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Upper Valley Segment Running Challenge

With Spring feeling like it’s coming on in full swing, here’s even more motivation for you to get outside and start running: Introducing the Upper Valley Segment Running Challenge! This month-long challenge, starting tomorrow May 1st, is based off of a similar running challenge that happened across different cities in the U.S. The gist of […]

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Japan

From a pretty early age I recognized that all adventure stories (Treasure Island, The Call of the Wild) started by going through the door and getting out of the house.  And in a great many of them (Narnia, The Hobbit) that ment walking.  Usually a long ways. Hiking was clearly the simplest rout to adventure

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Race of my life (so far)

Goals Goal Description Completed? A sub 2:20 (7:00/mi pace) No B sub 2:30 (7:30/mi pace) Yes C don’t bonk (and have to walk) Yes D finish Yes Training I’ve been training for the REVEL white mountain marathon in may, but as a somewhat new “serious” runner — and by “serious” I mean entirely “someone who

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Run at night: a poem and a video

This poem was written while on a run that I dragged myself out for, as the title hints, at night. Since I have such easy access to the treadmill, it’s become the default for any situations that require even a modicum of mental effort to convince myself to run outside. Raindrops in the sky? Treadmill.

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March 2025 Announcements

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS LAST CHANCE TO STAY ON THE EMAIL LIST! We will be updating our email list this month. Be sure your membership is renewed for 2025 so you can continue to receive emails about group runs, club discounts, social events, and more! You can register HERE on the Lebanon Recreation, Arts, and Parks website.

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Race Report: Chicago Hustle

The Chicago Hustle is a stair climb up what used to be called the John Hancock Center in Chicago. This building was renamed a few years ago, and technically it is no longer called the Hancock. The annual stair climb was also renamed when the Hancock building lost its real name, going from Hustle up

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The Winds of Change

Chapter drafts continued and subject to change. 3. The Chimes It’s dark. The Old Meeting House bell is chiming – one…two…three…four…five…six…  Time to get up. Stoney pulls back the covers, plants his bare feet on the chilly pine floor, steadies himself, takes three cautious steps toward the bathroom door thinking,   Did I hear the chimes

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