Looking back - March 1999

 

25 Years ago – March 1999: I ran 439 miles with no days off, but I was hampered by calf issues and a badly sprained ankle.  My only race of the month was the Melrose Police chase ½ marathon which was the USATF NE championships.  The race had nearly 1,600 finishers on a cloudy 40-degree day.  Times were a bit slow over the rolling course with a winning time of 1:07:21. I ended up a disappointing 5th place but was only 9 seconds out of the win.  I remember the entire pack of about a dozen guys sticking together through 10 miles.  It really didn’t string out until the last mile or so.  The finish on the Melrose middle school track was crazy.  The four guys in front of me were in lock-step entering the track.  Dwyer & Snow from the CMS “track team” battled with Hammer (BRC) and Darley (GBTC) right to the line.  Dan Verrington was the final scoring member of CMS crossing the line in 11th place in 1:09:09.  The top 11 within 48 seconds!  Craig Fram was the top master’s runner in 1:07:47.

 

    1   1:07:21   5:09 Jack Dwyer                24 M Brighton MA                CMS

    2   1:07:21   5:09 Peter Hammer           33 M Waban MA                  BRC

    3   1:07:23   5:09 Rusty Snow                29 M WATERTOWN MA         CMS

    4   1:07:26   5:09 Jesse Darley               26 M SOMERVILLE MA          GBTC

    5   1:07:30   5:09 Dave Dunham            34 M BRADFORD MA            CMS

    6   1:07:33   5:10 Chris Magill                26 M ALBION RI                   BAA

    7   1:07:41   5:10 Jason Cullinane           29 M SOMERVILLE MA          CMS

    8   1:07:47   5:11 Craig Fram                 40 M PLAISTOW NH             WHIRL

    9   1:08:00   5:12 Jim Dandeneau          31 M TAUNON MA                BAA

   10  1:08:01   5:12 David Marcus              28 M SOMERVILLE MA          BAA

   11  1:08:09   5:12 Dan Verrington           36 M BRADFORD MA           CMS