Memorial Day I don’t have anything close to the right words for Memorial Day. Instead, read through The Great Communicator’s Memorial Day speech from 1982. Route Run to the top of the Salem Street entrance to Ridgewood Cemetery. A guide will direct you from there to your first stop. Afterward, proceed to the Gallagher Memorial ...
Weather Woes The weather forecasters seems to think you guys will be unseasonably hot this weekend. I think it will be starting to get warm for me too. Luckily for you, North Andover has relatively clean air, and you don’t have to risk breathing too much sand. On Saturday, the temperature is predicted to rise ...
Friends, Once again, I’m late with something. This time you can help. On Sunday, May 22nd. I will once again "run" in the Harpoon 5-Miler to benefit the Angel Fund, and I'm looking for your support. This year, I will once again match the first $500 of your donations. I have run this race since 2012, and ...
Thank You I needed the time off. Thanks, Bill, for holding it together last week. This week, I’m still short on time, but at least I found a route. It’s got some hills, but it’s NOT Holly Effing Ridge. Go tackle Chestnut, Rea, Johnson, Coventry, and Dale. Chestnut, Johnson, Coventry, Dale (7.7): https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/2491208641/ ...
Somebody is Overworked. Somebody has worked over 90 hours this week, and more than 12 hours a day every day for more than three weeks. Jerk can’t even remember what day it is. How selfish. He’s taking a week off. This week, low member number at the Common picks the route. I’ll be back to ...
Let’s be reasonable. What a great sentiment. Go run past Andover High School. Then come back. Andover Schools (6.8): https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/2305461220/ Plan your summer around this The BRC Triathlon is coming. Aaron has rolled the bones and read the tea leaves. This mystic occurrence will arrive at the same time as ...
Recovery Congratulations to all our runners from this week’s little race. Now it’s time to recover. There are many different plans to recover from a marathon. Some people are running again within days, while I’ve even read plans that ask you to refrain from running for a day per mile of longer races. Now recovery ...
The. Marathon. Except for maybe the actual place, Marathon, Greece, this weekend marks what almost everyone in the world thinks of when you say “marathon.” The marathon. The BAA Boston Marathon, thank you very much. As usual, we have quite a few members running on Monday. Good luck to our very own – in ...
Win by any Means Necessary. Good Luck to those running the Cheat Marathon tomorrow. I wish you well in course-cutting, and bus-taking between water stops. Sometimes we fail to recognize the beauty of pure underhanded.. (unintelligible sounds off-mic)… Oh. Sorry. Good luck to everyone running the Cheap Marathon tomorrow. May your frugality be as ...
