Bounce Runs Like A Girl in Philly

All right, don’t get your panties all in a knot.  I know that most of you woman are faster than me, especially on the road.  Before you start emailing me or calling me, read my report and see why I ran like a girl. Read more

Hankering For Cheese in Philadelphia

Stone Cat 50 Race Report 2009

As I was leaving my driveway on the Friday night before the Stone Cat 50 Miler, I said to Gretchen, lets zero the trip odometer on the car and really see where 50 miles is.  Running mostly in the trails, its hard to quantify that distance in my head.  You know, a lot of loops, out and backs, varied terrain, you get the picture. A couple of years back in Scranton,PA at the Steamtown Marathon, I drove to the start of that marathon to drive the route with Gretchen.  It was the first time I drove the route of a point to point marathon.  Wow, it was long.  I really got a sense of the distance we travel.  So, traveling up I-91 the odometer is clicking away.  We reach Hartford, we are not at 50 miles yet.  We turn onto I-84 East and head all the way to Manchester, near the Buckland Hills Mall, and the odometer finally hits 50 miles.  Holy ***t, this is far.  I know 50 miles is far, but “BLAM”, reality check. Read more

Selfishness or Selflessness? Crewing and Pacing in Vermont

It all began in the Promise Land.  You know, the one in Virginia.  Ultra, myself, and Sandy Beauvis talked on our long trip down to the Promise Land 50K++ about her misadventures with her pacer in last year’s Vermont 100.  I believe it was Ultra who said you should pace Sandy at the Vermont 100 this year.  If it wasn’t him I’m sure he would have sooner or later, so we’ll leave it at that.  Pacing would be new to me, having only to worry about me in a race.  I was nervous.  To maybe be the difference in somebody’s race, a 100 mile race, good or bad, scared the ***t out of me.  I let the idea wallow without any definite answer. Read more

MorFun in Mass.

While others were enjoying a race on one of my favorite islands, I was having MorFun in the mountains of southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. I had decided to run this week’s Grand Tree race, the MorFun Wapack Trail Race 21 Miler. I was going to run it last year, but was hurt and not able to run it, so this was a little unfinished business. Read more

Watermelon Woes in the Promise Land

2009 Promise Land 50K++ Adventure.  Where to start??? Okay how about from the beginning.  Our adventure begins Thursday afternoon when I met Ultra at his house in New Haven to give him a ride to the rental car place to get our car for the trip.  Presented with a few similar cars to choose from, his only request to me was to not choose the red one because it attracts the police.  In my mind, I said to myself  ”We are in for a ride this weekend” Read more

Northern Nipmuck Trail Race

Race #1 of the Grand Tree series, the Northern Nipmuck Trail Race, was held today. The Mayor and myself were the sole representatives from BimbleLand, but evidence of Mr. Bimble’s reach was evident. Several Bimbler’s Bluff Buffs (Say that 3 times fast) were adorning many runners and one runner asked us how this course compared to the Bimbler’s Bash. Many familiar faces were seen including Charlie Iselin. Mayor and I were discussing when we had last run this race, and we both remembered it as the year that IGGY had the “bark” incident, two years ago. Read more

Otters in Branford!!

Yes Virginia, there are otters in Branford.  I saw them today with my very own eyes.

I was in a “I don’t want to run 3 hours today funk”, but I put on my running clothes and told my two older children that I would bring them to school.  This got me out of the house and going in the right direction at an early hour.  Sadie and I dropped the kids off before 7:30 and headed over to the Van Wie Property of the Branford Land Trust that is over off Red Hill Rd. near Exit 56.  We planned to run through several Land Trust properties past the quarry and into Westwoods, where we would do the Bimbler’s Bash and then return back.  Read more

Cows and Horses and Runners, Oh My!!!

Yesterday a group of Bimblers went to Colchester, CT to run the Colchester Half Marathon.  The race was put on by Rick Konon.  Rick wants to run a laid back no frills race (No shirts or medals) to give back to the race the running community who has seen ever increasing entry fees (Hartford Half Marathon, $50 -$70).  This year’s entry fee was $12, up from a previous $2.  Rick’s wife reminded him that he has small children who might someday want to go to college, so he wanted to try and cover the cost of the race this year.  He did put out there, that if anybody thought the entry fee was too high to pay,  pay what they felt the race was worth after running it.  I’m sure he had no takers. Read more

Do Your Nipples Hurt?

Do your nipples hurt? 

If you can answer yes to that question, or if you have chafing in other sensitive areas, this new product may help you.    I received a sample of this from soundRUNNER and being a victim of chafing I wanted to give this a try.  First impressions are very good.  I went for a 2 1/2 hour run today and applied this product before I went and was happy with the results. Read more

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