By gcattarin on 7/16/2009 2:43 PM

The Boilermaker is big.  Twelve thousand runners is a lot of people even when you’re used to 27,000-plus at the start of Boston – and that’s just the 15K main event, not to mention a few thousand more in the 5K.  I find it hard to comprehend where they all came from and where they all go.

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By gcattarin on 7/14/2009 11:59 PM

If you’d asked me before I started my Second Lap about some of the iconic far-away races I’ve since run – take the Charlottesville 10-Miler and the Stowe 8-Miler for example – I would have stared at you with a blank face.  But the Utica Boilermaker?  That’s one that’s always been on the wish list since those high school First Lap days.

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By gcattarin on 7/10/2009 11:32 PM

Oh my peeps are in distress.  Yes, all six of them, if I have even that many readers.  I’ve been delinquent in my postings, and I must make amends.  Bless me Father, it’s been over three weeks since my last post.  Here are my adventures.  (What, you wanted sins?  Not here, this is a family friendly blog!)

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