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”
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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”
8/18/22: Berlin Pond 5 Miler
Another race I wasn’t sure what to expect from. The 2022 Berlin Pond 5 Mile race fell just a few days after I ran 27 miles at Six Hours on Lovers Lane. Right off the top, this doesn’t sound like the circumstance to run a great race. That said, I felt surprisingly strong in theContinue reading “8/18/22: Berlin Pond 5 Miler”
8/13/22: Six Hours on Lovers Lane
A different sort of race. Run the same loop over and over as many times as you can over the course of six hours. Whoever runs the most laps wins. Is this a test of one’s mental and physical fortitude, or a guaranteed descent into madness? Only one way to find out. Last year myContinue reading “8/13/22: Six Hours on Lovers Lane”
7/30/22: Moosalamoo “Baby Moose”
In life, there’s a distinction to be made between things not going right, and things going wrong. If things don’t go right, nothing really bad happens, but nothing good happens either. If things go wrong, something bad happens. Maybe more than one “something bad.” A good recent race example of the former would be theContinue reading “7/30/22: Moosalamoo “Baby Moose””
7/9/22: Bear Swamp Race
Next up in the CVR race series, the Bear Swamp race in Middlesex. This was a good three-week break following the Birdland 5K. My injury problems were lessening, but still there, and there were good days in bad days. In particular, my lower right leg inflammation often bothered if I didn’t take ibuprofen before aContinue reading “7/9/22: Bear Swamp Race”
June 18, 2022: Birdland Trail 5K
For my first race, post-marathon, I chose one almost literally in my back yard: the Birdland 5K at North Branch Park, sponsored by Onion River Outdoors. The marathon left me with a painful IT band and lower right leg inflammation – more accurately, training for the marathon started these problems – so I took someContinue reading “June 18, 2022: Birdland Trail 5K”
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