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Re: Maine Runners

elufa — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:05:00 GMT

Maine Runner - I too have never ran the Wolf's Neck 10K, but a friend of mine did last year and he told me that it's basically the same 10K course as the Lobsterman Tri. He also told me that its a part road, part trail race, and that it's definitely not a flat race.

Dick - Unfortunately, I live more on the Gorham end (I'm only 2 miles from Route 25) of Route 112, so I've never gotten down to that portion of Buxton and don't know that area too well. One thing I would not recommend is DO NOT run on Route 112. The road itself (undulation) is not too bad and don't have any blind corners, but people speed on that road.

Now, there's a section of Gorham trail that parallel Route 202/4, but I don't know where the trail head begins (or ends) in the Gorham/Buxton side - the "other end" begins at the high school. You're not too far from me (10 minutes or so), so let me know if you ever want to get together for a run. My e-mail is jwu@neamaine.com.

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Re: Maine Runners

jwmacleod67 — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:31:00 GMT

Hey all -

I've spent the last month or so goofing off and haven't been running much. I did the Portland Trails 10K but walked it with a friend of mine instead of running it. Three of us ran the Pineland 5K last Saturday and had a great time - no PRs - we took turns pushing a two-year-old in a stroller, which was a great workout! We had a lot of fun - the crowd seemed much smaller this year than last year at Pineland.

I was supposed to do the half marathon, but didn't prepare properly and wasn't ready. I was sorry to read about Julius Marzul, but I suppose if I were to choose a way to go, I would prefer that over other ways. I remember seeing him finish at the Yarmouth Clam and thinking, "boy, I hope that's ME in another fifty years!!"

I'm looking at some of the upcoming shorter races and hope to pick up a few more 5Ks. I'm leaning towards working on PRs for 5Ks and 10Ks than shooting for anything longer (for right now anyway).

Hope everyone is out enjoying this great fall weather!

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Re: Maine Runners

elufa — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:26:00 GMT

Howdy All,

I too will be running the Maine Marathon this fall. However, if I feel that I can't get in adequate training, I'll drop out of the full and run the half (haven't signed up yet and probably won't till Sept.). Training's going really well for me. I'm currently holding steady at around 30 mpw and looking to slowly bump it up as the summer progress.

I'm in for B2B and Clam Fest. I've done both races 2 years in a row, so I'm looking forward to keeping that streak going.

Bob, good luck going sub 20, you're a strong runner and I have no doubt that you'll accomplish that goal.

Have fun training everyone. It has been a weird spring/summer thus far with the continue rain and now the heat. Lets keep our fingers crossed in that we won't get continues days of 90+ temp and 90+% humidity.

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Re: Maine Runners

jwmacleod67 — Thu, 20 May 2004 22:57:00 GMT

Hi Sarah! I'm a local (Gorham) too - I run a 10 min mile if you are interested in running sometime. I hope to push that up a bit in the next few weeks - I went on vacation and got off track for a while! I ran the Gambo Trail with a friend a few weeks ago - have you been out there yet? Great trail! If you are looking for someone to run with, email me - I'm a single mom and usually need a couple days' notice to make arrangements, but have every other weekend off for outside running! : )

I'm working on getting ready for the B2B right now - - is everyone signed up?

(edited to spell Sarah's name properly - boy, with a daughter Sarah at home, you'd think I could spell it right! heheheh)

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Re: Maine Runners

kevins060 — Wed, 19 May 2004 17:48:00 GMT

curly,

fyi.. there is a large gathering Saturday morning in Cambridge of cool runners from the clubhouse forum.. there is a free race there at 10 a.m .. both a 2.5 miler and a 5 miler .. if interested, send me an email and I will get the details to you

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Re: Maine Runners

mainerunnah — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:32:00 GMT

I had a good day today, the weather was really just right for us in Portland. I discovered after leaving the race that it was 66 in Portland at 1:30 and 77 at my house in Biddeford. Wow what a difference and of course I had to tune in to catch a glimpse of the Boston Marathon...those poor runners are really suffereing in that 84+ heat!

Well anyways as I said I had a good day, I was actually to obtain another PR and came in at 00:34:00, I could be off by a second or two as I haven't seen the official times. That is one thing I was disappointed in, they never got to posting any times even by 1:30. The other thing was the fact that they only had one water station, they really need to rethink that!

I know that Curlygirl61 had a great time as well, but I'll let her post her time.

Once again I am anxiously awaiting to hear about being drafted, I will contine to be patient or impatient whatever the case may be.

