Nice to see retired numbers used: Dennis Morrill #8 @ 49:05---Robin Emery #3 @ 45:41 & #1, Dave Farly, (Brewer High & Brown U.) @ 43:49-----(sponsor)Sub 5 is keeping it alive; great job!

Dave Farley,'63 & '64 Labor Day winner, was also one of the few to run the 1st one on Memorial Day of '62....in addition to running a 3:46 1500 meters in the U.S. olympic trials of '68 (semi-heats), he was instrumental in helping me with getting a FULL track scholarship to the University Of South Carolina....a piece of history & a great guy.....

Bruce, Is Peter Buniak (Canada) the runner that changed his name to Jerome Drayton ? (Believe he was in the 2:10 range before the '72 Olympics.......The "runner" on the right looks as though just came from the Eliot Lounge in Boston!!!

Thanks for the warm welcome from all of the Eden athletes....My grand parents moved to Manset from Rockland in '58 after their retirement...fantastic place to train...I sold the house in Rockland 3 days before Christmas & moved to Sarasota, Fl.; hooked up w/ a group of runners & am up to 6-8 miles daily on the beach (barefoot) @ Siesta Key....Best to all... Boh

J.C., Had the same weather in '77 as you had today...On the track had a 14:19 3-mile time trial before Hampden 8 1/2 & a 29:36 6 miler (track) after Hampden...Fred Judkins was 2nd that year @ 1:10+-behind & he had run 24:54+- At Patriots Day that year...J.C., Taper for the record next year & smash the hell out of it....It's time!!!! Bob Hillgrove

Brian...Thanks for the return...I had no idea of the FANTASTIC sucess of this man...My son lives in Denver & will be pleased as well..Will be sending in membership $ in a few.....B

Bruce....You mention Paul Plissey; I believe in '83 @ Regional x-country Championships held in Portland, My son won his Class C title & Paul Plissey literally RAN AWAY with the best time in the Class A section...Did Plissey go to college on a scholarship?...continue to run or ??? Would appreciate any feed back...Was quite a talent...B

The Netherlands (5/26/07) Track: 10,000 Meters..24 starters, 5 DNF; (1)Sileshi Sihine (ETH)--26:48.73 (13)Abdihakem Abdriahman (USA)--27:31.46-------------

Thanks to Stevie V. out of Boston & others, received a "pass" on the 10 AM start on the 16th..@ 80+ - for the last 5 weeks...not much of a build-up with the P.F. that set in about 7 months ago...In Boulder for @month..Hope i can give it a bit of a go on the 60+ group...The best to all running on Patriots Day...B

BruceB....In addition to winning the "big ones", what did you have for times on the track ? As you know, that really tells the story....B

Happy(?) 60th birthday to Amby Burfoot ('68 Boston winner & 2:14.28 marathon @Fukuoka).............B

04/19/69----STRONG winds coming up Baxter Boulevard....1st 10 finishers..no women runners started...(1)Bob Hillgrove, Rockland 25:03.3 (2)Don Sanborn, Thomaston 25:47 (3)Fred Judkins, UMO 25:57 (4) Lloyd Slocum, 26:21 (Note: 2 days later (Apr. 21), Slocum ran 2:52.42 @ Boston for 101st place) (5) Bill Wilson, Bath 26:34 (6)Ralph Grant, Gardiner 26:45 (7)Roland Dyer, Winslow 27:05 (8)Tony Sapienza,

London..7-28-06 ...With a 52 second last lap, Bernard Lagat (USA) defeated WR holder, Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)@ 5000, in a PR 12:59.22 to 13:00.04

Popular races @ "the time".....In most cases, lasting ten years....The following first two: directed by MRHF, Steve Ross: 2.8 miler in Lewiston & 4.5 miler on Thursday evening in mid-August in Lewiston as well (beginning in mid-1960's)....5 miler in Rumford (last week in October), put on by Rumford Rec Dept.)(early 70's), 5.8 miler (fast)in Falmouth, first week in November, put on by Maine Masters T.C.

FIRST: Maine schoolboy runner under 4:30 mile: David Farley, Brewer High (late 50's)..1st Bangor 5-mile winner (Memorial Day, 1962), Mike Kimball (UMO)..1st Patriots Day 5-mile winner (1930), Alvin Messer, Portland)..1st (class L or A)schoolboy 2-mile run held in Maine (1962)Jerry Varnum, Gardiner: 10:13+....1st 4 time (class B) schoolboy x-country champ: Scott Roberts, Maranacook High (Mid- 1980'