The New England Trail, our newest National Scenic Trail, is officially designated. You may have seen some signs already. I know there is a sign at the base of The Bluff. [Read more...]
Fireflies
June 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”
Crowfoot, chief of the Siksika First Nation
The Sea
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Hot Fun In the “almost” Summertime
June 22, 2010 By 5 Comments
(one view from the support crew’s perspective)
(aka, a long report for a short race)
MrBimble ran another 100-miler this weekend through waist-high snow (in June). Cool, but you think that was hard, I had to run five miles with MasterPo (wink, or was it, he had to run it with me) at the Branford Road Race on Sunday. [Read more...]
Big Horn – the other perspective
June 22, 2010 By 5 Comments
Wyoming is a vast countryside surrounded by beautiful mountain views. We decided to check out parts of the course by driving to a designated aid station. Our first stop was checking out the start of the race. We hiked into the trail and were struck by it’s beauty. [Read more...]
The Big Horn 100
June 21, 2010 By 8 Comments
After a leisurely breakfast it was an unusual treat to head to the start of the Big Horn 100 a little after 8 am. The pre-race briefing at the finish area at Scot Park, Dayton, was shorter than many other races of this kind with the exception of the Bear 100 which I recall lasted no more than about 8 minutes! [Read more...]
Bighorn – The prologue Part II
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Drove out to the Big Horn River Canyon to find the aid station known as Footbridge. The ride was nearly 2 hours long from the finish line and involved the fording of 3 creek crossings and several miles on what the directions described as ‘primitive roads’. The reality was pot hole filled dirt tracks – thank goodness the Chevy Tahoe has good ground clearance. [Read more...]
Bighorn – The prologue
June 16, 2010 By 4 Comments
Unusually for our trips to distant 100 milers, we have arrived in the Bighorn mountain region with three full days before the race to explore the area. We flew into Billings, MT early yesterday and then made our way slowly south to Sheridan, WY pausing along the way to visit the location of Custer’s Last Stand and the battle of Little Bighorn. [Read more...]
The Trail
June 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.”
Hamlin Garland
Camelbak Octane-xct
June 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Several runners have expressed interest in the Octane xct hydration pack by Camelbak. Here is a review that appeared on the Cyclist web site.
