Races and Adventures

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Compliments to the organizers of the 2009 Soapstone Trail Race for an efficiently run event. They continuously manage to maintain that small trail race atmosphere, without the undue heavy hand of bureaucratic constraints. At a little under 15 miles, this race is adequate in length to deter the majority of the general uninitiated, but technically diverse to attract seasoned trail runners seeking a challenge. [Read more…] about Unseasonal Challenges at Soapstone

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After slipping out of the office we had to make a hasty dash to Point Judith, RI to catch the last ferry that evening. Our goal was to meet up with Odd Job and N.O.V for the night before running the Shad Bloom 10k, an fast undulating trail race on the southern end of the picturesque Block Island. Within a few minutes after the boat slipped its mooring, it started to gracefully rise and fall in a sloppy swell. Occasional waves sent spray flying over the bow into the faces of a group of excited boy scouts who screamed with excitement. Guthrie, who unfortunately isn’t a good sailor, initially saw the funny side of these antics but after about 20 minutes a more determined expression appeared across her face. [Read more…] about Three Brians and the Hallucigenic Taxi

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Okay, so the race is called Seven Sisters and I believe, though I lost track somewhere along the way, there are actually only seven peaks we went over.  Since you have to run out and back shouldn’t  this race really be called Seven Sisters plus their twins? And nobody mentions the numerous, and I do mean numerous, quasi and false summits one must traverse to get to the end of this challenging run.  From now on I think I will call those the secret cousins that nobody wants to talk about.  Sort of the black sheep of the family. Wow, what a family! [Read more…] about My date with 7 Sisters, and a few of their cousins