That’s right, it was the 6th annual Toasted Owl Tavern Gives A Hoot on Main Street in Northampton, MA. And I, as “the course guy,”……..  was out early getting the arrows, mile markers, water and tables out on the course. You need to look at the many pictures about what was a GREAT DAY AND GREAT SUCCESS. I […]
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Fred Gore is a great, great friend of mine. He is also the owner of The Toasted Owl Tavern on Main Street in Northampton. Six years ago he asked if I would like to help him start a fund raising road race/walk to help raise money for charities. I agreed to help and asked him when he would […]
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Without volunteers these events would not happen. If you have followed my blogs for any length of time you would know I like to give some of the many volunteers some cudos. Mickey has been helping us for all 6 years. She does anything needed to be done, which includes……  cutting up the favorite […]
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Jeff won our race last year. This year it was second place. He’ll be back next year to regain that title. This was this guys first race…… As it was for this guy…..  As it was for the gentleman here. And the woman with us ran a personal record time. As a course director it’s […]
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Here are some more pictures from the Toasted Owl. There is one more entry, so check it out to see if you might be there  Â
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     Here are the last of the pictures from this years 6th annual Toasted Owl Gives A Hoot 5k. Put this fun run and day on your calender for next year and come have a Great day with us.    Â
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I headed out of my house last Sunday morning. I was headed to Worcester to do a race I had not done in the past. I was headed to the Octoberfest5k. It was at Brew City on Shrewsbury Street. And I headed out expecting a great time. I was not disappointed.  The very first person I […]
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 Steve (standing next to me) owns Sneakerama, a running store at 12 Lake Ave. in Worcester. He came with alot of friends to run this race. But Steve has a bigger connection to the race then just running. He, and his store, are sponsors of the Octoberfest 5k. Also the awards given out are in memory […]
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Here are some pictures of just a few of the many people that came to run.  Tony BLAZED the trail, winning with a time of 15:35. Patrick was close behind, taking home third place.  Brian and I met at the starting line. I liked his thoughts on running in these types of races. When […]
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After the race was over I met up with some great friends from Worcester. Stephanie had run a half marathon that day, so we shared running stories. The Patriots were playing so Tom and I got to cheer on the favorite team.  It was a great way to finish the day. And it grave me some […]
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