I’ve officially completed 15 weeks of the 18-week training plan, and things are going fairly well. Yesterday was the last long run of the cycle. And now we’re on to taper for three weeks before the race on May 5. This is my second marathon. For the first one in 2022 I followed a 12-weekContinue reading “4/14/24 Training Update, and Kaynors Sap Run”
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10/8/23: Land Of Light 25K
This was the second year running of this unique race in my home town, which I learned about through a Facebook push last year. There are a variety of choices to be had, from a 100K bike/run duathalon, to a not-quite-25K trail running race at several locations, to relays for both. I wanted to doContinue reading “10/8/23: Land Of Light 25K”
9/10/22: Groton Forest 15-mile Trail Race
In many ways, this race is very similar to the Moosalamoo “Baby Moose” race a couple of months ago: similar distance, some hills, mixed terrain. But in every way, this one turned out quite different. This was the second year in a row that Katie and I signed up for this race. But circumstances happenedContinue reading “9/10/22: Groton Forest 15-mile Trail Race”
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”
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)”
6/19/21: Gunstock TrailFest 10K Peak-to-Peak
We celebrated Katie’s birthday with a weekend in the lovely Lakes Region of Vermont to participate in the Gunstock TrailFest. There are approximately ten races over the two days. Saturday included a 5K, with or without dogs, a kids run, a 1.5-mile race to the top of Gunstock Mountain, and our race, a 10K Peak-to-PeakContinue reading “6/19/21: Gunstock TrailFest 10K Peak-to-Peak”
5/11/21: Adamant Half Marathon
Just two weeks after the Paul Mailman Ten Miler, the next race in the CVR season is the Adamant Half Marathon and Relay, which starts and finishes in the lovely village of Adamant in Calais, Vermont. The course is a figure 8 with an 8-mile loop through East Montpelier followed by a 5.1-mile loop throughContinue reading “5/11/21: Adamant Half Marathon”
12/1/20 Training Update: The Winding Down
Some say that time is a human construct that doesn’t really exist in the natural world. I don’t know about that, but I do know that the calendar is a human construct. We find it helpful for planning and organizing our lives, but nature knows nothing of the calendar. It’s not like anything actually stopsContinue reading “12/1/20 Training Update: The Winding Down”
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”
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