Quote of the Day

“Always do what you are afraid to do”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Me, Myself, and I

Alternatively: Me, Madonna, and Hybrid… at the Seneca Creek 50K.

So, WAY back when, IGGY had started the theme of Spring 50Ks, and I expanded her theme by listing an exhaustive compilation of spring races, from Holiday Lake in February, all the way to Pineland Farms at the end of May. Seneca Creek seemed to fit our collective Bimble sensibilities due to the “low key” nature of the race, although several griped at the lack of shirts. Read more

Quote of the Day

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

From last night’s Fortune Cookie.

Bimblers Assault on Greylock Mountain

“Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity”

Charles Caleb Colton

Work, or Play?

If you are finding yourself working TOO early or TOO late TOO often to get your trail runs done, I submit the following advice from a man much, much wiser, and infinitely more eloquent than I: Read more

National Trail Running Day

Saturday August 21st, 2010

Check out the website, let’s plan an “event” (not that all our runs aren’t “eventful”)

WSJ.com – Why You Should Step Up Your Workout

So, after reading, or posting this, why aren’t you, and me, out running?
To summarize, and grossly simplify, the research indicates that increased running mileage up to at least 50 miles per week provides progressively more health benefits. Here is the full article:
Why More Exercise Is Better

Plenty To See In Winter Along Branford Trail

Peter Marteka
Nature’s Path & Way To Go

January 1 2010

Waves whipped up by frigid north winds crashed over some of the Thimble Islands, an archipelago of pink granite islands in Long Island Sound.

The complete article can be viewed at:
Plenty To See In Winter Along Branford Trail

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Happy New Year

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

Benjamin Franklin

The View from a New Crew (HG100K)

On the one hand, my report has nothing to do with the race, after all, I didn’t even run it! On the other hand, it has everything to do with the race, since the race was my reason for being there. What a strange and wonderful experience it was. I have run races, I have spectated at races, but crewing is something entirely different from the other two Read more

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