I raced three times in November of 2012. On 11/10 I had a rare race against teammate Eric Morse and his very speedy dog (Murdoch). A field of over 300 took off in a sprint for the 5k Doggy run in Boston. The course had some “out/back” which is never a good idea in a dog race. I caught Eric at 1.5 and ran with him until ½ mile to go but couldn’t kick with them. I ended up in fourth in 16:53. Eric and Murdoch ran 16:45. The following weekend (11/18) I had a good run at the USATF NE XC championships in Westfield MA. I had a good battle with teammate Joe Shairs right to the finish out-leaning him by 1 second for 13th place in 27:54. The very flat 8km course was great for fast times (Mike Nahom was top master in 26:19). Five days later I placed third at the Chelmsford Alumni XC race. As is sometimes the case at this race the first mile was at conversation pace, the second mile was hard running and the final mile was all-out. I took third place (tied with race director O’B) in 19:34 over the 3.28 mile course.
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