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”
Tag Archives: Personal Record
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”
9/5/20: 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”
7/14/20: CVR Participation Series Capital City Stampede
One thing I am learning this summer: CVR really likes the Montpelier Bike Path. Last year I started running Tuesday Fun Runs on the bike path. The Fallen Leaves 5Ks run up and down the bike path. The Paul Mailman races go up and down the bike path. And the Capital City Stampede? Yep, theContinue reading “7/14/20: CVR Participation Series Capital City Stampede”
6/25/20: CVR Participation Series/Berlin Pond 5 Mile
As mentioned previously, Central Vermont Runners has cancelled all scheduled races through the end of August, and replaced them with what they are calling the Participation Series. The Participation Series is designed to encourage, well, participation more so than actual competition. In contrast to the previous virtual race series, the Participation Series requires participants toContinue reading “6/25/20: CVR Participation Series/Berlin Pond 5 Mile”
6/13/20: Whiskey Run 5K Virtual Race
As far as virtual races go, this one is extremely virtual. And yet also quite rewarding. A few weeks ago I saw an ad on Facebook for the Whiskey Run 5K virtual race. Basically if you click on one of these things, you’ll see ads for all of them. I clicked on one a fewContinue reading “6/13/20: Whiskey Run 5K Virtual Race”
6/11/20 Training Update: Mixing It Up
It’s been another week of enjoying the freedom of not “training” for anything. Other than one last CVR Social Distancing race, which turned into a bit of a disappointment, I have felt free to not put any pressure on myself. And it’s been great. CVR has cancelled all races through August, and has a newContinue reading “6/11/20 Training Update: Mixing It Up”
5/28/20 Training Update: Morning Run = Morning Fun
So this is going to be a post about fun. Or at least, a post about running making me feel good. My last post, the Vermont City Marathon Virtual Half Marathon recap, was not exactly filled with joy. I had followed a plan to have a great race, and didn’t have a great race. And,Continue reading “5/28/20 Training Update: Morning Run = Morning Fun”
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