This was a great little race, a fundraiser for the high school running team and a big draw for teachers and students, as the name implies. It was a quick half hour drive to Cromwell, and I found a small group of Run 169ers there (you never know; many races will gather 30 or more […]

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It had been almost a month since I’d done a Connecticut race, with most of that time spent recovering from the Leatherman’s Loop and a very busy April of travel. As our weekends get busier, I’ve been picking off nearby town, so my time away from home is minimized. Prospect was only 20 minutes away, […]

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I’m quickly running out of nearby towns to run a quick race in, one that doesn’t eat up a whole morning with driving, but then again, you’ve got to run them all eventually, so near or far, you may as well get them done when you can. This was a small, nicely run race, run […]

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I decided to hook my first race in Fairfield County into a trip to do some research at the library in Greenwich. It was a three mile race, a tenth of a mile shorter than a 5K, but similar enough that I felt pretty impressed by my time, until I realized it wasn’t the full […]

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This was my first non-5K in a long time, and of course, I ran it like it was a 5K with a few more miles attached to the end. Running the race was my neighbor Ryan’s idea, and I was happy to have someone to run with (or chase, as it turned out). It was […]

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I took the opportunity afforded by a home weekend and the return of races – I’d been busy, but there also really weren’t very many to choose from over the past few weeks – to knock off a nearby town, Stratford. It was just 25 or so minutes away, in a part of town I’d […]

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Most of the races I’ve run so far have been fairly interchangeable, small-town 5Ks in a loop around the center of town. This one was different: a point-to-point, all uphill race leading from Hubbard park to the summit of West Peak in Meriden. You can read about the tradition behind the Tradition Run; this was […]

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I’d heard about this race for a few months now, and knew I wanted to do it; it was just a matter of what the weather would be like on January 10th. The race had been organized by members of the club, and existed almost solely to serve the purpose of allowing two runners to […]

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I’ve never been one for blow-out New Year’s Eve celebrations, but deciding to run a 5K on New Year’s Day confirmed the fact that the days of staying up all night were long gone. It was a surprisingly mild morning, and I ran in shorts and t-shirt, which was a little depressing, but made for […]

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