After the Queen City Icebreaker Ergatta I had to rush over to Concord to run a 4 miler. The 4 miler was organized to raise money for our local community college’s cross country team. It was cold and windy (it was February). The course was nice and flat and included an out and back on [...]
Other adventures
Skating Rinks for Trails?
I love winter. I do NOT love winter rain. This Sunday was a real demonstration of why I hate winter rain. Our trails had just gotten nice and snowy. They were packed down. Then the rain came, along with the January thaw and turned the trails to this: There was usually a swath a few [...]
Other adventures
Ice climbing
It’s brutal cold in New Hampshire today. I looked at the weather at one point and saw a windchill of -17 F. So I wanted to share some pictures from last weekend, when we spent the morning ice climbing under blue skies and relatively mild temperatures. I hadn’t been out ice climbing since 2008. I’ve [...]
Training
Cold cold days
I don’t really enjoy the January thaw. It makes me freeze when the seasonal weather comes back. It doesn’t help that I’ve been running again. I get back from my lunch run and spend the rest of the day freezing. I don’t usually realize how cold I was during my run until the shower afterward. [...]
Races
Olde Salem Green Snowshoe Classic
On Saturday I participated in my first snowshoe race ever. I ran a 5k in Salem, MA called the Olde Salem Greens Snowshoe Classic. I really enjoyed it. The group I ended up running with for a long time felt more like a weekend exercise group than a group of people actually racing each other. [...]
