USATF NE 12k championships

I headed up to Bedford feeling good about my training but nervous about my “easy” week.  I had planned to drop my mileage down and take it pretty easy this week but felt like I’d recovered okay from the Sleepy Hollow Mountain race and didn’t drop nearly as much as expected.  In retrospect I probably should have skipped the track workout on Wednesday which is just a bit too close to the race for me to fully recover.  I felt sluggish on Thursday and Friday but surprisingly didn’t feel bad on race morning.

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.  It is always a good idea to know the course and I’ve run this one so many times I’ve got a pretty clear idea of where I am at any point in the race.  I switched into racing flats and headed out for a few strides and made my way to the line.  I staked out a spot on the far right of the line and was happy that they got things going with little fanfare.

I tried to run controlled the first mile, know that a lot of people would get excited and head out too fast.  I wanted to “ease” into the race and hopefully have a strong run after we’d passed three miles. In the early miles I ran with a very chatty Brian Ruhm (GCS), he was talking about how fast the pace was but I saved my breath for BREATHING J  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 (Paul Hammond – WRT, and teammate Martin Tighe).  At four miles I started thinking that maybe I had a shot at Wayne Levy (BAA).  Wayne is 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’m very happy with a top 10 masters finish (rare) and only Wayne beat me in the 45-49.   The only frustrating part is missing my PR by 1 second!   Maybe in three weeks when we run the 10k New England championships I’ll really take it easy leading up to the race?

Splits:

5:24

10:54 (5:30)

16:41 (5:47)

22:20 (5:39)

27:55 (5:35)

33:29 (5:34)

39:15 (5:46)

41:46 (2:30)

38th Annual Bedford Rotary Memorial Road Races

2012 USATF-NE 12K Championship

May 19, 2012    12 Kilometers (USATF Certified #NH10012RF)     Bedford, NH

Place Div/Tot  Div   Time     Pace  Name                   Ag S Race# Team   City/state              C/f

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    1   1/19   M1824   36:51   4:57 Kevin Johnson          23 M   182 WMDP   Hanover NH                 

    2   1/64   M3039   37:40   5:04 Nate Jenkins           31 M   131 CMS    Andover MA                 

    3   2/19   M1824   37:59   5:06 Eric MacKnight         23 M   369        Clifton Park NY            

CMS finishers

   11   8/64   M3039   39:31   5:18 Kevin Tilton           30 M   395 CMS    North Conway NH            

   15   9/64   M3039   39:37   5:19 Mike Quintal           34 M   393 CMS    North Andover MA           

   21  11/64   M3039   39:58   5:22 Alan Bernier           37 M   385 CMS    Providence RI              

   22  12/64   M3039   39:59   5:22 Greg Hammett           34 M   388 CMS    Chesterfield NH            

   23   3/23   M2529   40:25   5:26 Dan Vassallo           27 M   396 CMS    Peabody MA                 

   29  14/64   M3039   40:58   5:30 Scott Leslie           30 M   389 CMS    Rutland MA                  

   31  15/64   M3039   41:06   5:31 Chris Mahoney          34 M   390 CMS    Havehill MA                

   34   5/80   M4049   41:13   5:32 Greg Putnam            42 M   392 CMS    Stoneham MA                

   36   6/80   M4049   41:21   5:33 Joe Shairs             44 M   394 CMS    Peabody MA                 

   39   8/80   M4049   41:46*  5:37 Dave Dunham            48 M   386 CMS    Bradford MA                

   43  10/80   M4049   42:01   5:38 George Adams           42 M   384 CMS    Gilsum NH                  

   49  17/64   M3039   42:16   5:41 Kevin Gorman           35 M   387 CMS    Norwood MA                 

   50   3/83   M5059   42:20*  5:41 Martin Tighe           54 M   492 CMS    Providence RI              

   55  14/80   M4049   42:50   5:45 Dan Verrington         49 M   397 CMS    Bradford MA                

   57   8/23   M2529   42:57   5:46 Sam Wood               25 M   398 CMS    Laconia NH                 

   65  21/64   M3039   43:12   5:48 Jim Pawlicki           37 M   391 CMS    Lynn MA                    

  113  29/80   M4049   47:43   6:24 David Quintal          48 M   478 CMS    Salem NH                   

  145  39/80   M4049   49:39   6:40 David Lapierre         48 M    14 CMS    Chelmsford MA               

 

Masters

    9   1/80   M4049   39:24*  5:18 Joseph Koech           43 M   416 RUN    Chelmsford MA              

   27   2/80   M4049   40:52*  5:29 Joseph Navas           41 M   428 WHIRL  North Eastham MA           

   30   3/80   M4049   41:04   5:31 Joshua Brown           44 M   284 GMAA   Burlington VT              

   33   4/80   M4049   41:10   5:32 Todd Callaghan         42 M   196 GCS    Beverly MA                 

   34   5/80   M4049   41:13   5:32 Greg Putnam            42 M   392 CMS    Stoneham MA                

   36   6/80   M4049   41:21   5:33 Joe Shairs                44 M   394 CMS    Peabody MA                 

   38   7/80   M4049   41:42*  5:36 Wayne Levy             46 M   354 BAA    Waban MA                   

   39   8/80   M4049   41:46*  5:37 Dave Dunham          48 M   386 CMS    Bradford MA                

   41   9/80   M4049   41:53   5:37 Dmitry Drozdov         40 M   494 SRR    Lincoln MA                 

   43  10/80   M4049   42:01   5:38 George Adams          42 M   384 CMS    Gilsum NH