Looking back - Dec 1998

25 years ago: December 1998

I only raced twice but I made the most of it, with the first races as a tune-up for the second. I headed to Framingham for a 5.1 mile race the first weekend and won in 26:18. I was not happy with the result and noted I “felt crappy”. Probably felt lousy from dropping down the mileage in anticipation of the Rocket City marathon. I headed to Huntsville with Dan Verrington and Byrne Decker. CMS had some history at Rocket City and we were hoping for another team victory. I felt lousy in the early miles but better after half-way. I moved up from 11^th place at half-way to 8^th by 18 and finally into 4^th place at 23 miles. I held on to 4^th place running 2:22:35. Dan took 9^th in 2:27 and Byrne just missed the top 10 ($$$$) getting passed by a Russian in the closing stages as he ran 2:28 and change. 

1              2:19:13       28        Elly Rono                      Evansville IN
2              2:19:30       29        Pablo Sierra                  Oxford MS
3              2:20:24       27        Fred Kieser                   Cleveland OH
4              2:22:40      34        Dave Dunham            Bradford MA
5              2:25:05       33        Paul Aufdemberge         Redford MI
6              2:25:29       32        Greg Olszowik               Willowbrook IL
7              2:25:36       32        Michael Harrison            Virginia Bch VA
8              2:26:07       31        Guy Murray                   Detroit MI
9              2:27:55      36        Daniel Verrington      Bradford MA
10           2:28:42      33        Sergi Karasev                Memphis TN
11           2:28:54    31        Byrne Decker              Yarmouth ME