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Posts Tagged ‘5k’


2011 Pineland Farms Festival of Running

Memorial Day Weekend is the official start to Tourist Season in Maine. What better way to celebrate that then by taking part in the Pineland Farms Festival of Running? The Pineland Farms races began as a small event, and has grown to be a family friendly 2-day event that hosts around 1200 runners in 7 [...]

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3rd Annual Reiche International 5k

Next Sunday, October 17th is the 3rd Annual Reiche International 5K. Last year there were 185 runners that completed the fast and mostly flat course for a race that celebrates all of the 30 different nationalities that attend Reiche Elementary School.

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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 13 of 17

Temperatures in the upper 80s with a fair bit of humidity made things a bit toasty this week at the Back Cove 5k, but Andrew Clemence (17:13) and Christine Irish (19:56) didn’t let that slow them down as they both won their races by over a minute. 186 people finished the race on Wednesday night, [...]

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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 12 of 17

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 [...]

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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 10 of 17

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 [...]

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Trash Running the 4th of July (2010)

The 4th of July is the most popular day to hold a road race in the United States, but this year I didn’t feel like racing. Fortunately, my friend Jeremy at Atayne didn’t either so he decided to put on a trash run behind the runners at the L.L. Bean 10k! We collected 4 bags [...]

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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 8 of 17

Beautiful weather and a strong field led to 9 finishers under 18 minutes last night with Claton Conrad winning the race in 16:19 by over 40 seconds. Erin Lane was the only woman under 20 minutes as she finished with her husband and daughter in 19:53. There were 244 finishers in the race. I just [...]

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2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Weeks 5 Through 7 of 17

The past 3 weeks, I’ve tried running with a different crowd but they leave at 5:30 so I’m always a minute or two late trying to get there from work. This week I parked a few miles away and ran towards them so that I could actually get a run in with them, which worked [...]

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