Happy New Year

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

Benjamin Franklin

Bimbler’s Bash 2010

The 4th Bimbler’s Bash is scheduled to take place on Sunday April 11th, 2010 and run through Westwoods, Guilford. Registration will open in early January 2010 via mail and on-line at Active.com, and all proceeds from the event are donated to the Guilford Land Conservation Trust. This race is promoted as a 10k event but runners should be aware that “… at the end it isn’t over …” Read more

Believe

Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

A lucky place

My Hellgate race this year was full of more personal ups and downs than the course itself, and considering the elevation changes on the course, that’s saying something (the race could just as easily be called Up and Over because it feels like Dave Horton simply drives you out into the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains and then weaves a trail roughly 65miles long, up and over every mountain between you and the finish line).  Read more

Ultramarathons: The World’s Most Punishing Races

Book Review:

Man has been running from the beginning of time, when survival depended on swiftness of foot. Today, in our technological age, running for most people is optional. Men and women choose to run for multiple reasons, including health, fitness, competition, stress release, and fun. Those select few who choose to run ultramarathons are a special breed. Why? Because they choose to accomplish something that is beyond the grasp of most people.

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Wilderness Running Company

I was recently sent a link to a new web site dedicated to serving trail runners call Wilderness Running Company. I haven’t personally used it but thought it was worth spreading the word as to its existence.

The View from a New Crew (HG100K)

On the one hand, my report has nothing to do with the race, after all, I didn’t even run it! On the other hand, it has everything to do with the race, since the race was my reason for being there. What a strange and wonderful experience it was. I have run races, I have spectated at races, but crewing is something entirely different from the other two Read more

Change

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Cold too hot to handle

This year’s Hellgate was the least enjoyable of the seven I have now completed. It was my slowest time but I am also glad to have completed it. The race director describes this event as ‘special’ and there is definitely something about it that makes it stand out. Over the years the trip to Virginia has built a number of traditions; the Thursday evening departure from Connecticut and overnight in Hamburg, PA. Breakfast and then a brief ‘pilgrimage’ to Cabela’s before heading south once more. Read more

Jay on road trips

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Mark Twain

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