Hello again, dear readers! In the months since our last checkin, I decided to finally register for my second 50K race. My first was at Pineland, in New Gloucester Maine, in 2023. That didn’t go as well as I had hoped, and I vowed at the time that it would not be my only 50KContinue reading “9/18/25: Racing as Training”
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Why I Decided to Fire My (Virtual) Coach
Last August, I broke my Garmin watch while playing catcher for my “old men” baseball team. In 2019 I bought a Forerunner 35 as my first runner’s watch, one that I selected because it was the simplest model available at the time. I wanted a watch that would record my distance and pace, and captureContinue reading “Why I Decided to Fire My (Virtual) Coach”
September 2024: A Tale of Two Trail Races
I’m going to pinball around 2024 a little bit as I catch up on this blog. I don’t plan to recap everything from 2024, but there are a few races to comment on, including these two very different trail races in September. The summer of 2024 was peppered with races that were not quite whatContinue reading “September 2024: A Tale of Two Trail Races”
10/20/24: Rome Half Marathon
This one was a win for the algorithm. Sometime early in 2024, a race ad came across my Facebook feed, as has happened many times in recent years. “Announcing the Roma Half Marathon.” As readers of this blog are aware, Katie and I love a good destination race. Readers may not know that I loveContinue reading “10/20/24: Rome Half Marathon”
5/5/24: Maine Coast Marathon
After four months of training, race day finally arrived, with pretty much ideal running conditions. Mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the low 50s, no rain. This of course was my biggest concern for the whole race. After getting burned by heat and sunshine the past two years, I really wanted comfortable weather for my nextContinue reading “5/5/24: Maine Coast Marathon”
4/14/24 Training Update, and Kaynors Sap Run
I’ve officially completed 15 weeks of the 18-week training plan, and things are going fairly well. Yesterday was the last long run of the cycle. And now we’re on to taper for three weeks before the race on May 5. This is my second marathon. For the first one in 2022 I followed a 12-weekContinue reading “4/14/24 Training Update, and Kaynors Sap Run”
10/8/23: Land Of Light 25K
This was the second year running of this unique race in my home town, which I learned about through a Facebook push last year. There are a variety of choices to be had, from a 100K bike/run duathalon, to a not-quite-25K trail running race at several locations, to relays for both. I wanted to doContinue reading “10/8/23: Land Of Light 25K”
(Mostly) Finishing up 2023
My intention is to be focused on the present with this blog in 2024, but a big part of our history here is race recaps, and it feels unfinished with all the missing races in 2023. So rather than reflections on last weekend’s long run, let’s get caught up. 9/2/23: Northfield 5K: Things seemed toContinue reading “(Mostly) Finishing up 2023”
3/11/24: Time for an Update
2023 turned out to be not-the-bloggiest year for me. I’m planning to change that for 2024. First on the agenda, training updates. In January I registered to run my second marathon, the Maine Coast Marathon in Wells, Maine. Pretty much as soon as my first marathon ended in 2022 I knew I wanted to runContinue reading “3/11/24: Time for an Update”
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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