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”
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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”
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”
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”
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”
10/31/20 Autumn Onion, 11/1/20 Fallen Leaves 5K
Following the Unplugged Half Marathon, this week was destined to be a recovery week. It actually feels like we are moving into recovery months, as the days are short now and not conducive to longer running. As the snow and ice comes, the sidewalks will be treacherous. Last winter I put a lot of milesContinue reading “10/31/20 Autumn Onion, 11/1/20 Fallen Leaves 5K”
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”
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”
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