We all got out of the house early this morning and stopped at a coffee shop for breakfast for the girls before arriving in East Windsor. I’d been getting used to finishing in the top 20 or 30 of these small races, but this one was comparatively huge, with more than 200 runners. The town’s […]

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Another last minute decision: I registered for the race at 6:55 a.m., and then drove up to Thomaston. Somehow, they already had a labeled manila envelope with my shirt, bib, and everything in it. It was a beautiful fall day, crisp and cold, and the small size of the race (44 runners) made my third […]

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Grace and I headed out early on a Sunday, for an 8 a.m. 5K in Montville (or was it Oakdale?). This was a real rarity: a free race, especially ambitious with a 5K, a 10K an hour later, and then a color run. It was a fine course, with a few hills, and race day […]

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A three-day weekend at the beginning of the school year made the perfect opportunity for Lucy’s first 5K. We all went to Winchester to support her, and though it was a tough slog, with lots of walking, up and down the many hills on the course, she finished, and in under 45:00. I managed a […]

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It had been a few months since I’d run a race, with trips to Bologna and the family road trip in Canada, and as I’ve been running almost every day lately, I wanted to try another race. I headed to Avon, where I’d not been before, and gave it my best shot in this small […]

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Grace and I started the day with a nice 5K run through the trails of A.W. Stanley Park in New Britain, along with cadets from the New Britain Police Academy (most of whom we beat, actually). Grace was a little tired—we’re getting to the point where she’s going to bed later, yet these races are […]

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Seizing the momentum from last weekend, Grace and I headed out again, this time to Middletown for the Grad Dash at the community college. Grace did great, persisting despite a cramp, and came in under 30 minutes for the first time in awhile. Though she insisted on noting that it was because she was the […]

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I had hoped to get to number 100 by the end of the year, but it wasn’t to be, between travel, holidays, fewer towns to choose from, and so on. Nearly six months had gone by, but I was glad to get back out on the road with Grace today. We headed to Washington Depot […]

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