28 hour week

 I tried to get back to running this week but it was not to be.  I did 3 miles and it felt weird, 3 the next day and it was a bit rough but under the 4-5 pain scale limit.  The last run I was tentative but the 2nd mile felt pretty good, then by 2.5 I had to stop as it was starting to really hurt.  Some pretty bad swelling now and I'm really disappointed.

I had a total of 28 hours mixed between biking, ElliptiGo, and Elliptical, and a little bit of running.

The Stark Scenic byway was a nice distraction.

Biggest bike weeks

The 492.3 miles on the bike (and Go) this week did not crack the top 10 weeks ever but did come in at 13^th with an average of 70.3 miles per day.  I can’t get much more than that unless I take time off from work.  As it is I’m getting up at 3:30 am.

 

Rank	Week Starting	Distance	Average
1	12/20/21	743.21	106.2
2	12/06/21	714.00	102.0
3	12/13/21	709.38	101.3
4	11/29/21	700.90	100.1
5	12/27/21	684.69	97.8
6	11/22/21	609.57	87.1
7	1/3/2022	591.40	84.5
8	12/02/19	552.70	79.0
9	11/15/21	552.69	79.0
10	7/18/2022	524.74	75.0
11	8/1/2022	519.40	74.2
12	7/25/2022	504.75	72.1
13	4/17/2023	492.30	70.3
14	11/08/21	427.50	61.1
15	11/25/19	407.70	58.2
16	02/10/20	402.00	57.4
17	01/01/20	401.90	57.4
18	11/18/19	401.80	57.4

 

Longest bike rides

 

This weekend I completed my fourth longest ride ever, and my only ride over 100 miles that featured a mix of the Spin bike and the ElliptiGo.  With the rain coming down, I thought it’d be best to ride in the basement.  I started with 15 minutes on the Go, then onto the bike for 4 hours, then back on the Go for a final 15 minutes.  The 4.5 hours is my  longest indoor ride.

 

Rank	Dist	Date	Time	MPH	Bike	Location
1	105.0	12/25/2021	4:14:53	24.72	Spin	Basement
2	104.0	12/19/2021	4:14:29	24.52	Spin	Basement
3	102.0	11/25/2021	4:12:55	24.20	Spin	Basement
4	101.3	4/23/2023	4:30:00	22.51	Spin & Go	Basement
5	101.0	2/14/2020	4:12:17	24.02	Spin	Basement
6	100.1	11/28/2019	4:04:18	24.58	Spin	Basement
7	100.0	8/20/2022	6:44:20	14.84	Giant touring	Blazing Saddles 100 mile
8	100.0	8/16/2014	6:44:19	14.84	ElliptiGo	Blazing Saddles 100 mile
9	82.0	9/19/2020	6:49:25	12.02	Giant touring	Cross NH Adventure Trail
10	81.8	7/24/2022	3:37:00	22.62	Spin	Basement
11	81.6	9/23/2013	5:42:13	14.31	Bianchi Strada	Notch

 

A day of training

 This was an interesting week.  I added in the ElliptiGo and got some nice outside bike rides in.  Goal for the week was to get 24 hours of biking (a full day) and I met the goal with 527.31 miles that took 25 hours and 47 minutes.

Looking back - April 2018

5 years ago: SEA 5k: I signed up for the CARS series and this would be my first race of the 8.  I had missed the opening race last weekend due to a conflict with the USATF championships. The race has a bunch of loops around the big industrial park.  A few guys (and one gal) flew out at the start. I was hoping to get under 18 minutes but the wind was pretty nasty.  I caught the first woman soon after the mile and we caught one of the fast starters at 1.5.  That'd be the end of passing for me.  Soon after Erin Lane (the top lady) accelerated, and I couldn't match.  My official time was 18:10. I did end up winning the Age Graded category which I guess is something.

