My habit of training and racing without a real plan came into sharp relief this week when I found myself running 5K races on back-to-back days. I didn’t come into the week planning to do this. I didn’t really have a plan at all coming into the week. But we will get to what happenedContinue reading “7/21/20 CVR PS Barre Town Spring Run 5K; 7/22/20 CVR PS Northfield Savings Bank 5K”
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7/18/20: CVR Participation Series Paul Mailman 10 Mile Race
For my next race in the CVR Participation Series, I went for another bite at the Paul Mailman Ten Miler. You may recall that this was my first-ever long race last year. You may also recall that I ran the course in honor of the cancelled race in April. Now taking it on for aContinue reading “7/18/20: CVR Participation Series Paul Mailman 10 Mile Race”
7/14/20: CVR Participation Series Capital City Stampede
One thing I am learning this summer: CVR really likes the Montpelier Bike Path. Last year I started running Tuesday Fun Runs on the bike path. The Fallen Leaves 5Ks run up and down the bike path. The Paul Mailman races go up and down the bike path. And the Capital City Stampede? Yep, theContinue reading “7/14/20: CVR Participation Series Capital City Stampede”
7/3/20: Montpelier Mile 7/9/20: Bear Swamp Run(CVR Participation Series)
It’s been awhile since I posted here. I’ve been running, but I’ve also been really busy with work. It’s a challenge to fit everything in, so the blogging has taken a back seat in recent days. However fear not, dear reader, for I HAVE been running! I’ve been getting my 20+ miles per week in.Continue reading “7/3/20: Montpelier Mile 7/9/20: Bear Swamp Run(CVR Participation Series)”
6/30/20: CVR Participation Series/Paul Mailman 5K
I am already fully embracing the CVR Participation Race series. It’s so easy to squeeze almost all of these into my regular training schedule. 5 miler at Berlin Pond on a Thursday night? Easy peasy! Midweek 5K on the Paul Mailman course in town? Can do! Today was another “gotta go to the office” day.Continue reading “6/30/20: CVR Participation Series/Paul Mailman 5K”
6/25/20: CVR Participation Series/Berlin Pond 5 Mile
As mentioned previously, Central Vermont Runners has cancelled all scheduled races through the end of August, and replaced them with what they are calling the Participation Series. The Participation Series is designed to encourage, well, participation more so than actual competition. In contrast to the previous virtual race series, the Participation Series requires participants toContinue reading “6/25/20: CVR Participation Series/Berlin Pond 5 Mile”
6/13/20: Whiskey Run 5K Virtual Race
As far as virtual races go, this one is extremely virtual. And yet also quite rewarding. A few weeks ago I saw an ad on Facebook for the Whiskey Run 5K virtual race. Basically if you click on one of these things, you’ll see ads for all of them. I clicked on one a fewContinue reading “6/13/20: Whiskey Run 5K Virtual Race”
6/6/20: CVR 10K “Not Exactly Redemption” Virtual Race
Five weeks ago I ran a 10K race for the CVR series. I wasn’t incredibly-well prepared, particularly due to tired legs and warm temps, and recorded a disappointing time of over 58 minutes. I’ve run a couple more 10Ks in the past few weeks, one of which I set a new PR on, and oneContinue reading “6/6/20: CVR 10K “Not Exactly Redemption” Virtual Race”
5/30/20: CVR Social Distancing 10K Trail “Race”
I put “race” in quotation marks, because (as with others) the race signup was really just a vehicle to make sure I committed to the run. This was for all intents and purposes a fun run with some training elements. To the extent that the Social Distancing series is competitive, there was no way thatContinue reading “5/30/20: CVR Social Distancing 10K Trail “Race””
5/23/20: Vermont City Marathon relay substitute
Regular readers of this blog will know that, even before COVID-19 turned our world upside down, I’ve been looking forward to this weekend. The Vermont City Marathon. My best friend Brock and I were planning to run the half-and-half relay. When the race was postponed, I put it on my calendar to run a halfContinue reading “5/23/20: Vermont City Marathon relay substitute”
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