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Bears have fun too

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I am calling this race report the Bear Mountain fun run because it was just a blast. So, how could running 31 miles in a bit less than 7 hours be fun? Well, that is simple. I ran wth my best friend, we had no expectations and the previous day I was in the emergency room. Please don’t worry, I think I just had an allergic reaction but , needless to say, Shelly Girl and I drove up to Bear Mountain State Park on Friday both excited and nervous. To compound matters, we really have not trained enought to run any 50k, let alone one as diifficult as Bear Mountain. So we sat in our hotel room on Friday night simply glad to be with each other and decided to just have fun on Saturday. [Read more…] about Bears have fun too

Rockin with the girls

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I drove up to the Holyoke range on a last minute whim this morning to run the Seven Sisters. With the new house in Florida, running really has not been much of a focus for us this Spring, but, with Bear Mountain looming next weekend, I figured I should get in one last long run and they are always easiest for me when either on a bimble or in a race. So , with Shelly Girl nursing yet another cold, grhhh!!!! I drove solo up to the race.

I have rode the sisters several times over the years so I pretty much knew what I was getting in to. Those girls only last for six miles but they are quite busty (okay, I will stop) and you have to take them on twice to complete the 12 mile course. Before the start I did have the most pleasant of surprises, when seeing not one but 5 runners from Canada who we had run Trans Rockies with last summer. [Read more…] about Rockin with the girls

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

Running bear

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If you are a lover of trail running like me and Shelly Girl well then you have to run Bear Mountain. I mean, the name alone was enough to get us to register and toe the line. Think about it. Question: “Where did you run last weekend?” Answer: “I ran Bear Mountain”. Sounds cool! [Read more…] about Running bear

Traprock 50k

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Let me start by saying we had every intention of running a 34k and not a 50k when we headed up to West Hartford on Saturday morning. Shelly Girl and I had decided that running two loops of the Traprock 50k course would accomplish several things. We could get in our 4 hours of training, we could check out this new event on the running scene, we could run some new trails and we could support the efforts of the folks trying to get this race off the ground. With those thoughts in mind we set off on a rainy morning to run some of the Metacomet Trail. [Read more…] about Traprock 50k