Wednesday, January 7, 2026

January 1991

 35 years ago (January 1991) - I ran seven races during January of 1991, ranging from 1 mile to 5 miles. I placed first in six of them and the other was a relay. I started the year with a 24:17 for 5 miles at the 9th annual Hangover 5 mile race, taking 30 seconds off of my course record from the year before.

1 Dave Dunham      24:17

2 Mark Kimball        26:18

3 George Gagnon    27:01

4 John Lahoud        27:44

5 Ken Millette          28:41

1f Martina Kimball   29:54

 

On 01/05/91 I ran fast enough to win in a tie with Steve Peterson (Petey) running 16:23 at the Fudgsicle series 5k and then headed to the Dartmouth relays for an evening race. I led off a 4x1mile team with Brad Hurst, Gary Wallace and Artie Demers running 4:20, 4:30, 4:34, and 4:50 respectively. The next day I won the open mile in 4:20.6 (Artie took 10th in 4:28.1). I returned to Tewksbury (Fudgsicle) two more times winning in 15:59 (01/19/91) and 16:17 (01/26/91) and closed out the month with a victory at the Penacook Winter challenge 5m the next day (01/27/91) where I ran 24:53. 


Fudge 01/19/91

1 Dave Dunham      15:59

2 Steve Peterson     16:45

3 David Tyler          17:03

4 Jim Stronach        17:06

5 Jeff Haas              17:08

6 Art Demers          17:12

9 Dave Lapierre       18:21

 

01/27/91 Penacook Winter challenge 5m

1 Dave Dunham      24:53

2 Dan Verrington     26:08

3 Bruce Butterworth 26:25

4 Steve Peterson     27:30

11 Mike Beeman      29:31

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

January 1981

 45 years ago (January 1981) - I started out the year with a new Billerica High school record for 2 miles (indoors) with a 9:41.6 at the Dartmouth relays on 01/10/81. Kevin Curtin held the old school record of 9:44.6 (set in 1980). A week later I broke that record with a 5th place finish at the State Coaches Invitational at Harvard. I ran 9:33.7 in a race won by Mike Flynn who ran 9:12. I ran two other two miles that month, both at Methuen High school and both wins. I ran 9:56 in a dual meet against Lowell (Tom Neylon 2nd in 10:16.2) and a 9:49 in a dual meet versus Wilmington (Carl Borgeson 2nd in 10:03.1). We got wins in five of the 10 races against Wilmington including Brian Orr (5.8) in the 50, Ron Caterino (35.1) in the 300, Kevin Healey (2:37.8) in the 1,000m, and John Dangora (4:35.3) in the mile.  I set a PR at the mile on 01/26/81 in a dual meet against Andover (we won the meet 45-41).  I got first in the mile in 4:37.9 and teammate Chris Pike dipped under 5 for the first time for second place in 4:53.5.

State Coaches meet       2mile           01/17/81

1 Mike Flynn           Woburn        9:12.7 (meet record)

2 Jeff deAlmeida      Ashland        9:26.1

3 Brian Mahoney     Falmouth      9:26.8

4 Steve Perkins       Danvers        9:32.9

5 Dave Dunham      Billerica         9:33.7

6 Dan Foley             St John’s Prep 9:39..8

Mile

1 Tom Hinds           Haverhill       4:18.9 (meet record)

 

Monday, January 5, 2026

Week Ending 01/04/26

 Nasty week with lousy footing for a good chunk of it.  Made it through without falling which is my number one goal. Started off the new year with a 90 mile week.  I don't plan on having any more 90s for a while. Caught a nasty head cold and was feeling the lack of sleep (stuffed up).

