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