Hi All:
I hope everyone is having a great winter; it has been a bummer with the lack of snow
in the Northeast. We’ve only been able to sneak in seven snowshoe races so far this winter (we cancelled or postponed more than seven). Here is what I did
this month:
I got injured at the end of January, missed 6 days with a pulled calf muscle which
hurt my mileage. Weekly mileage = 8, 41, 56, and 60. Total of 182 with 3 days off which is almost double last years Feb.! Grand totals of 402 for the 2006
and 93,715 lifetime.
I helped out with the Atkinson race, which was run in a blizzard and put on the
Northfield race @ Dubuque Forest which had very little snow. Still hoping to have Northfield on March 11. On the drive out to Dubuque my car hit 200,000
miles. I also finished my book on the Mt Washington Road Race, it will be coming out shortly before the race (in
June).
Races this month:
Date Location Dist Time
Place Name
02/12/06 Atkinson, NH 3.11 0:24:10.0 6 Frosty's
Dash Snowshoe 2nd 40+
02/13/06 New Ipswich, NH ??? 0:56:58.0 1 Windblown
Snowshoe Series
02/18/06 Tewksbury, MA 3.15 0:17:52.0 2 Fudgcicle
Series Road 2nd 40+
02/25/06 Tewksbury, MA 3.15 0:17:49.0 2 Fudgcicle
Series Road 2nd 40+
02/27/06 New Ipswich, NH ??? 0:51:48.0 1 Windblown
Snowshoe Series
Looking ahead:
March should be a busy month. I'm hoping to host a race on March 11 at Northfield.
I plan on racing every weekend if we have snow (and on the roads if we don't). I'll be heading to the USATF 50K road championships on the 5th, but as the
liaison not as a racer. The big race this month will be the USSSSSSSSSA snowshoe championships at Bolton Valley on the 25/26th. I'll also be in Lawrence on
most Saturday's doing VITA (volunteer income tax assistance), so anyone in need of tax help just drop me a line.
Looking WAY back….
Feb. 1981
High School Track
02-05-81 Billerica vs. Lawrence Central
Mile 1st Dangora (Billerica) 4:30.7
2 mile 1st Dunham (Billerica) 9:41.6
02-12-81 MVC league meet @ Methuen
1,000 1st Hinds (Haverhill) 2:22.6
Mile 1st Lovely (Haverhill) 4:29.0
2 mile 1st Dunham (Billerica) 9:38.8 meet record/field house record
02-20-81 Northern Area meet @ Beverly
2 mile 1st Steve Perkins (Beverly) 9:27.2 2nd Mike Flynn
(Woburn) 9:27.2 3rd Dunham 9:31.2
Mile 1st Hinds 4:24.2
02-27-81 State Class meet @ Harvard
Mile 1st Dangora 4:20.3
2 mile 2nd Dunham place 9:30.7
Roads
The Athletics Congress took over from the AAU as the official governing body of
running in the US. AC dues increased from $1 to $6. Only AC registered athletes could be counted as official finishers in any AC sanctioned race.
Listed in the Calendar –
Boylston, MA 18.6 miles NEAC championships Hosted by CMS. Entry fee
$1.50, $2 day of.
Ad for beds in Hopkinton for the Boston Marathon. The YMCA in Hopkinton offered 30
beds (and meals) for $4 per night.
Some old results that may include CMS runners...
02-01
Sri Chinmoy Marathon, Hampton Beach
1 Mike Burke 2:28:38
2 Bob Wolfe 2:30:26
02-07
Lynn 9.7m
Dan Dillon edged Paul Gorman (the President of Coastal TC) by 22 seconds, pulling
away in the final two mile. The top three finishers, in a field of 250, broke Mark Duggan 1978 course record of 48:40. Conditions: 40 degrees and windy. This
race would later evolve into the Lynn Stew Chase (15K).
