Looking back - Nov 1998

15 Years ago = Nov. 1998 – I raced five times during this month including twice on the same day.  It was a pretty decent month of training as I was putting in miles aiming for the Rocket City marathon in December.  I started the month with a win over 300 runners in a Cross-Country race in Methuen .  I took home $100 for the victory covering the rolling hilly course in 15:22.  The next weekend I got my ass kicked by Dave Beauley at the Weekend before hunting season 10 mile trail race.  He buried me on all of the downhills and eventually built up a lead I couldn’t overcome.  I took 2^nd in 1:04:02.  The following weekend I attempted to double up at the Run Your Turkey Off (RYTO) in Tewksbury .  I ran the 5k alone and took the win ($150) in 15:11.  Right after that (less than 15 minutes) I headed out in the 15k, started out slowly and found myself in fourth in the early going.  I caught Verrington at 4, then Chris Teague at 6, but couldn’t quite catch teammate Byrne Decker.  I ended up finishing in 2^nd place in 48:14 four seconds behind Byrne.  The final race of the month was a 10k in Ashburn Virginia .  I was living in Washington DC for a month while working on the Y2K project (remember that?).  I took 3^rd place in a pretty competitive 10k running 30:48.

Country Club Classic

    1 DAVE DUNHAM        BRADFORD        M3039 CMS        15:22  4:57

    2 RYAN CARRARA      FRAMINGHAM    M2029 GLRR       15:31  5:00

    3 JESSE DARLEY        WATERTOWN   M2029 GBTC       15:32  5:00

    4 DAVE BURNETT      WENHAM           M3039 MVS        15:59  5:09

    5 JAMES MCGAUGH    BRIGHTON         M2029 GLRR       16:09  5:12

    6 BEN NEPHEW          MALDEN             M2029 GBTC       16:15  5:14

 

    9 TOM DOODY           PELHAM             M3039 GLRR       16:26  5:18

   11 JAMES PAWLICKI    BEVERLY            M2029 GBTC       16:30  5:19

   16 LOU RISTAINO         E BOSTON         M3039 WRT        16:46  5:24

   19 MARTY LECHLEIDER N ANDOVER      M4049 GLRR       17:00  5:29

   20 JOHN GORMAN         N ANDOVER                  M4049 WRT        17:19  5:35

   21 ARTHUR DEMERS                 HUDSON            M3039 GLRR       17:21  5:35

 

Run your turkey off

15K Overall

    1     BYRNE DECKER                M3039 YARMOUTH     CMS           48:07  5:10

    2     DAVE DUNHAM                M3039 BRADFORD     CMS            48:14  5:11

    3     CHRIS TEAGUE                 M2029 CHELMSFORD GLRR           48:46  5:14

    4     DAN VERRINGTON            M3039 BRADFORD     CMS            49:41  5:20

    5    JOHN AYERS          M3039 BEVERLY         NSS         50:18  5:24

 

   10  JOSEPH SHAIRS     M3039 PEABODY        NSS           51:55  5:35

   11  DAVID WEATHEBIE             M3039 CUMBERLAND CMS            52:02  5:35

 

 

5K Overall

    1  DAVE DUNHAM                   M3039 BRADFORD           15:13  4:55

    2  ERIC BEAUCHESNE               M2029 CHELMSFORD        15:49  5:07

    3  BRIAN MARTIN                    M3039 METHUEN            15:55  5:08

    4  BRETT RICKENBACH             M2029 HOOKSETT                      16:27  5:19

    5  LYNN DENINNO        F3039 WINCHESTER                   16:34  5:21