First, the good news: I’ve accepted a new position within my organization, and I’ll be moving back to full-time employment soon. It’s a welcome change in both job duties and income. The bad news is that, this means my no-work Fridays are coming to an end, starting in just two weeks. Feeling that impending loss,Continue reading “Today’s Run 2/10/23: the North Street Dance”
Category Archives: Today’s Run
Today’s Run: Christmas Luminaries (12/24/21)
Covid-19 continues to wield influence over our everyday lives, even as we are about to move into 2022. One such aspect is family get-togethers, holiday or otherwise. At one point not too long ago, I was considering heading to Maine on Christmas Eve to spend a couple of days with my father. But the suddenContinue reading “Today’s Run: Christmas Luminaries (12/24/21)”
Today’s Run: Seasonally Dark
December. Temperatures are getting colder, precipitation is getting firmer, and skies are dark at 4:30. It’s treadmill season for a lot of people in Vermont, and I can’t say that I blame them. I also can’t join them, for I do not have access to a treadmill at the moment. Sometimes the motivation to getContinue reading “Today’s Run: Seasonally Dark”
Today’s Run: Calais
Today was a good day for a car run. “Car run” is a term that I just made up, meaning you’re already in the car so you might as well take the opportunity to drive somewhere different for a run. Since I work from home, I’m not in the car all that much, so mostContinue reading “Today’s Run: Calais”
Today’s Run: Siboinebi Path
Today is a Federal holiday. Once named for a pretty rotten European man who supposedly “discovered” the Americas, it is now known in Vermont (and a few other places) as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This day is now meant to honor the original inhabitants of our land, from whom it was stolen. This is a lower-keyContinue reading “Today’s Run: Siboinebi Path”
Training Update 8/23/21: Bolduc and Sunnybrook Long Run
For someone who is supposed to be training for a 15-mile trail run in three weeks and a half marathon two weeks after that, my planning isn’t always ideal. Sometimes this is impacted by things outside of my control, like weather and other obligations – in my case, my baseball team’s schedule. On September 11Continue reading “Training Update 8/23/21: Bolduc and Sunnybrook Long Run”
Tonight’s Run: 8/19/21
Today I decided to take the day off from running. It’s not a decision I came to easily, because I have fanciful thoughts about making Thursday speed training days. But I felt cruddy all day – sort of like the vaccine hangover, only without a vaccine shot – plus it was raining all day andContinue reading “Tonight’s Run: 8/19/21”
Today’s Run: Gallison Hill (July 23, 2021)
I made the choice today to get up early and do a longish run. I wanted to do the loop down the new part of the bike path, up Gallison Hill Road, then back via Towne Hill Road and Main Street. I’ve run this loop, in the other direction, as a part of my MontpelierContinue reading “Today’s Run: Gallison Hill (July 23, 2021)”
Today’s Run: July 19, 2021
Today was a good day to run. The weather was favorable, with a temperature in the low 70’s and overcast covering most of the late afternoon sun. The weather tells me that the humidity was 80%, but it didn’t feel oppressive at all to me. After loading up on miles at the beginning of lastContinue reading “Today’s Run: July 19, 2021”
Today’s Run: July 12, 2021
Welcome to a new feature on Joe’s Running Blog: Today’s Run. I find that with races spread out and not a lot of “training” training to talk about, the content is getting a little thin here. My idea with Today’s Run is to write shorter posts, but more frequently. And hopefully to highlight that runningContinue reading “Today’s Run: July 12, 2021”
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