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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 In case you don’t see this newsletter until after that race, the May race is the BarnArts 5K/10K on May 18: https://runsignup.com/Race/VT/Barnard/BarnArtsRaceAroundtheLake Both great races, you should come run! What’s the UVRS? It’s our club’s series of local road races. Checkout the UVRS website for…

Name: Eastern States 20 miler Date: March 16, 2025 Distance: 20 miles Location: Kittery, ME Youtube Recap: https://youtu.be/yU5nmDeyGps Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/13901171788 Time: 2:23:33 Goals GoalDescriptionCompleted?Asub 2:20 (7:00/mi pace)NoBsub 2:30 (7:30/mi pace)YesCdon’t bonk (and have to walk)YesDfinishYes 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 signs up for a lot of races” (don’t get the wrong idea, I do NOT think of myself as fast), this was a great race to get under my belt. It’s a race that many Boston marathoners…

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. Slush on the ground? Treadmill. Too dark outside? You get the idea. On this particular night though, with my daily run pushed off till much later than usual, around 8ish pm, I decided against the treadmill.  It was the first true night run I’ve had in…