Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Nipmuck trail marathon - 30 years!

 30 years ago today I set the still standing course record at the Nipmuck trail marathon breaking Rich Fargo’s 3:07.  The course featured two out & back runs, first south for 6.5 miles then the northern section for 6.6 miles.   From my training log.  “2 mile warm-up, felt okay. Felt very good, going easy through the ½.  Moved into first at 18 miles and really pushed the last section.  Splits: 6.5 – 41:15, 6.5 43:24, 6.6 48:14, 6.6 49:01.  Petey (Steve Peterson) won the ½ in 1:33:15”.  I noted that I passed Petey at 22 mile.  The half marathon ran over the second half of the course (the northern part which was much tougher) and started after the marathon.




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