Friday night racing? Never been my thing. When you enter a 9 race series, sometimes you've got to race at times you'd rather not. My ankle has been shit. I got a cortisone shot on Tuesday but it had little impact. That wasn't a big surprise. The history on that navicular is not good and the prognosis is dismal. Onward!
I headed up to NHTI (Concord NH) after work and was a little chilly at the start of my warm-up preview of the course. Temps in the 50s were fine for racing but 10-20 mph south winds were not. I joked (semi-joked) with Tim Cox & Sam Wood about this being the longest certified 5k in NH. I doubt anyone ever gets less than 3.15 on their Garmin. It is certified but coned in such a way that you cannot run the shortest possible course. Everyone has to run the same distance so in that way at least it is fair.
I put on my new Nike road shoes and did another easy mile before the start. It was not feeling easy. Perhaps a 90+ mile week and an 18+ mile day was not such a good idea? My original goal was to run faster than SEA (1911) and hopefully beat Ernie Brake. Ernie was not present and conditions were not conducive to a fast time. I headed out in 10th place and tried to latch on to anyone to block the wind. I ran with one guy for about 3/4 of a mile then was on my own. I closed on Max Goupil (who I'd beaten at SEA) and caught him around 2.25, but he accelerated right away. I kept him close until about 440 to go when he checked his watch and sprinted away. Not a good race for me, but I used everything I had in the tank. I did manage my first age-group 60 win and also took the age-graded win.
Next up: We'll mix it up with a little XC racing at the Canterbury village in a few weeks.
1 Luke Janik 16:28 M 27 Hampton Falls NH 1 MOPEN
2 David Charney 16:46 M 36 Concord NH 2 MOPEN
3 Steven Groulx 17:57 M 23 Chester NH 3 MOPEN
4 Timothy Cox 18:32 M 50 Northwood NH 1 M5059
5 Broden Cox 18:35 M 12 Northwood NH 1 M0114
6 Sam Wood 18:47 M 37 Laconia NH 1 M3039
7 Andrew Kroeckel 18:52 M 43 Rochester NH 1 M4049
8 Lucas Zamoyski 19:05 M 35 Manchester NH 2 M3039
9 Max Goupil 19:34 M 14 Contoocook NH 2 M0114
10 Dave Dunham 19:37 M 60 Bradford MA 1 M6069
11 Allison Davis 20:13 F 36 Contoocook NH 1 F3039
12 Scott Clark 20:27 M 58 Gilmanton NH 2 M5059
13 Norman Goupil 20:34 M 45 Contoocook NH 2 M4049
14 Sarah Burdette 20:49 F 46 Concord NH 1 F4049
15 Jeff Clark 20:52 M 59 Holderness NH 3 M5059
16 Abbey Wood 21:16 F 38 Laconia NH 2 F3039
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