August of 2004 & 2014

15 years ago (August 2004): I only raced twice this month due to lingering hamstring issues.  On 08/16 Richard Bolt and I ran the Moose Milers trail series in Mine Falls park (Nashua NH).  Richard won in 17:54 with me 1 second back.  Two weeks later I ran a leg of the Moose Milers relay a 4x2.5 mile race in Mine falls park.  I was the weak man on the CMS squad that took first place in 54:04.  I was the leadoff leg which I ran in 14:20.

Pl Name                                 Age Sex Club                         Time 

1  Richard Bolt                        34   M  Central Mass Striders   17:54

2  Dave Dunham                     40   M  Central Mass Striders   17:55

3  Joe Cardello                        15   M  Trinity High School      19:43 

4  Peter Wojtas                       47   M  Central Mass Striders   19:59 

5  Trevor Merrill                      14   M  Central High School     20:06       

Moose On The Loose - 10 Mile Trail Relay -  Nashua, NH 8/29, 2004

PLACE TEAM NAME                RUNNERS                                                              DIV     TIME   PACE 

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   1 CMS BOYZ                        D DUNHAM - R BOLT - E MORSE - K TILTON                         M0199   54:04  5:25

   2 TOE TAPPIN FOOLS           C VAN COTT - K TAYLOR - J KENNEY - G DEANE                   M0199   55:20  5:32

   3 MOOSE MILERS MO           J BIGONIA - R NOE - P KANOLD - E NOTT                             M0199 1:00:14  6:02

   4 MOOSE MILERS MM           S DELAHUNTY - F KARPO - J SAUNDERS -D CROKE M4099 1:01:45  6:11

   5 PFE MASTERS                   A GORDON - D AYKANIAN - K BIRSE - H PINO                       M4099 1:01:52  6:12

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

5 years ago (2014): Again, I only raced twice as I was also recovering from injury.  I did an unplanned leg of the Moose on the loose relay when the DRC came up one person short.  I anchored the team running 15:55 for the 2.5 mile trail loop.  Two weeks later I ran my first real race taking 8^th place in the 50-54 at the USATF NE 15k championships in Burlington VT running a 56:57.

USATF NE 15k 50+                                                                                                       

1             54:21       Robert Cipriano        54            Somerville Road Runners

2             54:33       Tom Thurston          50            Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.

3             55:06       Joe McNamara         51            Green Mountain Athletic Assoc.

4             55:29       Michael Cooney        52            Whirlaway Racing Team

5             55:39       Douglas Martyn        54            Whirlaway Racing Team

6             56:35       Charlie Bemis          51            Gate City Striders

7             56:49       Dan Verrington        52            Central Mass Striders

8             56:57       Dave Dunham          50            Central Mass Striders

9             57:24       E. J. Hrynowski        51            Greater Lowell Road Runners

10            58:08       Rory Fagan              52            Somerville Road Runners