It was a weird month for me with a couple of “workout” type races and a couple of LONG races. On 11/02 I ran with Dan Verrington in a 5k in Haverhill (Run for Food), Dan ran fast enough to win and I ran fast enough to finish right behind him (18:04). The next day I topped a field of 71 runners at the Willard Brook Ramble, an 8 mile trail race in Ashby, MA. Steve Peterson gave me a good race; every time I got lost and went off course he’d pass me and move into the lead. I ended up first in 52:40. The following weekend I ran the Stone Cat trail marathon in Topsfield (11/09/02). For the most part I ran with Leigh Schmidt and Dan Verrington. Dan stopped to puke late in the race and I pulled away from Leigh in the last mile to score a win in a (then) course record of 3:06:10. Since that time the record has been lowered twice by CMS teammates: Greg Hammet 3:04:50 in 2008 and Ben Nephew 2:54:45 in 2009 (the CR has since been lowered to 2:54:33). I closed out the month with a 50k in RI, the Nifty Fifty was the New England championships. I ran pretty much alone, except for a few marathon runners who stayed with me through 15 miles. It was an awful day to race with temps in the 40’s at the start and 36 and pouring rain by the time I finished. The wind didn’t help with steady 20+ mph winds and gusts in the 40 mph range. My hands were numb for the last 10 miles but I held on to win in 3:20:07. I picked up $100 for the win.
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