30 years ago: January 1993 – I had a busy month, racing six times. One of my goals in 1993 was to run 26 of the “CMS weekly 5k” races to earn a sweatshirt. I’d end up driving a LOT of miles to get that sweatshirt and I had a lot of fun racing (and sometimes just “running”) the series. I started the month with a couple of easy races. I won the Derry Hangover “classic” on January 1st in 27:10 and the next day tied with teammates Steve Peterson and Tom Anderson running a 16:20 at the CMS series. The following weekend I picked up another win at the CMS series this time crossing the line alone in 15:01. After that I was off to Bermuda thanks to Marathon Tours. They gave a free trip to the winner of the previous year’s Grand Prix series (At the time I was in a winning streak having won the GP 1987-1992). I had a decent run at the ADT 10k taking 6th place in 31:10 over a hilly course on a humid 70-degree day. The following weekend (01/23) I was back in Worcester (CMS series) taking a crack at the course record (I ran 14:36 winning the USATF championships in 1992 over a very similar course). I ran a 14:44 running alone from the start (2nd place was a respectable 15:56). The time was not the course record but was a “series” record. I closed out the month back in Worcester on a 14-degree day running 15:23 to beat the other 40 runners dumb enough to show up on such a cold day.
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