It’s continued to have been quite a busy year, and it’s now time to wrap up my third quarter of running. Here’s how my runs went in July, August and September. The heat is my least favorite temperature to run in, but I always enjoy the many hours of sunlight into the evenings. I’m picking … More My running word for the third quarter of 2024: Build
I’ve participated in the Tour de Salisbury every year it’s been offered, but this year’s Tour had a new twist — each location was on an island! For two of the islands, you could only get there by boat. Because of the further-away and harder-to-get-to courses, we also had four months to complete The Islands Tour. … More The Islands Tour was a fun new twist on the Tour de Salisbury
I do a lot of the same races year after year, but the Historic Stevensville Distance Festival 8.15-miler was one of the new ones I added this year, and I’m glad I did. … More Historic Stevensville Distance Festival: A unique distance and fun race
I participated in my first-ever official cycling event in September — the DC Bike Ride! I was part of the DC and Philly Joy Rider Team for my first year in 2024 and have promoted the events this year. In order to be ready for the event and also create cycling-related content, this event also got me more into cycling. … More DC Bike Ride: My first cycling event
I didn’t run quite as fast as I thought I’d be able to at the Mike Sterling 10K, but I had another chance to test myself just five days later at the Run, White & Blue 5K. And this time, I was pleased with my result. … More Run, White & Blue 5K: Fun to run fast for a good cause
I didn’t meet my time goal at the Mike Sterling 10K, but I did walk away with the sweetest prize of all — a Smith Island cake. … More I won the sweetest prize at the Mike Sterling 10K
I broke my streak of running every Naylor Mill 7K when I attended Brooks Hype Fest in California last year, but this year, I was back on the challenging trails of Naylor Mill to represent Team Bacon. … More Bacon and hills: Back to the challenging trails of Naylor Mill
After officially deciding on the NCR Marathon as my fall marathon, I decided to complete at least four races for the RRCA Maryland Grand Prix this year. … More Dog Days 8K Cross Country Run was a fun throwback to cross country races of the past
It’s been a busy year, so I’ve moved to doing quarterly wrap-ups, at least for now. I participated in a lot of unique, scenic and otherwise enjoyable running activities this quarter, so I’m picking “fun” as my second quarter word. And it’s only in quotes because I’m describing a word, not because it was not … More My running word for the second quarter of 2024: Fun
I worked for Wicomico County Recreation, Parks & Tourism for several years, and as soon as I heard about the future Pirate’s Wharf Park, I wanted to run there. Now, since the park’s partial opening in fall 2023, I have been able to do that — twice so far. I’m now also part of a committee planning the first race at this park on Whitehaven Road in Quantico — the Pirate’s Wharf 5K. … More Pirate’s Wharf Park, Wicomico’s newest park, is a great place to run (including at an upcoming 5K)
She Runs by the Seashore 