Two and a half years after I signed up, with my initial relay plans kiboshed and multiple delays due to the (still ongoing) Covid pandemic, the day finally came: Vermont City Marathon. Initially this was supposed to be a buddy relay with my friend Brock. When he couldn’t make it, I turned it into theContinue reading “5/29/22: Vermont City Marathon”
Category Archives: Race
4/23/22: Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race
Back in 2019, when I first started running and I didn’t know any other runners, figuring out a race schedule was easy. I just looked at the CVR race schedule and ran what I could. Three years on I have not only several friends who are running a variety of races, but the social mediaContinue reading “4/23/22: Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race”
2022 Race Schedule
Subject to change. CVR Races in Bold.
3/27/22: Kaynor’s Sap Run
I was ambivalent about this race in the weeks leading up. On the one hand, this is an “old friend” race; in this case, the first 10K I ever ran, back in 2019. On the other hand: it’s an hour from Montpelier, gas is really expensive, it was supposed to be snowy and windy, theContinue reading “3/27/22: Kaynor’s Sap Run”
12/31/21: New Year’s Eve 5K
The return to an “old friend” race that is significant to me in my running history. Three years ago, this was the first race I decided to run on my own, and the first CVR race I ever attended. I didn’t know what I was doing, and I didn’t know anybody there (other than aContinue reading “12/31/21: New Year’s Eve 5K”
11/20/21: Fallen Leaves #3
The 2021 race season came to an end (I think) with the third Fallen Leaves 5K of the year. In race #1 I maintained my streak of running each race faster than the one before. I missed race #2 due to the Race For DFL. The latter race would have an impact on my chaseContinue reading “11/20/21: Fallen Leaves #3”
11/13/21: The Race For DFL
This is a race that was not even on my radar – in fact, I had never heard of it – even two months ago. I didn’t decide to enter until three weeks ago. I didn’t have time to implement any sort of training plan. Yet on this Saturday morning, I was at Chesterfield GorgeContinue reading “11/13/21: The Race For DFL”
11/6/21: Fallen Leaves 5K #1
The past few years I have noticed October being unseasonably warm. And also the last few years I have noticed a rapid transition to colder temperatures in November. I remember this most because the Fallen Leaves races have been accompanied by cold temperatures and sometimes snow. The 2019 races in particular featured Arctic weather. TheContinue reading “11/6/21: Fallen Leaves 5K #1”
10/31/21: Autumn Onion 5K
There are races that you do to race, and there are races you do for fun. And while in some “fun” races you try to be competitive, others are really best considered as nothing but fun. A Halloween 5K in costumes? In the pouring rain? I mean, if you can’t let your competitive spirit takeContinue reading “10/31/21: Autumn Onion 5K”
10/17/21: Heady Trotter Four Miler
Over this past weekend, I had friends who: ran a half marathon, ran a full marathon, ran a 50K ultramarathon, and ran a ridiculous 100-mile race. I had a friend who ran a five-plus mile race, but it went up an 1,100-foot mountain twice, the day before running the same race I did. The raceContinue reading “10/17/21: Heady Trotter Four Miler”
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