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This past Sunday I ran my second half-marathon of the year and potentially my last race until A) my wedding later this month and B) the Amica Marathon in Newport in October! The race was the Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half-Marathon in Fairfield, CT and it was the second time I’d run the race. Last year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘races’
June 29th, 2010
Race Report: 2010 Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half-Marathon
Posted in Uncategorized, races, running 
Tags: half-marathon, injury, races, running, VFF Sprint, weather 
8 Comments »June 18th, 2010
One week until the Fairfield Half-Marathon
Not only has the wedding planning and new house improvements distracted me from blogging, but it also caused me to forget (until very recently that is) that my second half-marathon for the year is next weekend! On June 27th I’ll be running the Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half-Marathon for the second time (ran it last year [...]
Posted in links, races, running Tags: barefoot, Blogs I Follow, born to run, half-marathon, interview, links, races, running, trail, VFF Sprint, vibram five fingers 9 Comments »June 4th, 2010
Just signed up for my first marathon! (Amica Marathon – Newport, RI)
After a lot of talk about the Hartford Marathon as my first marathon, I made a knee-jerk decision to sign up for the Amica Marathon in Newport, RI this afternoon! The marathon is October 17th, about a week after the Hartford Marathon would have been, but that really had no bearing on my decision to [...]
June 2nd, 2010
Barefoot Brandon: What’s in a name?
At about the same time I started running barefoot and in Vibram Five Fingers and started blogging about it last year, it became apparent that there was quite a disagreement raging on the interwebs. This disagreement was between those in favor of minimalist running and those who recommended the traditional running shoe approach (and many [...]
Posted in links, running Tags: barefoot, beer, Blogs I Follow, check this out, drink, energy, injury, links, marathon, races, running, ultra-marathon, vibram five fingers 11 Comments »May 17th, 2010
Long trail runs and push-ups
This past Sunday I went out for a trail run at Bluff Point with the intention of setting a new PR for distance on the trails…and it wasn’t a disappointment! Although I only beat my previous record by less than a mile (7.3 miles in Bimbler’s Bash) it was a very fulfilling run. I didn’t [...]
Posted in links, status Tags: Blogs I Follow, check this out, garmin, half-marathon, links, races, trail 6 Comments »May 6th, 2010
Half-marathon hangover
I’ve officially deemed this week a half-marathon hangover due to general soreness from the race and some scheduling conflicts with my training. Maybe I deserve a slow week after the effort I put into the Providence half-marathon, but the hope was that I’d get right back out there and pick up where I left off…but [...]
Posted in links Tags: barefoot, Blogs I Follow, half-marathon, links, races, trail, ultra-marathon, video 4 Comments »May 4th, 2010
Race Report: 2010 Shape Up RI Half-Marathon
Now that I’ve gotten a bit of time to collect myself, here’s the race report from the Shape Up RI half-marathon that I ran Sunday morning. Continuing an on-going trend that seems to work well, here’s a summary of the race in bullet format for your enjoyment… Skipping straight to the good part…I finished the [...]
Posted in races, status Tags: garmin, half-marathon, injury, pt tendon, races, sonya, update, VFF Sprint 7 Comments »May 3rd, 2010
Half-marathon finished! Race report coming soon…
Just wanted to let everyone know that I finished the Shape Up RI half-marathon with a new PR for the distance (only one other race, so it wasn’t hard!) of 1:53:13. I raced in my Vibram Five Fingers Sprints and was able to shave about five minutes off my time from last year. Stay tuned [...]
April 26th, 2010
Race Report: 2010 Seaside Shuffle 5-miler (or 5.2 miler!)
On Saturday I ran the Seaside Shuffle 5-miler (click here for pictures) in Old Saybrook, CT, primarily as a warm-up for my upcoming half-marathon on May 2nd. I figured running a race of this distance would prevent me from trying to set some personal distance record and potentially hurting myself this past weekend, along with [...]
April 22nd, 2010
Two days until the Seaside Shuffle!
A couple months ago my sister and I registered for the Seaside Shuffle 5-miler in Old Saybrook, CT, as a warm-up for the Shape Up RI half-marathon on May 2nd. Well, it seems the time has come to begin preparing for the race, with less than 48 hours between now and the start time! My [...]
Posted in links, races Tags: barefoot, Blogs I Follow, family, half-marathon, links, races, twitter, ultra-marathon, update, vff bikila, vibram five fingers, video, weather 2 Comments »
