Tag: fall races
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Feaster Five Thanksgiving 5 Miler 2017
The Feaster Five Thanksgiving 5 Miler and 5K celebrated their 30th running this Thanksgiving! A few remarkable observations provided by The Feaster Five: • We had a remarkable number of entrants…9,966! That is an increase of more than 10% from last year, and that happened when the number of entrants in most races is falling…
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BAA Half Marathon 2017
The inaugural BAA Half Marathon was run in 2001. That year Wayne Levy (JAM) was the men’s champion at 1:10:57, and the women’s champion was Sarah Nixon (USA) at 1:21:16. Sarah was also the champion in 2002. The finish times have steadily improved and in 2013 Lelisa Desisa (ETH) set a blistering course record of 1:00:34! The BAA…
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Smuttynose Rockfest Half Marathon 2017
The Smuttynose Rockfest Half is one of my favorite half marathons. 2017 is the third time I’ve run this seacoast race and the slowest I’ve run this race. Racing to New Hampshire The race director encouraged everyone to get to Hampton Beach by 6AM. Parking is always tight when you have 6,000 runners and their…
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Cambridge Fall Classic 5K 2017
It sure didn’t feel like the Cambridge Fall Classic 5K. While my phone reported 64°, the 98% humidity made it feel like a Summer race. This year I ran the Cambridge Fall Classic 5K by myself, if you don’t count the other 1,063 runners. I usually run with Team Slow and Thirsties, but no one…
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Assault on Mt Hood XI
Assault on Mt Hood Presented by the Melrose Running Club at Mt. Hood Golf Course in conjunction with the Melrose Fish and Game Club, the Assault on Mt Hood begins at Noon on December 12th. Now in its 11th year, this 3.5 mile cross-country race draws runners from all over Eastern Mass and Southern New Hampshire.…
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Why I Love Saturday Races
It seems that the majority of races are on Sunday. I don’t know if race organizers feel that Saturday races interfere with errands and kids sports events or if it’s just easier to get a permit for a Sunday. I love Saturday Races Why you may ask? A Saturday race forces me to get up…