So Hot Outside. This weekend promises to be hot and steamy, and not in a good way. If you want to run long crazy distances, you are free to do so. The rest of the club should stay Kool, and consider a funky, shorter alternative. Why not go visit our cousins in South Andover? https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/2106799780/ ...
BRC Triathlon! There’s not much to add to what Race Director Aaron Preston wrote in his email to participants of the 10th annual BRC Triathlon. Assemble at the Common at 0630, and be prepared to start at 0645. Olga is going to leading the singing of our National ...
Simple Plan for the holiday weekend The forecast show it will be warm tomorrow morning, but I’m sure many of you are itching for even more running after this week’s BRC domination of the North Andover 4th of July Road Race. (Great job, by the way) We will run something so deceptively simple, you’d think ...
Independence Day It’s almost here. Celebrate as John Adams suggested in a letter to Abigail he penned on July 3rd 1776. “It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and ...
Winter is Coming Every year the day comes that all runners despise and hold with dread in their hearts. The Summer Solstice is here. The days are getting shorter. Save for a few intrepid souls who will dash through the darkness, many will soon be running later and later in the day. Guard yourselves well, ...
Just One Hill? It’s time again for the Mt Washington Road Race. A simple route that follows only one road for 7.6 miles. Sure, just a few short miles, but over 4600 vertical climb with a max grade more than 20%. I know we have several perfectly sane individuals who will be running that hill. ...
How to bounce back from National Doughnut Day Wow, we have had quite a week. We had National Running Day, then the 75th anniversary of the launch of Operation Overlord, and now a real “holey”day — National Doughnut Day. (Who among you already knew it was an old holiday and not just something that Krispy ...
Beautiful Spring Day For all of you sufferers out there, I feel your pain. And discomfort. And general fogginess. Stupid pollen. But hay! Let’s go make it worse. Two routes I enjoy in the spring go along those evil, evil tree-lined routes and up and over many rolling hills. (Because in North Andover, we don’t ...
Where did it start? Yet again, the BRC Founders have discovered an out-of-the-way memorial for us to visit, and at which to reflect upon those Americans who lost their lives in service to their country. The beginnings of this holiday ...
A Run in the Woods Kind of. This week would be a good time to make the trek out to North Reading. The beautiful course has winding, wooded roads and more hills than you would believe. It will be good for you. The more adventurous may go as far as getting Middleton ...