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Posts Tagged ‘trails’


Mapping out Race Courses at Sunday River

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 [...]

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Runners Wanted…Have Trails…

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 [...]

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Lyme Disease Prevention for Trail Runners

I love where I live. Maine is called Vacationland for a reason, with many state and local parks and trails for a runner to explore. Unfortunately, one of the dangerous parts of taking advantage of such a setting is that you have to check yourself over for ticks. A few days after running a local [...]

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Blackstrap Hell Trail Video #2

Here is another video from the Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge, this time from gIANt Parlin. As in yesterday’s video, the transcription is after the break:

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Blackstrap Hell Trail Video

A video is now available from the Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge last month, put together by Jeff Walker using my footage and Ian Parlin’s photographs. He did a great job, and it’s too bad it took me so long to get him the video footage in the first place. I’ve also transcribed the spoken words [...]

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Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge (2008)

This past Sunday was the first Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge, which turned out to be 6 miles of slick, muddy, wet single track and bush whacking. The course was great; just to get to the starting line you had to walk through 6 inches of water. Of course, that stream wound up being very convenient [...]

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Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge

Looking for a good run this weekend in Southern Maine? The first Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge is this Sunday, November 16th, at 10:00 a.m. in Falmouth. The course is about 10 kilometers long, there are no aid stations, and the course runs the gamut from narrow single track to wide snowmobile trail, from open woods [...]

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Wicked Creepy Halloween Trail Run (2008)

Last Friday night, Halloween, my wife and I took part in the Wicked Creepy Trail Run put on by Doug and Hana Welling. I have some video shot from the start and finish, but I haven’t even had a chance to watch it so it will be a little while before I put something together [...]

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