Looking back - November 1998

25 Years ago = Nov. 1998 – I raced five times during this month including twice on the same day.  It was a decent month of training as I was putting in miles aiming for the Rocket City marathon in December.  I started the month with a win over 300 runners in the Country Club Classic race in Methuen.  I took home $100 for the victory covering the rolling hilly course in 15:22. The following weekend I got my ass kicked by Dave Beauley at the Weekend before hunting season 10 mile trail race.  He buried me on the downhills and eventually built up a lead I couldn’t overcome.  I took 2nd in 1:04:02.   The following weekend I doubled up at the Run Your Turkey Off (RYTO) in Tewksbury.  I ran the 5k alone and took the win ($150) in 15:11. Less than 15 minutes later I headed out for the 15k, started out slowly and found myself in fourth in the early going.  I caught Dan Verrington at 4, then Chris Teague at 6, but couldn’t quite catch teammate Byrne Decker.  I ended up finishing in 2nd place in 48:14 seven seconds behind Byrne.  The final race of the month was the Ashburn Farm 10k in Virginia.  I was living in Washington DC for a month while working on the Y2K project (remember that?).  I took 3rd place in a competitive 10k running 30:48.

 Country Club Classic

    1 Dave Dunham       Bradford           M3039  CMS     15:22  4:57

    2 Ryan Carrara          Framingham     M2029 GLRR    15:31  5:00

    3 Jesse Darley          Watertown       M2029  GBTC    15:32  5:00

    4 Dave Burnett         Wenham           M3039 MVS     15:59  5:09

    5 James McGaugh     Brighton           M2029 GLRR    16:09  5:12

    6 Ben Nephew          Malden             M2029 GBTC    16:15  5:14

 

   11 James Pawlicki      Beverly             M2029 GBTC    16:30  5:19

   16 Lou Ristaino          E Boston           M3039  WRT                 16:46  5:24

   21 Arthur Demers      Hudson            M3039 GLRR    17:21  5:35

 Run your turkey off – 15km

1 Byrne Decker             M3039  Yarmouth         CMS     48:07    5:10

2 Dave Dunham            M3039  Bradford           CMS     48:14    5:11

3 Chris Teague              M2029  Chelmsford       GLRR    48:46    5:14

4 Dan Verrington          M3039  Bradford           CMS     49:41    5:20

                                                                                               

10 Joseph Shairs           M3039  Peabody           NSS      51:55    5:35

11 David Weatherbie     M3039  Cumberland      CMS     52:02    5:35

 

5K Overall

1 Dave Dunham            M3039  Bradford           15:13    4:55

2 Eric Beauchesne         M2029  Chelmsford       15:49    5:07

3 Brian Martin               M3039  Methuen           15:55    5:08

4 Brett Rickenbach        M2029  Hooksett          16:27    5:19

5 Lynn Deninno            F3039   Winchester       16:34    5:21

 

Ashburn Farm 10k

1 30:32 Andre Williams Arlington VA

2 30:37 Davis Kamu Richmond VA

3 30:48 Dave Dunham Bradford MA

4 31:23 George Probst Blacksburg VA

5 32:05 Franic Githuna Kamau Richmond VA