January 27, 2019 - Recaps by Linda Desjardins and Art Clay. Linda Recaps The Stew Chase: January is such an iffy month. It can be below zero or up to 60, dry, wet, snowy, icy, calm or windy. Race organizers just have to take their chances – and hope. Today brought 40 degree temps, mostly sunny skies, and dry roads thanks to Thursday’s heat which melted Monday’s snow and ice; … [Read more...]
North Shore Striders at First Run in Lowell
– 5K and 10K, 1/1/19 - Writeup by Linda Desjardins. There is a core of Striders who just seem to have a thing about this Lowell Race and we keep meeting up each New Year’s. This year, thankfully, it wasn’t 8 degrees with -16 windchills. It was more like 50 and there were 50-60 mph winds. The 5K course is like a long, skinny triangle. The road we start and finish on is about .3 … [Read more...]
Mill Cities Relay 2018
- December 2, 2018 - A Pelletier/Desjardins Collaboration. We all knew and dreaded that it was going to be rainy the whole race; but we hoped the predicted downpours wouldn’t materialize. Fortunately…it was just plain old nonstop rain which had started in the wee hours and made lots of puddles along the route. We navigated them as best we could, sometimes having to run in … [Read more...]
Run for All Ages – November 3, 2018
- Writeup by Linda Desjardins. The New England Over 65 Runners offered up the 17th edition of their 5K race around Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield. The North Shore Striders have run it in the past and it’s a delightful race with a slight bit of advantage for the older runners. There are 5 year age groups after age 60 and age graded top results are awarded in addition to the … [Read more...]
Baystate Marathon and Half Marathon
- writeup by L.D. Runner - Lowell, MA 10/21/18. The last race in the USATF New England Grand Prix Series was the Baystate Marathon, their championship race. Two Striders, Cheryl Welsh and Allie Vered, ran all the Grand Prix races and signed up for Baystate hoping to earn the Iron Runner designation and the prestigious jacket. Linda Desjardins had run three of the USATF Grand … [Read more...]
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