Looking back - June 2005

 20 years ago (June 2005): I raced four times over this month.  All of the racing was of the “mountain” variety.  I was still on a come-back after missing 6 weeks at the end of 2004 into 2005 with a torn hip socket ligament.  I started the month with 06/05/05 at the Pack Monadnock 10 mile.  I did not feel good on this very hot day.  It would reach into the 90’s in the afternoon and was well into the 80’s during the race.  I ended up running alone most of the race.

1 1:07:12 Greg Ward

2 1:11:05 Mark Mayall

3 1:11:44 Dave Dunham (1^st 40+)

4 1:15:21 Rob Smith

5 1:16:03 Matt Curran

6 1:16:12 Dave Audet

7 1:16:22 Bob Chasen

8 1:16:43 Ken Tripp

The following weekend (06/11/05) I took on Mt Ascutney on another hot and humid day.  Nothing of note in my training log except “dizzy and numb fingers”.  I ran alone for the entire race, 2+ minutes behind 5^th place and 1:30 ahead of 7^th.  Eric Morse was top 40+ with an impressive 29:50. CMS runners took the top 6 spots.

1 29:27 Paul Low CMS

2 29:50 Eric Morse CMS

3 30:28 Richard Bolt CMS

4 30:51 Peter Maksimow CMS

5 31:14 Kevin Tilton CMS

6 33 39 Dave Dunham CMS

 

Next up was the Mt Washington road race on 06/18/05.  I had a rough start (didn’t pass Petey until 2 miles) but was only passed by 2 people in the entire race (both Livingston brothers).  I was just out of reach of the top two ladies who had an epic duel the entire way.  I had a front row seat for a race that wasn’t settled until the final 200 meters.  CMS had a fine day setting a new open team record and masters team record.

1 1:00:54 Simon Gutierrez TEVA

2 1:01:07 Eric Blake          CMS

3 1:02:01 Paul Low           CMS

4 1:02:12 Matt Carpenter   40+ record

5 1:03:42 Kevin Tilton                 CMS

6 1:05:26 Eric Morse                   CMS 40+

7 1:05:43 Peter Maksimow CMS

8 1:06:38 Chad Newton

9 1:07:13 Sean Livingston BAA

10 1:07:30 Richard Bolt               CMS

11 1:08:07 Josh Ferenc               BAA

12 1:09:23 Dan Verrington CMS 40+

13 1:09:29 Tim Livingston WMM

14 1:09:40 Greg Colburn    MM&M

15 1:10:11 Melisa Moon     NZL 1^st F

16 1:10:14 David Herr                 MM&M 40+

17 1:10:26 Anna Pichrtova 2^nd F

18 1:10:37 Dave Dunham  CMS 40+

19 1:11:03 Ben Nephew              CMS

20 1:11:56 David Hannon  NETT

 

The final race of the month was the Northfield Mountain race which was the USATF NE mountain running championships. I pulled double duty as the race director and racing it.  Richard Bolt and I set up the course the day before (over 2 hours of running).  The field was quite deep as this was a selection race for the USA mountain team. For the race I spent the first two laps running behind Chris Lundy, she would end up 2^nd overall in the 2 lap women’s race taking the top USA spot (behind Anna Pichrtova).  I ran a steady pace and thought I had a chance at Dan Verrington for top 40+ but he ran just hard enough to beat me.

1 58:30 Simon Gutierrez              TEVA

2 58:39 Eric Blake             CMS

3 1:00:50 Paul Low           CMS

5 1:02:13 Peter Maksimow CMS

8 1:03:18 Kevin Tilton                 CMS

10 1:04:10 Ben Nephew              CMS

16 1:07:07 Richard Bolt               CMS

19 1:09:59 Dan Verrington CMS    1^st 40+

20 1:10:06 Dave Dunham  CMS    2^nd 40+