Category: Running Adventures
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Winchester Highlands Sunday Long Run
Melrose Running Club Sunday Long Run Week 6 This past year I have been focused on 5K races. In order to get 50 races run in one year I had to stay focused and avoid injury. Sunday Long Runs, marathons and half marathons are not a great way to avoid injury. I’m near the end…
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USA Running
USA Running Heat Map While looking at my long run details on Garmin Connect, I noticed the local heat map. I zoomed out and saw the Boston area heat map. I started looking at different areas and found that the running heat really drops off north of Boston. Nothing shows up in Portland, Bangor, Manchester…
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Middlesex Fells Trail Run
Middlesex Fells Summer Trail Run Series This trail run series is sponsored by Marathon Sports, Massachusetts dcr and 0600 Conditioning. Each week Marathon Sports has different vendors set up a table and give out cool stuff. This week we had Darn Tough Vermont and Cliff Bar. Cliff had tons of items for us to take…
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BAA 10K 2015
What a day for a race! I awoke at 1:30 AM to the sound of rain through my open windows. I knew Tropical Storm Bill was coming, but had remained optimistic that TS Bill would somehow miss us. I finally got up around 5:30 and started my routine. I had gathered my gear Saturday night,…
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Boston JP Morgan Corp Challenge
Boston JP Morgan Corp Challenge returns Now in it’s 32nd year, the Boston JP Morgan Corp Challenge attracted 9,000 runners from 520 Boston area companies. This year funds from the race will support The Catholic Schools Foundation. The Foundation’s Inner-City Scholarship Fund provides partial scholarships so that children in the Archdiocese of Boston can attend…
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OMG I’m running a half marathon
Last night I remembered that I have a half marathon on Sunday. Not just any marathon but the Great Bay Half Marathon. Last year I ran the “Beyond The Rainbow“ 5K. I had one of my best 5Ks ever, helped partly by starting at the front of the race. For some crazy reason I thought…