Will Run For Beer (or at least a free jacket)

Sunday – June 5th, 2011 Smuttynose 5K Today ended the 6 race series “Will Run For Beer“.  I had done 5 of the 6 events which is all I needed to qualify for a “free” jacket.  Mia and I headed over to Newmarket for the festivities.  It was an absolutely beautiful day for a race…

Bar Harbor Weekend

Mia and I headed to Bar Harbor, ME for the Memorial Day weekend.  We left early Friday morning to a forecast for Concord that was supposed to finally feel like nice warm weather and get us out of the wind and rain that we had been stuck in for the month of May (and April…

End of Days Recap

I’d like to first mention the simple fact that it is now Sunday evening as I type this and we are all still here.

New Shoes, Road Ride and End of Days Update

New shoes! I’ve been looking for a pair of nice trail running shoes for awhile now.  Mostly for racing some of the Western NH Trail Series and then so I can change up some of my normal road routes around the neighborhood. I ended up with a pair of Saucony Peregrine.  Very nice shoes.  They…

Busy few weeks

I’ve been working on the route for the End Of Days Ride, checking out the conditions of some of the seasonal roads and such.  There was some flooding on the trails behind Blackwater Dam, but it is good enough to get by, though some hike-a-bike may be required for a few small sections.

3 Day Weekend

Friday 4/8/2011 Mia and I took Friday off from work so that she could test ride some potential new bikes.  We headed up to Plymouth, NH and Rhino Bike Works.  I’ve known Mike since he opened the shop back in 1994 and I was a sophomore at Plymouth State University (College back in my days). …