Where are the horses? Ultrarunning advice is not to do anything new on race day, so I set out to run with horses on the Quinimay Trail. [Read more...]
Equine Hunting on the Quinimay Trail
May 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
Where are the horses? Ultrarunning advice is not to do anything new on race day, so I set out to run with horses on the Quinimay Trail. [Read more...]Persistence
May 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge
Along the Trail of GUs – Bear Mountain 50 Mile
May 22, 2010 By 10 Comments
5:00 AM Start. Last shuttle to the Start from parking area is 4:15 AM. Okay, that means I need to leave my house by 2:00 AM. Get everything ready the night before and a 1:30 wake up it is. I awoke when I heard my teenage son go to bed at 1:15. Ironic, as youth goes to bed, maturity awakes to take on a 50 mile race in the mountains. Well I said mature not smart. [Read more...]
Connect The Dots! The Branford Trail run
May 17, 2010 By 6 Comments
I started my run at the baseball field in Stoney Creek on Saturday at 630 am and ran nice and slow to the dam, the Quarry, and out to the Evergreen Woods like I wrote last week. [Read more...]
Running bear
May 12, 2010 By 8 Comments
If you are a lover of trail running like me and Shelly Girl well then you have to run Bear Mountain. I mean, the name alone was enough to get us to register and toe the line. Think about it. Question: “Where did you run last weekend?” Answer: “I ran Bear Mountain”. Sounds cool! [Read more...]
The power of one
May 4, 2010 By 8 Comments
First, now I know why NO ONE will tell you exactly what to expect at Seven Sisters; they don’t want to scare you off! Had I known the extent of the climbs, the steepness of the downhills or the sharpness of the rocks, I might have thought twice about signing up (NOT). [Read more...]
Green exercise
May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As if a bunch of runners need to hear this, details of research published in the Environmental Science and Technology Journal says there is growing evidence that exercise in green spaces such as parks, and one would presume woodland habitats, is good for you.
Birds of a feather flock… No sleep till Brooklyn… 5 Boro Bike Tour!!
May 3, 2010 By 7 Comments
Ultra lead us to the 5 Boro following Bucky’s awesome plan to start out in front with the VIP’s ahead of the pack – 35,000 bikers lined up in Battery Park. Brilliant…no, a genius plan! It also started with breakfast at the deli – $3.15 for a sandwich and coffee. The top level was all open seating – so much room they installed a fake garden in the middle of the room oh oh oh and private bathrooms too. I have never seen so much space and comfort available downtown before! Even better, the cyclists would be coming right up the road we were overlooking and we could jump in at will! So after a 4 am meet up in Branford (ouchie) a few text messages to Allstate and Gazelle (already in NYC with a friend – we’ll call him ‘Red Feather’….) Forrest, Ultra, Downhill, Mogul, JoAnne, John and I began the amazing logistics of traveling on the train with our bikes into the city with all the ‘other’ crazy bikers in the dark. 
Ultra wanted us to decorate our helmets so that we could see each other above the crowds and gave me the assignment if I was willing to accept it. So, 13 in the extended group needed props…. not a problem and it worked! [Read more...]
