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”
Tag Archives: Trail Race
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”
10/8/23: 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”
5/27/23: Pineland Trail Festival 50K
I was surprised when I last checked in to realize that I had not yet written about this race. I am also surprised that it’s been two and a half months since I wrote that post. So I guess it’s time to play catchup. Let’s get to it. Back in 2021, Katie and I enjoyedContinue reading “5/27/23: Pineland Trail Festival 50K”
11/5/22: RUTfest
Following the Fallen Leaves 5K, Katie and I went home to gather our stuff for RUTfest, the trail running festival put on by the Richmond Trail Running Club. This is a 37-hour festival, from 6 am Saturday to 6 pm Sunday, with an additional hour due to the end of Daylight Savings Time. It’s moreContinue reading “11/5/22: RUTfest”
10/2/22: Bolton Valley Three Peaks Challenge
This is a race I was looking forward to since it was announced a few months back: Bolton Valley ski resort, where Katie and I have held season passes for the past few years, was going to host a 20K race up and down each of its three ski peaks. What an opportunity to reallyContinue reading “10/2/22: Bolton Valley Three Peaks Challenge”
9/10/22: Groton Forest 15-mile Trail Race
In many ways, this race is very similar to the Moosalamoo “Baby Moose” race a couple of months ago: similar distance, some hills, mixed terrain. But in every way, this one turned out quite different. This was the second year in a row that Katie and I signed up for this race. But circumstances happenedContinue reading “9/10/22: Groton Forest 15-mile Trail Race”
8/13/22: Six Hours on Lovers Lane
A different sort of race. Run the same loop over and over as many times as you can over the course of six hours. Whoever runs the most laps wins. Is this a test of one’s mental and physical fortitude, or a guaranteed descent into madness? Only one way to find out. Last year myContinue reading “8/13/22: Six Hours on Lovers Lane”
7/30/22: Moosalamoo “Baby Moose”
In life, there’s a distinction to be made between things not going right, and things going wrong. If things don’t go right, nothing really bad happens, but nothing good happens either. If things go wrong, something bad happens. Maybe more than one “something bad.” A good recent race example of the former would be theContinue reading “7/30/22: Moosalamoo “Baby Moose””
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