Look closely, the runner in these images is lost………………………….
Spot the runner in the hood
September 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Crazy from the Heat?
September 27, 2010 By 3 Comments
No, not at all. Despite the assumptions on the part of Bimblers “back home” in CT, the temperature had nothing to do with the remarkably slooooooow times at Virgil Crest
My plans came and went and evolved over the last several weeks. I considered doing no races this past weekend, the 100 at Virgil Crest, the 50 at Virgil Crest, the 50 at Vermont, and, in a weak moment, decided to do BOTH 50s. Fortunately, the Gods (or maybe the RD at VT) smiled down upon me and conspired to not let me register for VT, unless I was willing to skip Virgil Crest to register in person on Saturday. I strongly suspected (with uncanny accuracy) that I was not ready for 100 at the new, improved(?) Virgil Crest Ultras. So, I opted for the “sensible” plan, the VC50. Hah!
Niantic Half Marathon
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Barefoot Guth ran an ‘almost back to full form’ half marathon on Sunday September 26 at the Niantic Half. Starting steady and gradually turning up the pace with a five finger shuffle she crossed the line third overall in the woman’s race and second in her age group. [Read more...]
Pisgah Mountain 50K Top Ten
September 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
I adored almost everything about this great, scenic race (including the perfect 60 degree weather), but, in the interest of brevity, here are some highlights:
1. Resting on the drive up in the full-length down comforter nest we built in the back of my Civic
2. Long sections of wonderfully evergreen-scented trail
3. Lots of bouncy little wooden bridges [Read more...]
Bite of the Bluff – Date Change
September 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After discovering that the second planned Bite of the Bluff conflicted with the Trails to a Cure race in Chester, CT the date has been changed. The run from the Monastery, Race Hill Rd, Guilford will now take place on Saturday September 18, 2010 at 8:00. The route is less technical than the other sections, so despite only being the day before Trails to a Cure, running both events is easily doable! [Read more...]
From: Thinking Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold
September 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap and poison, the statesman with pen, the most of us with machines, votes, and dollars, but it all comes to the same thing: peace in our time. A measure of success in this is all well enough, and perhaps is a requisite to objective thinking, but too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run. Perhaps this is behind Thoreau’s dictum: In wildness is the salvation of the world. Perhaps this is the hidden meaning in the howl of the wolf, long known among mountains, but seldom perceived among men.
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The Epitome of Peacefulness
September 7, 2010 By 7 Comments
Many thanks to El Toro, sorely missed on trail and blog, for the title for my Spring Loop report [Read more...]
Rocky Mountain High
September 4, 2010 By 7 Comments
I have no idea how to write a race report for Transrockies! How does one condense six days of running and living in the world of this event into something that is both readable in length and does not come across as somewhat egotistical and self important? I don’t know, so I will just let it all hang out and hope everyone judges my intentions as honorable. [Read more...]
