Looking back August 1995

 25 Years Ago: August 1995 – I raced four times over this month and got in 413 miles.  Training was focused toward the Mountain running world championships and a fall marathon.  I started the month (08/01/95) with the Yankee Homecoming 10 mile which served as the USTF NE championship.  I did not feel good at all during the race and had a lackluster 5th place finish in 51:26.

 

Nine days later (08/10/95) I went up to Manchester NH in search of a little cash.  The Healthsource Corporate 5k road race had decent money for anyone who broke 15 minutes ($250), so a bunch of people went looking to just sneak under the wire and take home some cash.  I ran most of the race in a pack with Rusty Snow, Craig Fram, Dan Verrington, and recent Londonderry High School Graduate John Mortimer.  We all snuck in under the required time taking 5th through 9th place in a field of over 3,000.  Bill Rodgers was top master in 15:50.

    1  14:18  BRADFORD SCHLAPAK           28 M BRIGHTON, MA  

   2  14:39  BOUAZZA ABIDI                    24 M NEW PALTZ, NY  

    3  14:47  RACHID TBAHI                      30 M BRIGHTON, MA  

    4  14:51  SAMUEL WILBUR                   22 M LINCOLN, ME  

    5  14:55  RUSTY SNOW                        25 M WATERTOWN, MA  

    6  14:56  DAVE DUNHAM                      31 M BRADFORD, MA  

    7  14:57  JOHN MORTIMER                   19 M LONDONDERRY, NH   

    8  14:57  CRAIG FRAM                          36 M HAMPSTEAD, NH  

    9  14:59  DANIEL VERRINGTON             33 M BRADFORD, MA   

   10 15:01  JAMIE LACHANCE                   24 M SANFORD, ME  

   11 15:08  GARY GARDNER                     24 M KEENE, NH   

   12 15:18  DEAN KIMBALL                      37 M CANDIA, NH   

   13 15:21  SCOTT CLARK                        29 M GILMANTON, NH   

   14 15:22  AL BERNIER                           21 M DURHAM, NH  

   15 15:25  EDWARD SHEEHAN                 38 M SOMERVILLE, MA   

   16 15:33  BYRNE DECKER                      28 M LONDONDERRY, NH  

   17 15:35  JUSTIN FREEMAN                   18 M FRANKLIN, NH  

   18 15:37  ERIC BEAUCHESNE                 25 M CHELMSFORD, MA  

   19 15:39 SAM HARRIS                           19 M ASHLAND, NH  

   20 15:44 MIKE O'BRIEN                         29 M DURHAM, NH  

   21 15:47 KEITH KELLY                          32 M MANCHESTER, NH  

   22 15:50 BILL RODGERS                       46 M SHERBORN , MA  

   23 15:52 ROD VIENS                            27 M CLAREMONT, NH  

 Two weeks later (08/20/95) I was off to Europe for a short trip to Italy for the Challenge Stellina mountain race.  I never felt great during the 9.5 mile race (with 5,000’ of climb) and bonked badly around the 1 hour mark.  I held on running a decent 1:25 for 10th place.

The following weekend (08/26/95) I switched gears and did a 10k road race in Exeter.  Jimmy Fallon took it out hard and Dan Verrington and I kept him close.  Dan made his move at 4.5 and I thought he had me, but I rallied in the last mile and took the win in 30:28 taking home $300 in the process.  Dan took third in 30:49.