Looking back - October 2002

20 Years ago – 2002:  I stayed off-road this month running two trail races and a Cross-Country race.  I started off the month in Topsfield running the Bradley Palmer XC challenge.  I ended up finishing 6^th in a field of 54 running 23:48 for 4.7 miles. 
1          MARK LAROSA              23:04    AE
2          ADAM METCALF                        23:07   
3          JASON DUNKLEE           23:09    GBTC
4          JOHN BARBOUR                        23:37    GLRR
5          RICHARD BOLT             23:46    CMS
6          DAVE DUNHAM             23:48    CMS
7          JON WALDRON             23:51    CSU
8          TERRY MCNATT                        23:53    CSU
9          AL BERNIER                  24:07    CMS
14        PATRICK RICH              24:36   
17        JOE SHAIRS                 24:52    NSS
 
The next weekend I ran the Dogtown trail race.  This one was pretty unusual the “ribbons” they used to mark the course were actual ribbons tied to trees.  Teammate Richard Bolt took the win and the cool Dogtown painting, besting a field of 40 runners.  I rolled into the finish in 2^nd place running 17:32 for the 3.25 mile course.  I went back to Gloucester a week later and took on the Ravenswood trail race. I beat a very small field of only 33 runners covering the 3.9 mile course (which I thought was more like 4.5 miles) in 25:26.
 
Place                Name               City/Town                    Age                   Time
1                      Dave Dunham              Bradford            38                    25:27
2                      Matt Curran                  Gloucester         45                    25:43
3                      John Gillis         Manchester                  38                    26:07
4                      Phillip Dunn                  Gloucester       55                    29:06
5                      Rick Ciolino       Charlestown                 37                    29:12