On Saturday, Oct. 5th, Frosty and I headed to Whitneyville for the Bad Little Trail Run. This race was part of the Downeast Conservation Trail Race Series. The race was hosted by the Bold Coast Runners and the Downeast Coastal Conservancy. There were two distances to choose from a 2.5 and Read more…
On Saturday, Sept. 14th, Frosty and I ran in the inaugural Mahoosuc Ridge to the River Challenge. This trail race featured a 10K and a half marathon. There was also a category for hikers, but it was only available in the 10k distance. The hiker class was untimed. Hiking participants still Read more…
On Saturday, August 17th, Frosty, Squirrel, and I traveled to Grand Lake Stream to run in the Downeast Lakes Land Trust 5-Miler. This trail race was part of the Downeast Conservation Trail Race Series as well as the Baxter Outdoors 2019 New England Trail Series. Downeast Lakes Land Trust was the site Read more…
June 15th, Squirrel and I ran in the 4th Annual Blackman Stream Alewife Run at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum in Bradley. This was a small 5K race with only 17 runners. Upon exiting the car, we were immediately swarmed by mosquitos. These were the worst bugs that I had Read more…
On May 26th, Frosty and I attended the Pineland Farms Trail Running Festival. The festival is a two day event Memorial Day weekend. Saturday features a 5K trail race, a 10K trail race, a 5K canicross race, and a 1K kids’ run. Sunday has long distance trail races, a 25K, Read more…
On August 19th, I ran in the Corporal Cole Half Marathon. This race honored Cpl. Eugene Cole, from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, who was killed in the line of duty on April 25th. In addition to the half marathon, there was also a 5K. The race took place in Norridgewock. I Read more…
On Saturday, December 8th, Frosty and I headed up to Millinocket for the Millinocket Half Marathon. We headed up early, so that I could have time to check out the artisan fair. The bib pick up and artisan fair were taking place in the Stearns High School gym. The gym Read more…
On Sunday, November 11th, Squirrel and I ran individually in the 5th Moosehorn Ghost Run half marathon. Participants could also race the half marathon as a 2 or 3 person relay team. There was a youth relay category as well. The race course was entirely in Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge and Read more…
On Sunday, September 9th, 2018, I ran in the Surry Forest 10K. This race was hosted by Blue Hill Heritage Trust. It was held at their Surry Forest Preserve. The race was part of the Downeast Conservation Trail Race Series. This event also had a kid’s one mile race and a 5K. I Read more…
On November 4th, Frosty and I ran in the Frenchman Bay Conservancy Autumn Trail Race. This race had two distances to chose from 4 miles and 8 miles. We ran in the 8 mile race. This race was part of the Double Trouble Trail Race Series and the Downeast Conservation Read more…