Looking back - Dec 2003

 

20 years ago: December 2003

Two races during the month as I was coming back from some injury. I started off the month with the Santa’s toy run in Merrimac MA. This is one of the better races put on by the Winners Circle. It features a 2 mile loop that you do one, two, or three times. You do not have to declare which race you are doing; you just stop at the appropriate time. I went with the 6 mile version taking first place in 34:44.  Two weeks later I kicked off the snowshoe racing season with the “I love Woodford” snowshoe race. I found myself around the top 10 early on and the pack pulled away leaving me running alone. At about half-way there is a sharp turn, which I knew from having run the course several times. I took the turn and immediately noticed that there were no footprints ahead of me! There was no one in sight so I just headed on my way and ended up taking first place. The lead pack rolled in about 20 minutes after I finished. Ouch!

 

1              Dave Dunham               39 M  27:34

2              Tom Parent                27 M  32:08

3              Wayne Stocker     49 M  32:10

4              Tom Denny                43 M  32:17

5              Chris Lanaud       36 M  32:19

The “lost” (blue = CMS)

47 Richard Bolt                33 M  46:05

48 Ben Nephew          27 M  46:06

50 Elijah Barrett       27 M  46:18

52 Greg Hammett            26 M  46:24

53 James Pawlicki                                                           29 M  46:26

55 Ken Clark                    41 M  46:33

56 Dan Verrington            41 M  46:38