 1   1/3    MOPEN   17:40   5:42 Timothy Lindberg  24 M   242 Ashland NH             73.49%
 2   2/3    MOPEN   17:51   5:45 Samuel Berube     17 M    33 Bow NH                   73.31%
 3   3/3    MOPEN   17:56   5:47 Kirpal Demian       16 M   117 Bow NH                  73.86%
 4   1/3    FOPEN   17:58    5:47 Erin Lane             37 F   276 Hopkinton NH           83.26%
 5   1/13   M5054   18:09   5:49 Dave Dunham       54 M    17 Bradford MA             83.75%
 6   1/9    M4549   18:34    5:59 Mark Laprade        45 M    67 Bedford NH              76.54%
 7   2/13   M5054   18:36   5:59 Scott Clark            52 M   198 Gilmanton NH          80.54%
 8   3/13   M5054   18:41   6:01 Darin Brown          51 M    48 Madison NH             79.56%
 
Last year in the weeks leading up to the Merrimack River trail race we had to clear some sections of the course that always seem to need cleaning up.  Little did we know that the stewards were trying to end use of this unofficial trail.  This year that section would be unusable.  So, this year would feature some significant changes.  The decision was made to create a loop instead of a strict out-back, along with that we’d add a new trail up the power-line and a just (barely) finished trail to the turn.  Hopefully people would run around the same time as previous years and more importantly they would have an enjoyable experience.
 
There was little to no wind and temps would be in the low 50’s during the race.  The course was dry and in great shape.  At exactly 9am with a “Ready, Set, CAYUGA!” we were off!  A few guys passed me and by the half-mile I was in 12th place.  I could hear footsteps behind me and true to her word Kassandra Marin was sticking with me.

Me, Kassandra, and Justin about ½ mile in

The new power-line trail had Justin Daglish walking by the top.  I closed from 15 seconds back to just a couple of seconds when we popped out on the power-lines and got some water.  The new part after this was just fun.  I felt I was gaining on the climbs and losing ground on the flats as Kassandra was still right behind me.  Finally, the 93 under-passed loomed ahead and I knew I only had a few minutes to go.  I crossed the line just under 1:07 and happy with a 50+ win if not a top 10 finish. 
 
27th Annual Merrimack River Trail race
Place    Time     Name               Gen/Age           Town, State      Club
1          1:01:24 Brandon Newbould        M36      Nottingham, NH WRT
2          1:03:09 Kurt Hackler     M41      Alstead, NH      
3          1:03:34 Patrick Rich      M41      S.Hamilton, MA CMS
4          1:03:57 Tim VanOrden  M49      Bennington, VT CMS
5          1:04:40 Colin Carroll      M33      Andover, MA     CMS
6          1:04:44 Robert Jackman M35      Warwick, RI      CMS
7          1:04:57 James Pawlicki  M43      Lynn, MA          CMS
8          1:05:21 Michael Luebeck            M32      Maynard, MA     GLRR
9          1:06:27 Michael Peyron  M42      Boston, MA      
10        1:06:27 Aaron Stone      M35      Greenfield, MA 
11        1:06:54 Dave Dunham   M54      Bradford, MA     CMS/GreyWolves
12        1:07:08 Kassandra Marin           F28       Merrimack, NH  AcidoticRacing
13        1:07:31 Justin Daglish   M40      Carlisle, MA       GLRR
                                                                                               
Top 50+                                                                                 
11        1:06:54 Dave Dunham   54        Bradford, MA     CMS/Grey Wolves
17        1:11:24 Matt Curran      60        Gloucester, MA  Team Gloucester
23        1:14:48 Douglas Deangelis        51        Newbury, MA    Team Gloucester
25        1:15:35 Norris Gregg     51        Rockport, MA    Team Gloucester
32        1:17:48 Steve Whittey   61        Gloucester, MA  Team Gloucester
37        1:21:49 Mark Behan      55        Newton, NH      Winners Circle
41        1:22:32 Jeffrey Saeger   68        Dedham, MA     NEOC
43        1:22:39 Scott Spence     53        Groton, MA       Grey Wolves
 
I do not like to race at night, but sometimes you’ve got to do it.  It had been 10 years since I last did the CARS.  I’d done the NHTI race a few times before and I’ve done many other races on the NHTI campus so there would be no surprises. This was going to be a LONG 5k, I came up with 3.2 during the warm-up (and the race) and I was cutting tangents like a madman.  I saw that Scott Clark was four rows back as was Erin Lane and she had buried me at the SEA race.  Erin Lane went flying by as did a few others and by ½ mile into the race I was in 15^th place.  I was hoping for a top 10 finish (based on last year’s results) so there would be work to be done.  I passed a few as we headed down to the keyhole turn and then hit the wind, I caught a couple more as I reached the mile in 5:42.  After that I never looked at my watch during the race just focused on people ahead of me.  I ended up 9^th in 18:08 and first in the 50+. 
 
