Thursday, September 17, 2020

Looking back - Sept 2005 & 2010

 

15 years ago September 2005 -Not a bad month with 300 miles and five races including three races in 24 hours.  I started the month (09/13/05) with the Governor Dummer XC invitational.  The coach was also a Winners Circle Running Club member and they would kick off the season racing against WCRC.  I ran with Mick Grant for the first 3k then moved up into 2nd place (the winner was out of sight) and ended up taking second in 17:56.  A few days later (09/16 & 09/17) I hooked up with the “Loco Banditos” for the Reach the Beach relay.  Teams of 12 alternated over the nearly 200 mile race.  I had a LONG wait to run my first leg as I was the 12th man.  My first run was a 4 mile (24:29) at 10pm.  Next up was a hilly 6.9 mile (41:48) at 7am.  My final leg was the last 4.95 miles (definitely not accurate as I ran 24:29) at 2pm.  A week later (09/24/05) I ran my 40+ PR at the Eliot Festival 5km in Eliot ME.  Conditions were perfect and the field was full of fast people.  I finished 35th running a 16:28.5.

 

10 years ago September 2010 – I got in 347 miles during this month but only raced twice.  I took ninth (2nd 40+) at the Pemi Youth 5k (17:40) in Plymouth NH on 09/04.  A few days later (09/08/10) I finished in 6th place and took tops in the masters at the Boston Scientific 5k in Oranmore Ireland running a 17:04.

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