Archive for July, 2009


2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 12

152 ran ahead of the rain in humid weather in the low 70s last night during the Weekly Back Cove 5k. Ed Parrot won his debut weekly 5k appearance with a time of 17:20. Emily Durgin repeated her performance from 2 weeks ago, winning the women’s race in 18:36. cutting 20 seconds off of her [...]

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Emily’s Run 5k (2009)

Emily’s Run this weekend marks the 2nd of 3 races in the Triple Crown 5k Race Series, and despite the rain the race saw a record attendance of 581 runners. Times were a little slower this year but both races were close, with Corey Bean and Ryan Fitzsimons racing neck and neck through the finish [...]

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2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 11

200 runners took part in last night’s Back Cove race, enjoying the sunny temperatures in the low 70s in downtown Portland. (Somebody pretending to be) Jorma Kurry ran for the first time this year, finishing first in 16:32 with nobody anywhere near him. Abbey Gosling has started a new win streak with her 19 minute [...]

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2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 10

This week’s Back Cove race consisted of 214 runners braving temperatures in the low 70s with clear skies. Curtis Wheeler led the way handily, winning the race in 16:59. Abbey Gosling‘s win streak was broken, however, as her time of 18:50 was 25 seconds behind Emily Durgin‘s 18:25. Abbey’s 1:54:41 overall time on the leaderboard [...]

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Bradbury Scuffle 6 Mile Trail Race (2009)

This past weekend was the second annual Bradbury Scuffle. It was an absolutely beautiful day, and by beautiful I mean in the traditional sunny sense and not in the rainy way that it was beautiful last year. We still had plenty of mud, though, because before the race there had been maybe 4 days of [...]

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What’s Better, 1 Run Per Day or 2 Runs Per Day?

I sometimes confuse people when they ask me how many times I run per week and I tell them that it’s usually somewhere between 8 and 10 times. It’s hard to grasp for some folks that there are occasions when you might want to run 2 or even 3 times in the same day (not [...]

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2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 9

142 people braved the weather this evening, although the rain held off until after the race was over. Curtis Wheeler ran ahead of Noah Schoneberg, only beating him by 2 seconds in 16:51. Abbey Gosling continued her trend of leading the women with her time of 19:04. For myself, I got in an almost 7 [...]

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Beach to Beacon will Feature an Atayne Trash Run!

Weren’t able to get into the Beach to Beacon before registration closed (which happened in a mere couple of minutes this year)? Well, there’s still an opportunity to run, thanks to my friends at Atayne. Last year, Atayne adopted the Maine Marathon and sent a few runners along the course after everybody to help pick [...]

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2009 Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 8

188 runners made their way out in the fog and wind last night to compete in cool temperatures that hovered right around 60 degrees. Claton Conrad took it out in about the same pace as last week’s race, finishing only 2 seconds slower in 16:13 for his 1st trip around the Back Cove this season. [...]

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