Joggling the Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race

Randy Judkins is trying to raise money for the Beach to Beacon road race in Cape Elizabeth next weekend. An article about him appeared in the Maine Sunday Telegram this morning. He is going to try to raise $2000 for the Boy’s and Girl’s clubs of Maine,...

I was punched by an Olympic Gold Medalist

Yesterday was the Yarmouth Clam Festival. It was fairly hot, and I was not hydrated or warmed up enough for the race, but I did all right. There was one thing I learned yesterday that really can make a runner feel small. I spent the first three miles running right...

The Yarmouth Clam Festival Classic (2005)

The 40th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival is this weekend, and the 24th running of the Clam Festival Classic 5 mile road race was this morning. The temperature was a cool 84 degrees (compared to last year’s 96 fahrenheit) despite starting at 8 o’clock in the...

LL Bean 10k

The LL Bean 10k in Freeport, Maine was this morning. Ethan Hemphill won in 33:09, followed by Michael Payson in 33:11. Joan Benoit Samuelson won the women’s race. The LL Bean 10k is a scenic course that is not quite flat. There is a steep downhill at the start...