Even though I have already run a race this year, I consider the St. Patricks Day 10k in Holyoke, Ma. to be the beginning of a new race year. This year’s race was on March 20th. Although there are other entries about the race after this one, I love starting the year with the BIG […]
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One thing about the Holyoke St. Patty’s Day Race is that it has a large number of volunteers that endure many variates of weather, because, it is in the middle of March in New England. As I have written about in the past, without the volunteers you and I would not have races to run. […]
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This is “The Good Samaritan Culprit” and his wife. If you went back to the early entries in the blogs you would know who this is, even though he’s trying to hide behind the sunglasses. After my run across the country I spent 30 plus years just running on my own and not participating in […]
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Behind the scenes at the St. Patty’s day race in Holyoke, Ma.. Green was everywhere including all over the booth one of the venders was setting up. Joe Weisse owns a water distribution business i the city and donates all the water for the race. Not many people think about where the water they are […]
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I like to do entries that talk about the volunteers that help greatly in putting a road race on. When I saw the large group of people in yellow shirts (and there were many more not pictured) I thought I was getting a photo of a brunch of volunteers. What was I thinking!!! This is […]
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More photos from the St. Patty’s Race in Holyoke, Ma. show a mix of runners and non-runners. How can you tell the difference? All the ones without beer in their hands did NOT run. Surprised?? The ones with beer had recently finished the race and were replenishing their carbs and ramping back up. The ones […]
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When trying to train for and organize a large running event, such as running 5000 miles, you need help, support and understanding from people around you. Sometimes you may need advise, sometimes instruction, and sometimes just some one’s ear so you can vent or think out loud to get a handle on your own thoughts. […]
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March 6 was a great day for my 1st 2010 road race. It turned out to be a clear sunny 50 degree day. For you that are reading this somewhere that has warm temps all year round, or, 50 degrees plus most of the year, to us this was almost more than us New Englanders […]
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These are a few of the pictures I took at a race on March 6. The race was not only my first of the year, but, was in my local area. The run was held at Look Park in Florence, Ma. It was a delightful 50 degrees and brought a large number of runners out. […]
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