Have you participated in the Mud Hog Trail Race yet? This year’s event is scheduled for August 9th, and I’m planning on heading over with Erin to help out and to do some camping (there’s a Rib Fest the day before, can’t miss out on that!) Here’s some info from Matt Hartman, the race director: [...]
Read More...In another wind-aided run of 100 meters, Tyson Gay ran (as I like to put it) not quite slow to finish in 9.75 seconds. That’s the 7th fastest 100 meters ever run under any conditions, although it is not eligible for the record books given the assist from Mother Nature. He only ran the first [...]
Read More...It’s been about a month since the Pineland Farms Trail Challenge on Memorial Day weekend, and the official photographs are now available. I’ve also done my best compiling all of the race reports that I could find as well as any other sources of photos. So far, my count is up to a dozen race [...]
Read More...175 runners were met with some fog at the Back Cove this evening, with Michael Payson leading the way by bringing in this year’s fastest time to date: 16:11. Curtis Wheeler was chasing him down, a mere 9 seconds back. Abbey Gosling again won the women’s race, this week in 19:20. Kellie Stratton debuted on [...]
Read More...This Saturday a group of us went to Sunday River to map out some possible trail race courses and see what was available by foot. Most of what Erik knew about the trails came from skiers and mountain bikers, so it was important that we check out what was actually possible and workable by foot. [...]
Read More...I recently received this question in an email from one of my readers, Tom Hoffman, and it seems particularly relevant to me given this weekend’s workout. I really enjoyed your last email regarding the importance of the easy days. I’m sure that for most runners that ran competitively through HS and College, the concept of [...]
Read More...This morning, my friend Erik Boucher picked me up and we went up to Sunday River to scout some trails for the Mountain Epic trail races next Autumn. The original plan had been for a half dozen of the Trail Monsters to head up and spend two days on the mountain, but with the Mount [...]
Read More...Under some blue skies and lots of wind, there were 161 runners out in the 70 degree temperatures for tonight’s Back Cove 5k. Scott Gorneau ran it in with Kurt Wente in 17:18 and 17:28 (respectively); this is Scott’s second race this season after having not run since the first week. Abbey Gosling had a [...]
Read More...Last year, the Mountain Epic took place at Sunday River, a race that brings the runner about 4 miles as they ascend and then descend a peak before going through an obstacle course and mud pit. This year, there may very well be the existing 1 peak and an additional 5 peak or 8 peak [...]
Read More...This year’s Lewiston/Auburn Triple Crown 5k Race Series has now gotten underway with this morning’s YMCA Fit Fest. The race saw some tremendous growth, with over twice as many finishers this year as there was last year (534 and 249, respectively.) Henry Gaudion made the trip all the way from Dover-Foxcroft to win the race [...]
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