Week - 90

Month - 48

Year - 48

Life - 167,028



Sunday, January 4, 2026

All mileage by month

 

jan

feb

mar

apr

may

jun

jul

aug

sep

oct

nov

dec

Total

Running tot

Days off

1978

92

92

92

3

1979

145

39

16

127

54

9

20

118

138

54

19

164

903

995

205

1980

148

44

135

160

129

114

42

176

213

169

133

175

1638

2633

89

1981

162

154

157

129

151

147

80

176

237

153

111

146

1803

4436

75

1982

166

115

188

138

141

106

250

306

268

242

200

266

2386

6822

53

1983

291

216

242

194

196

55

212

350

286

236

83

250

2611

9433

68

1984

324

181

255

255

278

261

374

312

374

232

238

229

3313

12746

42

1985

112

236

250

208

172

378

401

209

224

166

294

206

2856

15602

90

1986

7

0

96

167

217

222

286

300

370

378

282

301

2626

18228

89

1987

322

233

271

290

236

277

360

400

374

394

322

271

3750

21978

29

1988

360

372

395

360

401

407

419

362

333

362

305

354

4430

26408

15

1989

409

389

431

328

400

402

420

435

378

403

302

412

4709

31117

4

1990

460

364

413

382

411

296

405

448

479

423

372

418

4871

35988

8

1991

400

330

414

391

412

369

408

442

424

408

408

437

4843

40831

0

1992

456

480

445

371

414

405

438

367

430

509

433

365

5113

45944

0

1993

417

361

401

393

272

366

387

431

415

425

238

329

4435

50379

0

1994

121

83

316

368

389

388

480

463

368

189

198

339

3702

54081

39

1995

444

449

412

345

402

380

474

413

298

384

378

350

4729

58810

3

1996

431

370

390

410

400

322

409

405

425

406

409

364

4741

63551

0

1997

444

390

446

94

58

170

17

0

0

0

0

48

1667

65218

209

1998

143

104

25

196

331

348

387

385

392

415

426

367

3519

68737

48

1999

447

309

439

346

348

363

347

282

26

141

138

90

3276

72013

66

2000

226

220

350

341

440

412

411

480

416

392

328

364

4380

76393

16

2001

491

433

481

439

415

352

404

358

450

400

271

322

4816

81209

20

2002

377

323

366

374

513

253

343

13

268

436

450

438

4154

85363

38

2003

199

120

193

347

231

350

206

171

134

176

215

264

2606

87969

39

2004

304

241

300

340

286

0

126

252

280

318

315

219

2981

90950

59

2005

7

86

183

251

287

310

354

238

293

139

44

171

2363

93313

65

2006

220

182

329

340

361

351

380

383

313

215

313

119

3506

96819

28

2007

91

197

312

324

360

348

370

344

353

381

315

391

3786

100605

11

2008

419

289

351

416

371

352

371

404

0

24

197

312

3506

104111

60

2009

288

305

354

343

361

331

145

53

235

229

286

330

3260

107371

41

2010

240

122

201

54

154

319

282

206

301

324

282

345

2830

110201

51

2011

198

299

308

347

368

317

337

418

417

184

390

289

3872

114073

18

2012

384

362

410

405

402

412

406

413

211

452

429

416

4702

118775

7

2013

420

391

418

409

450

411

412

289

10

237

365

434

4246

123021

27

2014

438

385

313

377

429

250

70

285

342

427

375

376

4067

127088

32

2015

27

267

152

309

366

345

363

345

347

225

263

356

3365

130453

51

2016

270

310

307

213

310

341

328

356

340

356

89

312

3532

133985

39

2017

356

323

355

338

361

340

362

350

341

362

398

346

4232

138217

0

2018

331

302

363

347

372

343

365

401

351

241

276

126

3818

142035

20

2019

244

294

359

354

364

364

374

343

39

106

0

31

2872

144907

92

2020

153

193

348

383

409

310

363

403

339

383

359

396

4039

148946

2

2021

382

220

325

362

361

326

385

284

369

257

0

0

3271

152217

74

2022

135

234

354

360

386

363

121

225

361

374

383

362

3658

155875

28

2023

369

327

325

25

0

26

211

229

352

375

386

230

2855

158730

77

2024

390

363

369

375

385

286

355

49

306

391

395

382

4046

162776

27

2025

400

363

350

364

403

361

357

202

265

405

369

385

4224

167000

18

Totals

13568

12370

14613

14189

14957

13958

14817

14274

13885

13898

12782

13689

167000

2075