Looking back - October 1982

 40 Years ago – 1982: I raced four times during the final month of my freshman cross-country season at U-Lowell.  On Oct 2 I finished in second place in a dual meet we had against MIT.  The unusual thing about the race was that it was a HOME meet, the only one I’d run at U-Lowell.  I know they can have home track meets now, but I don’t think U-Lowell (Umass Lowell) has had a home XC race since this one.  We won the meet 26-29 and I ran 23:34 for the 4.7 mile course in the Lowell/Dracut/Tyngsboro state forest.

 A week later I took third place at the Codfish bowl at Franklin Park running 24:54 for the 5 mile course.  The team took 1^st place with 42 points.  Two weeks later (on the 23^rd) I finished in third at the Eastern Championships at the University of Vermont.  Our team again took first and I ran another 24:54.  On the final week of October I finished in 16^th place at the NCAA qualifiers, it was a PR for me but not fast enough to qualify for Nationals.