Looking back - March 1988

 35 years ago:  I raced three times during March of 1988 picking up two wins and a disappointing 2^nd place.  I started the month topping a field of 30 runners in the Tewksbury 5k (Fudge race?) with a 15:02.  A week later (03/13/88) I took second place to Paul Hammond at the Hynes Tavern 5 mile.  Back then the Hynes race would draw 700 finishers and kick off the Spring racing scene in Lowell.  Two weeks later I ran (and won) my longest race to date, the NEAC 30km in Boylston.  It was 50 degrees and very windy as I topped a field of 510 finishers running a 1:39:09.  I ran 10km splits of 33:20, 34:20, and 31:29.  I wrote in my training log that it was “a pretty easy effort” and wondered how hard a marathon would have been on that day (it’s only another 12k).  I’d later learn how hard that final 12k can be.