Pack Monadnock

This weekend I’ll run Pack Monadnock for the 14^th time.  The only races I’ve done more are Mt Washington and Wachusett Mountain.  Strange, because I really don’t like the Pack Monadnock race.  It is too fast for most of the distance to really be considered a “mountain race”.  The last 2 miles are tough and the last mile is downright brutal, but you have to get through the first 8 miles before you really have the tough climbing.  I can’t gripe too much, I used to think Wachusett was too short and too fast (I called it a sprint) and now I HATE the Wachusett course with the technical downhill (never mind the fact that it is a mountain race that doesn’t come within a mile of the summit!).  I’m aiming for a masters PR this weekend.  Anyway, here are my Pack results.

Date	Time	Place	Field	40+ Pl	Notes
05/31/92	0:59:30	1	150		2nd Pl Mike Casner 1:01:59
06/02/96	0:59:13	1	196
06/07/98	1:01:40	1	210		Ran just hard enough to win
06/06/99	0:58:49	2	157		1st Pl Eric Morse 58:35
06/11/00	1:02:01	2	132		Tried to run easy enough to win but Morse took it
06/03/01	0:59:40	2	191		1st Morse 59:07
06/02/02	1:04:51	5	158
06/01/03	1:06:08	5	189
06/05/05	1:11:43	3	183	1	Very hot, felt terrible
06/04/06	1:06:39	3	173	2	1st Paul Low 1:03
06/03/07	1:07:13	3	225	1	1st Paul Low 1:04
05/31/09	1:07:36	9	292	1	B Callahan 1st 1:02
06/06/10	1:11:35	16	364	5	Only "raced" the last 3m