I received an email from a yoga studio today that was advertising an interesting race. Seacoast Big Brothers Big Sisters is having a Stiletto race in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 20th, 2010. The race consists of short uphill dashes. Runners are expected to wear high heels as their footwear. Heels 2″ and higher are [...]

As I blogged last year, one of the most interesting aspects of the Vermont 100, at least as a spectator, is the horses. The Vermont 100 is one of the few ultra running races (possibly the only) that still shares a course with a long distance horse race. It is the only 100 that continues [...]

Sometimes (rarely) I get my way and my hubby posts about his latest adventures on his blog. After more than a month, he finally posted his report about his adventures during the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 miler (MMT100). Feel free to go look at his insights.

Memorial Day Weekend Part 2: My first Ultramarathon My husband runs Ultramarathons. When I started my journey towards running back in October I thought that perhaps, in the distant future, I could run half marathons with him. I never in a million years would have imagined that I would be running a 50k race 7 [...]

Memorial Day Weekend Recap #1 – Pineland Farms Trails Challenge 5k Race: Pineland Farms Trail Challenge Barefoot 5k Date: May 29, 2010 Location: New Gloucester, ME Distance: 5k (barefoot on trail) Official Result: 33:33 33/34 Total Full Results Here When I signed up for the Pineland Farms 50k trail race on Sunday I wasn’t sure [...]

A few weekends ago my hubby and I traveled down to Virginia so he could race in the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 miler race. I know this is a late report seeing as the race happened May 15-16th but the entire group of people that run that race was wonderful. The members and volunteers from [...]

After two weeks consisting of constant school or work work, and a whirlwind weekend in Virginia, I had grand ideas of what I would be doing running wise this weekend. I had to get up early on Saturday I was going to run a half marathon distance at least. I would do a nice run [...]

1. Race obsession I’m very backed up on grad school work right now. I should be doing loads and loads of homework. But I sometimes find myself day dreaming of my two big races coming up. The Pineland 50k Trail race at the end of the month, my first Ultramarathon, and the Quebec City Marathon [...]

I ran another double 5k this weekend. I found both to be a little disappointing. So instead of posting both reports separately I’ll post them together. Race: Architects for Humanity 5k Date: May 1, 2010 Location: Boston, MA Distance: 5k Official Result: 26:53 161/340 Total Full Results Here I was in Boston to watch my [...]

In a little over a month, I will be attempting something that seemed impossible to me until lately. I will be entering a World that I have watched from the sidelines for the last two years. I will be attempting my first Ultra-Marathon before I have ever tried a Marathon. Am I nervous? A little [...]