The Cox Sports Marathon (2009 Recap)

It has now been a week since the second running of the Cox Sports Marathon in Providence, Rhode Island. This is the race that I won last year, and I was looking to repeat again this year. New Course Analysis The course this year was completely different than last...

Portland Sea Dogs Mother’s Day 5k (2009)

Like last year, I volunteered at the race rather than running it. For the past couple of days I was (only slightly) regretting having committed to volunteering since I thought that 1 week post-marathon I’d be too sore to want to race a 5k, but I’ve been...

Pineland Farms Trail Challenge Filling Up Fast

Just a quick announcement to anybody interested in running at the Pineland Farms Trail Challenge on Memorial Day Weekend in New Gloucester, Maine: The Pineland Farms Trail Challenge is coming up on Sunday, May 24th. After this Sunday the 10th the price for each race...

10 Days for Sunshine » The 9th 24 Hours

Mike Brooks has now been running for 9 days and has gone 469 miles. I’ll let Denise provide today’s text update: Mike has now completed 469 miles 31 to go . He’s having a lot of back pain which is making it difficult for him to walk at all right now....

10 Days for Sunshine » The 8th 24 Hours

Mike Brooks checked in and he’s now run for 8 days. He’s been enjoying the weather for the past few days. He’s now run 427 miles, keeping pretty close to his average of 50 miles per day with 49 miles in the past 24 hours. He’s looking forward...