   

 
1   1/3    MOPEN   17:07   17:05   5:30 Sean McCauley     26 M    58 Canterbury NH        76.00%
2   2/3    MOPEN   17:13   17:11   5:32 Justin Orr             35 M   305 Dover NH              77.18%
3   3/3    MOPEN   17:33   17:30   5:38 Kirpal Demian       16 M   117 Bow NH                75.69%
 
    7   1/3    FOPEN   17:55   17:53   5:46 Erin Lane               37 F   312 Hopkinton NH        83.65%    17:58
    9   1/25   M5059   18:10   18:08   5:51 Dave Dunham        54 M    17 Bradford MA          83.91%    18:10
   11   2/25   M5059   18:28   18:26   5:56 Darin Brown          51 M    48 Madison NH          80.64%    18:41
   12   3/25   M5059   18:34   18:32   5:58 Scott Clark            52 M   198 Gilmanton NH       80.83%    18:36
   14   4/25   M5059   18:44   18:41   6:01 Glenn Miller           56 M   176 Campton NH         82.74%
 
Sleepy Hollow Mountain race – The 23rd annual USATF NE mountain series kicked-off in Huntington VT on a 39-degree rainy day.  I knew this would be my last realistic opportunity to get a win in the 50+ age group as teammate Tim Van Orden was just a few days away from entering the Senior category. The course was wet and would be muddy and slick. Nearly 300 took off at the start and I quickly counted 30 in front of me as we started the initial big climb.  I slowly worked my way up (.7 mile with 370’ of climb).  By the top of the first climb I’d got into about 15th place.  I love the final climb of the day, it is a bit nasty with single-track, roots, and rocks.  I closed on Steve Brightman (who turns 50 at the end of this year) and got to within a couple of seconds as we exited the single-track.  I crossed the line in 8th place in 50:54 taking the top spot in the 50+. 

1 45:43 Brandon Newbould        Mopen  WRT
2 46:37 Eric Blake                     Mopen  Woodbridge RC
3 47:14 Kurt Hackler                 M40+  
4 47:56 Eli Enman                     M40+   GMAA
5 49:30 Tim Van Orden             M40+   CMS
6 50:22 Peter Gurney                Mopen  GMAA
7 50:31 Steve Brightman           M40+   CMS
8 50:54 Dave Dunham              M50+   CMS
9 51:06 Eric Darling                  M40+
10 51:24 Cassandra Marin         Fopen   acidotic
 

 

                                                                                               

Looking back - April 2013

10 years ago: (April 2013) I ran some of my best times as a master when I was age 49.  Probably since I had a long stretch of being healthy and able to train and race.  I took advantage of that picking up a masters PR, a win, $200 in cash over 4 races in April.  I started the month (04/06) at the SEA race in Concord NH picking up third place overall and 2^nd place in the 40+ with a 16:48.  Eric Williams was top master winning the race outright in 16:19.  The following weekend (04/13) I took on a small field (134) at the Bow Lake 5k.  I managed a win on the hilly course running a 17:19 and finishing 2:26 clear of 2^nd place.  The next weekend I broke my 40+ personal best by 1 second running a 27:20 at the Red Shoe Barn 5 mile.  The final weekend of the month was the US masters 10km championships at the James Joyce Ramble.  I won $100 as the 9^th “age graded” man.  I was 6^th in the 45-49 and 11^th overall in 34:30.

