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Category Archives: Races
Digressions – What Do I Do With All These Shirts?
One of the perks of running races are the free tee shirts, but if you do enough of them, the shirts can pile up pretty fast. Here is a picture of my pile of race shirts. There are 35 of … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-K, Cambridge 5K, Needham Running Club, New Year's Day 5K, Running
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Races – Whiskey is no Way to Prep for a New Year’s Day 5K
It’s a new year, and like so many runners, I am back at it. While I did some running over the past few months, I have been bad about blogging — so there are two resolutions for 2016: run more … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-K, 5k, Needham Running Club, New Year's Day 5K, New Year's Resolutions, Race Times
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Races – Biathlon: Run, Shoot, Run Some More
Summer biathlons are one of the more unusual races in which I take part. Like the winter Olympic sport, the sport combines two disciplines – running and shooting. The running is five laps of 800 meters. You run the first … Continue reading
Digressions – Heels + Hips = Frustration
This morning they are running against Melanoma, and I sit here typing. Grrr! A week ago, I wrote about how after a race and a two-hour drive, my hips had tightened up to a degree I didn’t think … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-K, 5k, Injuries, Race Around Waltham, RAW Series, Recovery, Training
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Races – Knowing My Limits and Skipping a Race
This past weekend, I was signed up to do a summer biathlon on Saturday and a trail run on Sunday. Saturday morning, I got up early and drove about two hours to the Pemigewasset Fish and Game Club to run … Continue reading
Races – The Charles River YMCA 4th of July Road Race
Independence Day started with the Charles River YMCA Fourth of July Road Race in Needham, Mass. It was a humid morning and the run was tough, but I managed a 25 minute gun time and a 24:22 chip time. Here … Continue reading
Races – Cambridge 5K Freedom Run, A Little Training Goes a Long Way
Sunday morning (June 7) I ran the Cambridge 5K Freedom Run, and I am happy to say that my times have started to go back down a little bit. Looking over my results, it is the best time of 2015, … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-K, 5k, Cambridge 5K, Craicfest, Kevin Hart, Race Times, Training
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Races – Slowing Down
After a good run at CraicFest, I have slowed down, by almost a minute in the following two races. The first race was the JB Blastoff race on March 29. This was the second race in the Race Around Waltham … Continue reading
Races – Cambridge 5K Craicfest: Faster Than I Thought
My first March race is in the books. Today I ran the Cambridge 5K Craicfest race. This was a flat, fast course through Cambridge, Mass. Eddie O’Connor and his team at Cambridge 5k always put on well-organized races. The races … Continue reading
Races – Second Race of the Year: Super Sunday 2015
February races can be hard to find in the north – ice, snow, cold can make it tough to hold a race. But I found one, on Super Bowl Sunday. It was the Super Sunday 5K/5-Miler Present by Sanofi Oncology … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-K, 5k, First 5K, Race Organizing, Race Times, Super Sunday 5K, Winter Running
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