Looking back - Sept 1996

30 years ago (Sept 1996)- I kicked off the month with a less than stellar run at the World Mountain running championships.  It was foggy and 50s on the muddy single-track in Telfes Austria and the course seemed to get steeper the higher you got.

1        56:21  Antonio Molinari                Italy

2        58:42  Severino Bernardini Italy

3        59:25  Helmut Schmuck               Austria

4        59:27  Peter Schatz            Austria

5        59:28  Aaron Strong           New Zealand

19      1:01:28         Dave Dunham        

41      1:03:58         Mike Casner 

45      1:04:14         Dan Verrington       

47      1:04:21         Eric Morse    

72      1:07:25         Peter Heck   

93      1:09:43         Lyndon Ellefson      

 

On 09/07/96 I took the win in 15:12 at the ULowell Alumni cross-country race over the Chelmsford High School course.  A week later I ran a 10.7 mile leg for the winning CMS team at the Lake Winni Relay.  I had a tough battle with Bob Winn (Ghosts of Pease) for 7 miles before pulling away to a 55:10 first place on my leg (5:09 pace for the moderately hilly leg).

 

65.9 Mi. Around Lake Winnipesaukee, NH (148 teams)

    1   CMS - X                                                5:39:14  5:09

    2   GHOST OF PEASE MENS OPEN               5:52:42  5:22

    3   LIBRA ATHLETIC ASSOC                        6:08:32  5:36

    4   GATE CITY STRIDERS MASTERS             6:17:42  5:44

    5   WILLIMANTIC AC                        6:18:50  5:45

 

On 09/19 I made a rare trip inside of Route 128 for a night race in Boston.  Lisa Doucett had convinced me to run this race which was in support of the Combined Federal Campaign.  It was windy and in the 70’s during the race (field of 180) and I won by a little over a minute.         

1        15:53  Dave Dunham         M35    Bradford        MA

2        17:18  Garth Shaneyfelt     M25    Brookline      MA

3        17:24  R Naser                   M35    Dedham        MA

4        17:47  Adelmo Couto         M35    Cambridge    MA

5        18:57  Joel Branosky          M25    Stoneham     MA

My final race of the month (09/29/96) was the USATF NE ½ marathon championships in Newport RI.  Craig Fram and I had been battling back and forth all year and were very close in points for the lead in the grand prix series.  I stayed behind the lead pack until just after 7 miles before moving toward the front.  I couldn’t shake Craig until ½ mile to go but got the win by 13 seconds.                                                                                  

1        1:06:48         Dave Dunham                   32      Bradford, MA CMS

2        1:07:01         Craig Fram              38      Plaistow, NH  CMS

3        1:07:22         David Marcus           26      Somerville, MA        BRC

4        1:08:38         Eric Morse               31      Barre, VT      CMS

5        1:08:47         Edward Sheehan               39      Somerville, MA          BAA

6        1:10:21         Wayne Jacob           41      Mystic, CT     CMS

7        1:10:45         James Garcia           38      Westford, MA CMS

8        1:10:54         Kyle Caydle             31      Newport, RI  BAA

9        1:10:58         David Raung            41      New London, CT      CMS

10      1:11:09         Gabriel Heimlinger   30      Boston, MA   GLRR