Mr Bimble

Bluff 50k 2011 Registration

The 2011 Bimbler’s Bluff 50k, will take place on October 23rd, at 8:00 am and registration is now closed. If you have questions regarding the event please direct them via the contact form. This year’s race is a USATF Connecticut Ultra Championship event. You must have CT USATF card to be scored in the team championship.

The Bimbler’s Bluff 50k is an off road foot race through several woodland preserves in southern Connecticut. Consisting entirely of single track or forest roads, the course will provide a true test of the runner’s fitness and mental stamina. You should only consider entering this race if you are confident you have sufficient running experience such as having previously completed a recent road or trail half marathon.
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It is a tradition

Features, Races and Adventures

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It is a journey of tradition and right of passage, who will be next?

A Thursday departure to Hamburg, PA, a short stay at the Mirotel and quick pilgrimage to Cabala’s. This year, the cycle was unexpectedly broken with a flat car battery and a brief moment of concern about the time it was going to take to reach the Virginia. We were gathered with Loopy, hoping to banish the gremlins of a DNF from last year, Forrest providing support and seeking vicarious experience in preparation for his Beast bid in 2011. ET calmly studying in the background, was looking to repeat his impressive performance of 2009, while Spuds and I, ‘old hands’ at the Hellgate experience, were going to be crew less in Virginia. Hmm, maybe there is a movie in that!
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Questions

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If you run a half marathon but don’t announce it, did it take place?

If you enter a race in New Hampshire and are surprised there were hills, did it take place?

The answer to these questions might just be here.

At this point it would be appropriate to offer congratulations, if only one could be sure it actually took place.

Catalina Eco Marathon

Races and Adventures

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The Catalina Eco Marathon is well worth a trip to the west coast. OK, so I was fortunate to be traveling on business and suspect that had that not been the case I may not have looked for or entered this event. But having run it I would consider making the journey again. The race takes place on Catalina Island about a 1 hour ferry ride form Long Beach. The island is a playground to meet all tastes be it sailing, boating, hiking/running, fine dinning or playing the casino. About a mile inland roads give way to dirt and a network of hiking trails crisscross scrub land grazed by buffalo. [Read more…] about Catalina Eco Marathon

Scoobie at NYC

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Finishing in 4:04 Scobbie clocked another New York marathon last weekend. Any marathon is remarkable, but just a few days before she was laid up with a sinus infection. Bravo Scoobie!

Nothing baron about this performance

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George ‘the Baron’ Papuga ran the Cape Cod marathon on October 31st and finished in 5:42:42. In the grand scheme of things his time didn’t break any records, but George has pulled himself back following knee surgery earlier in the year. Bravo George!