The Patriot’s Day 5 Miler (now on the day before Patriot’s Day, Sunday April 18, 2010) has 200 shirts and tickets to the Sea Dogs remaining, so if you want to save $5 and get the extra swag now is the time to pre-register. The race is only 12 days away. This is a fun…
Andy Schachat has just signed on to announce at the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler in Portland, Maine. Andy is the voice of the Mount Washington Road Race and has announced other premier events such as the Beach to Beacon 10k. He is very well known in the New England area and always does a great…
The annual Clam Festival 5 mile road race was this morning in Yarmouth, Maine. The temperatures were not nearly as high as they were in years past, but the high humidity made the race tough for the 932 finishers this year. Despite the lack of some of the annual favorites in the race, there was…
It has been an interesting week since winning the Cox Sports Marathon this past Sunday. Thanks for all of the comments and congratulations over the past week. It has meant a lot to me, whether it has been in person or on the phone, through email, comments on this site or on others. It’s been…
I got down to the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler today, which is Veteran’s Day. I’m glad that I got there early; they put me on parking duty and I got to warn people to park higher and higher up the Eastern Prom as the parking lots filled up. Between the race and a boat launch,…
This past Patriot’s Day, I was running the Boston Marathon in the wake of a Nor’Easter. Up here in Portland, though, the Nor’Easter was in full effect, which caused the cancellation of the Patriot’s Day 5 Miler by the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Greater Portland. It was not safe to hold the race, and…
The Pat’s Pizza 5 Mile Classic at the Yarmouth Clam Festival was this morning. Pat Tarpy came back to Maine to attempt to set the course record. Two years ago, he ran a course record 24:29 but was soundly beaten by Matt Lane, who ran an impressive 23:48. This year, having already run the fastest…
This week last year I had settled into the house and had time to write quite a bit. All of the news had to do with running, and there were various tips on working out and weight lifting. I finally got back to my animated series this week last year. This time, the animation was…
The 2006 Yarmouth Clam Festival official results are now available. In a repeat of their victories at the Portland Sea Dogs Mother’s Day 5K, Ethan Hemphill, 34, of Freeport and Kristin Barry, 32, of Scarborough claimed top honors at the 25th annual Clam Festival Classic 5-Miler. Hemphill overcame a challenge from Gorham’s Mike Downing, completing…
The results of the Patriots Day 5 Miler are now up at the Maine Track Club’s website. As I mentioned yesterday when discussing my Patriots Day race, the weather was fairly conducive to a quick time if not a record breaking time. A small bit of headwind early in the race was tempered by a…