30 Years ago: I had a busy month with a couple of road races and some mountain racing. I started the month (05/05/96) in Worcester at the CMHC 10 mile. It was a bit warm (65) and windy (10-20 mph) for the field of about 500. Scott Bagley took it out hard in the first mile and was uncatchable, winning in 50:29. I took second ($1,500) in 50:39 with Eric Morse third in 50:49.
Bagley, Gardner, Me, Morse, Casner (with Fram tucked in to my left)
The next week I was off to the very first USATF NE mountain series race (05/11/96) at Kearsarge Mountain (Warner, NH). Dan Verrington and I ran together through the tough first 5 miles in drizzle and fog and then I broke away on the mountain proper to take the win and set the course record in 51:23. Dan took second in 52:26. Next up (05/19/96) was the USATF NE 8km championships at Agawam (MA). I felt lousy in part due to the 85 degrees and humid conditions. I hung around with the lead pack through 2 miles but couldn’t hang on as Bagley took the win in 24:12, I placed 4th in 24:23. CMS took the top 6 places and put 7 in the top 9. I doubled up on the next weekend picking up $300 for second place at the Saucony Peabody 4.5 mile on Friday night (22:31) and then setting a course record (24:31) at Wachusett mountain the following morning (05/25/96) teammates Mike Casner (25:35) and Richard Bolt (25:40) filled out the podium and Bob Hodge was top master in 5th place (27:32).
Riverside 8km – USATF NE Championships 05/19/96
1 Scott Bagley 24:12
2 Mike Nahom 24:18
3 Craig Fram 24:23
4 Dave Dunham 24:31
5 Sandu Rebenciuc 24:39
6 Eric Morse 24:45
7 George Yiannelis 24:54 (BRC)
8 Dan Verrington 24:57
9 Ed Sheehan 25:24 (BAA)
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