It was never my intention to participate in the Upper Valley Segment Running Challenge. As the organizer, it felt weird to simultaneously oversee a challenge and compete in it. But I changed my mind when someone – jokingly, in good fun – gave me their thoughts on the whole thing: “The Segment Challenge? Oh yeah, […]
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The Segment Challenge email sent to the club in late April by William Ren came at just the right time for me. I had not run much over the winter, and the nudge of a challenge is just what I needed. Here are some of the things I experienced and learned. Spoiler alert: the Upper
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Name: Seth Stemmer Current Town: Lebanon Hometown: Duluth, MN Profession: Physical Therapist Why did you join UVRC? I was new to town and the best advice I got from a college was to take something you enjoy and join a club to meet people in the upper valley What prompted you to start running? I
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Volunteer Opportunity with Girls on the Run! Girls on the Run NH is excited to host our spring 5K event at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, on Saturday, May 31st at 9:30A! We wanted to reach out to the NH running community if you or anyone you know might be interested in volunteering!
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The third race in the Upper Valley Running Series (UVRS) was the Lake Morey Icebreaker 5 miler, on Sunday, April 6. Congratulations to all the UVRC racers! Results can be found here. The fourth race is coming up on May 18th in Barnard VT: The BarnArts Race Around the Lake 5K/10K. Join us for a
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Save the Date: UVRC Campout, June 13-15 Our (inaugural?) UVCR group campout is a little over a month away! Friday and Saturday, June 13 & 14, come join your UVRC buddies for some fun at Barnes Field Group Campground in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest during the Mt Washington Road Race weekend. This is
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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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
Hello, UVRC! While we might see a few more flakes fall before we put away all of our cold weather gear, I still think it’s safe to say that spring has sprung! As I have come to learn in this, my third spring in the Upper Valley, the official kick-off to the season has nothing
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Congratulations to everyone who ran the Lebanon Shamrock Shuffle 5K on March 15th, the 2nd race in the Upper Valley Running Series (UVRS)! 119 UVRC finishers, according to my calculations: Wow! Photo: Sean, Geoff, and Dan at the Shuffle The April race in the UVRS is the Lake Morey Icebreaker 5M on April 6: https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Fairlee/LakeMorey5Miler
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