Oof! It’s been a minute since I wrote my last update. Here’s the 2021 finale. After a lost September, I started October with a seven-mile run, and was basically back to my normal running schedule. Early in the month I swapped out my hard cast for a removable soft one, which made everything that muchContinue reading “2021 Year in Review: October to December”
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12/31/21: New Year’s Eve 5K
The return to an “old friend” race that is significant to me in my running history. Three years ago, this was the first race I decided to run on my own, and the first CVR race I ever attended. I didn’t know what I was doing, and I didn’t know anybody there (other than aContinue reading “12/31/21: New Year’s Eve 5K”
11/20/21: Fallen Leaves #3
The 2021 race season came to an end (I think) with the third Fallen Leaves 5K of the year. In race #1 I maintained my streak of running each race faster than the one before. I missed race #2 due to the Race For DFL. The latter race would have an impact on my chaseContinue reading “11/20/21: Fallen Leaves #3”
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”
10/31/21: Autumn Onion 5K
There are races that you do to race, and there are races you do for fun. And while in some “fun” races you try to be competitive, others are really best considered as nothing but fun. A Halloween 5K in costumes? In the pouring rain? I mean, if you can’t let your competitive spirit takeContinue reading “10/31/21: Autumn Onion 5K”
10/17/21: Heady Trotter Four Miler
Over this past weekend, I had friends who: ran a half marathon, ran a full marathon, ran a 50K ultramarathon, and ran a ridiculous 100-mile race. I had a friend who ran a five-plus mile race, but it went up an 1,100-foot mountain twice, the day before running the same race I did. The raceContinue reading “10/17/21: Heady Trotter Four Miler”
9/22/21: Sodom Pond Four Mile Run
In starting this post, I feel like I am remiss in writing a race recap without having given a training update for a few weeks. Nevertheless, this is where we are. It turns out that it’s easier to run with a broken wrist than it is to type. My last post was nearly a monthContinue reading “9/22/21: Sodom Pond Four Mile Run”
8/12/21: Berlin Pond 5Miler
This day brought the opportunity to relive another race that I had only done once before, and under less-favorable circumstances. The Berlin Pond Five Mile Run was the first race I ran in coming back from my broken ankle in 2019. My modest goal for that race was to finish in under 50 minutes, orContinue reading “8/12/21: Berlin Pond 5Miler”
6/26/21: Bear Swamp Race
I wasn’t 100% sure I would run this race, landing as it did just a week after the Gunstock TrailFest, but I was feeling good so I decided to sign up for the 2021 Bear Swamp Run, and Katie signed up with me. The Bear Swamp is usually run the week after July 4, butContinue reading “6/26/21: Bear Swamp Race”
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