25 years ago (November 1995): I covered
378 miles with no days off and raced four times over the month. I started the
month with a win at the “Four in the Fall” 4 mile race put on by the
Winner’s Circle. I ran as easy as possible to get the win as I was doing an XC
race the next day. I stuck with the lead pack for the first 3 miles then took
the lead to win in 20:46. The next day I was off to Nobles & Greenough
for a rolling, twisting, 5km cross-country race. I took the lead in the early
going but sort-of teammate (CMS/Sev) Bill Bland blew by at the end and held me
off. We both broke the old CR of 15:33, set by Dave Vona in 1992.
1 15:18 William Bland 26 M Boston CMS/Sev’s
2 15:19 Dave Dunham 31 M Bradford CMS
3 15:33 Jamal Prince 25 M Woburn CMS/Sev’s
A week later it was back to Franklin Park for the USATF NE XC championship held under windy, wet, and cold conditions. Our CMS team lost to the Boston Running club by a total of 29 seconds. I had a pretty crappy race finishing 36th in 32:09 in a field of 169.
1 Terrance Mahon 29:55 REEBOK ENCLAVE
2 Gary Griffen 29:58 NEW BALANCE COASTAL
3 Seamus McElliot 30:04 NIKE FLEET FEET
23 Mike Nahom 31:28 5:05 28 CMS
24 Scott Bagley 31:29 5:05 32 CMS
27 Gary Gardner 31:40 5:06 24 CMS
36 Dave Dunham 32:09 5:11 31 CMS
37 Dan Verrington 32:12 5:12 33 CMS
38 Craig Fram 32:14 5:12 37 CMS
I closed out the month with a solid run at the Feaster Five on Thanksgiving Day. The race started late due to a big bump in race day entrants (8,000!). It was cold (30’s) and windy but the times were hot (they had some $$$ for top finishers back then). I went into the lead fairly early and battled with Joe Rocha. It looked like a 2-man race right up until the final hill when George Yiannelis went blowing by us. He stormed to a win tying the course record (24:07) and I finished less than a second back with Rocha two more ticks behind.
1 24:07 George Yiannelis 24M Medford, MA
2 24:08 Dave Dunham 31M Bradford, MA CMS
3 24:10 Joe Rocha 30M Peabody, MA
4 24:28 Ethan Crain 23M Boston, MA
5 24:43 Christopher Bianchi 27M Medford, MA
6 24:48 Byrne Decker 28M Londonderry, NH CMS
7 24:54 Dan Verrington 33M Bradford, MA CMS
8 25:05 Scott Clark 29M Gilmanton, NH CMS
9 25:19 Rod Viens 28M Claremont, NH CMS
1 15:18 William Bland 26 M Boston CMS/Sev’s
2 15:19 Dave Dunham 31 M Bradford CMS
3 15:33 Jamal Prince 25 M Woburn CMS/Sev’s
A week later it was back to Franklin Park for the USATF NE XC championship held under windy, wet, and cold conditions. Our CMS team lost to the Boston Running club by a total of 29 seconds. I had a pretty crappy race finishing 36th in 32:09 in a field of 169.
1 Terrance Mahon 29:55 REEBOK ENCLAVE
2 Gary Griffen 29:58 NEW BALANCE COASTAL
3 Seamus McElliot 30:04 NIKE FLEET FEET
23 Mike Nahom 31:28 5:05 28 CMS
24 Scott Bagley 31:29 5:05 32 CMS
27 Gary Gardner 31:40 5:06 24 CMS
36 Dave Dunham 32:09 5:11 31 CMS
37 Dan Verrington 32:12 5:12 33 CMS
38 Craig Fram 32:14 5:12 37 CMS
I closed out the month with a solid run at the Feaster Five on Thanksgiving Day. The race started late due to a big bump in race day entrants (8,000!). It was cold (30’s) and windy but the times were hot (they had some $$$ for top finishers back then). I went into the lead fairly early and battled with Joe Rocha. It looked like a 2-man race right up until the final hill when George Yiannelis went blowing by us. He stormed to a win tying the course record (24:07) and I finished less than a second back with Rocha two more ticks behind.
1 24:07 George Yiannelis 24M Medford, MA
2 24:08 Dave Dunham 31M Bradford, MA CMS
3 24:10 Joe Rocha 30M Peabody, MA
4 24:28 Ethan Crain 23M Boston, MA
5 24:43 Christopher Bianchi 27M Medford, MA
6 24:48 Byrne Decker 28M Londonderry, NH CMS
7 24:54 Dan Verrington 33M Bradford, MA CMS
8 25:05 Scott Clark 29M Gilmanton, NH CMS
9 25:19 Rod Viens 28M Claremont, NH CMS
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