10 Years ago: I raced early and late during September of 2012 and in-between I travelled to Africa and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. To say the least it was an interesting month. I started the month with the St Charles 5k in Portsmouth (which served as the NH 5k champs). I was hoping to run under 17 minutes on this pretty flat loop course. I was in a group most of the way which helped and got as high as third place but lost two spots from 3 miles to the finish line. I did meet my goal running a 16:53. Four days later (09/07) I ran the Friendly Kitchen 5k in Concord NH. It was pretty warm and I felt tired but still managed to take the lead in the first mile and then gapped the field, going on to win in 17:36. After that I was off to Africa. Due to the remoteness and safety reasons (wild animals) I missed 7 days of running during our 2 weeks. Once back I only had a few days before the USATF New England 5k championships. A few days before the race I did a short workout during lunch which included a hard mile in 5:42. I was hoping I’d be able to do three of those in a row in the race. Nothing of note from the race except I exceeded my goal and ran a 17:12 which was good enough for 17th in the 40+.
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