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Category: Rants, pontifications and general mayhem
Cresting Hills
Sunday we ran our final long run before the Boston Marathon. 12.58 miles of hills and good company. There is great joy in being out on a long run with friends on a great day. The freedom experienced while running is unlike anything else I have experienced. Feeling the sun on your face and the air…
50 5Ks and beyond
Race Name Date Location Finish time Result Mystic’s Lake Q 5K 9/17/14 Wakefield 21:39 14th Granara-Skerry 5K 9/27/14 Medford 21:33 29th Baystate Marathon 10/19/14 Lowell 3:49:27 701st Mystic’s Lake Q 5K 10/22/14 Wakefield * * Melrose YMCA Spooky Sprint 5K 10/25/14 Melrose 21:37 2nd Place M50-59 5K Stride for the Saugus Y 11/8/14 Saugus 23:29…
Quest for 50 5Ks
The Quest for 50 5Ks is coming to a close Tonight I’ll be running my 50th official race since turning 50 last September. There were times I thought that I’d never make it. When the snow banks were over 6′ high and the tempts were 20º low, it looked doubtful. A managed to have a…
5K number 48
5K 48 has been run! I ran race number 48 Wednesday night at Lake Q with the Mystics. We had a good crew show up and very good conditions. I wore my new Saucony Kinvara 5 shoes and felt pretty good. This was my first race and first run in these shoes and I wasn’t…
Brendans Home Run 5K
Brendans Home Run 5K This was the 14th running of the 5K in honor of Brendan Grant, and my second race of the day. I’m working on 50 races by September 4th and the timing seemed right for this race. In 2014 I ran the BAA 10K and then drove to the Smuttynose Brewery in…
A Few Good Races
A surge in interest for local races has created a surge in prices also.