20 years ago (January 2006) – I raced 6 times during this month with an equal split of three road races and three snowshoe races. I kicked off the new year at the Winners Circle Hangover Classic. It was chilly (20’s) and there was snow on the ground which slowed things down. I managed a fourth place finish in 17:37.
1 Chris Hamel M21 17:01
2 Todd Collins M27 17:14
3 Jeff Bartlett M19 17:18
4 Dave Dunham M41 17:37
5 Taylor Roberts M17 17:42
The following weekend I headed out to Savoy MA for the North Pond Shuffle. I took fourth place trailing Paul Low by over 1.5 minutes.
1 Paul Low M32 29:46
2 Matt Cartier M30 30:14
3 Ken Clark M43 30:52
4 Dave Dunham M41 31:16
5 Dave Hannon M34 33:54
he next day (01/08/06) I visited Bolton VT for the USSSA snowshoe qualifier. This served two purposes. I was able to qualify for the national championships and preview the course that we’d run in a couple of months. I ended up taking 10th place (second 40+) in 53:55 over 10km of ½ groomed and ½ ungroomed trail.
1 Jimmy Gobeil 47:49
2 Kevin Tilton 47:59 CMS
3 Richard Bolt 49:28 CMS
4 Ben Nephew 51:46 CMS
9 Dan Verrington 55:00 CMS
10 Dave Dunham 55:57 CMS
14 James Pawlicki 58:11 CMS
Next up (01/14/16) was the GLRR Fudgsicle 5k. It was a surprisingly warm day with temps in the mid-50s at race time. Richard Bolt took advantage running a rare (for this course) sub-16, taking the win in 15:44. I took third place in 17:49 with Dave Dechellis 2nd in 17:39. The following weekend it was again in the fifties and Richard again won (15:46) while Ken Trip took 2nd in 17:06 and I recorded a 3rd place 17:30. My final race of the month (01/28/16) was the Greylock Glen 5km snowshoe race in Adams MA. I was competitive for the first half of the race then pulled a calf muscle and struggled to the finish in 27:45 for 7th place. That would lose me a week of training.
1 Paul Low 24:30 CMS
2 Mark Churchill 25:01
3 Kevin Tilton 25:32 CMS
5 Ben Nephew 26:43 CMS
6 Peter Maksimow 27:26 CMS
7 Dave Dunham 27:45 CMS
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