20 years ago: I mixed it up on the trails and mountain during May 2006. I was competing in a trail series along with the start of the mountain series, so there was plenty of fun stuff. I started the month (05/07/06) with a return to 7-Sisters. A very tough trail race that I had last attempted in 1991. My goal was to not get hurt, which is not an easy goal to meet on this super-technical 12 miles traversing the Holyoke range (and then coming back). I managed to make it through pretty much undamaged taking 17th place in 2:07:01.
1 Paul Low M32 1:42:06
2 Leigh Schmitt M33 1:48:15
3 Dmitry Drozdov M34 1:50:19
4 Ben Nephew M30 1:52:03
5 Matthew Estes M32 1:52:08
7 Paul Young M40 1:58:06
16 Dan Verrington M43 2:06:57
17 Dave Dunham M42 2:07:00
25 Kelli Lusk (1st F) F36 2:15:41
The next week (05/13/06) I headed to the uphill road race in Lake George NY. This 5.67 mile road course climbed Prospect mountain. I lost 30 seconds to the leader on the first flat mile and stayed 30 seconds back the entire way to take 2nd place in 39:09.
1 Matt Mallet M30 38:38
2 Dave Dunham M42 39:09
3 Pat Hamel M32 39:38
A week later Dan Verrington and I headed to Saratoga NY for the Mudslinger 5 mile trail race. I was in 2nd from 1.5 miles on with Dan about 5 seconds ahead. I missed a turn in the last mile and lost over a minute and barely outsprinted some guy for 2nd place in 30:47. The final weekend (05/27 & 05/28/06) had me doubling up with Wachusett mountain on Saturday. I took fourth place in 28:01 but really should have been 8th place as four of the top guys somehow managed to go off the very well marked course. The next day I finished in 10th place (2nd master) at the Trav’s trail run in 16:50 over the 3 miles of cross-country racing.
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