No one ever said a marathon was easy. I’m also pretty sure no one ever said a HILLY marathon was easy. Such was the case this past Saturday, May 19th at the 3rd annual Shires of Vermont Marathon. To give you some perspective, this is a point to point course in southern VT (from Bennington [...]
Race Etiquette: Are There Rules?
The answer is yes. Do runners always abide by them? No. I have seen my fair share of gracious runners in my time and as a long time runner, I like to reciprocate whenever possible. Whether that’s stopping mid-race to help someone who tripped (been there, done that myself so I can sympathize) or to [...]
Friday Fartlek: Doug Cassaro
Name: Doug Cassaro Age: 27 Web/blog address: www.dougcassaro.com Twitter: @DougCassaro 1. What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? My running light bulb was when I was tipping the scales at 210 pounds in 2006. I was way out of shape and knew that I could either continue down [...]
Friday Fartlek: Hollie
Name: Hollie Age: 22 Twitter: @fueledbylolz Blog address: http://fueledbylolz.com 1. What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? I had never been much of a runner until I ran a 5K on my college campus three years ago. I ended up running the 5K in 24 minutes. It was [...]
Island Daisy Designs (& Coupon Code!)
Happy Thursday! While 99.9% of this blog is running related, sometimes it’s nice to post about other things. Today I’d like to introduce you to the wonderfully talented Christina who owns Island Daisy Designs. I first met Christina through Twitter. She is a fellow runner who, in a year and a half, went from being [...]
Friday Fartlek: Nicole Nolen
Name: Nicole Nolen Age: 34 Web/blog address: www.revvedrunner.blogspot.com Twitter: @revvedrunner 1. What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? My running ‘light bulb’ moment was more like a series of events that led to me getting my first pair of running shoes (as an adult). My daughter joined her [...]
Friday Fartlek: Kara Graci
Name: Kara Graci Age: 29 – yikes! Web/blog address: http://www.runningfromperfect.com Twitter: @runfromperfect 1. What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? I have been running since I can remember, but I think my first 5K was at the age of 9 in 1992. It was what was then known [...]
Friday Fartlek: Chelsea Pells
Name: Chelsea Pells Age: 25 Twitter handle: @cmpells 1. What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? When my cousin said “we are running a half marathon next August” My first reaction was, “NO WAY!” My second was “Ok, maybe” My third was “I don’t want to PAY to [...]
Friday Fartlek: April Russell
Name: April Russell Age: 31 Web/blog address: http://mamasmarathon.wordpress.com What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? I have always been a runner. I used to race with my cousins when we were little, and my Dad has video of me beating my cousin who is now a Navy SEAL. [...]
Friday Fartlek: Kelley R.
Name: Kelley R. Age: 28 Web/blog address: http://sheisonarun.wordpress.com/ Twitter handle: @Sheisonarun 1. What was your running “light bulb” moment? How did you get started and when? I never really had a light bulb moment really. I started running because everyone else was doing it and I didn’t want to be left out. Having cerebral [...]
