20 Years ago – January
1994
I only raced once
during this month before missing most of the month with a back injury. I ended up missing 5 weeks. The one race I did was the Freezer Five a CMS
classic. There was some snow on the
ground but I still managed a sub 25 running 24:41 to beat teammate Larry Sayers
by 49 seconds. Looking at the top ten,
there certainly were a lot of very fast masters runners back then with three of
them running under 27:30
15 Years ago – January
1999
I raced five times
during this month while logging
447 miles (an average of 14.4 miles per day) despite having issues with my calf
and Achilles. On New Years day I took
2nd place at the Freezer Five.
It was windy and cold on the out/back course which runs near the Sterling
airport. I decided to push on the way
out into the wind and Richard Bolt hung right behind me. He threw in a 4:50 mile from 3 to 4 miles
that just buried me. Rich went on to win
by nine seconds, 25:25 to 25:34. The
next day Byrne Decker, Steve Peterson and I headed to Tewksbury for the
Fudgesicle race. Byrne took the win in
16:44 with me one second back and Petey another 16 seconds behind. The following weekend I went to BU for the
indoor track series. I doubled up in the
3,000 meters and the mile. Colin Peddie
and I traded the lead off every 400 meters during the 3k and he took off in the
last 400. I kept it close losing by less
than a second in 8:36. An hour or so
later I finished 5th in the mile in 4:31, with Peddie taking a second
win of the day running 4:22. Two weeks
later I ran my final race of the month, the Boston Prep 16 mile in Derry
NH. Conditions were very good with
moderate temperatures and a little drizzle and fog. Dave Beauley and I ran lock stepped for the
first 12 miles before I pulled away for a win in a then course record of
1:26:52. Beauley ran a 1:27 and my
teammates Dan Verrington (1:31) and Steve Peterson (1:36) both had solid
races.
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