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UVRC Calendar Looking for a local race? Did you know UVRC’s website features a race calendar? Scroll through to find your next adventure! https://uppervalleyrunningclub.org/racing/ Western New Hampshire Trail Series Not a fan of pounding the pavement? Looking to try some new events this year? Check out the Western New Hampshire Trail Running Series! Races take place from May-September throughout the Upper Valley. All races are designed to be welcoming to newbies while still challenging for seasoned veterans.  2026 Race Calendar – WNHTRS# 1Dirty 5K (Sunday)May 10, 2026Hanover, NH# 2Six in the Stix (Saturday)June 13, 2026Newport, NH# 3Frenzy In The Forest…

by Scott Prescott On a humid Sunday morning in early June, UVRC was well represented at the annual Covered BridgesHalf Marathon. We had 24 pacers, leading the way for runners shooting for times between 1:30 to 2:30.A crew showed up at 5:15 am to help with parking. We also had many more UVRC folks running asparticipants. Several finished either at the top or near the top of their age group and some ran their firsthalf marathon. Impressive accomplishments. (I’d try to list them all, but am sure I would miss many, sohere is the link to the results if you…

By Patrick Wheeler There’s a corner on the road into Chamonix, just past Les Houches, where the valley finally opens and the Mont Blanc massif rises up in front of you all at once. I relax the instant we round it. Ten years of arrivals and it still happens; my shoulders drop, my breath slows, something in me settles. We don’t live there. But turning that corner feels like coming home. Hillary and I found the place on our honeymoon in January 2017. We’d gone to ski, and somewhere in that first trip the valley got its hooks in us…