My 3rd place finish this weekend in a field of only three got me thinking about finishing last in a race. I discounted a couple of Merrimack River trail races where I started after most had finished so that I could sweep the course and the same for a couple of times I did that at Northfield. I came up with two other times I finished in last place while really racing. Both of those were shorter distances at the River Rivals track meets. Typically I’d race the 2 mile then if I felt okay I might do the 800 (which was right after the 2 mile) a couple of times I tried something shorter and finished in last both of those times.
Date
City
State
Dist
Time Place
Field Beat
Lost to
08/07/12
Amesbury
MA
0.25 1:08.1
5
5
0
4
River Rivals
08/14/12
Newburyport
MA
0.06
16.9
5
5
0
4
River Rivals
On 08/07 I won the mile in 5:09 (2nd place was 5:38), followed that with a win in the 800 in 2:22 (second place was HS girl runner Malina Popesu in 2:38), then the 400 which was won in 57.5 (Sterling Ortiz). On 08/14 I won the 2m in 10:40 with Dan Verrington 2nd in 10:44. We stuck around for the 100 won by Dan McCuish in 11.7, Dan took 4th in 16.4.
Date
City
State
Dist
Time Place
Field Beat
Lost to
12/25/08
Haverhill
MA 3.50
26:39
1
1
0
0
Winnekenni Snowshoe race
I had a few close-calls beating just one
person, oddly two of those were wins!
Date
City
State
Dist
Time Place
Field Beat
Lost to
12/22/07
Boston
MA 1.86
9:29.7
19
20
1
18 BU Mini Meet
05/16/15
Lowell
MA 3.11
17:24
18
19
1
17 NB twilight meet
12/20/08
Boston
MA 1.86
10:01.1 16
17
1
15 BU mini meet
05/26/83
Cape Giradeau MO 3.11
14:58
12
13
1
11 NCAA
Championships
02/19/12
Cambridge MA
0.12
33.0
9
10
1
8
USATF NE champs
06/12/11
Weston
MA 6.22
34:38
7
8
1
6
USATF NE track champs
11/18/17
Lynn
MA
2.50 14:53
2
3
1
1
Frost on the fairways
02/27/05
Andover
MA
3.11 27:39
2
3
1
1
Weir Hill
01/07/18
Hanover
NH 0.25
1:12.2
1
2
1
0
Dartmouth Relays
02/17/96
Hanover
NH
3.11 14:52
1
2
1
0
Dartmouth invitational
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