I’m going to pinball around 2024 a little bit as I catch up on this blog. I don’t plan to recap everything from 2024, but there are a few races to comment on, including these two very different trail races in September. The summer of 2024 was peppered with races that were not quite whatContinue reading “September 2024: A Tale of Two Trail Races”
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(Mostly) Finishing up 2023
My intention is to be focused on the present with this blog in 2024, but a big part of our history here is race recaps, and it feels unfinished with all the missing races in 2023. So rather than reflections on last weekend’s long run, let’s get caught up. 9/2/23: Northfield 5K: Things seemed toContinue reading “(Mostly) Finishing up 2023”
3/11/24: Time for an Update
2023 turned out to be not-the-bloggiest year for me. I’m planning to change that for 2024. First on the agenda, training updates. In January I registered to run my second marathon, the Maine Coast Marathon in Wells, Maine. Pretty much as soon as my first marathon ended in 2022 I knew I wanted to runContinue reading “3/11/24: Time for an Update”
It’s been a minute, Blog
For that matter, it’s been a longer minute than I realized. I could have sworn I did an update after Pineland. I did not. I think I’ll re-engage with a rapid-fire review of the races I’ve run since my last update, which was the Paul Mailman 10 Miler in April. The one exception will beContinue reading “It’s been a minute, Blog”
4/15/23: Paul Mailman 10 Miler
This was my first race in three months, since the trip to Bermuda. Even so, it was a last-minute decision to sign up and run it. Katie and I signed up for the Pineland Trail Festival – 25K for her, 50K for me – which takes place at the end of May, and we’ve beenContinue reading “4/15/23: Paul Mailman 10 Miler”
12/31/22: New Years Eve 5K
Most races are a race against time. This one turned out to be a race against Tim. Astute readers may recall from last year’s NYE race, or more recently the final Fallen Leaves 5K in November, that CVR veteran Tim Noonan and I have found ourselves to be very competitive with each other at thisContinue reading “12/31/22: New Years Eve 5K”
11/19/22: Fallen Leaves #3
When last we spoke, I had just run the second race in the Fallen Leaves series, and basically tied my 5K personal record with a time of either 24:12 (Strava) or 24:15 (CVR). It was a pretty good result, but left some unfinished business. You see, I set my PR in the first Fallen LeavesContinue reading “11/19/22: Fallen Leaves #3”
11/12/22: Fallen Leaves #2
This is a week of seconds – the second Fallen Leaves race of the series, how a matter of seconds defines the finish. Katie was away with family duties this weekend, so I ran this one without her. It promised to be a different race than last week. The temperature was pretty much the sameContinue reading “11/12/22: Fallen Leaves #2”
11/5/22: Fallen Leaves 5K
It’s November, so it must be time for the CVR Fallen Leaves races. This is a fun series of 5Ks held the first three Saturdays of November. They are low key, but the entry is $5 and the course is flat and fast. Almost every time I’ve run this race, except for the last time,Continue reading “11/5/22: Fallen Leaves 5K”
9/21/22: Sodom Pond
The fall race season moves on. Next up, the Sodom Pond Four Mile race in the funky little village of Adamant. This is another CVR mainstay. I think of Sodom Pond as the little sibling to the Berlin Pond Five Miler. They are very similar: midweek races that start off going up and down aContinue reading “9/21/22: Sodom Pond”
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