Last year, shortly after the opening of the new portion on the east side of downtown, I decided to run the full Montpelier bike path from end-to-end each way. Before I even started my run I had decided that a run along the entire 3.75-mile length of the path would be deemed a Full Monty.Continue reading “11/12/20 Training Update: Another Double Full Monty”
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1010 For 2020
Excluding race goals, which all were upended anyway, I set two running goals this year. The second, which I have written about recently, was the Map Project in which I ran all the streets in Montpelier before the end of the pandemic. The first goal I set at the beginning of the year: run 1,010Continue reading “1010 For 2020”
10/24/20: Half Marathon Unplugged
After seven months of postponements and cancellations, and over 8 months following my last “live” event, the Half Marathon Unplugged offered the opportunity to go out and run a race in real time against more than a handful of other people. In the face of the ongoing pandemic, with cases on the rise across theContinue reading “10/24/20: Half Marathon Unplugged”
10/22/20: Completing the Map Project
I’ve mentioned a couple of times previously that at some point this summer I landed on a goal of running every street in Montpelier before the quarantine or the year 2020 ended, whichever comes first. (I’ve got my money on 2020 in that bet.) After I first made the decision, I started filling in theContinue reading “10/22/20: Completing the Map Project”
10/12/20 Training Update
It is mid-October, the leaves have turned here in Vermont and are dropping to the ground. Suddenly it feels like this strange running season is coming to a close, and it will close similarly to the way it opened, with an “in-person” half marathon. Of course, we weren’t qualifying races as “in person” back inContinue reading “10/12/20 Training Update”
9/21/20 Training Update: Streets = Miles & Hills
Now that I am betwixt races, and finding running in the woods less satisfying than it was during the summer due to poor visibility, the Map Project (f/k/a the Streets Project) has kicked into a higher gear. And much to my surprise, I suddenly seem to be just a handful of runs from the end.Continue reading “9/21/20 Training Update: Streets = Miles & Hills”
9/15/20 Training Update: It’s Still Virtual Season
The Adamant Half Marathon marked the end of the Central Vermont Runners Participation Series of virtual races replacing those cancelled during the summer. And as we head into fall, it’s now time to replace the races scheduled for the rest of the year. CVR has announced the Fall Virtual Race series to cover the handfulContinue reading “9/15/20 Training Update: It’s Still Virtual Season”
9/1/20 Training Update: Adamant About Preparation
I’ve been writing pretty much all summer about the CVR Participation Race series: ten races were cancelled this summer due to Covid-19, and so the club, Central Vermont Runners, said “run the courses anyway and you’ll be entered into a prize raffle.” By the end of July, I had pretty much all of them checkedContinue reading “9/1/20 Training Update: Adamant About Preparation”
8/18/20 Training Update: The Streets Project Part 1
A while ago a guy who is in the CVR group on Strava posted a run, which he labeled as the last road to fill in the map. He had made it his project to run every road in the town of Middlesex. There aren’t actually a ton of roads in Middlesex, but most ofContinue reading “8/18/20 Training Update: The Streets Project Part 1”
8/3/20 Training Update: That 15-mile Run
When last we spoke, I mentioned doing a training run for the Adamant Half Marathon. It was a 5-mile loop that could either be the start or the finish of the race. It was a nice run to familiarize myself with the course and the terrain, but not the kind of miles that will helpContinue reading “8/3/20 Training Update: That 15-mile Run”
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