The family is out of town, and there’s apparently only one race going on in Connecticut today, so I ran it. But it is a doughnut run. At each checkpoint, runners had to pull a paper out of a bowl and follow the instructions. At the first stop, I pulled an “EAT.” It was a […]
169 Towns #90: West Hartford
February 20th, 2020 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #90: West Hartford
169 Towns #89: Brooklyn
February 2nd, 2020 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #89: Brooklyn
The town of Brooklyn (an “elusive” town per the Run 169 Society’s calculations) is about as far away as you can get and still be in Connecticut. The race course here turned out to be three laps around a school parking lot, which is a little bizarre, but wasn’t as bad as it sounds. It […]
169 Towns #88: South Windsor
January 13th, 2020 · Comments Off on 169 Towns #88: South Windsor
On an unseasonably sunny day in January, Grace came along for our first race in a long time. We both felt good, and she did great, smashing her PR. The race was very well organized, with good water breaks, nice goodies, and beer and food afterward at the brewery with a cool Corsair logo. Resolution […]