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Hangover Classic 2018
The Hangover Classic 2018 was held on one of the coldest January 1st on record. New Year’s Day in New England is guaranteed to be a cold day, it’s just a matter of how cold. I’ve run The Hangover Classic 10K six times since 2011. It’s one of my favorite races for a number of reasons.…
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Tuesday Night Hard Easy Run
Even though I’m on vacation this week, I still went over to Melrose for our Tuesday Night Club Run. About a dozen people showed up and I think six of us ran. It was the smallest club run that I can recall. Even when we had sub-zero wind chill and blowing snow, we still had…
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Honolulu Marathon 2017
Hawai’i Dreamin! On occasion I’ve written about destination races. In 2017 I finally signed up for and ran my first official destination marathon: The Honolulu Marathon! Hawai’i always seemed too far to travel and has a reputation for being expensive. Lucky for me, my sister recently moved to Hawai’i and I was able to book a…
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COOLER WEATHER PREDICTING FAST TIMES IN HONOLULU
Honolulu Marathon 2017 weather forecast
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Cambridge Winter Classic 2017
This was my fourth running in five years of the Cambridge Winter Classic 5K. The race always takes place on the first or second Sunday in December. Early in December you can get a relatively mild day or the deep freeze. This year it was relatively mild at 39° and a light breeze. If this…
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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…