August 1984

35 years ago (August 1984):  I spent this summer getting ready for my Junior year of XC at U-Lowell.  I logged 312 miles during this month (with 2 days off) and a couple of road races.  On 08/05/84 I ran the Jim Witt 5m (put on by a local car dealership).  I ran a sub-25 (24:53) but that was only good enough for 2^nd place in the field of 423.  No complaints from me as the winner was Charlie Spedding.  Spedding was in town putting the finishing touches on his training before the summer Olympics.  One week later he took home the bronze.  On 08/19 I ran the Agawam Twilight 8k.  The field was stacked (as always) and I could only manage a 20^th place in the field of 700.  Again, I couldn’t complain as I ran under 24 minutes (23:56).