Category: Running Adventures
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Lake Winnie Weekend
We had a great weekend in New Hampshire running the 24th Annual Fred Brown Lake Winnipesaukee Relay Race. The Melrose Running Club had four teams this year and we all ran pretty strong. Our fastest team came in 2nd out of 29 teams in their category (MIXED OPEN) and 17th out of 71 total teams.…
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Winnipesaukee Relay
Winnipesaukee Relay Race weekend This was a nice short week. I had Monday off for Labor Day and I took today off to head to New Hampshire for the Fred Brown Lake Winnipesaukee Relay Race. The race is this Saturday and is a sixty-six mile course around the entire lake. I’ve never run it before…
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A Night on The Town
A Night on the Town Last night after work a few of us went on a running tour of the bars in Boston. My friend had a colleague visiting from New York and she wanted to show him around. We ran down Mass Ave to Comm Ave and showed our guest the turns we take…
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Lobster Weekend
This weekend was the family reunion in Maine. We do this every summer but this year was my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary and their great-grand daughter’s 1st birthday. Lobster Feast We spent Saturday enjoying each others company and feasting all day. We started with steamed clams and mussels and then went to the freshest Alaska…
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Becoming a Runner
Becoming a Runner The 2003 Boston Marathon was an amazing experience. It was my first marathon AND it was Boston, the grand-daddy of them all. Well, except for that one in Greece. I was never an athlete growing up, and had never participated in anything as strenuous as a marathon before. When I crossed that finish…
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Notice to all 2012 Boston Marathon participants
The BAA posted this advisory to their website earlier today. I still plan on running the race but I will not be going for a PR. I think that saying that I survived and finished will be good enough. We may end up running the hottest Boston Marathon on record. Be safe. Originally posted April 14, 2012…