Cankles, Bridge Piercings, and Infinite Massages

Ahhhhh…..the half marathon. A whole other beast in the racing world. Despite 2 1/2 years of running, a few ultras here and there and a marathon to boot, I guess it was time to take on the half. Yesterday was my first day back on the trails in close to 2 weeks and I don’t think I have done any roads over 10 miles in a year or more. With that I was excited to push myself.

The morning was far short from dull, since Iggy met at a different meeting point then she had originally posted on the BS. I found my was to exit 57, which she posted. Glen meandered off to exit 59, not to sure why, and Iggy patiently waited at exit 58. After a few phone calls, the crew of Donni, Suresh, Glen, and I piled up in Iggy’s car and made our way up to the race. Read more

Hanna, Ike, Curly, & Me

While this is neither a detailed race report, nor an exhaustive illustrated travelogue, I feel I must write SOMETHING to make up for my lack of chatter last week. And while my exploits are not nearly as exciting as stories from Spuds this morning of tours of Beaujolais, or Yellowstone for that matter, ANY sort of travel for me is somewhat remarkable. Read more

Hammerfest Tri

Scoobie, Guthrie, Snobody, Gazelle and Vinca stepped up to the challenge of the Hammerfest Trathlon earlier today. Heavy dawn rain gave way to overcast skies and a nasty swell in the bay off Owebego that made the swim section particularly tough. The bike leg on slick wet roads wasn’t made any easier by some poor traffic marshaling that came close to causing several accidents. But our famous five all finished in fine form with Guthrie placing 5th overall female and Scoobie 3rd in her age group. Read more

Curly’s Marathon

The “morning” started really at 2:15 AM Sunday when I awoke.  The alarms were set for 3:00 AM.  So I rolled over, moved Daisy out of the way and happily closed my eyes savoring 45 minutes more of sleep.  I knew it was going to be a long day.  The alarms went off at 3:00 and I started the long day.  I had gotten all of my racing stuff together the night before, so I had time to eat breakfast and grab a cup of tea before making the first rendezvous in Branford to pick up fellow Bimblers. Read more

Madison Tri Age Group Winner

Congratulations to Scoobie (1:24:14) and Jonathan Carlson (1:10:47) on their finishes at the Madison Tri. Jonathan was only just outside of the top three in his age group, while Scobbie won hers!

Race results

 

Jurassic Runners

For 31 years every Labor Day our friends the Baron and Master Po have joined the start field of the New Haven Road Race and then proceeded to finish the 20 kilometer course. In case you can’t work it out that equates to 620 kilometers or a little over 385 miles, and they’re still going strong! The commemorate this year’s feat they were presented with ‘jurassic’ bones, compliments of Iggy, and then made to wear them around their necks for a photo shoot. Read more

So you want to run the Bluff?

Race is rapidly approaching, if you are thinking about running the Bluff, now is the time to log on to the internet or put pen to paper before registration closes on October 6, 2008.

There will be NO RACE DAY REGISTRATIONS!

The Bimbler’s Bluff 50k

 “… exactly what you think it isn’t …”

26th Ocober, 2008 - 8:00 am
Guilford Lakes School, CT

Race information and course details for the Individual Race and Goat and Gazelle Relay (pdf format) 

Register on-line at or by mail (pdf format entry form)

Need a relay partner?

I’ve been approached by a couple of runners interested in the relay but who do not have partners. If you are in the same predicament, let me know and I’ll try and pair you up with someone.

It would be helpful if you could indicate whether you prefer to run as either the Goat, Gazelle or don’t particularly have a preference. Read more

Bounce the Brewer

Carlson Craft Brewery which recently opened in Branford is owned by fellow runner Andrew (Bounce) Carlson. His beers are well worth trying and if you are interested, check out this video tour of his brewery. Read more

Altitude Training

As Spuds and I hit speeds of over 100 miles per hour, neither of the guys following us seemed able to overtake. It was a perfect day, bright sunshine, warm temperatures and not a cloud in the sky. At just over 10,000 feet we were still lower than parts of the Leadville race course but altitude issues weren’t going to spoil today’s outing! Read more

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