Category: Running Adventures
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Taper time for Bay of Fundy
It’s Taper Time again! Oh, Yeah! Like I’ve been training so hard that I need a taper! I just calculated my numbers since The Boston Marathon and it looks like I’m still in recovery mode. Since April 21st, I’ve run 98.39 miles. That’s 98.39 miles in 7 weeks! Sounds like a radio station, “Pudge 98.39, the…
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Boston’s Run to Remember 2014 Recap
Boston’s Run to Remember 2014 On Sunday May 25th, I ran Boston’s Run to Remember. The race is run out of the Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston. Temps were in the mid 50’s with a light breeze and overcast skies: A perfect day for a run. They had a Half Marathon and a 5…
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Double booked – again
Have you ever registered for two races on the same day? I don’t mean sitting at your computer registering for a bunch of races during lunch. I mean signing up to run two races on the same date. I did this once last year. I was signed up for the Smuttynose 6K and got an…
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Boston Running Traffic
Boston Running Traffic The map below shows running traffic in the Greater Boston Area over the past seven days. The heat map covers activity over the past 7 days through the Saturday before the Boston Marathon. Only runners with Garmin watches are included in this Boston Running Traffic map. The Esplanade area between the Mass…
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Boston Marathon Expo – 2014
Boston Marathon Expo highlights I went to the Expo Friday night. Last year I was there when it opened and greeted hundreds of runners as they arrived to pick up their packets. In years past I’ve gone on a Saturday. This year I took Friday off to go early, but had an afternoon conference call,…
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And the City Smiled
Boston Comes Alive! When you go to a race do you ever get the feeling that the city or town is consumed with the event? That they have been planning for us; they have been waiting for us. The big day has arrived and the pulse of the community has quickened with excitement. Towns Big and Small New Bedford is alive for…