Girl Run II

What is wrong with this picture?

1. Someone has been spending a lot of time with Lefty – and it’s rubbing off…
2. Blame it on mimosa in the afternoon…
3. Someone is over-training…
4. None of the above – it is a fashion statement… hmmmmm

Vermont 100 – A Year and a Day

The year and a day rule was a principle of English law holding that a death was conclusively presumed not to be murder (or any other homicide) if it occurred more than a year and one day since the act (or omission) that was alleged to have been its cause. The rule also applied to the offence of assisting with a suicide. Read more

Bites of the Bluff

During the weeks building up to the Bluff I shall host 3 bites of the course for anyone interested in sampling the route. Read more

The Bluff 2010 “…you decide…”

Registration for the 2010 Bluff 50k has opened! Entries will be accepted until October 2nd via Active.com or snail mail and we are pleased to welcome back Poron Performance Cushioning, who have agreed to sponsor the event for the second year. Full details on the race and how to enter can be found here.

Bluff 50k and Relay Registration 2010

Registration for the 2010 Bimbler’s Bluff 50k, which will take place on October 24th, is now OPEN.

The Bimbler’s Bluff 50k is an off road foot race through several woodland preserves in southern Connecticut. Consisting entirely of single track or forest roads, the course will provide a true test of the runner’s fitness and mental stamina. You should only consider entering this race if you are confident you have sufficient running experience such as having previously completed a recent road or trail half marathon.
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All About Running… or maybe not.

“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You Can Do It”… Who said that?

“Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning”

What you don’t know will get results

I have now confirmed my long-held theory that the secret to trail-running success is not consistent mileage or strength training or nutrition or mental fortitude, but selecting a sufficiently obscure, small, and unknown event, ideally one where you are likely to be the only person in your age group. It also helps if you don’t tell all your speedy running buddies that you plan to go. (Ever heard of the Haddam April Fool’s 10.5 Mile Race? the Greenville TN 30K? the Colchester Land Trust 5 miler? I promise… this strategy works, though it seems to be a bit easier for women to pull off). Read more

Girl Run!

Girl Run July 13, 2010

My wish for rain was granted, Ticket promised storms and she delivered… or was it the collective energy the girls generated by meeting in the woods just before dusk, or maybe all of the above?

Guthrie lead us in a reverse route up the hill and into the woods in her usual effortless, bird-like style. We hoped for showers, the ground was saturated but the rain had stopped coming down at the start of our run. As we entered the woods we experienced “the wet leaves dripping on us as if it only rained under the canopy of trees” phenomenon. We “woohhoed” and “hollered” in our primal tongues as we made our way through the trails, the earth so soft under foot, we began to maintain a magical rhythm! And then the skies opened up and it began to POUR!! Woohoo!! We celebrated and enjoyed pagan like cathartic nature rituals. Smudging, synergetic energy and the pure thrill of running like wild animals along single track in the rain were the highlights of my experience tonight. We all enjoyed the rain washing and drenching us as we stood on bridges over creeks allowing the water to wash away the stress of our daily lives.. off our bodies dripping down into the river to be washed away forever further down stream. Read more

from “The Prince”

“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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