This was my second time running the Harvest Classic which, like last year, was staged at the Emmi Farm near Baldwinsville. Last year’s race traversed the grassy paths near the blueberries. This year’s edition followed a more circuitous route following farm trails and roads. In spite—or perhaps because—of the pandemic, this year’s field was considerably…
We signed up for the Thousand Island races at the end of January, months before the events’ May 30 start date and weeks before COVID played havoc with the racing schedule. In April, during the worst of the pandemic, the organizers opted to shift the event to August 22. The three month delay allowed organizer…
Racing is back! The story is familiar to legions of runners: We welcomed a busier race schedule in March and shelled out race fees in anticipation of a full slate of spring races. We even squeezed a couple of races in as talk of coronavirus and a pandemic gradually consumed the news. Then everything shut…
The Earth Day Half Marathon and 5K is a sizable event that, for many, launches a season of half marathons in the Syracuse area. It serves as the innagural event in Willow Running’s race series. This year’s edition race was initially scheduled for April 18, the day I had planned to run the Helderberg to…