Talk to you later.

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Re: Maine Runners

bikerreed — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:07:00 GMT

HELLO FROM BRUNSWICK!!

I could hardly believe my eyes when I looked at the front page of the 'Neighborhood' thread and saw 'Maine Runners' at the top of the list.
I started this thread 15 August 2002 and glad to see it is still alive and kicking. Speaking of which, I am proud to say that I am actually still "alive and kicking" IOW...still running. My three week break to recover from injuries turned into 5 months....LOL. It's safe to say that I am healed.
I am flatterred to see that a couple of you still remember me.

boothy52, Aliachevand debinme....thanks for thinking of lil'ol' me.

Here is a few responses to start with:

[] boothy52, I will have to update my e-mail address at my web-site. I forgot that I have my 'safe list' on there and it will block any incoming e-mail from addresses it doesn't recognize. I will be changing it to email . As for the NASB Running Club, that thing is dead in the water. There just isn't anyone else on base that was as 'gung-ho' as I am. [] Aliachev and debinme, thanks for the "welcome back" in January 2003, I hope to stick around for awhile this time.
[] jstgood, Virginia Beach, eh? I will hopefully move back to that area if I get the orders I want. Looks like we are the same age. Your first marathon was when you were 19 yrs old back in 94'. That's when I joined the Navy. Maybe I will see you in the Shamrock or Rock-n-Roll sometime. [] speedymama, nice to see someone posting that uses the same turf to run as I (Brunswick/Topsham; etc.)
[] jwmacleod67, I also ran the <a href="http://www.trails.org/Photo-photos/10k-race-walk/10k-race-walk-03/10k-03.html" target="_blank">Portland Trails 10k[/URL" target="_blank"> last year. It was pretty fun. The bad part is that I was 5 minutes late for the start but the good part was that I spent the whole race flying past a lot of people. So if you ever check out the results and find Reed Gonzales, just subtract 5 minutes from my time...LOL. [] island, although your post looks kinda like an 'ad' I have to agree with you. The MDI Marathon is breathtaking...in more ways than one. (OUCH!..hilly! !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!)

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Re: Maine Runners

jwmacleod67 — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:02:00 GMT

I won't be doing the SeaDogs 5K - I'm graduating the day before (finally!!) and am going to use Sunday as a rest day.

Elufa, I live in Gorham, and I had never heard of the children's run before. Here's a link to it from the Maine Track Club:
http://www.mainetrackclub.com/RaceSchedule.html.[/URL" target="_blank"> There's no site; just an email contact.

I have signed up for the Bone Density Dash in June http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1114363[/URL" target="_blank"> as a fun run and have created an "e-vite" for some of my friends/coworkers to see if I can get them interested in either running or walking it.

I haven't been on the Gambo Road trail yet - I'm anxious to check it out - will let you know if I get to go out there this coming weekend.

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Re: Maine Runners

mainerunnah — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:44:00 GMT

Well I ran Charbo's 5 Miler in Mass this past Sunday. Oh my god was it cold and windy! I guess that I shouldn't have expected anything but, after all this is New England. I have been fighting a chest cold and seriously thought about not running, but my competitive side got the best of me. I went and ran as well as I could considering the cold, wind and my chest cold. And boy did I suffer for it yesterday, spent the whole day in bed, but I am feeling better today and can actually savor the fact that I got a PR. I finished in 35:19 (my time which was also their time when I crossed) but they didn't use chips and really screwed the times up and they have me at 35:29, they even have me listed twice on the web site but with the same finishing time! Well the 10 seconds wouldn't make a difference anyway you look at it. My goal was to finish between 35 and 38 minutes so I am very pleased with my time considering how crappy I felt. I am not sure what is next on the agenda, I am still feeling some smaller races out and will make some decisions soon.

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Re: Maine Runners

elufa — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:27:00 GMT

jwmacleod67 - No, I've never ran around Mighty Hill Road or Huston Road, the section of Route 114 that I run is Dingley Spring and Spiler Road (Route 35 end of 114). However, funny you mentioned Mighty Hill and Huston roads because my wife has recommended me to head down Buck Road and then onto Huston Road, but....

As for deciding on the half mary in October, there's no rush. I would say to keep doing what your doing now and add on mileage slowly (remember the 10% rule!!). To get in adequate/serious training, you would probably need to decide by early/mid June. That would give you about 18 weeks to train, which is about the length of some marathon programs.

Good luck and happy running.

[edited to say early/mid June]

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