Hazel’s first trail race

Hazel has raced on the track, on roads and around a grass field but Sunday was her first trail race.  After seeing me finish the Medved Trail Madness 15 miler (my own race report to follow shortly) she was very excited to get covered in mud just like daddy.  I often wondered how old Hazel …

A Dream of Spring (AKA the longest post ever)

“Training was a rite of purification; from it came speed, strength. Racing was a rite of death; from it came knowledge. Such rites demand, if they are to be meaningful at all, a certain amount of time spent precisely on the Red Line, where you can lean over the manicured putting green at the edge …

The Littlest Roadkill Racer

I know I’m behind in doing some race reports.  I owe you one for the Finish Strong 5k that at this point I’ll probably never get to.  I do however have a race report for you about the youngest member of Roadkill Racing. Hazel has run a few track races before but this was to …

Old Goat Trail Run

On Saturday morning I headed out to the Ganondagan site in Victor, NY to race the Old Goat Trail run.  This was a last-minute decision, and I really didn’t know what to expect from the 7 mile course, as I couldn’t find results for the previous years posted anywhere.  It was a wet morning, but thankfully not …