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MRH (40 Years After)

Posted by B on June 26, 2008, 9:26 am

(1968) Every Columbus Day in October, Manchester,New Hampshire would hold their annual New England AAU 15K Championship; great prizes; honest competetion & flat as old beer for the first 5 1/2 miles (hills galore thereafter)---Didn't check to see @ the starting line who was there...Just as well...After finishing 9th the year before (Ralph Buschman, Ken Mueller, Graham Parnell, ETC.)& a 29:56 time trial (6)@ Colby College 2-weeks before, i was ready.. I took off so fast that Tony Sapienza thought i had won it... hit 3 miles in 15:10 & the crowd was telling me i had a big lead....A few minutes later Jim Keefe (Ranked #1 in U.S. 3 miles in '63) & Amby Burfoot (no intro needed)go by...@ least i can get 3rd, right? & a nice prize...WRONG!!! @ almost 8 miles & "rung out", John J. Kelly catches up to me...with about half a mile to go, i'm "DUN" & Kelly gets me by about 6 seconds.....Keefe wins it & i get to say i ran w/ the best on a cool fall day 40 years ago.....B

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--Previous Message-- : (1968) Every Columbus Day in October, : Manchester,New Hampshire would hold their : annual New England AAU 15K Championship; : great prizes; honest competetion & flat : as old beer for the first 5 1/2 miles (hills : galore thereafter)---Didn't check to see @ : the starting line who was there...Just as : well...After finishing 9th the year before : (Ralph Buschman, Ken Mueller, Graham : Parnell, ETC.)& a 29:56 time trial (6)@ : Colby College 2-weeks before, i was ready.. : I took off so fast that Tony Sapienza : thought i had won it... hit 3 miles in 15:10 : & the crowd was telling me i had a big : lead....A few minutes later Jim Keefe : (Ranked #1 in U.S. 3 miles in '63) & : Amby Burfoot (no intro needed)go by...@ : least i can get 3rd, right? & a nice : prize...WRONG!!! @ almost 8 miles & : "rung out", John J. Kelly catches : up to me...with about half a mile to go, i'm : "DUN" & Kelly gets me by about : 6 seconds.....Keefe wins it & i get to : say i ran w/ the best on a cool fall day 40 : years ago.....B :

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