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8/15/19: Berlin Pond 5 Mile

Having set my sites on the Berlin Pond race in August, and with the leg feeling pretty good for the most part, I started training regularly. I was running 3-4 times per week, mostly 3.5 – 4.5 runs with a couple of longer loops mixed in. My goal was to build up stamina rather thanContinue reading “8/15/19: Berlin Pond 5 Mile”

5/16/19 – Corporate Cup

As regular readers of this blog will have gathered, the Corporate Cup was a milestone race for me. It’s a big deal in Montpelier – 2,500+ runners alone, and another 1,500+ walkers – and in our office, where we regularly enter six or seven (three-person) running or walking teams. It was the first 5K raceContinue reading “5/16/19 – Corporate Cup”

4/27/19: Paul Mailman 10 Mile

Because I am writing this months later I can’t really pinpoint the time, but somewhere along the way in the late winter/early spring of 2019 this definitely became about more than just running some 5Ks. The 5K gave way to the 10K, which then got me thinking about the next race on the list, aContinue reading “4/27/19: Paul Mailman 10 Mile”

3/24/19 – Kaynor’s Sap Run

After a couple months break due to the fact that it was winter, the next race in the CVR series was the Kaynor’s Sap Run in Westford, Vermont. This was a five-mile race on dirt roads, longer than I had ever run before, at least outside. In the weeks leading up to the race, inContinue reading “3/24/19 – Kaynor’s Sap Run”

12/31/18: NYE 5K

The running became Running on this day, I think. Unlike the year before, the weather on New Years Eve was very favorable in Montpelier, with temps in the low 30s and the streets fairly clear of snow and ice. I had the day of and so walked downtown to the Pavilion to sign up forContinue reading “12/31/18: NYE 5K”

I was never a runner

Ever. I loved playing sports as a kid; baseball, football, basketball. I got fat as an adult and then unfat. I like cycling and hiking and skiing. Not running. I moved to Vermont in 2014, and in 2015 took part in my first Corporate Cup. It’s a 5K race in Montpelier, running and walking divisions.Continue reading “I was never a runner”