This letter was written by Todd Coffin, whose son will be running with other Southern Maine kids at the National Junior Cross Country Championships next week in Mechanicsville, Virginia at Pole Green Park. Competition takes place in five two-year age divisions, from ages 10 & under to age 18. Their combined time was 68:13.12 (average…
Earlier this afternoon, I received an email from Jeff Caron and asked him if I could share it with you. It touches not just what it means to be a Mainer but what it means to be a runner no matter where you are from, and I hope that you get as much out of…
I got this note in my email the other day and thought that I should pass it along: The Portland City Council will be recognizing the tremendous accomplishment of some of our running comrades (Todd Coffin, Mike Payson, Rob Pierce, Tom Ryan, Dan Franek, Mark Goettel, Peter Bottomley, and Christine Snow-Reaser) for winning SILVER in…
The following race recap was written by Pete Bottomley, the Director of Sales & Marketing at Coast of Maine Organic Products, Inc. Pete is a masters runner for Dirigo, R.C. and competes in mostly middle distance races in Southern Maine. He ran his first marathon this past April in Boston, and this past weekend traveled…
Dirigo RC had a good showing this weekend with strong performances in the Philadelphia Marathon and the New England Cross Country Championships. Sheri Piers and Kristin Barry both ran very strong marathons in Philadelphia, starting and finishing together in 2:45:36! They were 59th and 60th overall, placing 8th and 9th for the women’s race. There…
The 11th annual Irish Road Rover was this morning in Portland, ME. The weather was absolutely beautiful. Members of Dirigo R.C. took 5 of the top 10 spots in the race, including the top 3. Not everybody registered as Dirigo, though. Claton Conrad handily won the race by over half a minute, coming through in…
This past weekend was the Cape Elizabeth Mid-Winter 10 Mile Classic, which I wrote about previously. As is usually the case when there is a race in Maine, the Maine Track Club has a collection of photos for your viewing pleasure courtesy of David Colby Young’s website. Here are the photographers who contributed pictures: David…
The Mid-Winter Classic was this morning in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. It was a chilly day with temperatures in the high teens/low twenties, but the wind was something fierce. Not much of a factor on the back of the course, the start and the finish were both very chilly and very hard to run through the…
The USATF Club Cross Country Championships were this past Saturday. Linda Somers Smith of Washington won the female master’s 6k race in 22:15, leading her Asics Aggie Running Club teammates to a victory of 1 minute and 14 seconds over Club Northwest. Tracy Lokken led the Front Line Racing Team to a 1 minute and…
The USATF cross country masters championship races were yesterday at Saratoga Springs in New York. Dirigo won handily in the men’s 40-49 race, beating the Genesee Valley Harriers 48 to 76. Brian Pope of Oxford, MS won the race in 15:25, followed by Mike Payson (15:28) and Todd Coffin (15:34). Tom Ryan won the 50+…