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Years ago – June 2002:
This month was a turning point for me, unfortunately it was a turn in the wrong
direction (down). I started the month with a 5th place finish at the Pack
Monadnock 10 mile. A week later I was in Anchorage Alaska for the Wolverine
Peak mountain race which was a qualifier for the US mountain team. Teammate
Eric Morse took the win in 47+ minutes and I was second in 48:43 and we both
qualified for the squad. Six days later I ran the Mt Washington road race
which was shortened to half-way due to bad weather above treeline. I just
couldn’t get going fast enough and finished a disappointing 5th place in 28:27.
Six days later I raced in Torhout Belgium in the World 100km challenge.
The race was about 33 kilometers too far for me
and I was out of action at 67km and in the hospital for a good part of the day.
It took me a very long time to get over that race which really set me back.
I’ll never attempt 100km again, unless it is over the span of a few days
1 47:19 Eric Morse Berlin VT
2 48:43 Dave Dunham Bradford MA
3 49:41 Scott Elliott Boulder CO
4 49:54 Jerome Ross Anchorage AK
5 50:29 Jens Beck Anchorage AK
6 51:19 Richard Bolt Manchester NH
1 28:02 Simon Gutierrez M36
2 28:12 Eric Morse M37
3 28:28 Craig Fram M43
4 28:46 Paul Low M28
5 28:56 Dave Dunham M38
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