25 years ago - August 1996

 25 Years ago (August 1996) - I raced three times, twice in Europe on the “Mountain Circuit”. I started the month with a 2nd place finish at the Bridge of Flowers 10 KM which also served as the USATF NE championships. I was top New England finisher and just missed the old course record by 2 seconds but was 32 seconds behind Moroccan Houssine Siba. CMS had a very strong team taking 2nd-7th place!

 1 Houssine Siba             23M Kingston, NY                      1/77      31:10 5:02

2 Dave Dunham             32M Bradford, MA          CMS      1/156   31:42 5:07

3 Mike Nahom               28M New Milford, CT     CMS      2/77      32:09 5:11

4 Craig Fram                 37M Plaistow, NH          CMS      2/156   32:18 5:13

5 Eric Morse                  31M Barre, VT               CMS      3/156    32:22 5:13

6 Dan Verrington           34M Bradford, MA          CMS      4/156    32:46 5:17

7 Gary Gardner              25M Keene, NH             CMS      3/77      32:46 5:17

18 Richard Bolt              25M Lunenburg, MA       CMS      6/77      34:17 5:32

 The last two races were European Mountain races leading up to the World championship. I was sick during the trip and never felt ready to race. I managed a 5th place finish at the Challenge Stellina in Susa Italy (5,000’ of climb) and a third at the Kitzbuhlerhorn race in Kitzbuhel Austria (4,000’ of climb). Kitzbuhel is an unusual race as the race gets steeper as you progress. The last 500 meters is marked out in 100 meter increments. My last 100m took 37 seconds!