I discussed what to look for in a new watch that you plan on working out with. I’ve bought some worthless watches before, so knowing what features you need can keep you from buying a second watch in short order. I also explained the difference between split times and lap times, which are common ways…
Two years ago, I ran the Mystic Places Marathon. It was one of my favorite marathons that I have run to date, and I figured that I would run it again some day when I was closer to my goal of running one in all 50 states. Last year, the Mystic Places Marathon was renamed…
This week last year I mostly wrote about the race that I had run the weekend before, with a few news notes towards the end of the week. I wrote about the Mystic Places Marathon three times last year. After the initial article describing the race, I wrote about my race experience as well as…
The Mystic Places Marathon has a new name now: The Mystic Country Marathon & Niantic Bay Festival. The course appears to be the same, so I imagine that not much else has changed about the race with the new name. I am sure that it is still a great (and quick) marathon course and thoroughly…
Today was my first run back in just over a month. I wanted to take some time off after the Mystic Places Marathon and a heavy season of racing. I was a bit out of breath at the start of the run, but I think that that was due more to the 25-30 mph headwind…
The Mystic Places Marathon last weekend was a bit quicker than I had intended to run. Check the full post if you want to see my splits. If you would like to see a few, I have pictures of the race online.
I ran the Mystic Places Marathon this past weekend, and managed to knock almost 15 minutes off of my PR. My best race so far was in Cleveland where I ran a 3:07:05. My goal was to run under 3 hours, but I did not even run at 3 hour pace until mile 19.
The Mystic Places Marathon was yesterday, October 23. Alene Reta and Dzmitry Sivou won the men’s race, coming in a minute apart at 2:25:51 and 2:26:56. Abeba Tola and Elivira Kolpokova won the women’s race in 2:46:21 and 2:47:05.