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”
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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”
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”
June 18, 2022: Birdland Trail 5K
For my first race, post-marathon, I chose one almost literally in my back yard: the Birdland 5K at North Branch Park, sponsored by Onion River Outdoors. The marathon left me with a painful IT band and lower right leg inflammation – more accurately, training for the marathon started these problems – so I took someContinue reading “June 18, 2022: Birdland Trail 5K”
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”
6/14/21 Training Update: Prepped for Gunstock
A couple of months ago I was perusing Facebook, which informed me that one of my friends “liked” the Gunstock Trail Fest, a weekend-long series of trail running races in the Laconia, New Hampshire area. The festival looked interesting, but wasn’t something I was seriously considering. However Katie was looking for a trail race toContinue reading “6/14/21 Training Update: Prepped for Gunstock”
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