July 2006

 

July of 2006 (20 years ago):  I raced nine times over the month of July while also covering 380 miles in training and finished off the month with a running of the “Pemi-Loop” bagging 11 Four thousand foot peaks in a fell swoop.  I started the month running the Finger Lake Fifties, but I did the 15km (not the 50k or 50m).  I got plenty of running!  The race was kind of unusual as you went through a bunch of gates that had to be closed to keep the cows from wandering!  In the early going the pack would come to a gate and Dan Verrington would open the gate and let everyone through then lock it up.  He ended up pulling away around 4 miles and I ran alone from that point on taking 3^rd place in 1:54:17, Dan won in 1:51:30.

 

Three days later I ran the Carson memorial 2m in Chelmsford.  Tom Doody topped the master’s field running 9:55 and Dan was 2^nd in 10:05.  I took 5^th (and 22^nd overall) in 10:40. Four days later I was back in the mountains running Cranmore, a 2 loop monster course with 2,400’ of climb/descent.  I took 4^th in 50:23, close behind Dan who won the 40+ with a 50:11.

1 David Hunt           48:15 Fryeburg ME WMM  M 20 M19-39

2 Tim Livingston      50:07 Conway NH   WMM M 31 M19-39

3 Dan Verrington     50:11 Bradford MA CMS    M 44 M40-49

4 Dave Dunham      50:23 Bradford MA CMS    M 42 M40-49

5 Patrick Rich          53:39 S Hamilton MA         CMS    M 29 M19-39

6 Todd Callaghan     53:56 Somerville MA          PR Mse         M 36 M19-39

7 Donald Pacher      55:31 Bennington VT                   M 34 M19-39

8 Jeremy Huckins    56:24 Loudon NH    CMS    M 23 M19-39

 

Five days later (07-13) Dan and I were back out there racing again, this time in Haverhill on a Friday night.  Dan took the overall win in the YMCA 5k road race (16:39) and I took 5^th nearly a minute back (17:33).  Two days later I was race directing the Mt Ascutney road race in Windsor VT.  Although I wasn’t an official entrant, I ran the 2^nd fastest time of the day (33:42) behind Paul Low’s winning time of 29:39. I ran at 7am then put the race on at 9am.

 

The following Friday it was another night race in Haverhill.  This time Dan and I ran the Sapienza race which had moved dates and changed distance (to 4 miles).  It was hot and humid after a downpour during my warm-up.  I ran 22:20 to take 6^th, again nearly a minute behind Dan.

    1 Roberto Santoro         M2029 QUINCY MA                               20:41  5:11

    2 Ryan Miller                 M2029 HAVERHILL MA                          20:45  5:12

    3 Matt Germain   M2029 HAVERHILL MA                          20:52  5:13

    4 Dan Verrington M4049 BRADFORD MA                          21:22  5:21

    5 Chris Apkarian  M0119 NEW DURHAM NH                      22:05  5:32

    6 Dave Dunham  M4049 BRADFORD MA                          22:20  5:35

 

Two days later (07/23/06) it was off to Portsmouth (with Dan) for the Loco road miles.  They had multiple heats, so of course we signed up for multiple races!  First up was the master’s mile which Dan destroyed with a 7 second win in 4:39. I took fourth place.  We had just enough time to jog back up the course to the start and then were off again in the Open mile.  We were surprisingly consistent with Dan slowing only 2 seconds (4:41) and I slowed 4 seconds to a 4:57. We definitely surprised some by racing twice.

Masters Mile

    1  4:39 Dan Verrington  44 M    CMS       

    2  4:46 Eric McKenna     40 M                                

    3  4:51 Don Tuttle         49 M                                

    4  4:53 Dave Dunham    42 M    CMS       Splits: 70/73/77/73

 

Open Mile

    1 4:19 Cory Thorne       19 M                             

    2 4:29 Rich Marion        44 M     BAA 

    3 4:32 Aaron Binkley     29 M                                

    6 4:41 Dan Verrington   44 M    CMS       

   10 4:57 Dave Dunham    42 M   CMS     Splits: 72/74/77/74

 

I wrapped up the month taking a shot at a win at the Lynn woods summer series (07/26/06).  I thought I’d have a good shot in the “short” race as most of the CMS guys ran the 5.5 mile race.  When we split off from the longer course Al Bernier was in the lead and took the win 13 seconds ahead of me.

 

2.5 Miles

1.  Alan Bernier                14:40  CMS

2.  Dave Dunham             14:53  CMS

3.  John Davis                  15:17

5.5 Miles

1.  Dan Verrington           32:07   CMS

2.  Joe Shairs                  32:40   CMS

3.  Jim Pawlicki               34:38   CMS

 

I closed out the month with a visit to the Pemigewasset wilderness in the White Mountains.  Eleven hours in the wilderness bagging Bondcliffs (4265), West Bond (4520), Mount Garfield (4480), Mount Lafayette (5240), Mount Lincoln (5089), Mount Guyot (4560), Little Haystack (4760), Mount Liberty (4459), Mount Flume (4328), South Twin (4902), Galehead Mtn (4024).