10 years ago (November 2015): I only raced twice this month as I began my comeback after prostate surgery. I signed up for my ninth Winner’s Circle “Wild Turkey Trot”. This was the third time I’d done the race at Pipestave (instead of Maudslay). A little over 300 runners lined up on the baseball field for the “Braveheart” style start. It is always a little crazy at the start with a 200 meter on the field before a sharp 90 degree turn. I lined up on the far left and took the first turn wide, staying out of trouble. By ¼ mile I found myself in 10th place and by ½ mile I’d moved up to 6th place. Alliette moved into the lead and powered away from the field to win by 20 seconds. I got really tired and struggled on all of the uphill sections (and there are a lot). I can’t complain with an 18:35 over this tough course, and I took first in the 50-59 age group. Mom ended up winning the 70+ age group for the second year in a row.
1 1/3 TOP3-M Kevin Alliette Methuen MA 34 M 17:22.3 5:36
2 2/3 TOP3-M Alex Demeule Merrimac MA 18 M 17:43.7 5:43
3 3/3 TOP3-M Quinn Parker Hampton NH 22 M 17:47.6 5:44
4 1/24 M1829 Andy Scott Merrimac MA 24 M 17:57.8 5:47
5 2/24 M1829 James Macvarish Braintree MA 20 M 18:09.7 5:51
6 1/36 M5059 Dave Dunham Bradford MA 51 M 18:35.1 5:59
7 1/16 M1317 Kevin Bonanno Topsfield MA 17 M 19:07.7 6:10
8 3/24 M1829 Bryce Parker Hampton NH 20 M 19:16.6 6:13
9 2/16 M1317 Ryan Ducrow Amesbury MA 16 M 19:26.1 6:16
10 1/23 M3039 Keith Leblanc Amesbury MA 37 M 19:28.9 6:17
Next up was the Chelmsford Alumni XC race. Although I went to Billerica which is the fiercest of rivals for Chelmsford, I had the great fortune of befriending a number of Chelmsford runners. Keith O’Brien (CHS class of 1982) hosts this great little race on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Typically he gets 10-30 runners from the Merrimack Valley to come out and have a friendly race. The traditional XC course features multiple loops around the ball fields, soccer fields, and the school itself. It comes out to exactly 3.25 on my Garmin. The race typically goes out at a reasonably easy clip then the tempo increase each mile until someone decides to race for the finish. I moved to the front and upped the pace to see who was up for it and O’B and Jason Bui went with me. By 1.5 I had dropped 5 seconds back I knew for sure I had no chance but I kept the effort “hard”. I held on to take third place in 21:00.
2 Keith O'Brien 20:25 Chelmsford 1982
3 Dave Dunham 21:00 Billerica 1982
4 Bob Kearns 22:00
5 Jim Burke 22:13
6 Kyle O'Brien 22:22 Chelmsford 1985
7 Mark Gallagher 22:31 Chelmsford 1982
8 Glen Turgiss 23:12 Chelmsford
9 Richie Blake 23:18 Tyngsborough 1990
10 Mark Blaisdell 23:28 Wilmington 1975
11 Scott Graham 23:55 Chelmsford 1976
12 Mark Suprenant 24:09
13 Steve Sartori 24:27 Lexington
14 Lee Panas 24:44 Chelmsford 1980
15 Amy Molloy 25:07
16 Kevin O'Brien 25:15
17 Melissa Joyce 26:06
18 Frank Georges 26:18 Lowell
19 Jill Lohmeier 26:25
20 Angie Anderson 27:10
21 Jim Rhoades 27:15
22 Jim Stronach 27:56 Tewksbury 1975
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