Truth lies within
Best Blood is a rare award given at some races to runners who are able to reveal to the race director battle scares from the race they have just completed. This weekend El Toro took his training to a new level when he was observed to be in training for the accolade of best blood at this years Hellgate 100k
Sorry for the web site hassles over the past few days that have been caused by issues outside my control. It might be tempting fate, but hopefully they are over now!
I haven’t posted a race report since The Hat……….. so here goes………
Thanks to Allstate for allowing me to run as Virginia Symbathy Zell – and to Shaggy for the cool ride to the race! I was nervous about my most recent ankle injury and concerned that being too careless or too aggressive might prove to be a big problem for me at this one. I don’t have a great track record at this race (I broke a bone in my hand here 2 years ago). I should also mention how much Ticket was missed – it seems it isn’t a trail race without her these days. So I bummed a ride with Shaggy & Scoobie. [Read more...]
The event that rivals the Oscars, has nothing to do with running but generously rewards acts of BS was held in Guilford last night. Walking away with the coveted Doctor Von award was Shaggy for a touching poem about Scoobie that appeared on the Scobbie and Shaggy Blog earlier in the year. Star turn was performed by El Torro, suitably decked out in a tutu and magic wand, with swiveling hips that were the envy of several ladies in the audience. [Read more...]
After getting hopelessly lost within a few minutes into a run last Sunday, Margo headed off into the Miller’s Pond Preserve in an opposite direction to the rest of the pack. [Read more...]
As the last of the fall leaves flutter gracefully to cover the rocks and roots of woodland trails, thoughts now turn towards that event of the year that can not be missed. The Pews (wave had and make face) Lit Sir Awards are upon us for their third year. How could the prospect of awards like Suresh Unplugged or Mort’s Bath be superseded, not to mention the Doctor Von Prize? To make it a date you will need to turn up in person next Monday (November 17th). So mark you calendar – it is a ceremony you can’t afford to miss!
So I ran my first 50miler yesterday, the Stonecat 50mile in Ipswich, MA, and came away with mixed feelings.
The day started, as they all do, with an alarm going off well before I was ready to get up. After a quick breakfast in the hotel with a couple dozen fellow Stonecat-ers, I was at the check-in site at 5.30am. Got my number, milled around and listened to some music until the RD gave his pre-race speech. He gave us the usual info, what colors to follow, what arrows to look for, what aid would be available and then dropped a gem of a comment and said that they had to adjust the course at the last minute and the total distance would now be a solid 54miles and dropped the term Horton Miles. Now, I fully expect the given distance of a trail course to be taken with a grain of salt, but I’d rather know the total AFTER I’ve ran it. Not before so that I dwell on it throughout the race. So on that bombshell, it was outside to the starting line. [Read more...]
It’s 4AM on Sunday, November 2nd,
Shaggy uses the “Jean Paul Jean Paul” technique of alarm setting. First you set the alarm clock on the nightstand making sure the VOLUME is on LOUD, then he calls the hotel front desk wake up service making sure not to upset the wake up person, thirdly comes the alarms on our two watches making sure they reads AM.
5AM: Head down to the lobby to catch a cab to the library were I meet my 5:30 AM bus to Staten Island and the wait begins. [Read more...]
The following race report was sent in by runner Siskanna Naynaha
Greetings to all!
Sorry that it’s been so long since my last communication, but things have been so crazy here (I know, you’re sick of hearing that!). In addition to moving from Glastonbury to West Hartford, Connecticut in the last month, Joaquín started school at a new daycare, James started at a new high school, Mekyael has taken on new work territories in addition to New England (namely, northern New Jersey and all of New York except NYC and Long Island), and I have been enjoying teaching a new—to me—class (Latina/o lit) and designing another for spring (Writing Through Research; basically a course in advanced research and writing, which I am focusing on film as a rhetorical “text”). [Read more...]
The rocks are where they are- this is their will. The rivers flow-this is their will. The birds … [Read More...]
