Running Log
is a portmanteau word; it combines the “B” February 18
with “limp.” The race ran down 2 miles to the
It’s dark, I head out in shorts and a tee shirt on
blimp
Vaca
Key, Florida. Vaca means cow is Spanish.
again. Amazingly flat! The
for a trip to Marathon Key, then to St. George
Early settlers of this key saw manatee in its
race was put on by the
Island on the Florida panhandle, and then on to
waters and named it for the sea cow. I head
Southernmost Runners, a
Tuscaloosa, Albama, and this is his log.
back and at the 6 mile mark, I meet Dave. He
member of RRCA. It was
January 23rd
and I continue to do another 10. Another long
an experience running a race at that latitude.
Three whistles. Dave and I are on Alexandria
run done! This time, not on a frozen road, but
This key is on the Tropic of Cancer, and Hawaii
Avenue as it intersects with Lake George. I am
on the back of a former coral reef.
is only 4 degrees closer to the equator. There
T
By Jim Cunningham
his La Chute Runner is packing running gear
wearing a newly washed pair of shoes for the trip. Someone runs toward Lake George Avenue. We think he is a runner, but he has a camera. He makes it just in time. Lake George Avenue rises 6 feet. Such is the power of dynamite. Such is the containing effect of the blasting mat. We run by. Everyone waves! They stand right next to the blast. I don’t have many runs in the cold and snow left. When I return I bet the project will be winding down.
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February 21st Days earlier, I saw a white blimp floating but anchored with a tether off of Cudjoe Key. It is used to monitor boat traffic around the keys. I am back again, this time to run in the Blimp Road 4 mile race. There are 2 kinds of dirigibles: type A, rigid, and type B, limp. Blimp
tether
and
back
were 110 runners in the race most of them were local. Amazingly, 5 were from New York! Go NY! Results were computerized and they even had 3 clocks on the course! Interestingly, at
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10:00 am, the keg was tapped and burgers were
fishermen. Home-made boats sit in the shallow
fried. Runners in the keys are as pleasantly laid-
Apalachicola Bay. Men with oyster rakes ply the
“
back, typical of runners everywhere. There were
bottom. Ninety percent of Florida’s oysters come
$12.00, and then races are free or discounted.”
walkers in the race is well. One was so incredibly
from here, and ten percent of the US’s. Slash
Tough sell, but effective; almost everyone who
fast that officials thought he must have run. He
pines line the road of this reef. Dolphins play in
came to the race became a member. Jim
didn’t, but he ultimately was given first place in a
the surf on the Gulf side, as they listen to my
Cunningham and Dave Natale are now members
running class. Interestingly, 2 runners didn’t wear
running shoes.
Osprey and pelicans play on
and ran the 15K on a cold January day. The
shoes. Also, another oddity. The first 2 runners
the bay side. Soon my running shoes will head
race started at the University of Albany campus
finished incredibly ahead of the field. There was
northwest to Tuscaloosa!
and then headed over to the state office
a water stop before the turn. They turned there.
Champlain Connection
Officials thought that they would have been the first 2 in anyway, so they just tacked on 2 minutes to their time. http://www.southernmostrunners.com/results/BRTotalResults-09.txt
St. George isn’t a key but it is a barrier reef, and a part of the western part of Florida’s panhandle, Florida’s forgotten coast, and it is the location for more warm weather running. It is not typical the
most
Florida. living
have been in touch with one of my professors
who is associated with the Green Mountain running club on the other side of Lake Champlain. He would like to get together some time to see
March 5th
of
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by Dave Burrows
of
People here
have
very thick accents, making conversation interesting. One of them is Gator Bill. Usually he is found camping on the Swanee River. Many of the locals are oyster
if maybe we could get the 2 clubs together. He stated that he had access to some money for an event of some kind. We talked a little about maybe a training session possibly on the Castleton campus. This has nothing to do with the XC team. Let me know if it is something that you think we should follow up on. All we plan to do is throw some ideas around, nothing definite. This small club has athletes interested in training for marathons. He himself does some ultras. The club also has interest in triathlons. HMRRC and the ARE collaborate effectively. Would this help members of both clubs?
It
HMRR 15K is $6.00 to race, and membership is
campus. The hairy gorilla welcomed everyone to the starting line. He didn’t run, but Dave ran a 1:17:43, and Jim ran a 1:23:00. Pictures follow in the next page.
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Images of the Colton 10 miler. Dave N. and Red participated.
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