On Sunday, October 28th, Frosty and I ran in the Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Wildlands Trail Race. There were two races lengths to choose from, 2 miles and 6.3 miles. Frosty and I ran in the 6.3 mile race. This race is one leg of the Double Trouble Trail Race Challenge Read more…
Sunday, September 30th, Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson, Maine The start time for the race was 10:00. Bib pick up started at 8:30. This race had two distances that runners could choose from 5.5 miles and a half marathon. I signed up for the 5.5 mile race. I got nervous Read more…
The full name of this race is the Dysart’s to Danforth’s Race 5K Road Race and Blueberry Pie Challenge. This was a great little race with nice SWAG. Everyone gets a $5 Dysart’s gift card. The first 40 participants get a race t-shirt. The shirts are tech. fabric and unisex.The profits Read more…
In February of 2017, I began to think. Hmm, I’d like to try running. I had never run before. I had never even had the desire to run before. But, the last week in February, I started running on my treadmill. I also signed up to run a 5K on Read more…
As I started the Caravel 5 Miler, I thought the title of this post might end up being… Give me a broom. I’ll sweep! I ended up not being last, but I was the last adult! This was the 5th annual running of the Caravel 5 Miler. This race benefits the Read more…
On Sunday, June 3rd, I ran in the Acadia Half Marathon.This race is hosted by and benefits the local YMCA. There is a 10K race as well. The day was cool, which is good for running, and sunny. The views on the park loop road were awesome! I had a great Read more…
On Sunday, June24th, I ran in the Bay of Fundy International Half Marathon. The Bay of Fundy International Race had four distances to choose from: a 10K, half marathon, marathon, and an ultra. The Fundy ultra was 52 kilometers (32.3 miles). I drove to Lubec the day before the race Read more…
When I first started running, a 5K (3.1 miles) was intimidating. I couldn’t fathom running a half marathon (13.1 miles), but I did have that distance as my goal. I had no idea, when or if, that would happen. I kept increasing my distance in races and in training. Finally, Read more…
I ran in the Bridge The Gap race on Sunday, April 8th. This race is hosted by Crow Athletics. The Bridge The Gap race has two distances to choose from — 10 miles or 3 miles. I ran the 3 mile route. Both distances start by Fort Knox in Prospect Read more…
On Saturday, March 31st, I ran in the second annual Space Race. The race benefits The Challenger Learning Center(CLC) of Maine in Bangor. The race starts and ends at the CLC. The course is an out and back loop that participants run twice. This race was small, only 37 runners. Read more…