When last we spoke, I had just run the second race in the Fallen Leaves series, and basically tied my 5K personal record with a time of either 24:12 (Strava) or 24:15 (CVR). It was a pretty good result, but left some unfinished business. You see, I set my PR in the first Fallen LeavesContinue reading “11/19/22: Fallen Leaves #3”
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11/5/22: RUTfest
Following the Fallen Leaves 5K, Katie and I went home to gather our stuff for RUTfest, the trail running festival put on by the Richmond Trail Running Club. This is a 37-hour festival, from 6 am Saturday to 6 pm Sunday, with an additional hour due to the end of Daylight Savings Time. It’s moreContinue reading “11/5/22: RUTfest”
11/12/22: Fallen Leaves #2
This is a week of seconds – the second Fallen Leaves race of the series, how a matter of seconds defines the finish. Katie was away with family duties this weekend, so I ran this one without her. It promised to be a different race than last week. The temperature was pretty much the sameContinue reading “11/12/22: Fallen Leaves #2”
11/5/22: Fallen Leaves 5K
It’s November, so it must be time for the CVR Fallen Leaves races. This is a fun series of 5Ks held the first three Saturdays of November. They are low key, but the entry is $5 and the course is flat and fast. Almost every time I’ve run this race, except for the last time,Continue reading “11/5/22: Fallen Leaves 5K”
10/30/22: Autumn Onion 5K
Preparation for this race is less about training and more about getting together a good costume. Onion River Outdoors, the sporting goods company, organizes this race every year for the Sunday before Halloween. The competition is more about the costumes than it is about the running. As such, it’s been one of my more successfulContinue reading “10/30/22: Autumn Onion 5K”
10/8/22: Brookfield Oktoberfest 5K
This one was on a bit of a whim. With the Bolton Valley race, my “serious” race season for 2022 came to a close. I plan to do the Fallen Leaves 5K races in November, but other than that it’s time to chill for a bit. Katie, on the other hand, has been frustrated byContinue reading “10/8/22: Brookfield Oktoberfest 5K”
10/2/22: Bolton Valley Three Peaks Challenge
This is a race I was looking forward to since it was announced a few months back: Bolton Valley ski resort, where Katie and I have held season passes for the past few years, was going to host a 20K race up and down each of its three ski peaks. What an opportunity to reallyContinue reading “10/2/22: Bolton Valley Three Peaks Challenge”
9/21/22: Sodom Pond
The fall race season moves on. Next up, the Sodom Pond Four Mile race in the funky little village of Adamant. This is another CVR mainstay. I think of Sodom Pond as the little sibling to the Berlin Pond Five Miler. They are very similar: midweek races that start off going up and down aContinue reading “9/21/22: Sodom Pond”
9/10/22: Groton Forest 15-mile Trail Race
In many ways, this race is very similar to the Moosalamoo “Baby Moose” race a couple of months ago: similar distance, some hills, mixed terrain. But in every way, this one turned out quite different. This was the second year in a row that Katie and I signed up for this race. But circumstances happenedContinue reading “9/10/22: Groton Forest 15-mile Trail Race”
9/3/22: Northfield 5K
This was my second time entering this as a live race. The first time, in 2019, was my second race after my broken ankle. In between I ran this course for two virtual races in 2020. I was set to participate last year, but broke my arm instead. I looked forward to this race; NorthfieldContinue reading “9/3/22: Northfield 5K”
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