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1973 Race Summary
Feb. 18 -
Silver Lake Dodge 20 mile run
- 1:44:37 (3rd)
("Sunny but cold out in the 20's... the Brose took 1st... legs
super tight")
March 11 -
New Bedford 30K - 1:34:20 (2nd)
("Race was won in 1 hr. 34 min. 13 secs. by Bayko. got a 2nd
place.")
April 1 - Cambridge "12" mile handicap race - 59:17 - 1st
April 16 - Boston Marathon -
DNF - made it over Heartbreak Hill
Early July - 3 miles - 14:52 - 2nd - AAU meet in CT.
Early August - 3 miles - 14:32
August 14 - 10K - 30:59 - Salem, MA road race - (tie 1st)
("A fine day for a race... I could have gone faster and broken the
record but Mike and I agreed on a tie. Surprised myself.")
August 18 - 10.3 miles - 51:?? - 1st - 26th Haverill 10.3 mile road race
August 29th - 2 miles - 9:09 - Outdoor track
(Practice? "...at Brockton H.S. track... 68, 2:16, 3:25, 4:33, 5:4?, 6:52!
8:01... ")
Sept. 15 - 5 mile XC - 24:33 - 1st - Northeastern Track Club Invitational
(Franklin Course)
Sept. 29 - 5 mile XC - 25:22 - 1st - Franklin Park XC meet
with Tufts & Boston State
Oct. 7 - 15K - 47:09 - 1st - Manchester, NH
Oct. 14 - 20K - 63:58 - 1st - National Championship at
Gloucester, MA
("My one, ta-daa, national championship... won a 10-speed
bike.")
(1) W. H. Rodgers (BAA) 63:58; (2) Dick
Buerkle (NYAC) 64:21; (3) John Vitale 64:34; (4) Paul Tarkington
65:24; (5) Tom Fleming (NYAC) 65:48; (6) Dan Moynihan 65:56; (7)
Steve Ellis 67:18; (8) Ken Mueller (BAA) 67:26; (9) Steve
Flanagan 67:33; (10) Howie Ryan 67:44
Oct 21 - 11 miles ("so-called") - 52:56 - 1st -
Gardener, MA
("A good day for a race. ...I won a table.")
Oct. 28 - 26.2 - 2:28: 12 -1st - Bay State Marathon
("Little warm-up and no warm-down. A five lap race, ran the 1st 3 laps at
easy pace and the last 2 at hard pace. Breathing was excellent; had aches in my
legs and an aching back for the last 8 or 9 miles - shock of road?poor (too
thin) shoes? In the 40º 's, no wind almost, and maybe 2 fair hills not too
steep.")
Nov. 22 - 4.6 miles - 23:16 - 5th - Manchester, CT road
race
("A beautiful day for a race, but I ran poorly; a 5th place behind (1) Amby
Burfoot, (2) Vitale, (3) Crothers & (4) Flanagan... Felt bad 90% of
the way - never felt smooth or strong and got a sideache 1 mile into the race -
was not rested for this race and have a head cold - lungs hurt during and after
the race. Left foot sole is sorer after the race though the rt ankle is
OK.")
Nov. 28 - 2 miles - 9:15 - 3rd (Indoor track at BC)
(Bill ran 10 miles before the race and about 4 after. "A good
workout.")
Dec. 11 - 2 miles - 9:01.6 - 3rd - Indoors at Coast Guard
(" Not enough time to warm-up and felt spaced before the race - after the
race had a 101º fever...")
Dec. 16 - 3 miles - 13:49.6 - 1st - PR - Indoors at
Northeastern
("1 mi - 4:38, 2 mi 9:14, last mile in 4:35...")
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