2011 Gansett Marathon

A couple of weeks ago I ran the first Gansett Marathon, which was the second annual race as it was moved from last year’s location in Exeter, Rhode Island to Naragansett to accommodate a larger field. This year’s race was just as well organized as last...

2011 Boston Marathon Race Results

Patriot’s Day means the Boston Marathon here in New England, when countless throngs line the streets between Hopkinton and Beantown and cheer on thousands of runners as they make their way along. I’ve run Boston twice, and I honestly think that I prefer...

NJ Ultra Festival – Marathon

Since a 100 mile race wasn’t in the cards given that I hadn’t done the training I had wanted to over the previous 5 months, I got to run a marathon instead with a friend of mine. The last time we had run a marathon together had been in 2006, so we were...

Ghost Town 38.5 – Course Flyover

A couple of weeks ago I got to run the last Ghost Town 38.5 (click here for my race report) which takes the runners up Highway 152 for 6 miles and then sends them off into the Gila National Forest for the majority of the race before turning us around and sending us...

2011 Bradbury Squall – My First Snowshoe Race

I went into the 2011 Bradbury Squall having no idea about what to expect, having never run a snowshoe race before and having run an ultramarathon the previous weekend. Since I didn’t know how long it would take me, how fast I could run, or how I would compare to the other runners, I just wanted to finish in the top third of all finishers and called that good for my goal going into the race. It was a good race, with a start and finished on groomed double track and the majority of the race taking place on single track.

The Ghost Town 38.5

I had the privilege of running the final edition of the Ghost Town 38.5 this January, and it was a lot of fun and involved eating a lot of really good food…well, at least before and after the race. There was plenty of food available during the race as well, but...