47 runners, 10 personal records, 5 first timers, and yet another new course record. To think, at 6:40 I was sitting by myself flippin popsicle sticks and crackin open a fresh brewsky, what a difference 20 minutes can make.   Junyong Pak must have really been listening when I was giving out some free pointers, because he…

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Well if you include Oliver the dog we had “12” new runners this week. That may be a record, if not then certainly close to it. Throw “5” Personal Records in there with the 50 runners that made up our field, and you got yourself a pretty good little Wednesday night.  Special Kudos out to…

When a race involves beer, you know at least a few D5Kers are likely to show up. And so it was at the Harpoon Brewery 5 Miler on Saturday where Matt Adams, TR Ramsdell, and Christina Nawn took on the odd distance of 5.3 miles (my guess is that the guy measuring the course was…

Two big stories at the Hornet Hustle 5k in North Reading today. First of all, congratulations to Dave Long who won the race AND set a new course record. Great job, Dave! Second of all, those of you who have been around the D5K for a while will remember Chris Soucy who was a regular…

I pity the fool who doesn’t run the D5K….fool.  I try each week to come up with some creative way of implementing the D5K logo into some form of random but meaningful imagery. I find it to be very much like the act of running itself, you never know how you’re going to do until…

D5K came. D5K saw. D5K conquered. What a great race! D5Kers finished 2nd (ARW), 3rd (BG), & 4th (TR) overall. Check out the results: Annie Rose Willis 1st Female Overall Ben Goodhue 2nd Male Overall TR Ramsdell 3rd Male Overall (a PR for TR) Frank Lanzillo 2nd Male 40-49 Aaron/Adam Toleos (stroller) 1st Male 30-39

Special thanks this week to Aaron Toleos for doing a perfect job as our stunt timer. Without him I would not have had the opportunity to run with all of you this week. I do not often get the chance to feel that side of the D5K, you know “the actual run” part. As bad…

Busy weekend. A lot of runners were able to squeeze in two events with the Monday holiday races. This post is for the Dory Run in Swampscott. A 5K. It was a warm day and this race has a pesky hilly section in the middle. Two things I hate the most. However, there were some…

Congratulations to Gregg Crean who finished his first half marathon today at almost four minutes under goal pace in Boston’s Run to Remember.  Congrats also to “Coach” Ramsdell who helped Gregg with his training and served as his pacer for the race. Of course, Annie Rose clocked a blistering pace as usual. Great job all!…