April 2026 Newsletter

Greetings from Salt Lake City! I am out here on sabbatical for the winter. What brought me out here? The mountains and the people. A collaborator of mine is a professor at the University of Utah. In between meetings and research, I have been able to log lots of miles at 4,000 feet. Below are […]

UVRC Calendar Looking for a local race? Did you know UVRC’s website features a race calendar? Scroll through to find your next adventure! 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

The 2026 Upper Valley Running Series (UVRS), brought to you by BE Fit Physical Therapy, is two races in. The second race in the series was the Shamrock Shuffle 5K in Lebanon NH. Congratulations to all of the UVRC participants; race results are here! You can find UVRS standings on the UVRS website. The next

Metabolic Testing Content from our newest sponsor, Grassroots Medicine Why Two Runners Can Train the Same and Feel Completely Different You’ve seen it before — maybe you’ve lived it.  Two people follow the same training plan. Same mileage, same effort, same  commitment. One of them is improving, recovering well, and feeling strong. The other is

The Basics The “Run-Down” Fast Favorites Carbload Routine: two nights before a long race I buy three family size bags of popcorners and munch away for the next two days

This month I’ll stick to my actual runs and relegate my skiing and other outings to my “Alaskan Journal” (https://www.trailnotes.org). All of my recent runs have been linked to “Running Club North”.  In fact their running calendar is pretty full, with one to three events per weekend. Then during the week there is the Wednesday