Here are the last 3 pics from The Canal Diggers race. Trisha “T-bone”, as Her friends call her, and I met last year at this race. Although she didn’t run this year she was there to cheer on friends and family. I met these 2 fellow “carb” drinkers at a pub around the corner from […]
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Despite the warm temperatures, the Jim Kane Sugar Bowl 5k in Dorchester was the place to be. I had been here once before when it was a 5 miler and had a good time. But now I was back and it has been turned into a 5k and I had a great time. It was on a […]
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I have written many, many times about how special volunteers are. Without them there would be no races. And they do it with a smile no matter what you and I may ask of them. Sheila was one of the first volunteers I talked with after arriving. She was in charge of the water stops. Quite […]
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Jennifer and I met while watching the awards ceremony after the race. She told me a quote she had heard at some point. I had never heard it before and really liked it. So I thought that she and the quote should get their own entry. So here is Jennifer and the quote was “There may come a day […]
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Meet Harry.  This race is an out and back course. The first time I saw Harry was quite a bit before I got to the turn around. I took note of him because he very much resembles a close friend of mine and I thought we had ended up at the same race without knowing it. I found Harry later after […]
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George and Sue were standing beside me at the starting line and I was there to see them finish. It was nice to watch them because they came as a couple, ran together as a couple and finished as a couple. To me this is one of the great benefits of the running world. Emily and I […]
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I’ve done around 300 races over the last 10 years. Sometimes don’t know I’ve already been to a race in the past until I arrive. McGuiggan’s Pub 5k in Whitman, Ma. proved to be one of those races on June 9th. As I came to the center of town and rounded the corner to McGuiggan’s a smile […]
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Sharon, along with her daughter Amy,  participated in the fund-raising run/walk. Amy walked the course. She actually walked it with a finishing time that beat some of the runners. Sharon ran the race in approximately the same time as I did. They live close enough to the event that they were able to go home, […]
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Greg (in the yellow shirt) not only ran the race pushing the stroller with Brynn and Sean, but was also a very thoughtful guy. As he passed some of us out on the course he would take his spray bottle of water from the stroller and spray us while passing. “Thank you”. He’s pictured with (l-r) Kristy and […]
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This was one of the last pictures I took as I was leaving Whitman. It represents one of the biggest reasons I love this “running thing” we do. I watched these 4 women come to the race, run their races and then spend the day enjoying each other’s company and stories. It’s a beautiful thing […]
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