Dartmouth relays: This would be my 16th time racing at the
Dartmouth relays since 1981 (when I placed 6th in the 2 mile as a
Junior at Billerica High School). Originally I was planning on heading up
and doing the masters 3,000 but due to “lack of participation” the 3k was no
longer held. It seems to be getting more difficult to find age group
racing indoors if you are a distance runner. I figured the best way
around that would be to just do some shorter races. I chose the 400, 800,
and mile figuring worst case that would get me a decent speed workout.
It was 18 degrees below
zero when I arrived at Dartmouth but there was very little wind and it was
sunny. I met up with fellow 50+ runner Dave Menard (BAA) and he joined me
for a 3 mile “warm”-up outside. I changed into race gear and put in some
more running and a couple of strides on the track. I was pretty nervous
as this was way outside of my comfort zone. The 400 was my first event
and although I’ve raced the 400 25 times almost all of those were in the mile
relay in high school. I had no idea what I could run but was shooting to
be under 75. I lined up with the only other competitor (a 71 year-old
gent) and off we went. It was over before I felt like I was getting
going. I can’t complain as I picked up a win running 72 seconds. I
had just enough time to jog around the track and the 800 was lining up. I
had thought they’d run a women’s heat first but only six people entered so
there was just one heat. I hadn’t caught my breath as we lined up.
Norm Bouthillier (Whirlaway) and another guy were gone from the start and
rolled through 200 meters in 31 seconds. I was alone in third place 7
seconds back but ran a steady pace with splits of 38, 39, 39, and 38. I
was really feeling it the last 200 meters! Norm got nipped at the line
and I took third place.
I put in another mile of
easy running to warm-down from the 800 then took a break. It’d be an hour
of 60 meter hurdles and 60 meter dash races before the mile was
contested. About 20 minutes before the mile I started another warm-up and
stayed loose until the start. Twelve of us lined up including a couple of
women, the ages ranged from 44 to 71. I hoped Mark Mayall wouldn’t lap
me. My goal was around 5:20. I went out “comfortably hard” but
realized at 200 meters that I was more comfortable than hard. I picked it
up a bit but still hit 400 meters in 84. Yikes I was already 4 seconds
behind pace, and I was in 4th place (including both of the women in
front of me). I increased the tempo and started to feel a little steadier
as I hit the half in 2:45. The Dartmouth track has a very short
straight-away so it seems like you are constantly in the turn. I got a
few yells of “go double-d” which was nice. I kept it very consistent after
the 400 and even had a decent kick (38 for the last 200). I ended up
taking 2nd place in 5:26 nearly a half lap behind Mayall. I
did a short warm-down and called it a day.
I didn’t really meet my
time goals but I did get my first win of the year and my first win at 400
meters since I ran a 53.9 in a dual meet against Lowell in 1981. That
kept my winning streak going. I’ve now won at least one race for 40
straight years (1979-2018). I’m looking forward to more indoor track with
plans to race in the mile at Providence next weekend, the 5,000 at Bates the
following weekend, and multiple events at the New England Masters champs at the
end of the month.
400 M Run
Name
Age
City,St
Time
==================================
1 Dave Dunham
M53 Bradford,
MA
1:12.27
2 Edward
Dinnany
M71
Bellows Falls, VT
1:26.35
800 M Run
Name
Age City,St
Time
===================================
1 Patrick
Joy
M39 Salem,
MA
2:23.99
2 Norm
Bouthillier
M52 Exeter,
RI
2:23.67
3 Dave
Dunham
M53
Bradford, MA
2:35.62
4 Dave
Menard
M52 Waltham,
MA
2:42.59
5 Rebecca
Connolly
F51 Wilmington,
MA
2:48.21
6 Tom
Kolb
M62 Merrimack,
NH
3:12.42
Mile Run
Name
Age
City,St
Time
===================================
1 Mark
Mayall
M46 Maynard,
MA
5:06.10
2 Dave
Dunham
M53 Bradford,
MA
5:26.55
3 Geoff
Dunbar
M47 Hanover,
NH
5:39.52
4 Charlie
Buttrey
M58 Thetford,
VT
5:54.35
5 Julie Craig
F51
Mattapoisett, MA
6:04.14
6 Jim
Burnett
M67 Cannan,
NH
6:29.48
7 Jim
Kyle
M65
Alstead, NH
6:36.68
8 Doug
Austin
M63 Wet Lebanon,
NH 6:44.15
9 Zsuzsanna
Laughland F44 Silver Lake,
NH
6:11.00
10 Diane
Pomerleau
F52 Victoriaville,
Queb 6:48.34
11 Tom
Kolb
M62 Merrimack,
NH
7:02.51
12 Edward
Dinnany
M71 Bellows Falls,
VT
7:41.64
Splits
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00:36.70
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00:35.57
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01:12.27
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00:38.20
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00:39.80
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01:18.00
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01:18.00
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00:39.50
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01:57.50
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00:38.12
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02:35.62
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01:17.62
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02:35.62
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00:42.60
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00:41.40
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01:24.00
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01:24.00
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00:40.40
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02:04.40
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00:41.00
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02:45.40
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01:21.40
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00:40.70
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03:26.10
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00:40.90
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04:07.00
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01:21.60
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00:39.70
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04:46.70
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00:39.85
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05:26.55
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01:19.55
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00:38.13
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05:26.55
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