Saltonstall

Saltonstall is a preserve owned by the Regional Water Authority. There are a number of trails but one of the most popular routes is a combination of the green, white and red blazed trails on both sides of the lake. Nothing too technical, plenty of climbs and good mud! The parking lot is off Hosley Ave and you do need a RWA permit. Read more

Focus

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.

Les Brown

Pineland Farms 50k

I will start out by giving high fives to all whom put together the race today..  For organizing 3 races at once, all were done efficiently and without confusion.  Live music, BBQ, and Ipswich on tap, were  just a few the events following the 25k, 50k, and 50 miler races.  It was great to catch up with members of the Trail Monsters, some of whom I ran a great majority of VT100 with last year.   Now to the race… Read more

Time

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

Steven Wright

The Washington Diaries

A report from the 10k Washington Trail Race in Durham on Memorial Day…. It was a road race with every kind of hill you could possibly imagine or hope for like short, steep climbs, long difficult gradual climbs, one right out of the gate, undulating hills that kept on giving and even some great varieties of Downhills (not to be confused with the Bimbler known as DH herself!)
I arrived early as advised – but not early enough and I had to park at Perk on Main (crepes to die for) and then walk all the way to the High School through the parade crowds to get myself registered for the race. Read more

Slip or Fall?

Don’t look where you fell, but where you slipped.

African Proverb

Unseasonal Challenges at Soapstone

Compliments to the organizers of the 2009 Soapstone Trail Race for an efficiently run event. They continuously manage to maintain that small trail race atmosphere, without the undue heavy hand of bureaucratic constraints. At a little under 15 miles, this race is adequate in length to deter the majority of the general uninitiated, but technically diverse to attract seasoned trail runners seeking a challenge. Read more

Character

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Helen Adams Keller

Failure

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Limits of the possible

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke

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