April brought the start of the race season. First up was the Half Marathon Unplugged, a return to site of my best half marathon to date. This one didn’t go so well, due to both weather and training, though it was far from a disaster. I gained a measure of redemption with an improved performanceContinue reading “2021 Year in Review: April to June”
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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”
4/6/21 Training Update: The Vaccine Bump
It is interesting to consider the relatively short history of this blog. I originally started this about a year and a half ago, both because I wanted to remember the races and other significant running achievements and because I wanted to document my journey and growth as a runner. But just about the time IContinue reading “4/6/21 Training Update: The Vaccine Bump”
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”
4/11/20: Half Marathon Unplugged Unplugged
The second race in my 2020 COVID Non-Race Series was the Half Marathon Unplugged. Originally scheduled for Colchester, Winooski and Burlington, and to finish at a brewery, I ran it instead in Montpelier and finished at my house. (As of press time, this race is technically postponed and not cancelled outright. But, depending on howContinue reading “4/11/20: Half Marathon Unplugged Unplugged”
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