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Trust none of what you hear and less of what you see.

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Waking up Sunday morning I was excited to be running my first endurance trail race. Actually, my trail running resume only included one other trail run a few years ago at the 10k Leather man’s Loop. My biggest fear was getting lost in the race and having people come searching for me long after the race was over. I listened intently at the pre-race instructions to try to pick up any information I could to help me navigate this journey. Mr. Bimble gave great emphasis on the type of markings that would be found on the course, flags, tape and big paper plates with arrows. OK, I thought this won’t be too bad after all. But then came the words “someone will get lost, they always do”. [Read more…] about Trust none of what you hear and less of what you see.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – Mountain Madness 50K

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Seven miles into the Mountain Madness 50K at the Ringwood State Park in Ringwood, New Jersey, several runners and I came upon an unmarked, unblazed section of the course.  The course description, which I had printed out, placed in a plastic bag, and now referred to, was no help.  It stated to continue on the fire road to the aid station.  As is often the case with course descriptions written by people who are too familiar with a race course, they see it as an obvious decision on which way to go.  In front of me were three roads/trails to choose from.  They forked out in the general direction we were supposed to go.  Which to choose?  Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. [Read more…] about Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – Mountain Madness 50K

Hartford Marathon

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Gretchen is not big on writing race reports, so I will give a short report on my experience at this years Hartford Marathon for her.  Going into the Hartford Marathon, Gretchen had not been happy with her training.  Hot, humid weather made hitting her pace goals tough, and then there was the Fall Marathon stigma.  [Read more…] about Hartford Marathon

Crazy from the Heat?

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No, not at all. Despite the assumptions on the part of Bimblers “back home” in CT, the temperature had nothing to do with the remarkably slooooooow times at Virgil Crest

My plans came and went and evolved over the last several weeks. I considered doing no races this past weekend, the 100 at Virgil Crest, the 50 at Virgil Crest, the 50 at Vermont, and, in a weak moment, decided to do BOTH 50s. Fortunately, the Gods (or maybe the RD at VT) smiled down upon me and conspired to not let me register for VT, unless I was willing to skip Virgil Crest to register in person on Saturday. I strongly suspected (with uncanny accuracy) that I was not ready for 100 at the new, improved(?) Virgil Crest Ultras. So, I opted for the “sensible” plan, the VC50. Hah!

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Rocky Mountain High

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I have no idea how to write a race report for Transrockies! How does one condense six days of running and living in the world of this event into something that is both readable in length and does not come across as somewhat egotistical and self important? I don’t know, so I will just let it all hang out and hope everyone judges my intentions as honorable. [Read more…] about Rocky Mountain High