July of 2001 (25 years ago): I only raced twice but had a total of 58 miles of racing! I took 10th place at the USATF NE 8 mile road race championships at Stowe VT in 41:12. I was disappointed with the time and place and noted in my training log "felt lousy, Dan almost got me".
1 39:47 Paul Mwangi 34 OSSINING NY WESTC
2 40:21 David Hinga 25 LOWELL MA MVS
3 40:29 Greg Wenneborg 33 TUCSON AZ
4 40:35 Chris Magill 28 ALBION RI BAA
5 40:36 Craig Fram 42 PLAISTOW NH WHIRL
6 40:39 Eric Morse 36 BERLIN VT CMS
8 40:44 Byrne Decker 34 YARMOUTH ME CMS
9 40:48 Larry Sayers 41 BELLOWS FLS VT CMS
10 41:12 Dave Dunham 37 BRADFORD MA CMS
11 41:16 Dan Verrington 39 BRADFORD MA CMS
12 41:25 Alan Bernier 26 EXETER NH CMS
15 41:39 Mike Payson 38 FALMOUTH ME CMS
21 42:17 Rod Viens 33 SUNAPEE NH CMS
25 42:33 Scott Clark 35 GILMANTON NH CMS
27 42:53 Kevin Beck 31 CONCORD NH CMS
Two weeks later (07-28-01) I headed out to Crystal Mountain WA for the 50 mile trail championships. I ended up finishing second to Bill Emerson who power-walked away from me on the big climb from 30-36 miles. I kept him in sight (as close as 30 seconds at 46 miles) but was never able to pull him back in. I ended up taking 2nd place in 6:59:15. From Racewire: The men's competition could hardly have been deeper or more exciting. Seven men, including the finest trail ultrarunners from around the country (and Canada) remained within a minute for the first half of the race. Only near the end of the second long climb, after 38 miles, did local hope William Emerson and pre-race favorite Dave Dunham pull away, both scorching the following 5 mile gravel road downhill (the only non-trail section of the course) at under 6 minutes per mile. Emerson had led the way, exhibiting one of the most unexpected phenomena in the sport. Specializing in fast-packing and long-range power-walking, Emerson was actually able to WALK away from a running Dunham (one of the world's top-ranked mountain runners), on the steepest uphills. The two were never more than two minutes apart, and at 44 miles Dunham had closed to within 30 seconds. But this was Emerson's turf and he was not to be denied, responding by pulling away to a close but secure victory over the last 6 miles of gnarly, rocky trail along the raging White River.
1 William Emerson M37 Redmond WA 6:58:14 8:22
2 Dave Dunham M37 Bradford MA 6:59:19 8:23
3 Clark Zeland M28 Lynchburg VA 7:07:56 8:34
4 Dennis Poolheco M40 Glendale AZ 7:17:17 8:45
5 Eric Clifton M43 Albuquerque NM 7:17:51 8:45
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