Looking back - January
2009 (15 years ago)
I only logged 288 miles during this month but raced eight times. My goal was to do a lot of
snowshoe races and the weather cooperated. I kicked off the year at
the Hangover classic, running the JV race (5k) where I took 2nd place
on a brutal day. It was 15 degrees the roads were covered with snow,
and the wind was howling at over 30 mph. Two days later I headed to Tewksbury
since it was an “open” weekend (no snowshoe races). Conditions were
good but I ended up alone in 2nd place right from the
start. Jim Johnson took the win in 16:23 and I trotted in 1:37
later. The next weekend I made the LONG drive to Pittsfield for the Turner
trail snowshoe race. This is a great course with a tough climb
and a fast descent. I hit the top in 2nd but got my
doors blown off during the descent and ended up finishing in 5th place
15 seconds behind teammate and top 40+ finisher Tim Van Orden.
A week
later I completed my first double-race weekend of the year. Jim
Johnson and I headed west and stayed out there for the weekend. I
felt pretty lousy at both races finishing in 5th place at Greylock
Glen and 4th place at the Brave the Blizzard. The
following weekend I doubled again, this time in Readsboro VT and back to
Pittsfield. At Readsboro I took third place just barely
holding off long-time WMAC series ace Ken Clark. On Sunday I had a
decent run at the Curly’s record run. I love the climb at
this race and decided near the top that I wanted to see if I could be the “king
of the mountain”, I somehow got around Ben Nephew just before the top and
sprinted ahead. Soon after I lost the lead and ended up in finishing
in third place 58 seconds behind Ben.
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