A few months ago I was scrolling Strava, as I do far too much during any given day, and came across a person in the CVR feed who posted a run in Bermuda. Having never been to Bermuda, I was struck by how much of the island his fairly shortish run covered. “I bet aContinue reading “1/13 – 1/15/23: Bermuda Triangle Challenge”
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11/24/22: Turkey Trot 4 Hope
After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Turkey Trot 4 Hope returned for Thanksgiving 2022. I enjoyed this race in 2019, as a nice kickoff to the busy holiday weekend. My expectations for this race were a bit different than the first time around. In 2019 I was coming off my firstContinue reading “11/24/22: Turkey Trot 4 Hope”
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”
3/27/22: Kaynor’s Sap Run
I was ambivalent about this race in the weeks leading up. On the one hand, this is an “old friend” race; in this case, the first 10K I ever ran, back in 2019. On the other hand: it’s an hour from Montpelier, gas is really expensive, it was supposed to be snowy and windy, theContinue reading “3/27/22: Kaynor’s Sap Run”
11/13/21: The Race For DFL
This is a race that was not even on my radar – in fact, I had never heard of it – even two months ago. I didn’t decide to enter until three weeks ago. I didn’t have time to implement any sort of training plan. Yet on this Saturday morning, I was at Chesterfield GorgeContinue reading “11/13/21: The Race For DFL”
11/6/21: Fallen Leaves 5K #1
The past few years I have noticed October being unseasonably warm. And also the last few years I have noticed a rapid transition to colder temperatures in November. I remember this most because the Fallen Leaves races have been accompanied by cold temperatures and sometimes snow. The 2019 races in particular featured Arctic weather. TheContinue reading “11/6/21: Fallen Leaves 5K #1”
4/24/21: Paul Mailman Ten Miler
What a difference two weeks, or three miles, or 15 degrees (or all of the above) makes. I was looking forward to this year’s Paul Mailman as an opportunity for growth and redemption. Growth in the sense that I would be able to measure continued improvement on this course. As you may remember, my firstContinue reading “4/24/21: Paul Mailman Ten Miler”
2020 Year in Review: October to December
As October begins and fall starts to settle in, it’s natural to think of the year as winding down. From a running stand point, things were still pedal to the medal. For one thing, there were two virtual races and one live race on the docket. The live race and one of the virtuals wereContinue reading “2020 Year in Review: October to December”
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”
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