RAGBRAI 2023 Race Report

RAGBRI is not a brand of sports bra…it stands for Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. A week long ride across the state of Iowa. Each year the route changes. You ride from town to town, and farm to farm, across the state. Most years they have 10,000 plus registered riders making this theContinue reading “RAGBRAI 2023 Race Report”

Boilermaker 2023

Boilermaker is an huge 15K super competitive run in Utica, NY – fully endorsed with massive town support. There is an epic after-party, tons of snacks and treats – and free beer to boot at the legendary Saranac Brewery. If you’ve never run 15K before, this is your venue. Come join 8500 participants for the run, at 8:00, or the smaller 3500 person 5K that starts at 7:00am. That’s 12,000 runners in all!

Around The Bay with Harold

Start and finish in the FirstOntario Centre, so no waiting around in the cold at the beginning, and a super stadium entry on the finish! The course is a Classic ‘Older Than Boston’, since 1894. At 30K, not your standard distance, and plenty of characters on the route that make this a must-do at least once. Final 10K has rolling hills, and it’s a 2K downhill slope to the finish! Visit original Tim Horton’s in Hamilton as a Bonus!

2023 Around The Bay

Originally posted on Ben's Website:
Short Version. Why did I decide to ‘race’ it?  Good question. I had, as always, 3 goals.  3:30:00, 3:40:00, Finish without walking too much. Managed the 2nd with walking. Training was hard. Recovery time is much longer. Winter training, blizzards, flying on ice (actually falling), running only 3 days…