September 2009

September 2009 – 10 years ago: I had spent six weeks off with a stress fracture and was just starting back in running in late August.  I got in 230 miles and raced twice during the month.  The first race (09/12/09) was the USATF NE 5 mile championships in Boston.  Unfortunately the cone at the turn on the out/back section of the course was put in the wrong location and all of the nearly 800 finishers did not get their money’s worth running on 4.9 miles.  I managed a respectable (all things considered) time of 28:36 which was under 6:00 pace (my goal going into the race).  Two weeks later I fell into a good pack at the USATF NE 10km championships in Gloucester MA.  I ran most of the race with Dave Quintal (35:13), Reno Stirrat (35:14), and John Barbour (35:18).  I was very happy to run a 35:17 for 15^th place in the masters competition.