October 7th was originally forecast for rain. But, the “beer gods” brought sunshine, warmth and 1200 runners to the 10th Annual Harpoon Octoberfest in Windsor, Vermont.     The event raises money for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and treats people to a wonderful day of entertainment. For me it also had a very special significance that […]
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As many of you know, I have been running for over 40 years.  There have been many times over those years that I wondered why I continue to do this. People like myself used to do a lot of our running when it wasn’t as “cool” as it is now. When nobody came to cross-country […]
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When I looked at last years race results for the Harpoon race, I saw that there were 456 finishers listed. I went expecting a pretty good turn out because the forecast went from rain forecasted to a sunny day forecast. But, when I arrived about an hour and a half early, there were already at least […]
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When runners, sunny days, the hills of Vermont and beer come together–well, need I say more–it will always be a great day.   From the parking lot where I met Lynda, Dave and Lisa, to inside the Octoberfest grounds where I met Matt and Deb, to checking out the race results where I met Jodi, there wasn’t […]
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They were tapping kegs and bowling with kegs in Windsor that day. I think that is a very creative form of recycling. Come to the fun next year and you will see what a great time for all that the Harpoon Brewery has put together in October. Â
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For me, I like to start my fall race season with the Canal Diggers 5k in Worcester, Ma. and I did just that Sept 8th. I have a lot of great memories from past years and always seem to add new ones every year. You will read about some of them in the next 4 short entries […]
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As a person who has put on, or been involved in, races and charity events I know how important volunteers are.  In a road race, from the people you meet at the registraion tables, to those manning the water tables, direction and protection people to those that make sure you get food there can never be enough […]
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I enjoy meeting new friends at all the races I run. However, there are people I’ve met that I look forward to seeing again or I would feel my year was missing something. Joe and I met for the first time in Charlton, Ma. during their annual Charlton 5 miler. He is quite strictly […]
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I’m not sure what else these people need to do to get you to come to this race.  They have almost endless food, beer and music. All that along with a nice course and a FUN day for all. What more could you need. Oh and the stretcher is in case any of the previously mentioned items was […]
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Here are some pictures of the people I met as new friends to share the day with. Chris(#958) was at the race almost as early as I was. He parked right aside of me in the parking lot, and as you saw in a previous entry, there weren’t many others there that early.   Jen, Mel and I […]
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