Mud! Mud! Glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So follow me, follow, Down to the hollow, And there let us wallow In glorious mud.
– Bud stage name of Robert Winthrop Flanagan ‘The Hippopotamus’.
The Pews
“Some Pulitzer winners – novelists – have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn’t been my experience.”
Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides
Hey the Pews are Feb 16th from Iggy & Wonderful’s Casa: A trail run followed by food, (pot luck) trophies and likely video presentations…. 9am start! Please let the committee know if you can join us…. thanks! [Read more…] about The Pews
My 1st Half Marathon
By Twinkles 10-12-13
So many of you know that Cathi (Iggy) and I (Twinkles) ran the ING Half Marathon on Saturday and we survived! I have to say that this is probably the absolute last thing I thought I would be doing if you had asked me a year ago. Anyway……we have been running together for a year, we have done many 5k races, we ran The Bimbler’s Bash and worked on a training plan for the Half. I felt we were fairly well prepared.
The morning of the race I woke up at 5:00 a.m. very excited. Iggy and I were meeting at 6:15 and heading up to Hartford. I had a good healthy breakfast (scrambled egg on wheat toast) and some liquid. We met at our destination but I was 5 minutes late which would later prove significant.
We hit Route 79 at race car speed. Iggy in the lead and me trying [Read more…] about My 1st Half Marathon
Quote of the day…
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Jerry Turk is Featured at FAR NORTH “endurance is an adventure”
This week FarNorthEndurance.com Inspiration and information for trail running and other endurance adventures in New England and New York has posted a great interview with Jerry Turk called Meet Mr. Bimble.
It is a first-rate interview that covers how Jerry began his running career, avoids wild animals, completed The SLAM, The Bash, The Bluff and The BS. [Read more…] about Jerry Turk is Featured at FAR NORTH “endurance is an adventure”
