Tax Day (but not really) Do you have your taxes done? Good news if you don’t. First of all, you get three extra days to file this year. Second, you get this handy map with a tour of local tax offices. It includes the town Treasurer and Assessors Office, two H&R Blocks, and at least ...
Diversions We’re into marathon season and all the training should be in the bag. All that is left is some fine tuning. This week we’re going to focus on a oft-ignored part of training; what to think about while you’re gadding about between Hopkinton and Boston. To that end, we have a double workout planned. ...
Why Not We have special runs for other holidays (not that this is technically a holiday) – and those all seem to be big hits, yes? So I figured why not put something special together for this week. See, the way I figure it, if I can manage to string together 52 themed runs for ...
Hi again! I figured I should follow my own advice from the last blog post and break this list down into smaller chunks. So here’s weight loss thought #3: Business During The Week, Pleasure On The Weekend. Business During The Week, Pleasure On The Weekend. I suggest building into your diet plans at least one cheat day ...
Here’s The Plan There were no takers for the 17-mile route so we will leave that one out. Everyone who is running will take this route: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/806005647/ Runner may want to note that this does not include the rail-trail. Stay straight on Lowell-Main-Boston St. and take a left onto Bridge St. Timing The objective ...
An Irish Running Toast Here’s to the run And here’s to the beers The Borderline fun We’ve been having years May the roads never end May your shoes never rest May your times and your friends All be your personal best Cool Irish Run What’s the Irish word for cold? It’s fuar. And ...
Let The Running Fun Begin After enduring a wacky winter that didn’t know when to leave or come back or if it’s done or what it will do next week or if it will be single digits again this weekend, we’re finally into the fun running season. Almost. Commemorative Run To mark this auspicious ...
Are you ready to cut a few pounds? Read this today and start you diet tomorrow! And apologies for the poor line breaks between paragraphs. We tried. So maybe you read Pete’s blog post about signing up for a spring race and are now all fired up to crush a PR soon. Maybe this past ...
In Like a Freezer Enough of that nice mild running weather, how about some freezing coldness, crazy winds, sub-zero wind chills, and perhaps some precipitation. The good news is it couldn’t be more than just a couple of weeks ago that you packed away all you winter running gear. Break it back out again. You’re ...
How ‘Bout That Weather? Felt a bit more like Spring Break than one would expect for February Vacation. Tomorrow morning might even be shorts and t-shirt weather. Not complaining. School Route This route seems somewhat appropriate given that kids are headed back to school, why shouldn’t we? http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/1066943036/