Looking back - September 1991

 
30 Years ago (Sept 1991)- I raced five times for a total of 41 miles in September of 1991. I started the month of with a Labor Day run (09/02) with a field of 1,811 at the New Haven 20k. I took 9th place in 1:01:48, winning $100 for my sub-5 minute pace effort. The race was won by Bob Kempanian in 60:17. Eric Morse took fourth 30 seconds (60:47) back.
 
1          1:00:17 4:52      Bob Kempainen   NH        $2,500
2          1:00:33 4:53      Chris Fox            MD        $1,500
3          1:00:43 4:54      Driss dacha        MOR      $1,000
4          1:00:47 4:54      Eric Morse          VT         $750
5          1:00:58 4:55      Khalid Karyani     MOR      $500
6          1:01:02 4:55      Tom Wood         CO        $400
7          1:01:26 4:57      Budd Coates       PA         $300
8          1:01:43 4:59      Darrell General    MD        $200
9          1:01:48 4:59      Dave Dunham     NH        $100
10         1:01:56 5:00      Robert Quinn      CAN       $50
 

A few days later (09/06) I was off to Manchester NH for the Millyard 8km race.  The course was an unusual 3 loop effort, maybe to find flat ground? Larry Sayers was the winner in 24:07 and I took second in 24:26 in a field of 450.
1 Larry Sayers     24:07
2 Dave Dunham 24:26
3 Scott Clark       24:29
4 Mike O’Brien     24:32
5 Art Sorrell        24:38
6 Rob Edson       25:38
14 Petey            26:57
 
The next day I tried my hand at a short cross-country race. Pine Manor College hosted a 3 x 3km XC relay. I ran 9:07 for my leg. Bob Hodge and Mike Woodman also ran for the team, but we lost to BAA 28:02 to 28:07.  The following weekend Steve Peterson and I did a 30 mile long run during my 110 mile week.  We started “slowly” running a 7:54 opening mile and 72:02 for the first ten.  The tempo increased and our next 10 was 69:57 (2:21:59).  The final 10 took us 69:53 for a total of 3:31:52.
 
The next weekend (09/22) I was back on the roads at the New England 15km championships. I felt "crappy" and hung on to a big pack for the first 3 miles of hilly terrain (Webster MA). CMS's Rick Dorion won in 46:31 and I was 2nd in a disappointing 46:52.
1 Rick Dorion      46:31
2 Dave Dunham 46:52
3 Jon Corso         47:08
16 Art Demers     50:02
 
A week later (09/29) I closed out the month with a win at the Marshfield 20km road race. I may have been a bit tired from the Pogues concert the night before?  The race was part of the Hockomock Swamp Rat series. I ran 1:04:50 outkicking Craig Fram in the final stretch. 5km splits were pretty even over the "rolling" course= 16:12, 16:06, 16:15, 16:17.
1 Dave Dunham M27      64:50
2 Craig Fram       M30      64:56
3 Mike Woodman M26      66:58
4 George Rose    M30      67:27
5 Tom Carroll      M41      68:35