March 18, 2024
March 17, 2024
2024 Eastern States 29 Miler & Half Marathon
20 Miler Winners
Half Marathon Winners
Video of Jason Griffiths, Winner of the ES 20 Miler courtesy of the Event
March 15, 2024
Biddeford-cape elizabeth-frep/durh-greely-massabesic 2024
March 12, 2024
2024 Bridge the Gap Race ~ May 4th
We have followed the start of many Maine road races. They often start with one persons idea & they end when the person no longer is able & willing the carry the load. It is great to see the race management has found a way to pass this event on to a group which has a great record of putting on Maine road races. Was the last running of this event in 2022? We will have to check the news reports to see if we are missing any of the reports. Does any one have results for years 2020 & 2023?
Bridge the Gap Race
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Bucksport, Maine – Organizers of the Bridge The Gap race held annually in Prospect, Verona Island and Bucksport have handed off the event to the next caretakers of this popular springtime event.
Founded in 2012 the event was handed off to Crow Athletics in 2017 who have faithfully and successfully organized and grown the event into the popular tradition enjoyed by many today. “We were honored to have done our parts to help keep the race going over the past 5 years, and to add both small and bigger changes to the event such as an exciting new finish line right in downtown Bucksport.”
“ We always knew our watch at the helm would end eventually and a combination of bigger events like the Mount Desert Island Marathon, the Down East Sunrise Trail Relay and the Millinocket Marathon & Half, and the considerable time these events take, along with an eager Bucksport based contingent ready to take the wheel, made us realize 2024 was time to step aside for what we love.” said co-race organizer Gary Allen.
The next incarnation of the popular and iconic Bridge the Gap race is being organized by Bucksport Recreation A Branch of The Down East Family YMCA and Main Street Bucksport.
March 10, 2024
Maine Finishers ~ Guinness Celtic 5K
2024 USATF Maine Indoor Championship 2024
Rob Keresey talks about Isaac Keresey at University of Maine Field House.
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After a late night at the Regional Drama Festival and very few hours of sleep, Isaac brought home more hardware today at the USATF Maine Indoor Track & Field Championships. in the 400m, in the 60m hurdles, and in the 200m. Another successful weekend in the books. This guy pushes hard every day at everything he does! Congratulations Isaac! Now I think we both earned a sleeping face zzz
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Irish Road Rover 2024
The Race was still on as of 7am this morning
Steven Dubois states on FB
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Another year, another running of the Irish Road Rover 5K in Portland. For the 2nd year in a row, the race took place on the Eastern Promenade Trail, but this year, parts of it were under water. Huge puddles, some avoidable, but one really deep one with no way around. My socks are still wet. Also they had to alter the turn around as the official turnaround is temporarily part of the ocean. We simply turned left instead of right to reach the turn around and had to hop a curb. While there was a slight drizzle at times, it was insignificant compared to the rain before the race. As for me, well, my legs were seemingly unwilling participants. They were heavy and sluggish before the end of the 1st mile. It could be my reduced milage as I’m rebuilding from in jury, it could have been daylight savings time, it could have been the wet and windy conditions, or it could have been a combination. I didn’t do awful, but I was way off from my goal and over 40 seconds slower than last year. I finished 56th out of 393 runners(over 800 registered so many did not race due to the conditions) with a time of 22:11. No age group award this year, but I didn’t miss by much.
The good news is that in the running club team competition, Sabattus Rec Running Club finished 3rd. My next race will not be until April as next weeks race was cancelled due to construction on the race course.
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