Ah, the joy of reminiscing about races past! Some have special meanings attached to them. The New Year’s Eve 5K from two years ago is one such race, as it was the first time I became aware of Central Vermont Runners. After the race I looked into the club, discovered the race series, and decidedContinue reading “12/31/20: NYE 5K and a First”
Category Archives: Virtual Race
11/8 and 11/15/20: Fallen Leaves #2 and 3
The last two races of 2020 were the final two races of the CVR Fallen Leaves series. Katie and I ran the first of the three on November 1, and though we weren’t quite able to do the official course and we got off to a slow start, I managed to run faster than myContinue reading “11/8 and 11/15/20: Fallen Leaves #2 and 3”
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”
10/4/20: Leaf Peepers Half Marathon
Three races in one week probably isn’t the best way to go about setting personal records, even for someone who hasn’t been running all that long. But, as discussed in my last entry, in lining my training up for a real half marathon in a few weeks, it made sense for me to take onContinue reading “10/4/20: Leaf Peepers Half Marathon”
10/1/20: Leaf Peepers Virtual 5K
The second race in the CVR fall virtual series is the Leaf Peepers 5K. The design of this series is that participants have a two-week window around the originally-scheduled date to complete the race. However, since the Leaf Peepers has both a 5K and a half marathon, the schedule for these two was stretched outContinue reading “10/1/20: Leaf Peepers Virtual 5K”
9/28/20: Virtual Corporate Cup
Ah, the Corporate Cup. My first race. My favorite race. As with everything else, the 2020 Corporate Cup was postponed to September from its originally-scheduled date in May. Then, as summer arrived, it became apparent that we would not be able to safely have a 4,000-person event in downtown Montpelier in the midst of theContinue reading “9/28/20: Virtual Corporate Cup”
9/16/20: Sodom Pond Four Mile Virtual Race
This week marked the start of the Fall Virtual Race Series for CVR, encompassing the final seven races of the season. In a departure from the previous series, this time we have a two-week window surrounding the originally scheduled race date. The first race in the series, the Sodom Pond 4-miler, had been scheduled forContinue reading “9/16/20: Sodom Pond Four Mile Virtual Race”
9/5/20: CVR Participation Series Adamant Half Marathon
With weeks of preparation in my pocket, and the CVR Participation Race Series coming to an end, I felt ready to go for the final race, the Adamant Half Marathon. My anticipation and excitement for the race only increased in the days beforehand, as a handful of fellow CVR club members popped up on StravaContinue reading “9/5/20: CVR Participation Series Adamant Half Marathon”
8/25/20: CVR Participation Series Barre Heritage Trail Run 5K
After a big flurry of CVR Participation Series races in June and especially July, I sat here in the later part of August with two of ten races still to go before the September 6 deadline: The Adamant Half Marathon, which I am running at the very end, and the Barre Heritage Festival 5K TrailContinue reading “8/25/20: CVR Participation Series Barre Heritage Trail Run 5K”
8/12/20: Suffrage Scramble/NSB 5K
It seems like an unreasonably short amount of time, but this year marks 100 years since women were granted the right to vote in this country. (Meaning for the first 144 years they could not – we aren’t even all that to the 50% mark of US history yet!). To mark the occasion, the CentralContinue reading “8/12/20: Suffrage Scramble/NSB 5K”
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