As I go through the week, I find a lot of trivia, fun articles and news bits that are worth sharing, so this week I’ve actually kept track a little bit. Sometimes a track workout leaves you sweaty. And sometimes, that sweat gets left on the track in your own image. (See More) It took [...]
Read More...Last week I skipped the Weekly Back Cove Series since I knew that I’d run faster than I should right after my 50k. There were 169 people that braved the weather, but the storms held off in Portland long enough for the racers to stay dry. Nick Wheeler (16:21) and Christine Irish (20:04) both ran [...]
Read More...Daniel Quintanilla got some footage of last weekend’s ultramarathon out on Great Cranberry Island and put together a nice 5 minute video to give you a good sampling of what the island race is all about:
Read More...Ever wonder what it takes to run an ultramarathon? Timmy O’Neill decides to hire Scott Jurek and find out: (Source: Cedar Wright)
Read More...The Great Cranberry Island 50k is a race that you should add to your list of races you need to run at least once. I really wasn’t sure what to expect going into the race. It starts at 11:30 in the morning on a small island off the coast of Maine, where you run multiple [...]
Read More...The Bradbury Scuffle is now in it’s third year, and is probably my favorite trail race. No, let me rephrase that…it is definitely my favorite trail race. We were running a wee bit late out of the house on the way there, and it took a while to find someplace to stow the car at [...]
Read More...My friend and local Maine Track Club membership chair Sandra Walton asked me recently about my Atayne shirts and what I thought about how well they wicked sweat away from you. I’ve never really noticed a problem with my shirts. I’ll be the first to acknowledging that the shirts are a little heavier than some [...]
Read More...The weather was relatively cool last night at the 10th Back Cove 5k, hovering in the mid-70s (which is nice compared to the past few weeks), but the humidity was much higher than I was expecting it to be. I went out right where I wanted to be with a 5:33, after which I passed [...]
Read More...As a fan and spectator, the Utica BoilerMaker had what you really want to see at the finish line of any race, a 3 way sprint into a new course record: This year’s Boilermaker had a record field of 11,524, and both men’s and women’s course records fell. Lelisa Desisa won the race in 42:46, [...]
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