Sunday, January 5, 2025

Looking back - January 1985 & 1990

  

40 years ago: January 1985 – I was dealing with arch issues and didn’t race at all during this month.  I missed a total of 18 days but logged nearly 10 miles a day on the days I actually ran.

 

35 years ago: January 1990 - I only raced twice in January of 1990, the first was a win at the Derry, NH hangover “classic”. I believe Mike Beeman was the race director. I ran 24:47 to win by nearly 2 minutes over Mark Kimball (???). The other race was also a “classic”, the BU indoor track classic at the old cold track where the Agannis arena now stands. The track was always interesting with dead spots that could cause you to wipe-out. I ran decent 5,000 of 14:17 to finish 5th in a field of 17. The race was won in 14:00 by my former U-Lowell teammate (and roommate!) Dennis Simoniatis.

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