25 Years ago: I had a pretty busy month with a couple of road races and some mountain racing. I started the month (05/05/96) in Worcester at the CMHC 10 mile. It was a bit warm (65) and windy (10-20 mph) for the field of about 500. Scott Bagley took it out hard in the first mile and was uncatchable, winning in 50:29. I took second ($1,500) in 50:39 with Eric Morse third in 50:49.
The next week I was off to the very first USATF NE mountain series race (05/11/96) at Kearsarge Mountain (Warner, NH). Dan Verrington and I ran together through the tough first 5 miles in drizzle and fog and then I broke away on the mountain proper to take the win and set the course record in 51:23. Dan took second in 52:26. Next up (05/19/96) was the USATF NE 8km championships at Agawam (MA). I felt lousy in part due to the 85 degrees and humid conditions. I hung around with the lead pack through 2 miles but couldn’t hang on as Bagley took the win in 24:12, I placed 4th in 24:23. I doubled up on the next weekend picking up $300 for second place at the Saucony Peabody 4.5 mile on Friday night (22:31) and then setting a course record (24:31) at Wachusett mountain the following morning (05/25/96).
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