Looking back: September 1987

35 years ago:  I ran 374 miles in September of 1987 with one day off, raced twice and did five workouts.  The workouts were cross-country, most were at Carlisle although two of them were back at Whortleberry hill working on my climbing skills.   On September 13^th I ran my first New England Athletic Congress (NEAC, now USATF NE) grand prix race.  It was a very rainy day in Concord NH for the Couples 5k.  Greater Lowell Road Runners teammate Bob Hodge and I broke away in the early going.  I felt like I was just hanging on for all I was worth as we passed the mile in 4:30 and 2 miles in 9:06.  With ½ mile to go I pulled clear of Hodgie and went on to win 14:08.8 to his 14:15.  Despite our 1^st and 2^nd place finish CMS was able to top GLRR by 3 seconds!

 

1 14:09 Dave Dunham GLRR

2 14:15 Bob Hodge GLRR

3 14:33 Rick Doiron CMS

4 14:33.7 Jim Murphy CMS

5 14:39 Wayne Jacob CMS

6 14:40 Reno Stirrat CMS

 

9 14:50 Rod Ellsworth CMS

12 14:52 Gary Wallace GLRR

17 14:59 Lance Burgess GLRR

18 15:03 Art Demers GLRR

 

Teams

CMS 1:13:15

GLRR 1:13:18

                                                                                                                       

 

Bob Hodge’s week leading up to the 5k champs

7 5m run p.m. 34:10

8 6m run a.m. 41:43 6m run p.m. 40:15

9 10m run a.m. 66:42 6m run p.m. 36:13

10 9m run a.m. 56:39 6m run p.m. 39:58

11 9m run a.m. 58:00 6m run p.m. 40:25

12 5m run a.m. 34:30 5m run p.m. 32:05

13 81m-Week Concord 5k 4m strides 5k 14:15 9:07 split 3m run

My week leading to the 5k champs

7 12 miles in the woods with Petey

8 6m run am 11m run pm Bike 10m

9 1warm-up then Apple Orchard 10 Bike 18m

10 1 warm-up then Woods 10m Bike 20m

11 2m w-up 4x1m  Carlisle trails 517/506/515/505 2 w-down Bike 20

12 Fast 12 in 74 minutes Bike 10m

13 84m-Week NEAC 5k 5m w-up 3m w-down Outkicked Hodgie last 1/2m 14:08.8

Two weeks later (09/27/87) I got my second win in my second NEAC championship.  The Marshfield 20k hosted the championships on a perfect day (60’s sunny and no wind).  I went out in a small pack and early on Reno Stirrat (CMS) and Larry Olsen (TVFR) and I broke away.  5k splits of 16:00, 15:45, 15:35, and 15:40 brought me home in 1:03:10.