October 7′th, 2009 we will be changing the route of the D5K course.
We are in the process of updating the course map page, and will have the new route posted shortly. So please keep checking back.
Now that we have progressed back into a night time run safety becomes an ever bigger factor. Last year the runners opted to run the course in reverse, thus running towards the traffic instead of with it. This process seemed to have worked out pretty well for us. So we will be instituting this change next week.
Also we will be turning the course back into a loop. We have found that just to be easier all around. So next week we will be introducing the new course as well. It will still be a 3.1 mile course and is very similar to the current course.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns of any kind please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. My info is on the contact page.
D5K loyalists “Mind Over Miles” are having a special sale on there long-sleeves just for you special folks who take part in the D5K. They are a perfect answer to combat the post race shivers that can sneak up on you as we progress into the cooler months of running. enjoy.
Decide at the last minute to join your 2 friends for a nice leisurely hike on a crisp fall Sunday morning.
Step 2:
Start drinking Tanqueray and tonics at 6 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Step 3:
Continue to drink (whatever is available) until 2:30 Sunday Morning.
Step 4:
Fall asleep (Pass Out)
Step 5:
Wake up late and start to pack.
Step 6:
Put car on autopilot and have it drive you to the trailhead.
Step 7:
Meet friends at mountain and change out of your pajamas/yesterdays clothes.
Step 8:
Have your friends? decide to turn this leisurely hike into a training run. (NOTE: friend number 1 is training for the Stone Cat Marathon, and friend number 2 is training for the Vermont 50 miler.)
Step 9:
Agree with Vigor.
Step 10:
Lie to yourself about your physical condition and start running.
Step 11:
Do WHATEVER is necessary to take your mind of the fact that your legs feel like two pieces of overcooked spaghetti that have been set on fire, and focus on the happy thoughts, like, just think how clean my pores are going to be after all this alcohol infused sweat decides to stop pouring out of every single part of my body. Or, all that fresh mountain air you are breathing in, which is simply a nice way of saying, large gasping breathes of air that cling for every molecule of oxygen, lungs trying there hardest to turn the mixture of alcohol and battery acid that is flowing through my veins back into oxygenated blood.
Step 12:
Arrive at Summit.
Step 13:
Drink a Beer, eat a sandwich, take a picture.
Step 14:
Reverse process (Only faster)
Step 15:
Assure yourself that running down a mountain at full speed is normal and people do it all the time.
Step 16:
Somehow arrive back at the parking lot alive and in one piece.
Step 17:
Celebrate by drinking a couple of 12 packs of beer in the parking lot, lying about how good you feel and what a great idea that was.
Step 18:
Get into your car and start crying like a little girl, drive home and go to bed. Wake up in the morning jump out of bed and fall down directly on your face.
A rather light crowd for the early fall evening. 36 runners showed up tonight, armed to the teeth with high fashion reflective clothing, and beers that tasted of pumkins and ciders, and all the smells of fall in New England.
We were missing a few of the regular faces in the lineup this week, but undersandably this time of year can get a little busy, as the daylight grows further elusive, and our to-do lists grow ever more endless. We did manage to wrestle in a few new runners this week. Two, to be more direct, and at the end of there run they were still alive and still smiling…which obviously means they were not running hard enough, I suppose we can let that slide, it being there first run and all. There were 3 regulars who were certainly running hard enough this week, all of whom set personal records. (refer to the results for names and times…I’m to lazy to type them out again. Don’t worry I still love you, I’m just a lazy typer.)
Fall is a very short season, it is also one the most beautiful and one of the best times for running, and not just running, I mean running FAST. So I hope to see some great gains by all of you in the next coming weeks, and remember “I” am your biggest fan.
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