1 Dan Dillon AW 47:59
2 Paul Gorman CTC 48:21
3 Scott Graham NBTC 48:36
4 Ed McGill BC 48:51
5 Gary Wallace GBTC 49:03
CMS finishers:
9 Dick Gates 52:53
15 Roger Nasatka 54:28
36 Bill Gates 57:25
46 Rick Piermarini 59:45
02-14
Valentines run 5.2 Mile
Derry, NH
1 Ray Currier BAA 25:21
2 Dave Quintal 26:37
3 Jim McAvoy 27:01
4 Mike Casner NCAC 27:02
5 Steve DeSisto NMC 27:06
CMS finishers:
9 Roger Nasatka 28:00
13 Ken Wilson 28:30 1st 40+
02-15
15th annual Silver Lake Dodge Marathon
Wellesley, MA
1 Howard Harrington AA 2:30:43
2 Peter Ciano UM 2:31:52
3 John Saville 2:35:35
4 Dick Gates CMS 2:36:31
5 Frank Champman 2:37:12
02-16
Paddy Kelly 5m
Taunton, MA
Mark Skinkle and Steve Dinatale took it out hard over the first downhill mile. They
led twenty runner under five minutes with an opening 4:24 split.
1 Mark Skinkle JWAC 24:54
2 Steve Dinatale GBTC 25:29
3 Lloyd Thayer GBTC 25:34
4 Ralph Moore 25:55
5 Dave Belcher BC 25:57
02-22
Norfolk MA 8 mile
Four mile loop run twice
1 Larry Olsen BAA 40:33
2 Lloyd Thayer GBTC 41:20
3 Paul Thompson JWAC 42:10
CMS finishers:
11 Rick Piermarini 47:21
02-22
7th DH Jones 10 mile – Amherst, MA
A record field of 349 ran in the warm sunshine and 50 degree temps on Feb. 22.
Roland Davide of the Frontrunner AC set a new course record. He ran in a tight group with Ron Gillooly and Steve Snover through three miles then surged ahead.
Nancy Conz took two minutes off of the woman’s course record, finishing in 39th overall. Johnson Wales AC took the team victory by two minutes, and
the Ked’s team won on the women’s side. The race also served as a dual meet between SMAC and CMS. SMAC won, although no score was listed.
Results:
1 Roland Davide FAC 51:02
2 Ron Gillooly JWAC 51:45
3 Steve Snover GSH 51:56
4 Steve Bratt CSU 53:10
5 Walt Chadwick 53:33
CMS finishers:
14 Dick Gates 55:23
16 James Hebert 55:54
21 Stan Choinski 56:22
25 George Kasierski 57:23
38 Roger Nasatka 58:08
39 Nancy Conz NBTC 58:16 1f
42 kenneth Wilson 58:46
51 Leo Depasse 59:47
60 Bill Gates 60:22
64 John Lehto 60:36
67 Harry Loso 60:49
155 Alan Blanchard 68:17
241 Rick Buzton 76:21
03-08
Newton Marathon (NEAC Championship)
Ray Currier, a 36-year-old convenience store manager took the lead at three miles
and ran alone to a two minute victory over Bob Wolfe.
1 Ray Currier BAA 2:21:05
2 Bob Wolfe CSU 2:23:58
3 Larry Skinner BAA 2:29:05
4 Dick Gates CMS 2:32:16
5 Charlie Gordon MR 2:34:14
Other CMS finishers:
41 John MacDougall 2:50:16
46 Leo DePasse 2:50:59
65 Thomas McMahon 2:56:03
83 Ed Geraci 3:02:29
192 Donald Palko 3:41:58
231 Finishers
John W English Marathon, Middletown RI
1 Richard Field 2:30:06
2 Pedro Cobos 2:33:48
3 Patrick Butler 2:39:16
CMS finishers:
49 Roger Nasatka 3:02:28
Plodders 10m/20m
Ed Sheehan and Doug Sweazy led Greg Meyer through the first loop as they settled for
an intentional tie in 50:11. Meyer ran 1:44:36 to to the win in 1˝ minutes over teammate Bob Clifford (NBTC).
