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Racing Opportunity Join the Special Needs Support Center for the Flutie 5k on October 24th! Warm up at the UVRC group run and then head down to CCBA for the race start. Details can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/snsc-community-fun-5k-tickets-1997847097449 .  Western New Hampshire Trail Running Series Congrats to all who competed in this year’s WNHTRS! The series wrapped up on 9/12 with the Farnum 5. Check out the Western New Hampshire Trail Running Series website for results. Hope to see you out there next year! UVRC Calendar Looking for a local race? Did you know UVRC’s website features a race calendar?…

By Kent Hikida I ran track and cross country in high school and have run on and off including six marathons over the past 40+ years. I was excited to run in the Lebanon, NH Red, White, and Blue 6.2-mile race on the Fourth of July. I completed the Covered Bridges Half Marathon a month earlier and was feeling confident about running half the distance on the Northern Rail Trail. It was a hot and humid day, but the course was mostly shaded and unpaved along the Mascoma River. I remember the starter saying, “this is a very informal fun…

By Mike Vecchiarelli There is a great book out there called, Why We Run by Bernd Heinrich.  He is an over 50 (now around 86) ultra marathon runner and professor emeritus in biology at UVM.  In this book he combines his scientific, biology and anthropology research with his pursuit of endurance, distance and speed in running.  You may enjoy his anecdotal experiments with honey, beer or cranberry hydration techniques. (Spoiler: beer does provide carbohydrate but also a steep crash along the way.)  It would seem that our bipedal approach, although not as fast in a sprint as the four-legged friends…