Man, That Was a Long Day Now that the longest day of the year has come and (finally) gone, we’re into summer. You know what that means, don’t you? Well, first of all, we have a race in about 9 days. Perhaps you’ve heard about it. Perhaps you’ve even signed up to run or volunteer. ...
Some Ups and Downs If you’re running with us this weekend might be because you are not running up Mt Washington. For those of you who haven’t run it (yet), two words – bucket list. For those of you who have scaled the heights of the White Mountains, this weekend’s run will feel like a ...
Great Return Heading out on Dale this week for a medium sized 8.5-mile loop. Technically we hit two different Boxford borders on this one since we run into it one way and come out another. See if you can find both signs. Feel free to tag them if you need them for your collection. http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/1618474255/ ...
Attention Running Fans We are not starting (or ending for that matter) from the Common this week. Here is where we are starting. If you are hyperlink-challenged, it is the Technology Center Parking Lot of Northern Essex Community College. We have never started here before therefore checking out the start location as well as the ...
Welcome to the Finale of the Grand Tour After this weekend, if you’ve stayed with us, you will have seen all we have to offer in borders. And we’ve saved the grandest (in terms of mileage) for last. This route takes us past some historic driveways and a couple of interesting buildings and at least ...
Penultimate Leg of the Ultimate Border Collection Who’s with me on this? Who thought penultimate meant something bigger and cooler the first time you heard it? I get that second-to-last has a very negative overtone and could uses some spicing up, but I think old Daniel Webster might have overcorrected a smidge. Now you know ...
Bienvenue à la Troisième étape de la Tour de BRC Tomorrow we head into the alpine regions of North Andover. It will be a day for the climbers to shine and for those in contention for the maillot vert to hang on for dear life. Runners will endure five rated climbs including an hors catégorie ...
Welcome to Stage 2 of Le Tour de BRC This week we have a flat out-and-back. It’s a fast stage and will feature the talents of the sprinters in the group. The climbers will have their chance next week. It’s a beautiful course passing through small hamlets and past sprawling farmlands. Tour historians will tell ...
Welcome to Le Tour de BRC Over the next five weeks we’ll experience everything BRC has to offer in the way of borders. Before May is done we will have raft of new BRC Members. Will you be one of them? Start in the Middle(ton) You have to start somewhere, it may as well ...
Congratulations To everyone who enjoyed the fine weather from Hopkinton to Boston on Monday – especially to those who chose to enjoy it on the run. Good News The next race on our calendar is a smidge shorter and a bit closer. So short and so close in fact that we will try it ...
