35 Years ago (October 1991) I started the month with a win at Chelmsford High School running the U-Lowell alumni race. I “felt lousy” and was out in 10th place in the early going (4:44 at the mile) before pulling away running 15:09 over the 5k cross-country course.
The following week I was locked in a tight battle with Rich Dorion (CMS) at the Applefest Half-marathon. Sometime after the big uphill at 10 miles Rich and I decided that it just wasn’t worth it to fight right to the finish. We ended up in a tie running 1:08:30. Three months later Rich and I would become teammates as I jumped ship from GLRR to CMS.Next up was pacing Petey at the Baystate marathon. Mark Behan also ran with us for the first 15 before pulling ahead as Petey slowed. I stayed with Petey until he called it a day, then I upped the pace hoping to get back down to 6:00 pace for the total time. I ended up running 2:38:23 to take 4th place. The last 10k was run much faster than “tempo run” pace. Seven days later I closed out the month with a win at the Canton (MA) Gravy race.1 Dave Dunham 30:12
2 Steve Warren 31:24
3 Washburn 31:47
4 Mike Woodman 32:04
5 Steinbrecher 33:25
7 Brad Hurst 33:56
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