July 2009 (15 years ago): I was having a lot of trouble with my foot and only raced twice. The day after the 2nd race I learned I had a stress fracture of the Tarsal/Metatarsal joint which sidelined me for six weeks. First up (07/05) was the Loon mountain race which at the time was still just a nice friendly little race (204 finishers). I had a decent run taking first in the masters and 5th overall and noted “Ran the entire way up the Upper Walking Boss”. The following week (07/12) I ran the Ascutney Mountain race. This was an unusual version of the race that went up the road for 2.3 miles then onto the trail. It was not my kind of race with some technical climbing/descending. I was 11 seconds back when we hit the trail then Double-J took charge and beat me by over a minute. I took third in 38:44.
Loon Mountain
1 48:25 Jim Johnson M32 Salem NH CMS
2 48:49 Abdeltif Faker M24 Malden MA
3 48:57 Patrick Ard M25 Raymond NH Whirlaway
4 49:34 Andy McCarron M26 Keene NH CMS
5 50:01 Dave Dunham M45 Ward Hill MA CMS
6 50:16 Ed Breen M27 Medford MA GBTC
7 51:12 Tim VanOrden M41 Bennington VT CMS
8 51:21 Todd Callaghan M39 Somerville MA GCS-triad
11 52:52 Jim Pawlicki M34 Beverly MA CMS
Ascutney
1 37:26 9:22 Jim Johnson 32 M 583 Salem NH CMS
2 38:08 9:32 Andy McCarron 26 M 247 Keene NH CMS
3 38:43 9:41 Dave Dunham 45 M 539 Bradford MA CMS
4 39:03 9:46 Joe Shaw 28 M 373 Grantham NH
5 39:56 9:59 Todd Callaghan 39 M 455 Somerville MA GCS
6 40:52 10:13 Tim Van Orden 41 M 246 Bennington VT CMS
8 41:25 10:22 Kasie Enman 29 F 342
9 41:39 10:25 Tim Mahoney 29 M 450 Holyoke MA CMS
11 43:56 10:59 James Pawlicki 34 M 562 Beverly MA CMS
July 2014 (10 years ago): Another injury shortened month. I was dealing with a bone bruise and was in a walking boot except when running (with a promise to take time off after Loon Mountain which was the USA mountain championships). I finished in 46th place overall but more importantly (to me) I was tops in the 50+ age group running 1:02:55 for the 6.6 mile mostly uphill race. Two weeks later (07/20) I WALKED the Cranmore Mountain race to get my final race I needed for “Goat Status”. It was kind of fun to do the two laps with absolutely no running.
Loon Mountain
1 48:25 Jim Johnson M32 Salem NH CMS
2 48:49 Abdeltif Faker M24 Malden MA
3 48:57 Patrick Ard M25 Raymond NH Whirlaway
4 49:34 Andy McCarron M26 Keene NH CMS
5 50:01 Dave Dunham M45 Ward Hill MA CMS
6 50:16 Ed Breen M27 Medford MA GBTC
7 51:12 Tim VanOrden M41 Bennington VT CMS
8 51:21 Todd Callaghan M39 Somerville MA GCS-triad
11 52:52 Jim Pawlicki M34 Beverly MA CMS
Ascutney
1 37:26 9:22 Jim Johnson 32 M 583 Salem NH CMS
2 38:08 9:32 Andy McCarron 26 M 247 Keene NH CMS
3 38:43 9:41 Dave Dunham 45 M 539 Bradford MA CMS
4 39:03 9:46 Joe Shaw 28 M 373 Grantham NH
5 39:56 9:59 Todd Callaghan 39 M 455 Somerville MA GCS
6 40:52 10:13 Tim Van Orden 41 M 246 Bennington VT CMS
8 41:25 10:22 Kasie Enman 29 F 342
9 41:39 10:25 Tim Mahoney 29 M 450 Holyoke MA CMS
11 43:56 10:59 James Pawlicki 34 M 562 Beverly MA CMS
July 2014 (10 years ago): Another injury shortened month. I was dealing with a bone bruise and was in a walking boot except when running (with a promise to take time off after Loon Mountain which was the USA mountain championships). I finished in 46th place overall but more importantly (to me) I was tops in the 50+ age group running 1:02:55 for the 6.6 mile mostly uphill race. Two weeks later (07/20) I WALKED the Cranmore Mountain race to get my final race I needed for “Goat Status”. It was kind of fun to do the two laps with absolutely no running.
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