In starting this post, I feel like I am remiss in writing a race recap without having given a training update for a few weeks. Nevertheless, this is where we are. It turns out that it’s easier to run with a broken wrist than it is to type. My last post was nearly a monthContinue reading “9/22/21: Sodom Pond Four Mile Run”
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8/12/21: Berlin Pond 5Miler
This day brought the opportunity to relive another race that I had only done once before, and under less-favorable circumstances. The Berlin Pond Five Mile Run was the first race I ran in coming back from my broken ankle in 2019. My modest goal for that race was to finish in under 50 minutes, orContinue reading “8/12/21: Berlin Pond 5Miler”
7/31/21: Barre Heritage Festival 5K Trail Run
There was no Barre Heritage Festival again this year, due to Covid-19, but Central Vermont Runners did continue the live racing season with a return of the 5K trail race at Millstone Hill. Last year I ran this as a virtual race with Katie and Tara. That was a comedy of errors, as Tara andContinue reading “7/31/21: Barre Heritage Festival 5K Trail Run”
6/26/21: Bear Swamp Race
I wasn’t 100% sure I would run this race, landing as it did just a week after the Gunstock TrailFest, but I was feeling good so I decided to sign up for the 2021 Bear Swamp Run, and Katie signed up with me. The Bear Swamp is usually run the week after July 4, butContinue reading “6/26/21: Bear Swamp Race”
6/20/21: Gunstock TrailFest 10K
Day Two of the Gunstock TrailFest was Loop Day. On this day, several races occurred simultaneously on the same 10K loop: 80K, 50K, 30K and 10K. The longer races consisted of more laps around the route. Katie and I, fresh off a 10K climb to the top of Gunstock Mountain the day before, were signedContinue reading “6/20/21: Gunstock TrailFest 10K”
6/19/21: Gunstock TrailFest 10K Peak-to-Peak
We celebrated Katie’s birthday with a weekend in the lovely Lakes Region of Vermont to participate in the Gunstock TrailFest. There are approximately ten races over the two days. Saturday included a 5K, with or without dogs, a kids run, a 1.5-mile race to the top of Gunstock Mountain, and our race, a 10K Peak-to-PeakContinue reading “6/19/21: Gunstock TrailFest 10K Peak-to-Peak”
5/29/21: Infinitus 8-Mile Trail Race
This went about as well as it could have. One of the reasons I include training updates in this blog is to have a record of input (training) and output (race results). Or, to use a financial term, Return on Investment (ROI). And today’s race provided a pretty decent ROI. We can also track myContinue reading “5/29/21: Infinitus 8-Mile Trail Race”
5/11/21: Adamant Half Marathon
Just two weeks after the Paul Mailman Ten Miler, the next race in the CVR season is the Adamant Half Marathon and Relay, which starts and finishes in the lovely village of Adamant in Calais, Vermont. The course is a figure 8 with an 8-mile loop through East Montpelier followed by a 5.1-mile loop throughContinue reading “5/11/21: Adamant Half Marathon”
4/24/21: Paul Mailman Ten Miler
What a difference two weeks, or three miles, or 15 degrees (or all of the above) makes. I was looking forward to this year’s Paul Mailman as an opportunity for growth and redemption. Growth in the sense that I would be able to measure continued improvement on this course. As you may remember, my firstContinue reading “4/24/21: Paul Mailman Ten Miler”
4/10/21: Half Marathon Unplugged
I was excited for this race, as it was to be the first half marathon that I’ve run twice as a live race. Adding to this was the fact that the first time I ran the race, last October, I set my PR for the distance. It’s a flat and fast course in a funContinue reading “4/10/21: Half Marathon Unplugged”
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