Friday, September 20, 2019
September 1979
September 1979 - 40 years ago: I started my sophomore
year at Billerica High School with my first season of cross-country! I did some
training over the summer (6 miles a day 5 days a week) with the goal of making
the varsity squad by the end of the season. I got in 138 miles with 8 days off
(mostly weekends) and raced three times during September. My first XC race (09/17/1979) was a dual
meet at Billerica’s home course against Lawrence. I finished in second place
(JV) running 16:29 for the 2.6 mile mostly paved course around the parking lot
of the high school. A week later I won my first XC race taking first in a dual
meet against Dracut at Dracut with a 14:21 for 2.4 miles. Five days later I was
back on my home course this time against Central. I took 1:24 off of my time from
two weeks before. I led the JV squad running a 15:05. This would be the
highpoint of the season as I only raced a couple of more times due to multiple
ankle sprains. Since my first XC race I’ve raced another 1448 times and
XC is still one of my favorite type of races and ranks 3rd on the
list of races by type
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