A few weeks ago, Travis Lee from WMTW 8 News came out to our Tuesday Night Trail Run with a camera and a wireless mic. The story ran tonight on the 6:00 news: After putting on the largest barefoot/minimalist race in the country a few months ago, Maine is getting some attention as an area…
The Beach to Beacon 10k is the largest race in Maine and is a great destination race. A first-class competitive field of both elite and local athletes lead the way through a picturesque waterfront town in this point to point race. Unfortunately, the Beach to Beacon can be difficult to get into. Race registration closed…
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…
Dave McGillivray is a familiar face in New England, putting on races such as the Boston Marathon and the Beach to Beacon. He’s about to add the Mount Washington Road Race to his company’s schedule. Bob Teschek from Granite State Race Services has been directing the race since 1982, but he is stepping down as…
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…
Getting home late at night isn’t all that uncommon…I usually get out of work at about the time that I’d prefer to be eating dinner in an ideal world, and most nights will then coach and/or run before I head home. If you are as busy as I tend to be, you might not get…
This weekend I ran the Black Fly In My Eye 10 Miler at the base of Mount Washington. My wife and I didn’t decide we were going to run this until Friday morning, but we had a general idea that we might throughout the week after being offered a ride by fellow Trail Monster Ryan…
Pete Magill and Grace Padilla offer some tips on how to incorporate 5 different types of hill workouts into your training schedule to build strength, speed and endurance in a short time in this 9 minute video: The dialog is a little corny at times, but it’s amusing to watch and they offer some great…
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…
Jeremy Litchfield, the founder of Atayne, was recently on Fox 23 to talk about bringing his company back to Maine. He started his company after going out for a run in a hot day and getting covered in dye from the shirt, which made him realize most performance sports apparal doesn’t fit in with his…