Race recap information from Mike Pelletier. Sunday, December 9 brought us a cold day but some hot competition at the Run-a-Latke and Festivus 5K this year! Several Striders braved the cold temperatures to represent the North Shore Striders in a couple recent races. Great job, runners! Run-a-Latke 5K in Swampscott, 11 am Start OA Place in Age GroupTime3rdSal … [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...]
Lone Gull 10K
USATF New England 10K Championships - 9/30/18 - Contributions from Mike Pelletier and Linda Desjardins After a summer filled with too-hot and too-humid races, we were all looking forward to a taste of autumn running and Gloucester’s Good Harbor Beach gave us a whole buffet of metaphoric tasty treats in today’s 10K race. The air was as clear as it ever gets and the race … [Read more...]
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