30 years ago (April 1993): I raced six times during this month but four of those were over a 7 day period (and a couple were CMS series races that I did on my way to getting 26 of them for a sweatshirt). I started the month at the Alamo Alumni race in Boston on 04/11. Over 1700 runners took part in the 5 mile race. Our U-Lowell squad finished in second place (2:06:53) to the Providence alumni (2:02:56). I finished in third place losing the second spot to a kick by CMS teammate Eric Morse. No complaints having run a 23:44. Three days later it I ducked under 15 minutes (14:59) to win the CMS series 5k in Fitchburg. Rich Marion took second place in 15:25, two of the fastest times ever run on the Fitchburg course. A week later I ran at Fitchburg again running a 15:27 and nothing “out easy, ran the second half fast”. Three days later I hit the track for the Granite State Mile. I’d done this race a couple of times and really enjoyed the event. I got my ass kicked finishing 3rd in 4:20. Right after the race I was off to NY for the Leatherman’s loop trail 10k in Cross River NY. We (Petey and I traveled together) were met with very rainy conditions. The stream crossings would be waist deep. I ended up taking the win over a field of nearly 400 in 36:51 about 2 minutes up on second place. Petey took third in 39:26. I closed out the month three days later with a jog-through at the Fitchburg 5k running 20:56 for 8th place in a field of 16.
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