Looking back August 1995

 30 Years Ago: August 1995 – I raced four times over this month and got in 413 miles.  Training was focused toward the Mountain running world championships and a fall marathon.  I started the month (08/01/95) with the Yankee Homecoming 10 mile which served as the USTF NE championship.  I did not feel good at all during the race and had a lackluster 5th place finish in 51:26.

Nine days later (08/10/95) I went up to Manchester NH in search of a little cash.  The Healthsource Corporate 5k road race had decent money for anyone who broke 15 minutes ($250), so a bunch of people went looking to just sneak under the wire and take home some cash.  I ran most of the race in a pack with Rusty Snow, Craig Fram, Dan Verrington, and recent Londonderry High School Graduate John Mortimer.  We all snuck in under the required time taking 5th through 9th place in a field of over 3,000.  Bill Rodgers was top master in 15:50.

    1  14:18  Brad Schlapak           28 M BRIGHTON, MA  

    2  14:39  Abidi Bouazza            24 M NEW PALTZ, NY  

    3  14:47  Rachid Tbahi             30 M BRIGHTON, MA  

    4  14:51  Sam Wilbur               22 M LINCOLN, ME  

    5  14:55  Rusty Snow               25 M WATERTOWN, MA  

    6  14:56  Dave Dunham            31 M BRADFORD, MA  

    7  14:57  John Mortimer           19 M LONDONDERRY, NH   

    8  14:57  Craig Fram                36 M HAMPSTEAD, NH  

    9  14:59  Dan Verrington          33 M BRADFORD, MA   

   10 15:01  Jamie Lachance         24 M SANFORD, ME  

   16 15:33  Byrne Decker            28 M LONDONDERRY, NH  

Two weeks later (08/20/95) I was off to Europe for a short trip to Italy for the Challenge Stellina mountain race.  I never felt great during the 9.5 mile race (with 5,000’ of climb) and bonked badly around the 1 hour mark.  I held on running a decent 1:25 for 10th place.  

The following weekend (08/26/95) I switched gears and did a 10k road race in Exeter.  Jimmy Fallon took it out hard and Dan Verrington and I kept him close.  Dan made his move at 4.5 and I thought he had me, but I rallied in the last mile and took the win in 30:28 taking home $300 in the process.  Dan took second in 30:49.

 

1 DD 30:28             2 John Lisiwicz 30:38        3 Dan Verrington 30:49    

4 Jimmy Fallon 31:30         5 Gary Gardner 31:43       6 Dean Kimball 32:00         

7 Tony Bates 32:06 8 Scott Clark 32:11  9 Joe Mulligan 32:27         

10 Kevin Beck 32:28