SEA 

1          16:19    Eric Williams        48         M          Concord NH

2          16:45    Nacho Hernando 19         M          Manchester NH

3          16:49    Dave Dunham     49         M          Bradford MA       CMS

4          17:23    Scott Clark         47         M          Gilmanton NH      CMS

5          17:27    Warren Bartlett   15         M          Loudon NH

6          17:31    Ryan Lafrance     15         M          Gilford NH

7          17:43    Vinny Tevnan     17         M          Boscawen NH

8          17:49    Tyler Harding      21         M          Walpole NH

9          17:52    Andrew Bengtson           37         M          Concord NH

10         17:58    Mark Roy            17         M          Boscawen NH

11         18:00    Neal Graves        30         M          Croydon NH

12         18:10    Mark Richardson  19         M          Concord NH

13         18:15    Sean Snow         46         M          Dunbarton NH

14         18:19    Jennifer Mortimer            31         F           New London NH

15         18:26    Sam Wood         26         M          Laconia NH         CMS

16         18:29    Owen Clark         16         M          Bow NH

17         18:35    Abbey Wood      27         F           Laconia NH         CMS

Bow Lake

1 Dave Dunham              49 M     Bradford, MA      17:20    5:35

2 Jeff Stevens                35 M     Middleton, NH     19:46    6:22

3 Davio DeLuca               14 M     Nottingham, NH  20:41    6:40

4 Ahma McCusker          13 F      Northwood, NH   21:30    6:55

5 Luke Tkaczyk               9 M                               21:38    6:58

     Red Shoe Barn

    1   1/41   M2029   26:15   5:15 Scott McGrath          26 M   510 Andover MA                   

    2   1/51   M3039   26:56   5:24 Nathan Huppe           33 M   446 Dover NH                RR   

    3   1/9     M1519   27:17   5:28 Nacho Hernando         19 M   370 Manchester NH           GSRT 

    4   1/30   M4549   27:21*  5:29 Dave Dunham            49 M   240 Bradford MA             GCS  

    5   2/51   M3039   27:22   5:29 Ryan Aschbrenner       35 M   130 Nashua NH               GCS  

    6   2/41   M2029   28:06   5:38 Timothy Mallard        23 M   148 Pelham NH               GCS  

    7   1/27   M4044   28:17   5:40 Fergus Cullen          40 M   479 Dover NH                     

    8   3/41   M2029   28:52   5:47 Humza Jafferji         24 M   290 Pelham NH               GCS  

    9   3/51   M3039   28:54   5:47 Jimmie Cochran III     38 M    63 Sandown NH              GDTC 

   10   2/30   M4549   28:57   5:48 Patrick Connelly       49 M   365 Chester NH              GDTC 

James Joyce (US Nationals)

1  32:48              5:17    Kevin Collins        42         Liverpool NY       Syracuse TC

2  33:08              5:20    Kent Lemme       46         Pittsfield MA       GSH

3  33:27              5:23    Christopher Magill 40         Cumberland RI    BAA

4  33:37              5:25    Gregory Picklesimer 46     Newton MA       

5  33:50              5:27    Mark Hixson        48         Simsbury CT       HTC

6  33:55              5:28    Joseph Navas      42         N Eastham MA    WRT

7  34:12              5:31    Greg Putnam      43         Stoneham MA     CMS

8  34:15              5:31    Francis Burdett    48         Worcester MA     GSH

9  34:25              5:33    Erik Nedeau        41         Belchertown MA  NBB

10 34:27              5:33    Joe Noonan        45         Burlington VT     GMAA

11 34:29              5:33    Dave Dunham     49         Bradford MA       CMS

12 34:36              5:35    Brian Pilcher        56         Ross CA             Tamalpa

13 34:51              5:37    Michael Cooney   51         Chelmsford MA    WRT

14 34:55              5:38    Wayne Levy       47         Waban MA         BAA

15 34:57              5:38    Jason Porter       43         Bedford NH        CMS

16 35:03              5:39    John Noland       50         Kingston MA       WRT

17 35:03              5:39    Justin Renz         41         Milton MA           HFC

18 35:08              5:40   Pete Bottomley   51         Cape Eliz. ME      Dirigo

19 35:21              5:42    Jason Cakouros   47         Milton MA           HFC

20 35:32              5:43    Kevin Delaney     44         Arlington MA       CSU

21 35:33              5:44    Joseph O'Leary   45         Medford MA        SRR

22 35:41              5:45   Mark Reeder       53         Brighton MA       GLRR

23 35:44              5:45    Tim Van Orden   44         Bennington VT   CMS

24 35:44              5:45    Paul Doe                        53         Derry NH            WRT

25 35:49              5:46   Norm Larson       57         Burlington VT     GMAA