By Mary Stevens - Suppose you were a really good runner, a contender to win every 5K you entered. Would you run to win if you knew your grand prize was a case of Moxie, the State of Maine's Official Soft Drink? This is a question I always ponder as I trot the Moxie Days 5K in Lisbon Falls, Maine. The race kicks off my Moxie Days ritual, and it's followed by a pancake … [Read more...] about Back to the Moxie Fest
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Birding a 10K
By Mary Stevens Summer rolls in on waves of humid air, and the odds are good that we'll all be running a race in sweltering conditions. Those odds get even 'better' when we commit to run longer races this time of year. Nevertheless, I signed up for Hamilton's venerable Wiener Run 10K (Roger Perham, director) a couple of weeks ago because it was right in the neighborhood and I … [Read more...] about Birding a 10K
Run Loud!
By Mary Stevens. Can a retail clothing company make it onto Mary’s Short List of Preferred Merchants, joining New England Running Company, Sherman’s and the bottlers of Moxie? Yes! Recently I was walking around the post-race festivities at the Mount Washington Road Race, when the Handy Spandy tent found me. More accurately, several racks full of screaming-loud running … [Read more...] about Run Loud!
Mt. Washington Road Race
Recap by Linda Desjardins. As you may have surmised, the weather for Mt Washington was way warmer than predicted and just about everyone was bemoaning times that were 5, 6, 7 minute off what they did last year. Myself included. We had full sun the whole run and once we get above the treeline... well looking at the runners up ahead meandering their way up the mountain was … [Read more...] about Mt. Washington Road Race
Ribfest 5 Miler – USATF/NE 5 Mile Championship
Recap by Mike Pelletier. On one of my all-time un-favorite courses along the hot-topped Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack, NH, three Striders laced up their running shoes and competed in the Ribfest 5 Miler--USATF/NE 5 Mile Championship. After 10 days of no running and lots of ice, I was testing out my balky IT band. My IT band passed the test with flying colors, but I … [Read more...] about Ribfest 5 Miler – USATF/NE 5 Mile Championship