand Prix in the 45-49 and I kept thinking “maybe he is tired from Boston”. I ended up catching Wayne right at the 6 mile mark but he would not be dropped. We had a lot of back and forth through the 7 mile mark where he gapped me and I just couldn’t reel him back in. I was happy with a top 10 masters finish, and only Wayne beat me in the 45-49. The only frustrating part is missing my PR by 1 second!
1 36:51 4:57 Kevin Johnson 23 M 182 WMDP Hanover NH
2 37:40 5:04 Nate Jenkins 31 M 131 CMS Andover MA
11 39:31 5:18 Kevin Tilton 30 M 395 CMS North Conway NH
15 39:37 5:19 Mike Quintal 34 M 393 CMS North Andover MA
21 39:58 5:22 Alan Bernier 37 M 385 CMS Providence RI
22 39:59 5:22 Greg Hammett 34 M 388 CMS Chesterfield NH
23 40:25 5:26 Dan Vassallo 27 M 396 CMS Peabody MA
29 40:58 5:30 Scott Leslie 30 M 389 CMS Rutland MA
31 41:06 5:31 Chris Mahoney 34 M 390 CMS Havehill MA
34 41:13 5:32 Greg Putnam 42 M 392 CMS Stoneham MA
36 41:21 5:33 Joe Shairs 44 M 394 CMS Peabody MA
39 41:46* 5:37 Dave Dunham 48 M 386 CMS Bradford MA
43 42:01 5:38 George Adams 42 M 384 CMS Gilsum NH
49 42:16 5:41 Kevin Gorman 35 M 387 CMS Norwood MA
50 42:20* 5:41 Martin Tighe 54 M 492 CMS Providence RI
55 42:50 5:45 Dan Verrington 49 M 397 CMS Bradford MA
57 42:57 5:46 Sam Wood 25 M 398 CMS Laconia NH
65 43:12 5:48 Jim Pawlicki 37 M 391 CMS Lynn MA
113 47:43 6:24 David Quintal 48 M 478 CMS Salem NH
145 49:39 6:40 David Lapierre 48 M 14 CMS Chelmsford MA
I approached the Wachusett mountain race with some level of fear. I skipped it last year due to concerns about the final technical descent but figured I'd give it a go this year. It was quite humid and the rocks on the trail were slick. My plan was to work the uphills as hard as possible and "survive" the two single-track sections. Over 200 of us headed off up Mile Hill road and I found myself in 12th place in the early going. I moved up to 9th place by the time we turned into the state park and started to descend. I was very cautious over the last half-mile making sure I didn't roll an ankle on the crappy I ended up finishing in 8th place and 3rd master. Todd Callaghan had a solid run taking fourth overall in a quick 29:45 with TiVo 33 seconds behind him (and 1:23 ahead of me).
1 29:01 Brandon Newbold 1/33 M30-39 Nottingham Whirl
2 29:04 Eric MacKnight 1/22 M20-29 Clifton Park ARE
3 29:10 Jim Johnson 2/33 M30-39 Madison, NH CMS
4 29:45 Todd Callaghan 1/43 M40-49 Beverly GCS
5 30:18 Tim Van Orden 2/43 M40-49 Bennington CMS
6 31:09 Mike Quintal 3/33 M30-39 N. Andover CMS
7 31:30 Matt Veiga 2/22 M20-29 Lynn
8 31:41 Dave Dunham 3/43 M40-49 Bradford CMS
9 32:01 Sam Wood 3/22 M20-29 Laconia, NH CMS
10 32:04 Brian Ruhm 4/43 M40-49 Nashua, NH GCS
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