2002 – 20 years ago
I
had a reasonably successful January in 2002, with just one major
disappointment. I started the year finishing second to Dan Verrington at
the Hangover 5k in Salisbury. I ran 16:02 and Dan ran just fast
enough to win (15:59). Next up was a qualifying race for the US Snowshoe
championships. I headed up to Killington with Richard Bolt to
secure a trip to nationals. Richard took 2nd in 24:12 and I
was third in 25:01 over a tough 5km course, some dude we’d never heard of won
in 23:37 (I think he was a skier trying out snowshoe racing). The
following week we headed out to Colorado for the so called “North American
Championships”. The race was not the style of racing I was used to
(you had to know the course to know when there would be fast running and when
there would be very deep powder). I ended up a very disappointing 17th
place. A week later I hosted a race at Beaver brook and topped a field of
22 running 2.7 miles doing multiple loops around a field with just a hint of
snow.
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