10 Years ago – June 2012: First up was Pack Monadnock, the 10 mile romp from Wilton to the summit of Pack Monadnock. This would be the 14th time I'd make the trek. I was looking to run under 66 minutes to set a masters (40+) personal best. I finished up in 1:06:37 a new 40+ PR.
1 1:02:03 Brandon Newbould M30 WRT
2 1:02:29 Justin Freeman M35 Team RUN
3 1:02:45 Kevin Tilton M30 CMS
4 1:05:44 Todd Callaghan M42 GCS
5 1:06:37 Ross Krause M32 CMS
6 1:06:39 Dave Dunham M48 CMS
7 1:06:43 Ryan Aschbrenner M34 GBTC
8 1:06:58 Tim Van Orden M44 CMS
9 1:07:16 Tim Mahoney M32 CMS
10 1:08:47 Jim Johnson M35 CMS
11 1:09:20 Brian Ruhm M47 GCS
12 1:10:27 Martin Tighe M54 CMS
63 1:26:50 David Lapierre M48 CMS
1 1:02:03 Brandon Newbould M30 WRT
2 1:02:29 Justin Freeman M35 Team RUN
3 1:02:45 Kevin Tilton M30 CMS
4 1:05:44 Todd Callaghan M42 GCS
5 1:06:37 Ross Krause M32 CMS
6 1:06:39 Dave Dunham M48 CMS
7 1:06:43 Ryan Aschbrenner M34 GBTC
8 1:06:58 Tim Van Orden M44 CMS
9 1:07:16 Tim Mahoney M32 CMS
10 1:08:47 Jim Johnson M35 CMS
11 1:09:20 Brian Ruhm M47 GCS
12 1:10:27 Martin Tighe M54 CMS
63 1:26:50 David Lapierre M48 CMS
I took it easy the following week in anticipation of the tough competition at the 10k championships. I went into the race planning to key off of Joe Shairs and some of the other top masters and see what happened. I stayed in the same place from 5k on and didn't feel great when I hit the 5m mark (in a personal best 27:46) but I gave everything I had. I kicked for all I had, knowing it'd be close to my PR and ended up taking 9th in the masters with a new PR of 34:27.2 which is a scant one second faster than what I ran at the NE championships (James Joyce 10k) last year
1 30:15 Ruben Sanca M24
2 30:16 Kevin Johnson M23
3 31:12 Nate Jenkins M31
24 33:36 Greg Putnam M42
38 34:15 Al Bernier M37
39 34:16 Joe Shairs M44
43 34:27 Dave Dunham M48
44 34:27 Kevin Tilton M30
57 35:22 Jim Pawlicki M37
179 41:00 Dave Quintal M49
246 43:09 Dave Lapierre M48
Next up was the Mt Washington road race. I wasn’t particularly anxious, just a bit worried about how my calf would hold up. Based on my other races this year I felt I was in sub-1:10 shape and if the weather was good and everything came together I might be able to run as fast as 1:08:30. As we started I didn’t feel very good and I had cotton mouth but I would have been surprised if I felt good. CMS teammate Ross Krause and I alternated leading, following, and running side-by-side. I knew Ross was fit and was aiming for a time around what I wanted so it was good to have someone there to work with. I kept working and was finally able to gap Ross on the very last climb (the “wall”) and crossed the finish line in 26th place with a new 40+ Personal Best of 1:08:19. Needless to say I was very happy with the time. Later I’d find out that I also took 2nd place in the age graded masters (which got me $200) and our CMS masters team took home the gold. I was happily surprised to find that I also scored on the CMS open team that took 2nd place in the National Championships.
PL Time Name Age Cat City State Team
1 0:58:27 Sage Canaday 26 M2034 Sheridan OR
2 1:00:33 Joseph Gray 28 M2034 Newcastle WA Club NW
3 1:00:54 Eric Blake 33 M2034 New Britain CT BAA
18 1:05:54 Kevin Tilton 30 M2034 N Conway NH CMS
20 1:06:35 Nate Jenkins 31 M2034 Andover MA CMS
23 1:07:55 Jim Johnson 35 M3539 E Wakefield NH CMS
26 1:08:19 Dave Dunham 48 M4549 Ward Hill MA CMS
27 1:08:25 Ross Krause 32 M2034 Easthampton MA CMS
36 1:11:00 Michael Quintal 34 M2034 N Andover MA CMS
37 1:11:17 Francis Burdett 47 M4549 Worcester MA CMS
43 1:12:45 Tim Mahoney 32 M2034 Holyoke MA CMS
48 1:14:21 Scott Clark 46 M4549 Gilmanton NH CMS
59 1:17:34 Martin Tighe 54 M5054 Providence RI CMS
62 1:18:16 Tim Van Orden 44 M4044 Bennington VT CMS
69 1:19:55 Ernest Brake 50 M5054 N Sutton NH CMS
97 1:24:44 Thomas Brown 26 M2034 Beverly MA CMS
104 1:26:28 John Pajer 49 M4549 Leicester MA CMS
118 1:28:01 David Quintal 49 M4549 Salem NH CMS
218 1:39:22 David Lapierre 48 M4549 Chelmsford MA CMS
246 1:41:40 Stephen Peterson 46 M4549 Chelmsford MA CMS
407 1:54:57 Walter Kuklinski 63 M6064 Princeton MA CMS
My final race of the month was Cranmore Mountain. It rained overnight so the course would be a bit wet but only enough that your feet got wet. For this race my goal was to not get injured! I slowly worked my way through the pack and by the top of the first loop I was in 8th. I hit the end of loop one in 19:21 hoping to not fall apart on loop two. As we neared the summit I reeled in Todd Callaghan closing the gap to 15 seconds. Todd seemed to be coming back and hadn’t looked to see if I was gaining. We ran by Joe Viger who was taking pictures and I said “shhh” (pictured below) as I went by. It didn’t matter, we took a sharp turn and Todd knew I was right there. He upped his tempo and it was over.
Pl Time Name Age St Team
1 38:46 Marco De Gasperi 35 Italy GS Forestale
2 41:44 Jim Johnson 35 NH CMS
3 42:18 Ross Krause 32 MA CMS
4 44:41 Kevin Tilton 30 NH CMS
5 44:57 Todd Callaghan 42 MA SRR
6 45:03 Dave Dunham 48 MA CMS
7 46:46 Matt Veiga 25 MA
8 47:31 Matthew Zanchi 22 MA Redmen Runners
9 49:42 Gabriel Flanders 36 NH Acidotic
12 50:37 Martin Tighe 54 RI CMS
59 1:03:38 David Lapierre 48 MA CMS
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