…also known as How to Survive at the Spring loop

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The sum of pi is 4. Actually the sum of pies was 4, because that was the quantity of them that returned to CT with the party of short loopers running the Leatherman’s Loop at Pound Ridge, NY. [Read more...]

At the beginning of the year Guthrie announced she wanted to attempt a road marathon after 2 frustrating years battling injuries. During those years I had busied myself with 1 unsuccessful and 1 successful attempt on the Grand Slam, and though hey, why not try something different. Running marathons wasn’t new to either of us, but it had been a while since we last did one. [Read more...]

Let me start by saying we had every intention of running a 34k and not a 50k when we headed up to West Hartford on Saturday morning. Shelly Girl and I had decided that running two loops of the Traprock 50k course would accomplish several things. We could get in our 4 hours of training, we could check out this new event on the running scene, we could run some new trails and we could support the efforts of the folks trying to get this race off the ground. With those thoughts in mind we set off on a rainy morning to run some of the Metacomet Trail. [Read more...]